Card Night at Gigi's news & patch notes

The score stays on the table

When a hand ends, the summary no longer covers the felt with a pop-up. A small score box settles into the table's open space and the next hand deals in beneath it. It eases in, lingers while you read it, and clears the moment you act. Tap it (or press X on a controller) for the full hand. In Hearts, Spades, and Euchre, a won trick now slides over to whoever took it, so it's easy to follow who's collecting.

Controller & Steam Deck

• The card cursor, highlight, and "Play" prompt show up only when it's actually your turn now. No more lingering during bidding, an opponent's turn, or while a hand is being scored.
• The in-game settings list no longer jumps to the top when you scroll it with the left stick.
• Switching between mouse and controller mid-turn repaints the cursor cleanly, and stale prompts no longer hang around after you act.

Gamepad: the card cursor and highlight no longer show on your hand when it isn't your turn to act (bidding, opponents' plays, the count). Fixed some results not recording: Hearts solo games and Hold'em bust-outs now count toward your stats. Spades: the end-of-hand summary reports bag penalties correctly. Cribbage: the end-of-round scoring box is now titled "Round Results" and counts out twice as fast. Sturdier mid-hand resume, including from older or unusual save states. Controller polish: cleaner mouse/gamepad switching, no leftover on-screen prompts.

New: Two slower speeds: Slow and Relaxed. If Normal felt a touch quick, especially while you are still learning a game, you can now ease the whole table down. Game speed adds Slow (0.5x) and Relaxed (0.7x) below Normal, alongside Fast and Faster. They stretch everything evenly (AI plays, the trick reveal, card animations) Thanks to mlppace2000 for the feedback on speed. Fixes: Euchre: Fixed a stuck spot where, if your partner ordered up and went alone on your deal, the game asked you to discard but wouldn't let you pick a card. Your hand now shows so you can make the discard, then sits out the hand as it should. Spades: Tidied the rules text so "Nil" reads clearly. Those two found thanks to thanny.

Fixed a bug where you could not unlock all the Texas Holdem Achievements. Found by the legend Thanny himself.

Made the hand reports more table formatted, so users can read easier. Made the last setback hand of each round playout. Added sound effects volume level separately from music. Thanks to Daniel for these feedback items.

Built with Steam Deck in mind.

Card Night At Gigi's ships a native Linux build that runs natively on Steam Deck — no Proton translation layer. Here's what to expect on the handheld:

Controls. Full gamepad support across every game and every menu. The game was tested on Ayn Thor and Steam Deck hardware before launch.

Resolution & text. UI is designed at 1280×720 and scales cleanly to the Deck's 1280×800 screen. All text — score, hands, rules — is readable in handheld mode without zooming.

Battery & temperature. I've double checked all the drawing refreshes, to ensure no unusual battery drains.

Suspend / resume. I added a resume feature to each game before release to assist if the steam deck updates while the game is in sleep.

Cloud saves. Player stats and achievement progress sync via Steam Cloud — switch between Deck and desktop seamlessly.