diff --git a/src/WorldshaperLauncher.tsx b/src/WorldshaperLauncher.tsx
index 734d883..1ff37f8 100644
--- a/src/WorldshaperLauncher.tsx
+++ b/src/WorldshaperLauncher.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import type { CSSProperties } from "react";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { openWorldshaperStudioWindow } from "./worldshaperStudio/windowing";
 import {
-  buildWorldshaperStudioUrl,
-  openWorldshaperStudioWindow,
-} from "./worldshaperStudio/windowing";
-import { CHANGELOG_SECTIONS, CHANGELOG_SPLASH_VERSION } from "./worldshaperStudio/changelogData";
+  CHANGELOG_SECTIONS,
+  CHANGELOG_SPLASH_FOOTNOTE,
+  CHANGELOG_SPLASH_KICKER,
+  CHANGELOG_SPLASH_TITLE,
+  CHANGELOG_SPLASH_VERSION,
+} from "./worldshaperStudio/changelogData";
+import type { ChangelogItem } from "./worldshaperStudio/changelogData";
 import launcherBackground from "../background.png";
 
 type WorldDefaultPayload = {
@@ -14,16 +18,10 @@ type WorldDefaultPayload = {
   };
 };
 
-type LaunchState = "resolving" | "opening" | "opened" | "blocked" | "error";
+type LaunchState = "ready" | "opening" | "opened" | "blocked" | "error";
 
 const DEFAULT_EDITOR_WORLD_ID_FALLBACK = "overworld";
 
-let didAttemptInitialLaunch = false;
-let rememberedLaunchState: LaunchState | "" = "";
-let rememberedStatus = "";
-let rememberedError = "";
-let rememberedWorldId = "";
-
 async function resolveDefaultWorldId(): Promise<string> {
   const response = await fetch("/api/world-default");
   if (!response.ok) {
@@ -39,225 +37,139 @@ function openStudioPopup(worldId: string): boolean {
   return Boolean(popup);
 }
 
-function openStudioInCurrentTab(worldId: string): void {
-  window.location.assign(buildWorldshaperStudioUrl(worldId, window, { worldId }));
-}
-
 function openRepo(): void {
   window.location.assign("https://repo.andraxion.net/");
 }
 
 function WorldshaperLauncher() {
-  const [launchState, setLaunchState] = useState<LaunchState>("resolving");
-  const [status, setStatus] = useState("Preparing Worldshaper Studio...");
+  const [launchState, setLaunchState] = useState<LaunchState>("ready");
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState("Launch Worldshaper Studio in its floating window.");
   const [error, setError] = useState("");
-  const [worldId, setWorldId] = useState("");
+  const [worldId, setWorldId] = useState(DEFAULT_EDITOR_WORLD_ID_FALLBACK);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancelled = false;
-
-    async function attemptInitialLaunch() {
-      if (didAttemptInitialLaunch) {
-        setWorldId(rememberedWorldId);
-        setLaunchState(rememberedLaunchState || "blocked");
-        setStatus(rememberedStatus || "Open Worldshaper Studio.");
-        setError(rememberedError);
-        return;
-      }
-
-      didAttemptInitialLaunch = true;
-      setLaunchState("resolving");
-      setError("");
-      setStatus("Preparing Worldshaper Studio...");
-
-      try {
-        const resolvedWorldId = await resolveDefaultWorldId().catch(() => DEFAULT_EDITOR_WORLD_ID_FALLBACK);
+    void resolveDefaultWorldId()
+      .then((resolvedWorldId) => {
         if (cancelled) {
           return;
         }
         setWorldId(resolvedWorldId);
-        rememberedWorldId = resolvedWorldId;
-        setLaunchState("opening");
-        setStatus(`Opening Worldshaper Studio for ${resolvedWorldId}...`);
-        if (openStudioPopup(resolvedWorldId)) {
-          setLaunchState("opened");
-          setStatus("Worldshaper Studio opened in a separate window.");
-          rememberedLaunchState = "opened";
-          rememberedStatus = "Worldshaper Studio opened in a separate window.";
-          rememberedError = "";
-          return;
-        }
-        setLaunchState("blocked");
-        setStatus("Your browser blocked the studio window.");
-        rememberedLaunchState = "blocked";
-        rememberedStatus = "Your browser blocked the studio window.";
-        rememberedError = "";
-      } catch (nextError: unknown) {
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
         if (cancelled) {
           return;
         }
-        const nextErrorText = String(nextError || "Failed to prepare Worldshaper Studio.");
-        setLaunchState("error");
-        setError(nextErrorText);
-        setStatus("Worldshaper Studio unavailable.");
-        rememberedLaunchState = "error";
-        rememberedStatus = "Worldshaper Studio unavailable.";
-        rememberedError = nextErrorText;
-      }
-    }
-
-    void attemptInitialLaunch();
+        setWorldId(DEFAULT_EDITOR_WORLD_ID_FALLBACK);
+      });
 
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
     };
   }, []);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (launchState !== "blocked" || !worldId) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    function retryLaunch() {
-      if (!worldId) {
-        return;
-      }
-      setLaunchState("opening");
-      setStatus(`Opening Worldshaper Studio for ${worldId}...`);
-      if (openStudioPopup(worldId)) {
-        setLaunchState("opened");
-        setStatus("Worldshaper Studio opened in a separate window.");
-        rememberedLaunchState = "opened";
-        rememberedStatus = "Worldshaper Studio opened in a separate window.";
-        rememberedError = "";
-        return;
-      }
-      setLaunchState("blocked");
-      setStatus("Your browser blocked the studio window.");
-      rememberedLaunchState = "blocked";
-      rememberedStatus = "Your browser blocked the studio window.";
-      rememberedError = "";
-    }
-
-    function handlePointerDown() {
-      retryLaunch();
-    }
-
-    function handleKeyDown() {
-      retryLaunch();
-    }
-
-    window.addEventListener("pointerdown", handlePointerDown, { once: true });
-    window.addEventListener("keydown", handleKeyDown, { once: true });
-    return () => {
-      window.removeEventListener("pointerdown", handlePointerDown);
-      window.removeEventListener("keydown", handleKeyDown);
-    };
-  }, [launchState, worldId]);
-
-  async function handleRetry(): Promise<void> {
+  async function handleLaunch(): Promise<void> {
     setError("");
-    setLaunchState("resolving");
-    setStatus("Preparing Worldshaper Studio...");
+    const nextWorldId = worldId || DEFAULT_EDITOR_WORLD_ID_FALLBACK;
+    setLaunchState("opening");
+    setStatus(`Opening Worldshaper Studio for ${nextWorldId}...`);
     try {
-      const resolvedWorldId = worldId || await resolveDefaultWorldId().catch(() => DEFAULT_EDITOR_WORLD_ID_FALLBACK);
+      const resolvedWorldId = nextWorldId || await resolveDefaultWorldId().catch(() => DEFAULT_EDITOR_WORLD_ID_FALLBACK);
       setWorldId(resolvedWorldId);
-      rememberedWorldId = resolvedWorldId;
-      setLaunchState("opening");
       setStatus(`Opening Worldshaper Studio for ${resolvedWorldId}...`);
       if (openStudioPopup(resolvedWorldId)) {
         setLaunchState("opened");
         setStatus("Worldshaper Studio opened in a separate window.");
-        rememberedLaunchState = "opened";
-        rememberedStatus = "Worldshaper Studio opened in a separate window.";
-        rememberedError = "";
         return;
       }
       setLaunchState("blocked");
-      setStatus("Your browser blocked the studio window.");
-      rememberedLaunchState = "blocked";
-      rememberedStatus = "Your browser blocked the studio window.";
-      rememberedError = "";
+      setStatus("Your browser blocked the studio window. Use the launch button again after allowing popups.");
     } catch (nextError: unknown) {
       const nextErrorText = String(nextError || "Failed to prepare Worldshaper Studio.");
       setLaunchState("error");
       setError(nextErrorText);
       setStatus("Worldshaper Studio unavailable.");
-      rememberedLaunchState = "error";
-      rememberedStatus = "Worldshaper Studio unavailable.";
-      rememberedError = nextErrorText;
     }
   }
 
-  function handleOpenHere(): void {
-    const nextWorldId = worldId || DEFAULT_EDITOR_WORLD_ID_FALLBACK;
-    openStudioInCurrentTab(nextWorldId);
-  }
-
-  const isBusy = launchState === "resolving" || launchState === "opening";
-  const showFallbackActions = launchState === "blocked" || launchState === "opened" || launchState === "error";
+  const isBusy = launchState === "opening";
 
   return (
     <main
       className="launcher-shell"
       style={{ "--launcher-background-image": `url(${launcherBackground})` } as CSSProperties}
     >
-      <section className="launcher-card">
-        <p className="launcher-eyebrow">New RPG</p>
-        <h1 className="launcher-title">Worldshaper Studio</h1>
-        <p className="launcher-status">{status}</p>
-        {launchState === "blocked" ? (
-          <p className="launcher-hint">
-            Click anywhere or use the button below if your browser asks for permission to open the studio window.
-          </p>
-        ) : null}
-        {launchState === "opened" ? (
-          <p className="launcher-hint">
-            The editor is running in its own window. You can leave this tab open as a quick relaunch point, or close it.
-          </p>
-        ) : null}
-        {error ? <p className="launcher-error">{error}</p> : null}
-        {showFallbackActions ? (
+      <div className="launcher-stack">
+        <section className="launcher-card">
+          <p className="launcher-eyebrow">New RPG</p>
+          <h1 className="launcher-title">Worldshaper Studio</h1>
+          <p className="launcher-status">{status}</p>
+          {launchState === "blocked" ? (
+            <p className="launcher-hint">
+              Allow the popup, then use the studio button again to launch the floating editor window.
+            </p>
+          ) : null}
+          {launchState === "opened" ? (
+            <p className="launcher-hint">
+              The studio is open in its own slim window. This page stays behind as your release board and relaunch point.
+            </p>
+          ) : null}
+          {launchState === "ready" ? (
+            <p className="launcher-hint">
+              The editor is designed to live in its own floating window, so the launcher keeps the first step clean.
+            </p>
+          ) : null}
+          {error ? <p className="launcher-error">{error}</p> : null}
           <div className="launcher-actions">
-            <button type="button" className="launcher-primary-btn" onClick={() => void handleRetry()} disabled={isBusy}>
+            <button type="button" className="launcher-primary-btn" onClick={() => void handleLaunch()} disabled={isBusy}>
               Open Floating Studio
             </button>
-            <button type="button" className="launcher-secondary-btn" onClick={handleOpenHere} disabled={isBusy}>
-              Open In This Tab
-            </button>
             <button type="button" className="launcher-secondary-btn" onClick={openRepo} disabled={isBusy}>
               Open Repo
             </button>
           </div>
-        ) : null}
-        <section className="launcher-whats-new">
-          <div className="launcher-whats-new-head">
-            <h2 className="launcher-whats-new-title">What&apos;s New</h2>
-            <p className="launcher-whats-new-version">{CHANGELOG_SPLASH_VERSION}</p>
+        </section>
+        <section className="launcher-changelog-window" aria-labelledby="launcher-whats-new-title">
+          <div className="launcher-changelog-titlebar">
+            <div className="launcher-changelog-title">What&apos;s New</div>
+            <div className="launcher-changelog-hint">Current release highlights</div>
           </div>
-          <div className="launcher-whats-new-list">
-            {CHANGELOG_SECTIONS.map((section) => (
-              <section key={section.title} className="launcher-whats-new-section">
-                <h3 className="launcher-whats-new-section-title">{section.title}</h3>
-                <ul className="launcher-whats-new-bullets">
-                  {section.items.map((item, index) => {
-                    const key = `${section.title}-${index}`;
-                    if (typeof item === "string") {
-                      return <li key={key}>{item}</li>;
-                    }
-                    return (
-                      <li key={key}>
-                        <div>{item.text}</div>
-                        {item.note ? <div className="launcher-whats-new-note">{item.note}</div> : null}
-                      </li>
-                    );
-                  })}
-                </ul>
-              </section>
-            ))}
+          <div className="launcher-changelog-body">
+            <div className="changelog-splash-card">
+              <div className="changelog-splash-hero">
+                <div className="changelog-splash-kicker">{CHANGELOG_SPLASH_KICKER}</div>
+                <div className="changelog-splash-title" id="launcher-whats-new-title">{CHANGELOG_SPLASH_TITLE}</div>
+                <div className="changelog-splash-meta">Release {CHANGELOG_SPLASH_VERSION}</div>
+              </div>
+              <div className="changelog-splash-list">
+                {CHANGELOG_SECTIONS.map((section) => (
+                  <section key={section.title} className="changelog-splash-section">
+                    <h3 className="changelog-splash-section-title">{section.title}</h3>
+                    <ul className="changelog-splash-bullets">
+                      {section.items.map((item, index) => {
+                        const key = `${section.title}-${index}`;
+                        const normalizedItem: ChangelogItem = item;
+                        if (typeof normalizedItem === "string") {
+                          return <li key={key}>{normalizedItem}</li>;
+                        }
+                        return (
+                          <li key={key}>
+                            <div>{normalizedItem.text}</div>
+                            {normalizedItem.note ? <div className="changelog-splash-bullet-note">{normalizedItem.note}</div> : null}
+                          </li>
+                        );
+                      })}
+                    </ul>
+                  </section>
+                ))}
+              </div>
+              <div className="changelog-splash-footer">
+                <div className="changelog-splash-footnote">{CHANGELOG_SPLASH_FOOTNOTE}</div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
           </div>
         </section>
-      </section>
+      </div>
     </main>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/index.css
index 7f34799..24fc3b4 100644
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ body {
   isolation: isolate;
   overflow: hidden;
   min-height: 100dvh;
-  display: grid;
-  place-items: center;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
   padding: 48px 24px;
 }
 
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ body {
     linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(8, 11, 17, 0.36) 0%, rgba(8, 11, 17, 0.52) 36%, rgba(7, 10, 15, 0.84) 72%, rgba(5, 7, 11, 0.96) 100%);
 }
 
+.launcher-stack {
+  width: min(760px, 100%);
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 18px;
+}
+
 .launcher-card {
   width: min(620px, 100%);
   padding: 28px 30px;
@@ -119,66 +125,143 @@ body {
   margin-top: 18px;
 }
 
-.launcher-whats-new {
-  margin-top: 24px;
-  padding-top: 18px;
-  border-top: 1px solid rgba(120, 170, 230, 0.16);
+.launcher-changelog-window {
+  width: min(760px, 100%);
+  border: 1px solid #4f79af;
+  border-radius: 12px;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, #0a1020 88%, transparent);
+  color: #d8e8ff;
+  box-shadow: 0 16px 34px rgba(3, 8, 18, 0.46);
+  overflow: hidden;
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-rows: 34px minmax(0, 1fr);
+  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
 }
 
-.launcher-whats-new-head {
+.launcher-changelog-titlebar {
   display: flex;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  align-items: baseline;
-  justify-content: space-between;
-  gap: 10px;
-  margin-bottom: 14px;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+  padding: 0 10px;
+  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #1b365e 0%, #122743 100%);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #365782;
+  user-select: none;
 }
 
-.launcher-whats-new-title {
-  margin: 0;
-  font-size: 1.1rem;
+.launcher-changelog-title {
+  min-width: 0;
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  color: #eef6ff;
 }
 
-.launcher-whats-new-version {
-  margin: 0;
-  color: #9fd8ff;
-  font-size: 0.78rem;
-  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+.launcher-changelog-hint {
+  font-size: 11px;
+  color: #a9c2ec;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.launcher-changelog-body {
+  min-height: 0;
+  max-height: min(52dvh, 720px);
+  padding: 12px;
+  overflow: auto;
+}
+
+.changelog-splash-card {
+  min-height: 100%;
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-rows: auto minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+  gap: 12px;
+}
+
+.changelog-splash-hero {
+  padding: 14px 16px;
+  border: 1px solid #4f79af;
+  border-radius: 12px;
+  background:
+    radial-gradient(circle at top right, rgba(100, 170, 248, 0.24) 0%, transparent 48%),
+    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(27, 54, 94, 0.64) 0%, rgba(17, 32, 63, 0.82) 100%);
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(10, 16, 32, 0.22);
+}
+
+.changelog-splash-kicker {
+  color: #ffd166;
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-weight: 800;
   text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  margin-bottom: 6px;
 }
 
-.launcher-whats-new-list {
-  display: grid;
-  gap: 14px;
+.changelog-splash-title {
+  color: #eef6ff;
+  font-size: 22px;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  line-height: 1.1;
+  margin-bottom: 6px;
 }
 
-.launcher-whats-new-section {
-  display: grid;
-  gap: 8px;
-}
-
-.launcher-whats-new-section-title {
-  margin: 0;
-  font-size: 0.92rem;
-  color: #dff2ff;
-}
-
-.launcher-whats-new-bullets {
-  margin: 0;
-  padding-left: 18px;
-  display: grid;
-  gap: 8px;
-  color: #d5dfec;
-}
-
-.launcher-whats-new-bullets li {
+.changelog-splash-meta {
+  color: #a9c2ec;
+  font-size: 12px;
   line-height: 1.45;
 }
 
-.launcher-whats-new-note {
+.changelog-splash-list {
+  min-height: 0;
+  overflow: auto;
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 10px;
+  padding-right: 4px;
+}
+
+.changelog-splash-section {
+  padding: 12px 14px;
+  border: 1px solid #365782;
+  border-radius: 12px;
+  background: rgba(17, 32, 63, 0.84);
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(10, 16, 32, 0.14);
+}
+
+.changelog-splash-section-title {
+  margin: 0 0 8px;
+  color: #eef6ff;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
+}
+
+.changelog-splash-bullets {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding-left: 18px;
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 5px;
+  color: #d7e7ff;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  line-height: 1.45;
+}
+
+.changelog-splash-bullet-note {
   margin-top: 3px;
-  color: #9bacbe;
-  font-size: 0.88rem;
+  color: #a9c2ec;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  line-height: 1.4;
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+
+.changelog-splash-footer {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
+  gap: 10px;
+  align-items: center;
+}
+
+.changelog-splash-footnote {
+  color: #9fb8e5;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  line-height: 1.4;
 }
 
 .launcher-primary-btn,
@@ -1306,6 +1389,12 @@ button.danger:not(:disabled):hover {
     filter: saturate(0.82) blur(1.5px);
   }
 
+  .launcher-stack,
+  .launcher-card,
+  .launcher-changelog-window {
+    width: 100%;
+  }
+
   .launcher-card {
     padding: 22px 20px;
     border-radius: 16px;
@@ -1315,16 +1404,15 @@ button.danger:not(:disabled):hover {
     flex-direction: column;
   }
 
-  .launcher-whats-new-head {
-    flex-direction: column;
-    align-items: flex-start;
-  }
-
   .launcher-primary-btn,
   .launcher-secondary-btn {
     width: 100%;
   }
 
+  .launcher-changelog-body {
+    max-height: none;
+  }
+
   .page-shell {
     width: 96vw;
     margin: 1rem auto;
diff --git a/src/worldshaperStudio/changelogData.ts b/src/worldshaperStudio/changelogData.ts
index b0b0a81..10d8c13 100644
--- a/src/worldshaperStudio/changelogData.ts
+++ b/src/worldshaperStudio/changelogData.ts
@@ -3,61 +3,37 @@ export type ChangelogItem = string | {
   note?: string;
 };
 
-export const CHANGELOG_SPLASH_VERSION = "2026-06-22-world-editor-release-v6";
-
-export const CHANGELOG_SECTIONS = [
-  {
-    title: "World Rendering",
-    items: [
-      "Added live image opacity support in the renderer for both tiles and entity sprites.",
-      {
-        text: "Fixed world painting placement drift on very wide displays.",
-        note: "For the many of you out there using this on superultrawide monitors.",
-      },
-    ],
-  },
-  {
-    title: "Graphics & Animation",
-    items: [
-      "Added animation frame timelines to the Graphic Painter.",
-      "Added frame duplication, enable/disable, delete, drag reorder, and default-frame selection.",
-      "Added animation speed and playback settings to graphics data.",
-      "Added animation preview support from the Graphic Painter.",
-    ],
-  },
-  {
-    title: "World Overview",
-    items: [
-      "Added chunk move, duplicate, rotate, flip, and delete workflows from the world overview.",
-      "Added safer chunk management feedback and confirmation flows.",
-    ],
-  },
-  {
-    title: "Editor Stability",
-    items: [
-      "Fixed unified graphics conversion so saved image properties flow correctly into runtime tiles and sprites.",
-      "Improved live refresh behavior for renderer-facing graphic updates.",
-    ],
-  },
-  {
-    title: "TBI (To Be Implemented [Or thought about really hard])",
-    items: [
-      "Image animations on renderer with hotkey toggle and engine override toggle.",
-      "Add premade frame duplication effects, like duplicate and shift by direction.",
-      "Add animation effects that change opacity over time.",
-      "Add animation effects that shift saturation over time.",
-      "Work on a system to use an image with animation frames as a tile strip, placing the instance once but specifying which subimage to use.",
-      "Add an elevation system where some tiles can appear at different z-indexes and show a different subframe.",
-      "Allow unsnapped tile placement, possibly via hotkey, writing into a chunk patch instead of chunk rows.",
-      "Explore whether unsnapped placement should be true free placement or an additional sub-layer drawn over an existing layer.",
-      "Add custom prompts for text input and confirmation dialogs.",
-      "Prototype terrain painters for meta chunk painting and tile replacement, like rivers, mountains, and woods.",
-      "Talk to Justin more about zone and subzone music regions via chunk painting.",
-      "Autotilers.",
-      "Prefab stamps.",
-    ],
-  },
-] as const satisfies ReadonlyArray<{
+export type ChangelogSection = {
   title: string;
   items: ReadonlyArray<ChangelogItem>;
-}>;
+};
+
+export const CHANGELOG_SPLASH_VERSION = "2026-06-26-launcher-presentation-update";
+export const CHANGELOG_SPLASH_KICKER = "Launch Experience Update";
+export const CHANGELOG_SPLASH_TITLE = "What's New";
+export const CHANGELOG_SPLASH_FOOTNOTE = "This release focuses on presentation, access, and a cleaner studio handoff.";
+
+export const CHANGELOG_SECTIONS: ReadonlyArray<ChangelogSection> = [
+  {
+    title: "Studio Launch Experience",
+    items: [
+      "Worldshaper now opens from a dedicated launch page built to frame the studio instead of burying it behind a utility screen.",
+      "The editor now launches only in its slim floating window, keeping the first impression focused on the intended workspace.",
+      "The launch page now opens with an editor showcase backdrop that sets the tone before you step inside.",
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Project Access",
+    items: [
+      "Added a direct Repo destination from the launcher, making project browsing and source access part of the front door.",
+      "Release highlights now live on the main page, so returning creators can catch up before jumping back into the world.",
+    ],
+  },
+  {
+    title: "Presentation & Structure",
+    items: [
+      "The launcher now gives the studio controls and release notes their own stage, mirroring the feel of the in-editor update window.",
+      "The entry flow has been tightened into a cleaner, more cinematic handoff from main page to creation space.",
+    ],
+  },
+];
diff --git a/src/worldshaperStudio/changelogSplashWindowController.ts b/src/worldshaperStudio/changelogSplashWindowController.ts
index 5970548..d89bf6e 100644
--- a/src/worldshaperStudio/changelogSplashWindowController.ts
+++ b/src/worldshaperStudio/changelogSplashWindowController.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { clampFloatingWindowRect } from "./floatingWindowUtils";
-import { CHANGELOG_SECTIONS, CHANGELOG_SPLASH_VERSION } from "./changelogData";
+import {
+  CHANGELOG_SECTIONS,
+  CHANGELOG_SPLASH_FOOTNOTE,
+  CHANGELOG_SPLASH_KICKER,
+  CHANGELOG_SPLASH_TITLE,
+  CHANGELOG_SPLASH_VERSION,
+} from "./changelogData";
 import type { ChangelogItem } from "./changelogData";
 
 const CHANGELOG_SPLASH_WINDOW_KEY = "changelogSplash";
@@ -160,7 +166,7 @@ export function createChangelogSplashWindowController(scope: ControllerScope) {
 
   function refresh() {
     if (state.titleEl) {
-      state.titleEl.textContent = "What's New";
+      state.titleEl.textContent = CHANGELOG_SPLASH_TITLE;
     }
     if (state.metaEl) {
       state.metaEl.textContent = `Release ${CHANGELOG_SPLASH_VERSION}`;
@@ -221,7 +227,7 @@ export function createChangelogSplashWindowController(scope: ControllerScope) {
     heroEl.className = "changelog-splash-hero";
     const kickerEl = document.createElement("div");
     kickerEl.className = "changelog-splash-kicker";
-    kickerEl.textContent = "Mid-release update";
+    kickerEl.textContent = CHANGELOG_SPLASH_KICKER;
     const titleEl = document.createElement("div");
     titleEl.className = "changelog-splash-title";
     const metaEl = document.createElement("div");
@@ -235,7 +241,7 @@ export function createChangelogSplashWindowController(scope: ControllerScope) {
     footerEl.className = "changelog-splash-footer";
     const footnoteEl = document.createElement("div");
     footnoteEl.className = "changelog-splash-footnote";
-    footnoteEl.textContent = "Major features and fixes only. Removed experiments are intentionally omitted.";
+    footnoteEl.textContent = CHANGELOG_SPLASH_FOOTNOTE;
     const actionBtnEl = document.createElement("button");
     actionBtnEl.type = "button";
     actionBtnEl.className = "mini-btn";