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Every update to Random Duck Race — new features, improvements and fixes — newest first.

This is the official changelog of Random Duck Race — the free online duck race where every name becomes a duck and the river picks the winner. It tracks new features, improvements and fixes, newest first. Ideas for the next update? Email support@randomduckrace.com.

Version 2 · the 3D duck race1 release

v2.0 — the 3D duck race

Major update

Random Duck Race, rebuilt from the water up.

  • A 3D river race for up to 1,000 ducks: currents, rapids and slipstreams, a camera that follows the leaders, farms, woods, ponds and grazing herds along the banks, and the same chance for every duck (the fairness test runs the game’s real physics).
  • 199 duck skins in four themes, or your own picks (a random mix, or a duck for each name); day, dusk or night; 300, 600 or 900 m; name tags for the top 5, 10 or 20.
  • Names your way: paste up to 1,000, import a CSV or Excel file, Quick fill, and up to 100 saved lists.
  • Results: a referee-style slow-motion replay of the finish (VAR), run by itself for a photo finish; your own message under the winner’s name, on a card in one of eight looks; every time and gap, a result image, an Excel download and your last 100 races; take the winner — or several finishers — out and race again.
  • Rooms: players join on their phones with a QR code or a PIN, pick a name and a duck, chat, react and follow the race live; the host can race a duck of their own, approves, locks and moderates, can hand the room to any player between races, and can set a start time (change it, pause it, play it on).
  • Share and embed: short links with a QR code, ready-written posts and an embed builder with a live preview, for your own site.
  • 16 languages, each with its own home page (see them all), and optional sign-in with Google.
  • A site to explore: the blog and guides, the duck gallery, screenshots, contact, feedback and cookie settings.
Version 1 · the original 2D duck race12 releases

v1.1.1

  • Share links now use is.gd instead of TinyURL for faster, more reliable short links.
  • All duck images updated from 2D to 3D renders, giving the app a fresh, modern look.
  • All 184 duck skins look more realistic and detailed.

v1.1.0

  • Share links can be shortened with TinyURL, with a QR code for quick scanning.

v1.0.9

Fix
  • Fixed winner messages that couldn’t be customised in fullscreen mode.

v1.0.8

  • Drag-and-drop import of participant names from CSV or Excel files.
  • Better rendering of long duck names, with cleaner truncation.
  • Different winner messages depending on whether your favourite duck wins.
  • Fixed the racetrack background after leaving the fullscreen gallery, sound settings not always applying, and the Settings reset button.

v1.0.7

  • Import participant names from CSV or Excel files.
  • Ocean Waves became the default race track background.
  • Fixed control buttons overflowing on short race tracks.

v1.0.6

  • Custom winner messages (Settings › Results).

v1.0.5

  • Highlights for the top 3 ducks, with the rest of the field softened for easier leader tracking.
  • Links to our Facebook and X pages in the footer.
  • Fixed the race sound looping after the finish.
  • v1.0.5.1: Effect Mode was taken out for further work.

v1.0.4

  • The race track adapts fully to any screen width and height.
  • Choices when a list exceeds 100 ducks: keep the first 100, pick 100 at random, or a custom number.
  • The fairness test page, to check the long-term fairness of the race over thousands of simulated races.
  • 21 new duck skins, with clearer skin names for searching.
  • Fixed the congratulations sound on Safari (iOS).

v1.0.3

  • Track and skin pickers with pages and search; slightly bigger ducks; livelier Start Race button.
  • The Stop button shows a randomized final result.
  • Fixed choosing English and a missing logo.

v1.0.2

  • Advanced Entries mode: random skins or your own images per duck.
  • A Christmas race track with falling snow.
  • Faster loading and improved duck movement.

v1.0.1

  • Shuffle names, random duck skins and A→Z sorting.
  • 18 race track backgrounds and 141 duck skins.
  • Fullscreen mode, and Pause, Resume and Stop during a race.

v1.0 — first launch

Launch
  • Up to 100 ducks per race, in 14 languages.
  • Speed, race duration, auto-remove the winner and auto-shuffle settings; sound volume.
  • Save, load and share a race configuration.
  • Two race modes: Original and Effects.