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GameNight Update

GameNight - what's new (May 24–29)


A run of timer updates this week, with a lean toward iPad/touch and streaming. Here's the rundown.


Circular countdown clocks

The clock now has a Style setting. Classic MM:SS is still the default, but you can switch to:

- Radial ring - a circle that drains as the level counts down, time in the center. Read the level at a glance from across the room.

- Radial with checks -  same idea, but split into segments that check off one by one. Pick how many segments you want.


Both keep the green → amber → red color cues (and the final-seconds pulse), and you can set ring thickness and sweep direction.


Cleaner layout editor

Entering edit mode used to dump every element onto the screen at low opacity, including the ones you'd hidden. Now there's an Objects panel down the side that lists every element with a show/hide eye. Hidden elements stay hidden - one only ghosts onto the canvas while you've got it selected to nudge it into place, then tucks away again.


Preset theme library

A built-in gallery of timer themes you can load in one click  no more downloading and re-importing files. Six to start: Classic Dark, Default Blue-green, Casino Red & Gold, Emerald Felt, High Contrast, Midnight Purple. Admins can upload/delete presets.


Streaming on remote displays

- Fixed: the embedded video stream now actually shows up on the remote/TV display (it was being dropped on remote views entirely).

- Admins can now allow extra stream hosts (Settings → General → Tournament Timer) beyond the built-in providers - handy for a self-hosted stream. Supports *.example.com wildcards.


iPad / touch fixes

- Snap toggle - button to turn off snapping for fine positioning (Shift still works if you have a keyboard, but iPad couldn't).

- No more white edges - the theme background now paints behind the whole page, so iPads no longer flash white at the screen edges or during the Safari toolbar transition.


 - Editor polish

The layout-edit pill's Cancel is now Close, and it no longer flashes the old theme on exit if you'd loaded a different one mid-edit.


Everything theme-related (clock style, ring settings, what's shown/hidden, positions) saves as part of your theme and travels with export/import. Older themes are untouched - they just show the classic text clock as before.


Try it at https://gamenight.poker.


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