Since server migration - I cannot play online. Broke?

For the past two weeks, neither my friend (on win7 in UK) nor I (on win10 in US) can get past the first screen in Cottage Garden. It launches; we choose Casual Game; then it show a Login With Steam window and freezes. Will not go any farther. No matter how long we wait it never goes farther. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game, but that doesn't fix it. We love this game and hope it will be fixed....

Unlike in all the other games from Digidiced, I cannot find a close button in the main menu. Did I overlook it, or did they forget to add one? Pressing Esc to close the game works though, but is slightly inconvinient when playing from the couch with just the mouse....

Are there any plans to implement the solo mode mentioned in the rulebook? It would be nice to see how high you can score without the interference of other players, where you can plan perfectly based on the flower tile order. There could also be an achievement for reaching a certain score in solo mode- 80 points or higher, for example....

Would it be possible to rotate and flip flower tiles with the keyboard while you're holding the tiles with the mouse? It seems like this is essentially what the AI does, anyway- its flower tiles automatically rotate and flip as they drift to its flowerbed board. It feels a bit slow to place the tiles on the board, manipulate them, then grab and place them again. I think you place enough tiles during the game that shaving several seconds off each placement can make the game a few minutes faster- a good thin...