- Online: new pause rules — everyone sees who paused, only that player can resume, each player gets two pauses per match, and a pause ends by itself after 60 seconds
- Online: one stray ESC no longer ends the game for everyone leaving asks you to press ESC again
- Online 4-player: a player who leaves now leaves a wall behind and the match plays on
- Online: joiners see the opening 3-2-1, see and hear powerup pickups, and earn achievements and career stats; a failed join says why (VERSION MISMATCH, LOBBY FULL, MATCH IN PROGRESS, COULDN'T REACH HOST)
- Online Circle: a host alone in the lobby can now start against the AI
- Fixed: matches that could never end — the ball could slip out past the end of a rail, or bounce forever where no paddle could reach it
- Fixed: after a 4-player game with the left paddle on AI, Player 1's 2P wins counted as losses
- Fixed: leaving a match at the wrong moment could leave the menu and your next match in slow motion or frozen
- Fixed: win and time-up banners could lose their SPACE / ESC line, and MATCH POINT showed up at set point
- Circle: the 3-2-1 countdown is no longer hidden behind the ball, and pausing hides the SUDDEN DEATH text
- Balls: Solo's extra ball at rally 25 is actually served, MultiBall's two balls no longer start stacked, and ball speed no longer drifts too high
- Doubles: an AI paddle in front of you now dodges your returns instead of blocking them
- Settings: a NATIVE resolution option and a theme preview next to PALETTE; the MUTE rows now read ON when muted (only the label flipped — your mute settings stay as they were)
- The main menu shows the version and build in the corner, like "PaddleBoys 0.3.5 (c7d4e4f)" — include it when you report a bug
- Online: everyone needs 0.3.5 to play together 0.3.4 and 0.3.5 can't join each other's games
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