My internet went away for a few seconds and I got the hammer man, then suddenly - while the background still showed a darkened adventure map - the avatar selection appeared. I didn't dare press any button (just reloaded the page) because a few days ago I saw someone on help who said s/he had been playing this game for a while, was 30+ level and something happened, and the avatar selection appeared and then their island reset to level 1. I think this might be related, can't verify.