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.

If you run your poker nights on the GameNight tournament timer, the clock just got a lot more interesting. This release adds circular countdown clocks and a cleaner layout editor, both aimed at making the big screen at your table look exactly how you want it.

A countdown that goes in circles (on purpose)

The classic MM:SS clock isn't going anywhere. It's still the default. But when you're customizing your timer, the clock now has a Style setting with two new looks:

• Radial ring: a circular ring that drains as the blind level counts down, with the time in the center. At a glance from across the room you can see how much of the level is left without reading a single digit.
• Radial with checks: the same idea, but the ring is split into segments that "check off" one by one as the level elapses. Pick how many segments you want (12 is a nice default; bump it to 20 for a finer read).

Radial ring at the halfway mark.

The "radial with checks" style, 12 segments.

Both styles keep the color cues you already rely on: the ring is green through most of the level, turns amber as the warning threshold approaches, and goes red (with a pulse) in the final seconds. You can dial in the ring thickness and which direction it sweeps, too.

The layout editor got out of its own way

When you customize a timer's layout, you can show or hide any element on screen: the clock, blinds, prize pool, player count, payouts, a QR code for remote viewing, a logo, even a live stream embed. Previously, the moment you entered edit mode every element popped onto the screen at low opacity, including the ones you'd deliberately turned off. It worked, but it was cluttered.

Now there's a tidy Objects panel down the side of the editor. It lists every element with a show/hide eye and lets you click any one to select it, including hidden ones. A hidden element only appears on the canvas while you've got it selected, so you can nudge it into place, then it tucks itself away again. Your screen stays clean while you work.

It all travels with your theme

Everything here (the clock style, ring settings, what's shown or hidden, and where each piece sits) is saved as part of your timer theme. That means you can set it up once and reuse it, and it rides along when you export a theme to a file or import one someone shared with you. Older saved themes are completely safe: anything that predates this update simply shows the classic text clock, exactly as before.

How to try it

1. Open a tournament timer at gamenight.poker and tap the Theme button to enter edit mode.
2. Click the clock (or pick it from the new Objects panel).
3. In the inspector, change Style to Radial ring or Radial with checks.
4. Tweak thickness, direction, and segments to taste, then Save your theme.

That's it. The same reliable countdown your table already trusts, now with a look you can make your own. Run your next tournament on it at gamenight.poker.