Hello friends!
I'm Rex, the new Product Manager for Carde Cloud, which encompasses both our Organized Play platform and the Unified Admin Panel (A new feature we are excited to be rolling out soon-ish.) If we haven't met yet, I'm excited to be leading these products into their next chapter!
We've been a bit quiet lately, but for good reason - our team has been hard at work crafting an ambitious new vision for Carde's future in 2025 and beyond. Starting this week, we're aiming for a more regular release cadence, with platform improvements rolling out most Mondays. This steady rhythm of updates will help us better serve our community while maintaining the quality you expect from Carde.
New Features & Improvements
Enhanced Tournament Experience for Players
- Active Event Flyout for 1v1 Games: A streamlined interface for managing active 1v1 tournaments, providing quick access to essential information and controls
- Improved Match Reporting Flow: Redesigned the match reporting process to be more intuitive and efficient
Better User Experience
- Mobile-Optimized Interface: Comprehensive UX improvements to ensure Organized Play pages display properly on smaller screens, eliminating overflow issues and improving readability
- Modern Onboarding: Revamped the new user onboarding experience with clearer guidance and improved flow
- Advanced Event Filtering: Improved filtering options for events by city, state, and country to help players find nearby tournaments more easily
Enhanced Tournament Management
- Smart Event Creation: Events now automatically prefill organization and user information in Organized Play, saving you valuable time
- Extended Swiss Late Registration: Added flexibility for tournament organizers to add players after Swiss tournaments have begun
Safety & Compliance
- Content Moderation: Added profanity filtering for display names to maintain a family-friendly environment
Performance Improvements
- Read Replica Support: Enhanced database architecture for better performance and reliability
- Optimized Backend: Completely rewrote roster, standings, and pairings endpoints in SQL for significantly improved performance
- Reduced Response Times: These optimizations should result in noticeably faster loading times across the platform