May 3, 2026
- Added trigger for confirmation message to appear when you try to leave or reload the page (hopefully this helps with some browsers/devices triggering unwanted refreshing!)
- Added new Presets – Cynder, Light Fury, HiveWing, SilkWing, LeafWing, Arashi the Wolf-Dragon
- Added Ears – Cobra hood (not totally confident this is the best layer to use for them, but we’ll see how it works!)
- Added Tail add-ons – Curved blade tip, morningstar tip, paddle tip, and bident tip
- Added Forelegs – stompy squamate
- Added Hind legs – stompy squamate
- Added Jaw add-ons – huge fin, skulljaw, and sea slug
- Added Snouts – vulpine and chin-jut (yeah I could probably do a better name than that, idk)
April 20, 2026
- Refactor of Randomization feature to now allow different randomization modes: all traits and colors, just traits, just colors, just markings, and just accessories
- Colors are now randomized using one of dozens of color palettes, so no more ugly clashing eyestrain dragons
- Refactor of Load Presets feature to use stored .json files instead of storing the preset settings directly in JavaScript
- Renamed Spine add-on to Torso add-on
- Added second and third Spine/Torso add-on slot
- Added Spine/Torso add-ons – back scutes, side scutes, belly separator scutes
- Added Foreleg markings – front patch, front dashes, shoulder fade, hard dip, and underarm
- Added snouts – bighorn, bigjaw, and croc
- Added Tail add-ons – curly chameleon, fish sidefins, bony sidefins, and feather sidefins
- Added Belly – finned
- Added Ears – small points
- Added Whiskers – starnose
- Added Whisker lineart layers
April 10, 2026
- Huge code refactor to allow Undo and Redo, File Export and Import, and ability to load preset dragon designs
- Added eyebrow expression selector
- Separated eye color into iris color and sclera color with pupil toggle checkbox
- Added snout markings – nose patch and nose dashes
- Added tail markings – half tail fade, mackerel stripes, and side stripes
- Added tail add-ons – shark fin 2 and fish side fins
- Added ventral wing markings (currently for default wings ONLY) – proximal fade, edge outline, fingerbones, stars, racing stripe, layered flames, stripes, eye/target, water ripples, clouds, and swirls
- Added second Torso accessory slot
- Added Base texture slot
- Fixed misaligned Jaw add-on – sub-horn color
- Added Eye marking slot with 15 starting markings
February 14, 2026
- Added new eye option: darksight
- Added new tail add-on options: shark tail, thagomizer, and quills
November 11, 2025
- Fixed “Reset” button (…again)
- Added Torso Accessory – clothing and attire like a backpack, saddle, and bags
- Added new raptor arm forelegs
- Added new hind leg options: horse hooves, theropod, and mammalian paws
November 6, 2025
- Fixed “Reset” button
- Added art for snout markings
- Added 3 new head accessories – tucked flower, eye patch, and glasses
September 12, 2025
- Added “Reset” button to set dragon back to default state
- Added “Snout Marking” layer
- Started adding background code to support share codes and loading preset dragons
April 19, 2025
- Color selectors changed to custom colorpickers
- Overhauled code to handle re-coloring based on custom color selection
- Moved menu to right side on wide screens to more easily see the changes you’re making to your dragon (try it on your tablet or PC to see!)
- Added wing markings, dorsal and ventral markings can be selected separately
- Added mouth expressions
- Added a bunch of new pieces to several existing layers
January 27, 2025
- Added Neck Accessory options: gold pendant necklace
- Added Head Accessory options: crown – gold, crown – black, bridle
- Added Body Markings option: lightning
- Re-ordered some layers to help with clipping issues on some accessories/body parts
January 24, 2025
- Restored Fangs drop-down (they’re not gonna look good with all snout shapes, though…)
- Added Head Accessory with the options: skull mask – white and skull mas – black
- Added Tail Accessory with the options: gold metal band, multiple gold bands
- Re-fiddled with the screen size scaling
January 21, 2025
- Added Accessories tab and Neck Accessory drop-down with the options: brown leather collar, black leather collar, black leather collar – spiked, black leather collar – clawed, chain collar, gold band, scarf – white, scarf – black, and scarf – red
- Adjusted screen size relative scaling to accommodate this 4th tab
November 24, 2024
- Added Wings – Butterfly wings
November 23, 2024
- Added Belly style – Furry belly
November 22, 2024
- Added Tail tip trait – Scorpion stinger
December 6, 2023
First version of Dragon Builder goes live