Changelog

What’s new on floatingbridge.xyz — game updates, new features, and improvements.

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June 2026

New: Bridge Glossary — 60+ bridge terms explained in plain language, including Floating Bridge-specific terminology like “called card” and “floating partnership.”
New: Live Statistics page — Real-time stats showing total games played, active players, rooms created, and games by mode.
New: FAQ pages — Dedicated FAQ pages for Floating Bridge, Big Two, Singapore Mahjong, and Hong Kong Mahjong.
SEO improvements — Added outbound authority links (Wikipedia, World Bridge Federation, ACBL), og:type=game on homepage, og:type=article on content pages.
Sitemap expanded from 16 to 18+ URLs with new content pages.

5 new blog articles published for SEO and AdSense content:
Floating Bridge vs Contract Bridge — what’s actually different between the two.
Big Two Hand Rankings — complete guide to Dai Di card combos.
Best Card Games for 4 Players — from casual to competitive.
How to Teach Parents Card Games Online — patience tips and the value of playing together.
Singapore Card Game Culture — from void decks to video calls.

Increased Cloud Run min-instances from 0 to 1 — eliminates cold-start timeouts.
Fixed Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy header from same-origin to cross-origin for Google Search Console compatibility.
Added sitemap-v2.xml for GSC cache-busting.

New: Floating Bridge Strategy Guide — hand evaluation, bidding tactics, partner calling, secret partner deduction, trump management, and defensive play.
New: Big Two Strategy Guide — hand evaluation, singles vs pairs vs five-card combos, the 2 of Spades, when to break combos, endgame tactics.
New: Card Games for Seniors — how playing cards fights loneliness, void deck culture, going digital without losing the social element.
FAQ structured data (JSON-LD) added to all strategy and blog pages for Google rich snippets.

Singapore Mahjong (SG style) with Tai scoring system.
Hong Kong Mahjong (HK style) with Faan scoring system.
5 AI difficulty levels for Mahjong — from beginner (random discards) to tournament-level (shanten calculation, tile efficiency, defensive play, score-differential strategy).
Interactive Mahjong Tutorial — 12-step guided mock game teaching drawing, discarding, claiming, and winning.
Animal tiles, flower/season tiles, and Bao penalty support for SG rules.

Big Two (Dai Di / 大老二) with full combo support: singles, pairs, triples, straights, flushes, full houses, four-of-a-kind, straight flushes.
5 AI difficulty levels — from random play to backward exit planning, pump plays, and opponent modeling.
Card tracking system for advanced players.

Real-time multiplayer via HTTP long-polling (no WebSocket dependency).
Room codes for playing with friends (6-letter codes, shareable via WhatsApp/Telegram).
Social invite links with Open Graph previews.
Emoji reactions during gameplay.
Win/loss celebrations and animations.
PWA support (installable, offline-capable).
Admin dashboard with live metrics.
GCS state persistence for room recovery.

Floating Bridge (Singaporean Bridge) — the card game with floating partnerships and secret partners.
Contract Bridge — traditional fixed-partnership bridge.
5 AI difficulty levels for Bridge — from random play to finesse logic, endgame analysis, and full partner inference.
Interactive Bridge tutorial for new players.
Deployed on Google Cloud Run (asia-southeast1).
Mobile-first responsive design with large touch targets.
No signup required — play instantly in your browser.

Built with ♥ in Singapore. Zero external dependencies — just Python stdlib and vanilla JS.