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v1.4.0 - GRAND RE-OPENING

^{1 March 2026}

Well, hello there!

Island Zero has finally reached what we, i.e. ninja and I, would consider 'completion'; anything onwards is merely adding onto the finished product, rather than still working towards finishing it. It's taken us almost a year building this engine and website from scratch, and today we celebrate the grand re-opening (since we had a grand opening exactly 6 months ago, in September last year).

So what does this mean? It means that today we have pushed our biggest update yet, with fixes, improvements, and user-requested features, all accumulated in one big update.
You can read the full changelog/patch notes here: >>>/meta/22.

Discussions on this update, as well as further ideas and suggestions, may be taken to the feedback board, /meta/ - Site Feedback.

- Sven, hijacking ninja's blog

v1.2.0 - We're finally landing.

^{1 September 2026}

As the weeks turned into months, it seemed like more and more things needed to be retooled... Luckily, it can now be safely said that this website is one of (if not the most) batteries-included and advanced textboards released ever on the Internet. So, without further ado, we are proud to present the grand opening of Island Zero!

- ninja

v1.1.0 - Not a mirage!

^{19 April 2026}

Hello everyone, once again! Almost 4 years later on the dot (how poetic), a newfound interest of moving to smaller spaces on the Internet has been becoming more common. With this in mind, I dusted off the old USB that held the code for Island Zero. Luckily, the Me from 2021 ^tm wrote some pretty nice code, but I've been spending the past few weeks modernizing the site and updating old dependencies. Should (You) decide to lurk or post, I hope that you enjoy your time here. Enough with the sappiness! Here's the cool stuff that changed:

New board! /lang/ - for all language learning and non-english discussions.
Linking to other boards, >>>/lang/ (but it actually works, not a hardcoded anchor like in the v1.0.0 post)
Revamped reporting system
Different SJIS font that renders art better
Entire frontend upheaval and facelift supported by Swedish rocket engineering (tack så mycket, Sven)

- ninja

v1.0.1 is released.

^{20 August 2021}

One month in, one big update. Reporting posts is now an option, and you can check if you are banned by going to this page. If you post and have received a warning or ban, you will also be redirected there. Now, with all the difficult things out of the way, QOL and UI updates as well as a mobile-friendly version of the site will be a priority.

- ninja

v1.0.0 is released.

^{17 July 2021}

After a few hard months of work and tweaking code, Island Zero is finally ready for its first release. With it comes the following:

6 boards available - /a/, / mu/, /meta/, /pasta/, /un/, /v/
3 themes, 2 light & 1 dark [WIP]
>quoted text and >>300 linking to posts
spoiler tags, ASCII art and SJIS art
Creating threads, posting in threads, deleting your own posts
Custom default names other than 'Anonymous'
A cool, non-Google captcha

This is just the beginning as well, and there will be plenty of updates going forward. Right now the first goal is to polish the site a bit more, introduce pinned threads, a subset of HTML for posting, and any other suggestions from users. If you would like to submit ideas, suggestions, or art to improve the site, please do so by going to >>>/meta/.

- ninja

Welcome to Island Zero.

^{12 April 2021}

This website is a textboard, started as a hobby project. For information on getting started and posting, please view the site's guide.

- ninja