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Kraken: Release the features!
- The more than one file on a page feature will also come with the ability for developers to create their own bundles and tile art for them with nothing done on OUYA's end other than QA to approve them. The same thing for sales with an automatically added % off overlay.
- More external storage bug fixes.
- Backing out of anywhere like game detail pages will always take you back to your last highlighted tile instead of the front of rows.
- After the first launch of a game the star ratings will also show up in game detail pages.
- The Trending Nows in genres will be increased to 100 and Newly Updated will be added to the genres.
- All the New Releases / Newly Updated rows in DISCOVER including in genres will be increased to 100.
- A clock will be added to the main page and system menu. In the system menu it will also have a timer for how long you have been playing.
- Download bars will now show a percentage.
- There will be options added for system and game bug/issues reports that sends a form to the email used for your account. Responses will automatically be sent to the appropriate developer and/or OUYA Inc.
- OUYA newsletters will also be sent to Notifications and launch in the browser.
- The controller battery indicator on the main page will now blink when red and get bolder.
- Release dates will be put back into game detail pages but now include launch dates and update dates.
- Some community content will be launched as examples.
- Game tiles will now be cached and only check for changes to increase load times and minimize blank tiles but in the situations where blank tiles still show like loading for the first time they will be like transparent genre tiles instead of black to show the background image.
- Custom wallpapers will be enabled with also the option to use any of OUYA's past wallpapers. There will be an option similar to entering the web address to upload APKs in MAKE but you could upload online images or send them from your computer.
- PLAY will no longer require downloading at least one game/app to enter but only show the pop-up reminding you that you get games from DISCOVER. This will be for situations like a factory reset or buying a new console so that you can enter PLAY right away to download your purchased games.
- The white titles of the genres will be filled in with the same fiery coloring as the tile highlighting box.
- The Founders Emblem will be added to the game tile overlays like storage icons, prices, FREE, and FREE*.
- PLAY will get more folders with some customization.
- There will be an option in Parental Controls to set a pin for more things like system settings, factory resets, game downloads, etc. There will also be the ability to make sub-accounts for your kids.
- The developer pages will no longer have the deeper menu of games but have the games directly at the bottom of developer pages.
- Game detail pages will now include DRM online check information and Team OUYA will work with developers to help them and encourage them to include offline functionality in their games.
- Any developer that has more than one game but has yet to create a developer page will be provided a default one until they modify it themselves. There will also be a new genre or DISCOVER row called Developer Pages to see them all with tiles for their logos. This will make it more clear that they don't take you to a website and will serve for things like recommending bundles.
- A donate button will be added to game detail pages if developers enable it.
- More people will be added to the all access subscription pass and more work will be done in this area but it will still remain in a closed beta until fully fleshed out.
- The system menu will have a brightness setting added.
- Clearing the OUYA launcher cache will be a button(one of the things as an option for the parental controls pin).
- The FREE and FREE* icons will become more accurate.
- The recommended external storage specs will be added to the update notes to make them more widely known.
- The ability to push to external storage will be added.
- More tutorial videos will be added to MAKE. The office hours videos will be added to it also.
- Notifications will announce needed updates to downloaded games, successful downloads, etc.
- Purchase receipts will now show up under Account in your OUYA Wallet.
- An option for automatic updates to games will be added with also the option to do them while in sleep mode.
- A button press over a game tile will scroll through the screen shots within the game tile so that entering the details page isn't necessary to view them.
- Work on a manual/FAQ on the console itself will be started.
- Work on social features and achievements. One social feature will show the number of people playing an online game within the detail page.
- The button legends at the bottom of PLAY and DISCOVER will include what the bumpers and triggers do.
- The OUYA Everywhere downloadable app will go into closed beta. It will be similar to the external storage closed beta with people providing which devices they own and why they should be in the beta. This work won't just be for the downloadable app but to also help find OUYA Everywhere partners to include the app.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes will no longer be miscellaneous.
- A female gamer genie that pops out of the OUYA by the press of the button instead of rubbing a lamp will be announced as the image of the official OUYA mascot. She will be portrayed as a rebellious young adult that left the Jinn to play and create games. She speaks the OUYA catch phrases, uses her powers to create the cryptids of the updates, goes against the stereotypes of female gamers and Arabic women, doesn't just want to grant other people wishes but also her own, the OUYA icon is her magical symbol that she has a tattoo of and it also represents the smokeless fire she was born from, she is like I Dream of Jeannie went all independent and punk rock, etc. Coincidentally her name will be OUYA and is the spirit of the console.
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