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Responsive Game Upgrade

This release introduces a major responsive layout upgrade for the Game 56 table experience, improves mobile/tablet usability and modernizes chat/viewer handling functionality.

1. Game 56 Responsive Redesign

Game 56 now has a dedicated responsive layout for desktop, mobile landscape, and mobile portrait views.

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Highlights:

• New compact top status bar showing table, seat, bid, score, games done, and points where applicable.
• Game menu moved into the top/status area to reduce wasted space.
• Mobile landscape now uses a left-side status rail to maximize board space.
• Mobile portrait now stacks the game board, hand cards, sponsor, online users, chat, and viewers in a scrollable flow.
• Hand cards are resized and positioned for better mobile usability.
• Sponsor placement improved across desktop, mobile landscape, and portrait.

2. Bidding and Game State Improvements

The bid and play state display has been polished.

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Changes:

• Current bid moved into the status bar.
• Bid suit symbols now render visually instead of plain text where appropriate.
• Bid seat renamed/shortened to Seat in compact layouts.
• Duplicate/old current-bid display conflicts reduced.
• Lead-player indicator restored using the existing game logic.

3. Chat, Viewers, and Online Users

Chat and viewer handling has been redesigned for better space usage.

Changes:

• Desktop chat/viewers are shown in a styled right-side panel.
• Viewer list now scrolls inside the panel instead of growing the panel vertically.
• Mobile landscape can open chat/viewers as overlay panels.
• Mobile portrait shows chat and viewers below the game area.
• Online Users remains accessible without taking permanent board space.
• Chat styling improved with compact message bubbles.
• Viewer action buttons are better aligned and support Allow / Push behavior.

4. Action Panel

A new action panel centralizes seat/player/admin actions while preserving the existing server behavior.

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Changes:

• Seat Play/Push controls are available through the action panel.
• Admin/table actions are surfaced through the same panel when available.
• Native Play/Push controls remain available behind the scenes for compatibility.

5. Home / Lobby Mobile Table Improvements

The Home page table is now more mobile-friendly.

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Changes:

• Mobile/tablet table rows are shown as compact cards.
• Chairs are displayed in a compact grid.
• Vacant seats show play/view icon controls.
• Occupied seats show player nickname only.
• Existing play/view server payloads are preserved.