Versions 0.29.0 and 0.30.0 each shipped with a small poll, shown once to people who have opened Novaboard at least a few times. Here is everything the first two polls collected.
Poll 1: “What do you make with Novaboard?”
Shipped with 0.29.0 on 2026-09-28 and ran until 2026-10-06, with a few answers coming later due to cached versions of the app. Multiple choice, pick all that apply, with an optional free-text note.
| Funnel | Users |
|---|---|
| Shown the poll | 239 |
| Answered | 60 |
| Dismissed | 145 |
| Response rate | 25% |
| Choice | Picks | Share of answers |
|---|---|---|
| Game assets | 47 | 78% |
| Animations | 29 | 48% |
| Just practicing | 21 | 35% |
| Scenery & backgrounds | 15 | 25% |
| Fan art | 12 | 20% |
| Icons & cursors | 11 | 18% |
| Other | 8 | 13% |
| Choices ticked per answer | Answers |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 |
| All 7 | 3 |
Notes left with poll 1
| Date | Choices | Note | Reply |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09 | Game assets, Fan art, Practicing | Love y’all, yer software is real nice | Thank you |
| 2026-10 | Game assets, Animations, Fan art | 你很好用 (“you’re very easy to use”) | Thank you |
What I learned
More people are using the app for game assets than I expected. This made me focus more on exporting options for these assets, as well as looking for starters for game devs.
Poll 2: “What stops you from using Novaboard more?”
Shipped with 0.30.0 on 2026-10-06 and ran until 2026-10-19, with a few answers coming later from cached versions of the app. Same format: pick all that apply, optional note. Six people sent only a note with no box ticked.
| Funnel | Users |
|---|---|
| Shown the poll | 338 |
| Answered | 47 |
| Dismissed | 233 |
| Response rate | 14% |
| Choice | Picks | Share of answers |
|---|---|---|
| Nothing, I use it a lot | 15 | 32% |
| Hard to learn | 11 | 23% |
| A feature I need is missing | 9 | 19% |
| Bugs or crashes | 7 | 15% |
| I’d rather have a desktop app | 6 | 13% |
| I only needed it once | 4 | 9% |
| It gets slow | 4 | 9% |
| Choices ticked per answer | Answers |
|---|---|
| 0 (note only) | 6 |
| 1 | 31 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 |
Notes left with poll 2
| Date | Choices | Note | Reply |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10 | none | I’d like it if they added a remove background options so if you just wanted a picture without its background you can | Sorry, but currently I don’t have this planned as I don’t see this being used often in pixel art. It is noted, so if more requests like this arrive, I will consider it. |
| 2026-10 | Hard to learn | the pixel art is fine the timeline though… | Thank you for the feedback, but I am not sure what you don’t like about the timeline. I know it needs improvement, but from this feedback it is not clear what needs focus at the moment. |
| 2026-10 | Desktop app | FREE pls | The browser version will be kept free, but I might add ads in the future. |
| 2026-10 | none | im lazy | Fair enough |
| 2026-10 | none | second time using it, still learning but seems nice | I am glad you are enjoying it |
| 2026-10 | Missing feature, Hard to learn | I don’t know if there’s a fill took or not | There is, it is the bucket icon with “G” as a shortcut |
| 2026-10 | none | limited timee | Come back as soon as you have more time |
| 2026-10 | Missing feature | please fix the onion skinning | I’m not sure which problem you hit. I have made some recent changes to it, so maybe check again. If you still have issues, please send more detailed feedback |
| 2026-10 | Nothing | Love y’all :) | Thank you! |
| 2026-10 | Missing feature | Being able to move the Canvas with right click while having the brush active | You can rebind the “panning” to RMB and keep using draw on LMB |
| 2026-10 | Nothing | nah | Glad to hear nothing is missing |
| 2026-10 | Missing feature | I can’t find an Undo button | The undo is under “edit > undo”, and also on the status bar at the bottom. “Ctrl+z” is also a shortcut for it in desktop. For touch, tapping with 2 fingers works as undo and 3 for redo. |
| 2026-10 | none | I’m trying to count pixels that are green and it gives me as many colors as there are pixels. | Sorry, but I couldn’t understand what was expected from this message. Do you want a better way to count pixels in one color? Did you find a bug? |
| 2026-10 | none | I just started using it, but nothing stops me from using it. Its a fun easy to learn program. | Great to hear it. |
| 2026-10 | Missing feature, Hard to learn | Can’t sidescroll the animation timelines, so Im stuck at around 7 seconds with 10fps | This was indeed a bug for smaller screens. Thank you for the feedback, it is now fixed. |
What I learned
A third of the answers said nothing stops them, which was nice to see. For the rest, the main problem is finding what is already there. Several notes asked for tools the app already has, so I am focusing on making them easier to find.
marcel0ll