The lobby and table layouts won't hold up as the catalog grows. Today every game or variant gets its own button, and the rummy dealer picks a variant at the table. That already feels crowded with golf, castle and rummy (basic, ten-card, gin).
Coming games
- Card games: canasta, bridge, whist, casino, more rummy variants, spades, …
- Non-card games: multiplayer pong (the small-cat variant), multiplayer rescue party, go and chess, a Mario-like platformer, collaborative drawing, …
Lobby and selection flow
- Replace the per-game buttons with a grouped flow. One option: "start a card table", then the dealer or the room picks the game and variant; other families work the same way.
- Decide who chooses: the dealer, a room vote, or the host. Also decide when: at creation or between deals.
- Keep variant pickers compact, for example a select plus one action, never one button per variant.
- Show seat constraints (a variant that fits only 2 seats, and so on) without clutter.
In-game experience
- Extensive play testing of each game's overall flow: deal, turn, end-of-deal sheet, next deal.
- Web and mobile layout, touch targets, and clarity. A new player should be able to tell whose turn it is, what they can do now, and why a move was refused.
- Share the table layout pieces (felt, hands, piles, sheets) across card games, so each new game doesn't bring its own layout.
Done when
- A selection flow is designed and in place that scales to around 20 games and variants.
- Each shipped game has been play-tested on desktop and phone, with its issues filed and fixed.
The lobby and table layouts won't hold up as the catalog grows. Today every game or variant gets its own button, and the rummy dealer picks a variant at the table. That already feels crowded with golf, castle and rummy (basic, ten-card, gin).
Coming games
Lobby and selection flow
In-game experience
Done when