NEW: Choose your card-play style! Tap the style selector above your seat to switch between Slide, Slam, Spin, and Sneak. Hold your card before playing to charge up extra flair on Slam and Spin. Everyone at the table sees the style you pick. ALSO IN THIS UPDATE • Cards that win a trick now pop up in the round summary, so you can see at a glance which plays took each trick • Card animations now fly in from your actual seat with consistent timing across every style • Tapping the lobby's Players card lets you choose to take a seat or invite a player • Fixed card animations cutting off, spinning the wrong way, or not showing on autoplay • Fixed the winning card's gold border sizing • Many small polish and stability fixes

• Friends — add players you enjoy playing with and invite them straight to your room • Direct message your friends, right from the app • Push notifications for messages, room invites, and turn nudges • Various stability and reliability fixes

- Ranked Mode: Now live for Kaliteri and Judgement — climb through 52 tiers, track your progress, and see where you stand on the leaderboard. - Onboarding Tour: New guided walkthrough for first-time players — card sizing, a real trick, and sending a message, right after you set up your profile. - Game Log: Moved to the player stats screen — now works on any player's profile, not just your own. Thanks for playing 52 Patta!

- Bigger Tables: New 3-deck option (156 cards) for Kaliteri, Judgement, and Mendikot. - Custom Decks: Build your own deck — strip ranks out bottom-up, or auto-solve by players. - Kaliteri Partner Calls: New setting for how the leader names the partner card in multi-deck games, plus faster "certain partner" detection mid-trick. - Judgement Rounds: Starting card count is now adjustable, not locked to 1. - Judgement Bidding: Clearer turn status, and your locked-in bid now actually looks locked in. - Series Stats: Added a round-by-round breakdown to your post-series stats panel. - Bug Fixes: Fixed a freeze right after logging in, plus other stability improvements. Thanks for playing 52 Patta!

- Player Stats: New stats screen - track your time played, win rate, and per-mode stats. Tap your avatar on Home to see it. - Kaliteri Scoring: Rebalanced for fairer payouts on failed bids and steadier point swings. - Scoring Guide: Tap the "?" on the scoreboard to see exactly how your points are calculated. - Judgement Badges: Tables now show 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and last place at a glance. - Lobby Refresh: Quicker, clearer buttons for readying up, leaving, and managing players. - Faster Rounds: Turn timer default is now 15 seconds across all modes. - Bug Fixes: Smoother chat and improved reliability throughout.

Chat is here — plus clearer team colours and a rebuilt lobby. CHAT • Tap the chat button to type a message. Hold it for quick messages and emojis. • Quick messages are yours to change — long-press any chip to edit it. • Report, block and mute. You control who reaches you, and blocks stick across rooms and reinstalls. • Blocked players show a muted badge, so their silence makes sense. GAMEPLAY • Team colours now follow you. In Kaliteri, blue is always your team and red is always the opposition — on the table, the seats, and the live score. • Fixed the Kaliteri bidder's seat flashing the wrong colour before the partner is revealed. • Fixed white arcs on the corners of the deal-reveal card. • Fixed crashes and slowdowns in long sessions, and smoothed the table's animations. LOBBY • Ready is now a pinned toggle at the bottom of the screen — no more hunting for it. • Player and spectator grids are four across, so a full table fits at a glance. • Past games moved into their own Session Game Log. • Admins can tap any game-details tile to change it on the spot — player count, decks, rounds — without leaving the room. • Tap any player, anywhere, to open their actions. Thanks for playing 52 Patta!

New: • Resize your cards — new Card Size slider in Settings • See who's watching — tap the "N watching" badge for a spectator roster • Mid-round scoreboard now shows every player's hand, grouped by team Improved: • Faster card rendering with lower memory use, especially in longer games • Brisker pacing — trick timer shortened to 20s • Judgement's bidding timer is simpler and more reliable • Kaliteri partner reveals redesigned and easier to read • Removed the ad that used to fire right when you created a room Fixed: • Home screen no longer piles up duplicate entries • Kaliteri countdown bar showing the wrong time • "Quit Game" occasionally freezing for the admin • Ads sometimes not showing after loading • Spectator roster now closes on its own after a few seconds

The change log for this version can be found here: https://52patta.in/updates New Features * New spectate mode — join an in-progress room to watch the game live, with a real-time "N watching" counter, instead of only being able to join rooms still in the lobby. * New "Find Room" screen: browse a live list of open and in-progress rooms (host, player count, game mode, round status) instead of only creating or joining by code. Tap a lobby room to join as a player, or an in-progress room to join as a spectator. * Kaliteri's post-round point reveal was completely redesigned into a suspenseful, player-by-player reveal that builds toward the moment the bid team crosses (or misses) their target. * Admins can now hand off the admin role to another player in the lobby — no more losing the whole room if the admin has to leave. * The room admin's avatar now shows a gold "ADMIN" badge so it's always clear who's in charge. * Judgement bidding now shows a row of dots so you can see at a glance how many players have placed their bid. * New optional "Live Points Display" setting for Kaliteri, with a redesigned scoring HUD. Improvements * Card dealing is faster and smoother — the old full-deck flying-card animation is gone, hands appear almost instantly. * Card-reveal screens stay open a little longer on quick hands so you have time to actually see your cards. * Mendikot's "Band Hukum" trump is now picked instantly instead of making everyone wait through a 5-second pick window. * Closing or backgrounding the app no longer boots you from a lobby — reopening the app puts you right back where you were. * Leaving a room now gives you a clearer message about what actually happened (kicked, room closed, or you left). * If the room admin disconnects or leaves, another player is automatically promoted instead of the room closing on everyone. * The "N watching" spectator counter now updates live and accurately. * Room settings screens were reorganized — common settings are always visible, with an "Advanced Settings" section for the rest. * Kaliteri team-colored avatars, a redesigned partner-reveal panel, an updated bid panel, and consistent team colors across game modes. * The post-round scoreboard now animates into rank order instead of snapping instantly. * 2-deck Kaliteri trump selection is simpler — no more "which copy?" popup. * General visual polish across icons, chips, and player avatars. Bug Fixes * Fixed several ways a room could get permanently stuck after someone left mid-game, disconnected, or force-quit. * Fixed games getting stuck at the scoreboard forever after a server update — they now resume automatically. * Fixed spectators occasionally seeing a stale hand of cards, being unable to rejoin, or seeing a "Failed to load" error. * Fixed the admin's "Quit Game" button leaving everyone frozen on the game board instead of returning home. * Fixed the point-calculation bar breaking in 2-deck games and rendering underneath the table. * Fixed several team-coloring bugs around partner reveal and round end. * Fixed a crash opening the scoreboard chart when all players are tied at 0 points. * Fixed the "Live Points Display" toggle silently doing nothing when tapped. * Fixed the win/lose end-of-round animation sometimes not appearing at all. * Fixed inconsistent Mendikot bar-chart icons and bar heights in 2-deck games. Performance * Reduced memory and battery usage from ads, the Avatar Creator, confetti effects, and win/lose animations — smoother play during long sessions. Security * Bots and disconnected players can no longer be targeted for admin promotion.