1.3.0 — Play Streaks & Activity Heatmap

What's New

Play Streaks

• Each game now tracks consecutive-day play streaks. Open a game two days in a row and a flame badge appears on the game's hero panel, sidebar entry, profile, and home.
• Streak math runs locally in the LevelDB game store — no remote sync required.
• The display streak goes back to zero automatically if you skip a day; your all-time longest streak is preserved.
• Compact and full badge variants, with animated and static flame icons.

"Your Streaks" Section

• New section at the top of the home screen highlighting your active streaks across the library.
• Featured top streak shown in a larger card with a pulsing flame and animated number.
• Best-ever streak chip on the section header summarizing your record across every game.

Play Activity Heatmap

• GitHub-style 53-week × 7-day grid on the home screen showing every day you've launched a game in the last year.
• Cells are coloured by intensity (1 / 2 / 3 / 4+ games per day) using the new flame palette.
• Hover any cell to see the date and the list of games you played that day.
• Active-days summary and a Less / More legend for quick reading.
• Per-game play history is stored locally as a rolling 365-day window.

Internationalization

• Full English and Spanish translations for all new strings (streaks, heatmap labels, tooltips, day counts).

1.2.0

What's New

Catalogue Overhaul

• Completely redesigned catalogue page with a new immersive layout
• Hero banner showcasing featured games at the top of the catalogue
• Spotlight section highlighting standout titles with large artwork
• Ranking section displaying trending and top games of the week
• Video showcase section for watching game trailers directly from the catalogue
• Genre browsing — explore games by genre with quick-access genre chips
• New explore cards with hover stats, library add button, and availability badges
• Increased default page size from 20 to 40 results

Game Details — Enhanced Hero & Styling

• Taller hero banner (350px → 420px) with improved gradient overlays
• Short description and metadata badges (release date, download count, player count) now displayed in the hero area
• Smooth fade-in animation for hero info content
• Polished border radii, hover transitions, and spacing across description header, sidebar sections, and achievement cards
• Links in game descriptions now use the brand teal color
• Removed Hydra Cloud subscription prompt from achievement sidebar
• Refined sidebar category cards with subtle hover states

Settings Redesign

• Replaced all checkboxes with a new ToggleSwitch component for a cleaner, more modern look
• Every setting now includes a descriptive subtitle explaining what it does
• Reorganized settings layout with clearer section headers and grouped toggles
• New reusable ToggleSwitch component available for use across the app

Internationalization

• Added Japanese (ja) locale with full translation coverage
• Fixed numerous English translation typos and grammar issues:
  • "Starting typing" → "Start typing"
  • "Conclusion" → "Completion" for ETA labels
  • "open util" → "open until"
  • "a review to this game" → "a review for this game"
  • "Please await the quota" → "Please wait for the quota"
  • "JSON url" → "JSON URL"
  • And several other copy improvements

Fixes

• Real-Debrid: Force IPv4 for API requests to resolve connectivity issues on dual-stack networks
• Accessibility: Explore card library button now supports keyboard interaction (Enter/Space)
• Spanish: Fixed capitalization in "Escanear nuevamente"

1.1.1

What's New

Big Picture Mode

• Full-screen, controller-friendly UI for navigating Hydra from the couch
• Gamepad and D-pad spatial navigation with smart directional movement across grids
• Game detail view with hero banner, stats, media slider, reviews, and action buttons
• Trailer player — watch game trailers with play/pause, seek, and mute via gamepad
• Repacks browser and download settings accessible without leaving Big Picture
• Tab navbar with clock display and exit button
• Auto-refocus — Hydra window regains focus when a game closes in Big Picture mode

Steam Auto-Import

• Installed Steam games are now automatically imported into Hydra's library on startup
• Manual import button moved from the sidebar to Settings > General
• Shows import results with count of found, imported, and already existing games

Improvements

• Default downloads path now uses the app directory when running as a packaged build
• Steam import button removed from sidebar for a cleaner layout
• LB/RB no longer unintentionally scrolls sections on the Big Picture game detail page
• English and Spanish translations added for all Big Picture UI, trailer controls, and Steam import strings

1.1.0

What's New

RSS News Feed Reader

• Browse gaming news from popular sources (PC Gamer, IGN, Kotaku, and more) directly in the app
• Full article view with content scraping and webview fallback
• Inline translation powered by Google Translate — articles auto-translate to your language
• Manage RSS feed subscriptions from Settings > News Feeds
• Search and filter articles by source

Friends Dropdown

• Replaced the simple online friends avatars with a full dropdown panel in the header
• Shows online and offline friends with avatars, current game status, and pagination
• Auto-refreshes every 60 seconds

Custom Friend Activity Notifications

• Get in-app overlay notifications when friends start playing a game
• Unified notification queue system shared with achievement notifications
• Configurable in Settings > General alongside achievement notifications
• Test button to preview how notifications look

Update Modal

• New update flow accessible from the version button in the bottom panel
• Full lifecycle UI: checking → up-to-date / update available → downloading → ready to install
• Pulsing indicator when an update is available

Library "Installed" Filter

• New "Installed" tab in the library to quickly filter games that have an executable path set
• Shows count badge with animated transitions

Profile Bio

• User bios now display on the profile hero section with line clamping

Improvements

• Electron version pinned to 37.7.1 for build stability
• Added rss-parser dependency for RSS feed parsing
• Spanish translations updated for all new features

1.0.9

What's New

Sidebar Enhancements

• Drag-and-drop game reordering — Rearrange games in the sidebar by dragging them. Your custom order is saved
  automatically.
• Now Playing section — See the currently running game with session time, achievement count, and a quick close button
  directly in the sidebar.
• Playing status indicator — Games actively running now show a "Playing" label with an inline close button.
• Steam Games Import — New button to bulk-import all installed Steam games into your library. Parses Steam's VDF/ACF
  manifests to detect games and resolve executables automatically.

Achievements & Profile

• Achievements visible for all users — Achievement points and unlock counts are now shown without requiring an active
  subscription.
• Profile stats always visible — Achievement and point stats on profiles are displayed to all users, with local
  achievement data used as fallback.

Bug Fixes

• Seeding hover card centered — The seeding status card in the bottom panel is now properly centered above the button.
• Empty seed status broadcast — Fixed an issue where the renderer wasn't notified when no torrents were seeding,
  causing stale seeding UI.

1.0.8

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