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Live updates · Chart v1 · October 2026. Layout changes do not change the chart version.
Latest changes
Chart v1: clearer play, free teaching tools, real beta previews.
- Chart v1: added real keyboard and game screenshots to the beta page; signup now goes straight to Google Forms.
- Chart v1: added a free teacher pack with the chart and a one-page classroom activity.
- Chart v1: explained version changes and added optional emails for new chart links.
- Chart v1: clarified browser-only game saves and the separate, voluntary signup forms.
- Chart v1: reworked the Mark Hunt prize page and shortened long sections behind expandable headings.
- Chart v1: fixed the explanation link and gave the field guide's audio button more breathing room.
- Chart v1: aligned chart QR codes and printed links with the periodic table page, and refreshed both print editions.
- Chart v1: added permanent per-mark pages for printed card QR codes, with audio and a link back to the table.
- Chart v1: removed the daily featured mark so the periodic table goes straight to the chart.
- Chart v1: moved poster and wallpaper rewards behind the eight-mark hunt; kept the free Educators kit separate.
- Chart v1: added a small watermarked reward preview and a plain-language list of all seven hunt downloads.
- Chart v1: collapsed the hunt reward preview so the table stays the focus, with a direct link to play.
- Chart v1: added the short audio explainers to all mark-of-the-week card pages.
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