Some players have shared their love for Words of Yendor, but some found the Showdown puzzles too hard. Indeed, balancing a game is an art, as players sometimes seek a tough challenge, but sometimes they just want to relax. I'm proudly announcing a solution: a new feature has been activated to make Showdowns more approachable. As you know, when a Showdown proves too tough and you run out of Experience and Clues points for swaps, the adventurer will have to pay 1 Health per swap instead. Thanks to the new feature, when your Health drops below half of its Maximum, you'll receive a teleport-swap charge as a compensation for each such Health loss. As a reminder, a teleport-swap allows you to swap any two letters on the board, so they don't have to be next to each other. I'd appreciate your feedback on this game-altering patch before I publish the updated game for everyone. To ensure this change aligns with your preferences, a beta branch have been created, so you can check out the revamped Showdown. You can now choose which version you wish to play on Steam: the original version or the beta version with the altered Showdown. You can switch between the versions at any time, but please note that saved games are version-specific. To switch between versions, follow these steps:

• Open the Steam desktop application.
• Go to "Library."
• In the left sidebar, find "Words of Yendor" and right-click.
• Select "Properties."
• Choose "Betas" from the left sidebar.
• Select "beta - Testing the next version" from the "Beta Participation" dropdown.
• Steam will automatically download and switch to the v1.1 build.
• You can switch back to the main public version (v1.0) by selecting "None" in the "Beta Participation" dropdown.
• You can check the version number on the Credits screen.