03 / changelog
what’s new in the nook.
Pokonook is six weeks old and moving fast. Here’s what’s been built, fixed, and polished, most recent first. Small cozy updates don’t always show up here.
new
Pokémon browser + prismatic theme
- New /pokemon route with a searchable browser and popular-species grid.
- Third prismatic theme — a cozy sunset palette that sits alongside light and dark.
- Credits & sources page for PokéAPI, Serebii, Bulbapedia, and the r/Pokopia community.
- Rarity tier system on species pages, with sparkle sounds for legendary reveals.
- DittoMark idle animations and sturdier hover polish on every CTA.
- Fixed DockText hover on the hero CTA and a stray syntax quirk in the migration.
new
LFG matchmaking, visitor mode, build-sharing
- Looking-For-Group board for short-lived requests (trades, photo-dex hunts, recipe runs).
- Visitor mode so folks without a Cloud Island can still browse, keep, and share habitats.
- Area filters on the ledger — biome, size, style, and magic-seed lanes.
- GitHub and Google OAuth options on the login page.
- Security headers pass (CSP, referrer, permissions policy) before opening submissions publicly.
- Expanded mock data to 20 habitats covering every biome, for a fuller preview.
- PokéAPI sprite fetching baked into the species pipeline — 312 entries seeded.
polish
Signature polish + Magic Number as a first-class field
- Morphing DittoMark — the smile beams, antennae wobble, body ooze is now on every page.
- Copy pills on habitat pages with distinct affordances for Address Codes vs Magic Numbers.
- Magic Number promoted from metadata to a first-class filter with its own /seed/[magic] route.
- Random-habitat redirect for folks who just want to stumble into something new.
- Theme toggle with a pre-hydration script to stop the light/dark flicker on first paint.
new
Pokonook V1 scaffold
- First commit — Next.js 16 App Router, Tailwind v4, Supabase auth + Postgres.
- Renamed the early primitives: Build → Habitat, Vote → Keep.
- Biome taxonomy seeded, along with short routes (/h, /c, /b, /t, /p) for clean sharing.
Pokonook is built in the open by one person — so the changelog is as much a diary as a release log. Thanks for being here early.