Migrate pending games into the GameDetail shell

[johnpooch]

What this PR does

Pending (staging) games now render inside the existing GameDetail shell using the exact same structure active games already use, rather than a bespoke layout:

• Desktop: a narrow Game Info panel on the left (occupying the same slot Orders uses for active games), with the full board always visible on the right.
• Mobile: Map | Game Info bottom tabs (Chat is still deferred to Add the Chat tab to pending games with a join intro message #906, per the issue's dependency chain).

The map is reachable and shows the real starting deployment — create_from_template places units immediately on the backend — but it's read-only. GameMap already collapses into a no-op click handler whenever order options are empty, so the only change needed to make it inert for a pending game was skipping the options fetch (which 403s under IsActiveGame anyway); no new interaction-blocking logic was required.

GameInfoContent drops its own map preview now that the real map is always shown alongside it. GameInfoScreen gets a GameDropdownMenu when the game is pending, matching how the Map/Orders screens already surface it for active games — this also restores the Delete/Clone actions that were unreachable from a pending game's own view. Home's now-redundant PlayerInfo screen is retired alongside GameInfo; GameCard's dropdown routes both through the shell via a shared getGamePhasePath helper.

The Map tab's phase selector was also replaced with the game name for pending games, since the phase never changes while a game is staging — there's nothing to select between. The join/leave/share/add-bot row now appears directly beneath it on mobile too, in addition to the Game Info panel. That row's mutations (join, leave, share, add-bot sheet state) were extracted into a shared PendingGameActions component so GameInfoContent and MapScreen don't duplicate them.

This direction came out of a design discussion on the PR with @johnpooch and @JorenC after an earlier iteration (isolated single-tab shell, no visible map) didn't match the intended UX — see the thread below for the full back-and-forth.

Screenshots

Desktop — pending game the current user manages: narrow Game Info panel, full board on the right showing the starting deployment:

Mobile — Map | Game Info tabs:

Mobile Map tab (member) — game name + Add AI player/Leave/Share row in place of the phase selector:

Mobile Map tab (non-member) — Join game state:

Full panel (mobile, tall viewport) — confirms no leftover map preview anywhere in the Game Info panel; content ends cleanly at Rules:

Join state (Game Info panel) — pending game the current user hasn't joined:

Closes #903

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[johnpooch]

PR Review

This PR routes pending games through the shell's Game Info tab instead of the standalone Home screen, retires the old /game-info/:gameId route, and moves the join/leave/share/add-bot action block into the shared GameInfoContent so both entry points render identically.

I traced the key correctness-sensitive paths:

• getGameLandingPath/getGameInfoPath navigation logic, including the fallback to / when currentPhaseId is null — matches updated test expectations and the mock fixture fix (pending games now always carry a real phase, consistent with backend's create_from_template guarantee).
• Spectator access: confirmed GameRetrieveView and PhaseRetrieveView both use permissions.AllowAny server-side, so the new non-member spectator path in GameInfoContent (join button, map preview via useGamePhaseRetrieve) doesn't hit a permission wall.
• GameDetailLayout's nav-item filtering and conditional map panel/content-width logic for status === "pending" — no dangling references to the removed Home /game-info route or Home.GameInfoScreen export.
• Fixture builder change (makeGame now takes phases[phases.length - 1] as current phase instead of searching for "active") — verified against all existing callers in games.ts; order is always chronological with the active/final phase last, so no behavior change for existing fixtures.

Ran npm run test (510 tests, all passing), npx tsc -b --noEmit (clean), and npm run lint (clean).

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[JorenC]

<@688641092278681600> I feel like this change is totally wrong: #1008

What do you think? I would have assumed the player could see the map during the pending state. This looks totally weird.

Also, these three PRs all feel like a stack:
#1009
#1008
#1007

I feel like we should address these one at a time. Otherwise it's overwhelming
--白尤恩 — Yesterday at 22:53
I thought the same, but actually if you look at the current pending/game info its the same screen. The map comes just below the rules section - it should be there but is just below the fold
This is a stack- there are two that Claude could do in parallel, but the bot automatically took the additional ones and implemented them in one go
If you look at the stories, you can see i only added two (when there were 4 PRs only) issues to a PR
And the idea was to check more later.

First i think only "add backend" and "add game-info as shell" (so later chat - and possibly map - can be added) should run
I say this from my memory
But the bot took up more stories, i think by reading the dependencies and connections


Current game info screen has the same.
The stories make 'game info* as a tab, similar to chat so later we can add chat
I believe
And make it simple, same structure
Johnpooch — Yesterday at 22:57
But I don't understand what we're doing with this first PR. Why are we moving into the game detail shell? My vision of how this would work was totally different.

Effectively, in my vision, the game detail screen becomes the lobby where the players are waiting for the game to start. It would appear the exact same as it does after the game starts, but the player just can't interact with the map yet.
白尤恩 — Yesterday at 22:57
I dont understand that?
"becomes the lobby"
In my view, we have map/orders/chat/game info
We just disclose game info now as an option
Staging games SHOW the game info and chat (same as a normal game, just hide orders and map)
Running games SHOW the chat, orders and map, hide the game info (entrance via overflow)
That way they all use the same logic, we don't need new UI (if the lobby is the game info, then where does the chat UI live?)
So a staging game has the game info screen/tab on mobile, and a chat one. The chat one is populated with only the Public Press
Keeps everything the same. Consistent.
Simple
Johnpooch — Yesterday at 23:00
Why do we need to hide the map and orders? Why not just have the orders show a message that explains that the game is pending?
白尤恩 — Yesterday at 23:01
That is also possible, but seems to be (a) extra use case (need to make that UI which seems more complex than just hiding it) and (b) shows unnecessary information/clutter to the user
Why not just hide it?
I mean. The map maybe, but you already made the zoom and thingy in the map preview so it seemed a bit overkill to have two maps
And it means we have four navigation items in the mobile bottom bar - once again, I need to PRESS THEM FIRST to figure out what is "behind the curtain" only to find out "sorry! Nothing here until the game starts!"
Then why not just hide the entrance? User sees two things.

Game info: all about the game and zoomy map
Chat: public press chat interface (this is an unnecessary extra click but (a) is consistent with the pattern across the whole platform and (b) keeps it simple, no customized UI.

Ideally I'd have the "chat" tab open the public press CONTENT immediately, but I thought that was unnecessary complexity.
And could be a later improvement
Johnpooch — Yesterday at 23:11
To be honest, I strongly disagree with this direction. Here are my thoughts:

The game info screen looks horrible when stretched out like it is in the PR.
The UI in the PR breaks the pattern that is followed everywhere else in the GameDetail layout (command panel to the left, map to the right)
The proposed direction is more complex than it needs to be.
The way the UI changes after the game starts bugs me. Right now the game detail screen has everything, orders, chat, map, player info, game info. All we need to do is make the map uninteractive.
Making the map uninteractive and having a placeholder for orders panel is a pre-requisite for the spectator view anyways.

This just doesn't feel properly thought through. By far the simplest approach is to do what I'm describing.
We need to keep the number of branching paths low. The way I'm thinking about this, we use effectively the same ui for:
pending game (member)
active game (member)
pending game (non-member)
active game (non-member)
白尤恩 — Yesterday at 23:14
....but I think that is what I'm describing too?
I don't even see a distinction between member and non member....
Let me climb out of bed
Mock something up
Johnpooch — Yesterday at 23:15
You don't need to do that!
Do what you like, but I really don't think there is any need to mock anything up. All we need to do is show the game detail screen instead of the game info screen when someone clicks on a game. And then just add a notice to explain that the game will start soon, etc.
I'm okay with just hiding the orders tab if we like too. That wouldn't bother me much.
白尤恩 — Yesterday at 23:24
This is what we have NOW. The left is the game screen (with sidebar - bottom on mobile). The right is the pending game screen (with the join button)

This is the way I see it The left being the 'game info screen' - so it goes INTO a game when you open a game, rather than stay on the 'community' tab - consistent with all other games you enter (ongoing/finished).

When you're INTO a game it now shows the 'info' sidebar item (bottom on mobile) where you can see the same info as now, same join/leave/share info - it's the same for members/non-members, only the join element in the game info changes (like now).

But in ADDITION you have the 'Chat' sidebar item (bottom on mobile) where you can see the chats (same for members/non members, only members can add to chat). Remove the 'add channel' in this mock up - I forgot to remove that

It actually improves a navigation issue
Because right now, if I go to 'find games', and I click a game, it replaces the find-games content. There is no 'back' button to go where I came from - so I need to go back to the find games top hierarchical layer, and find the next game.

The same for a pending game - 'My games > Staging games > Game content. If I want to go to another staging game, the navigation should be Game content A > Staging Games > Game content B, but I can't - I have to go to Game Content A > My Games > Staging Games > Game Content B'.

--- but with this new game shell, I can just press the back button in the top left corner, and I'm back in Staging games (or wherever I came from). This is a bit of a nit but it's additional improvement. Consistency in code, in approach, and in UX
白尤恩 — Yesterday at 23:31
This makes more sense (back button)

This makes less sense (no back button) - and is current behaviour. It's the same thing, just with the 'Game content' being consistent and the same

No special UI for special cases, no notifiactions that stuff doesn't exist etc
I don't see the issue? Or is there some magical code difficulty I'm missing? I thought you were all for consistency and simplification?
(Note the small red 'i' I made in the sidebar - that would be a game info or game settings or something icon)
So I think we're actually describing the same situation. Maybe Claude didn't interpret or capture it correctly.

The UI when you join a game, I would actually make a pop-up dialog (I know you hate them, but this warrants one as it's an 'important decision' and you can provide the answer. This is the right moment for it) where you write your first message. It then pops up in the Public Press channel, and new messages appear like an unread message as now - same channel, same notifiaction system, same indicators...
That I haven't discussed with Claude yet becuase that would be implemented last - first just have the chat available, and people who are in the game can chat. That's the MVP - the next story is adding the 'Write your intro message' dialog, which is a small PR I think
白尤恩 — Yesterday at 23:38
(Last thing and I'll climb back into bed) - the only question is whether you'd hide the orders tab or not

Map is sort of :/ I don't care - it can be there (when chat is selected, as now) on desktop, but it means we need to have a navigation item on mobile for it and I sort of don't like that
But I can go either way
That would become this (if we don't hide orders). I'd rather have INFO | MAP | CHAT which changes into MAP | ORDERS | CHAT - consistency, etc etc etc

Anyway, please read the above - and if you disagree we can go back to making it a discussion 😄
I'm back to bed
I read the issues as the above btw
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Johnpooch — 06:50
Okay what you’re suggesting isn’t too far from what I’m thinking.

Here’s what I think:

most minimal solution is to just render the pending game within game detail layout, making the orders panel just include a notice. Game info panel is available via sub menu, not ideal

a natural enhancement on top of that is to replace the orders panel (useless before game starts) with the game info panel which is more useful before the game starts.

I think my main objection is that the game info screen should be a panel in the left command section, keeping the existing layout. Naturally this would mean removing the map from the game info screen.

The join game button fits naturally where the confirm orders button is on the orders screen.
I agree that the problem with keeping orders and info for both pending and active is that the ordering needs to swap when the game starts which feels weird. I think demoting game info to the sub screen (behind menu) when the game starts feels natural and consistent with what we have at the moment
Johnpooch — 07:00
So then the game info and player info screens in the home layout become a bit redundant. Which is good. I feel like we can get rid of them.
白尤恩 — 09:40
Yes, I think we actually agree - as usual

most minimal solution is to just render the pending game within game detail layout, making the orders panel just include a notice. Game info panel is available via sub menu, not ideal
Considering the game info panel is where you join/leave/share a game, I think this must be the first page people see when they go to a pending game. Non-negotiable, as that is the NBA and everything else is secondary.
a natural enhancement on top of that is to replace the orders panel (useless before game starts) with the game info panel which is more useful before the game starts.
That is indeed what I suggest - IF pending, hide orders. IF running/finished, hide game-info
I think my main objection is that the game info screen should be a panel in the left command section, keeping the existing layout. Naturally this would mean removing the map from the game info screen.
I don't know what you mean with 'left command section'? In my view, this would just replace ALL the left content and render the game-info in the full screen, like my mock up. Or, is that very hard?

An alternative would be to have it in the small side panel, remove the map and leave the map on the big screen. For mobile, that would indeed be the 'map tab'. Both are fine by me
白尤恩 — 09:46
That I don't like so much, tbh. It introduces unnecessary change, requires us to shift logic, and I like it on the game details - it has the rules, players, times etc - so it ensures the user is aware of what they sign up for.
白尤恩 — 09:46
Yes, we 'hide' game info but it remains accessible through the overflow menu

Claude, can you update this with the following feedback?

[johnpooch]

Read the full discussion. Here's what I believe is agreed, and the one point I want to confirm before reworking, since it's still open as of the last message:

Agreed (I'll implement this):

• Pending games render inside GameDetailLayout (already true), but instead of showing only a Game Info tab with everything else hidden, the tab swap applies: Map | Orders | Chat becomes Map | Game Info while pending (Chat still deferred to Add the Chat tab to pending games with a join intro message #906), and reverts to Map | Orders | Chat once active, with Game Info demoted back to the overflow menu — same tab count/position, no new UI, no notice-in-orders-panel.
• Map stays reachable for a pending game and renders read-only/uninteractive (units already sit at their template starting positions per create_from_template, so there's real content to show, not a blank board).
• Home's /game-info/:gameId and /player-info/:gameId screens are redundant now and can go — I'll fold this in.

Open question — Game Info's own layout:
johnpooch: Game Info should live in the narrow left command panel (like Orders does), dropping its own map preview since the real map is already visible on the right/via the Map tab.
JorenC (last message, no reply yet): prefers keeping Game Info as the full "game details" experience — own map preview, rules, players, times — not confined to the narrow panel, since that's an unrelated shift in scope/logic.

These produce different amounts of rework and I'd rather build the right one once. @johnpooch — can you confirm which of these two you want, or if you and Joren want to settle it in the thread first? I'll hold off on that specific piece until then, but will start on the tab-swap + Map-uninteractive-view + Home-screen-removal now since those seem settled.

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[JorenC]

Let's have Game-Info live in the small panel and render the full map next to it. In that case, remove the map preview from the narrow Game-Info.

This means that on mobile, we DO have a 'map' tab, similar to how it currently works for running games.

So:
Staging:
Desktop: GAME-INFO | CHAT
Mobile: MAP | GAME-INFO | CHAT

Running/finished:
Desktop: ORDERS | CHAT
Mobile: MAP | ORDERS | CHAT

This should be okay to go - you can proceed, no need to wait for John

[johnpooch]

Implemented the agreed design:

• Desktop: GAME-INFO narrow panel (Orders' slot) + full map on the right, always visible.
• Mobile: MAP | GAME-INFO tabs (Chat still deferred to Add the Chat tab to pending games with a join intro message #906).
• Map is real (starting deployment already placed by create_from_template) but read-only — no order interactions possible for a pending phase.
• GameInfoContent no longer carries its own map preview.
• Home's GameInfo/PlayerInfo screens are both retired now that they're redundant.

Screenshots updated in the PR description. Tests/lint/typecheck all green. Ready for another look whenever you get a chance.

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[JorenC]

The desktop version of the 'status' (Leave/Join/Share/Add AI player) needs to be changed to the mobile version; before it had the full width of the desktop, but now it is the side panel, it has the same space as a mobile. So - it needs to use the mobile version of that component.

Also, there should be some horizontal padding to the sides of the panel - right now it's very cramped.

[johnpooch]

Good catch — the buttons were using Tailwind's viewport sm: breakpoint, which stayed "desktop" even though the actual panel is sidebar-width now. Switched to @[500px]: container queries (matching the threshold ScreenCard already uses for this same panel) so the layout responds to the panel's real width instead of the browser's. Also added horizontal padding to the panel — it was relying on padding from the old Home layout wrapper that doesn't exist in the GameDetail shell.

Updated desktop screenshot in the PR description.

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[JorenC]

Finally, can you add a screenshot of the bottom of the game-info screen - to validate that there is no 'map' anymore?

Secondly, it now says 'Game info' in the top - can we make that the NAME of the game (so we move that up and remove 'Game info'. Truncate the name. (Then you also don't need the name duplication in the bottom of 'Gathering forces' - which is the game name).

[johnpooch]

Both done:

• Added a tall-viewport screenshot to the PR description ("Full panel") confirming the content ends cleanly at Rules with no leftover map anywhere in the panel.
• Header now shows the game's own name (truncated) instead of "Game Info", and dropped the duplicate name that was in the metadata card below.

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[JorenC]

Add some slight vertical padding to the top of the 'join/leave/add AI player' bracket so it doesn't directly touch the top bar.

[johnpooch]

Added a small gap above the alert box so it no longer touches the separator line. Updated desktop screenshot in the PR description.

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[JorenC]

Right now we have the phase selector in the map screen during staging games (on mobile). This is not relevant, as the phase is always stuck at the first one. Replace that with the game name, and add the "join/leave" component beneath it (mobile only).

[JorenC]

Can you make screenshots of the latest commit you made and update them in the PR description? This is about the mobile view/map active.

[JorenC]

Commit 040c9b4 only added the 'open game' (join game) state. Can you show the other states?

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Sorry for the silence — my connection to GitHub dropped for an extended stretch and I couldn't post anything until now (I kept working locally in the meantime and pushed everything as soon as it came back).

To catch up:

• Phase selector → game name: implemented for real (not just the mockup). The Map tab now shows the game name in place of the phase selector for pending games, with the join/leave/share/add-bot row directly beneath it (mobile only). That row's logic was extracted into a shared PendingGameActions component so it's not duplicated between the Game Info panel and the Map tab.
• Both states: pending-map-mobile.png (member — Add AI player/Leave/Share) was already committed in the same push as the feature; it just wasn't visible because I couldn't update the PR description. Both it and the join-state screenshot (pending-map-mobile-join.png) are now in the description above.
• CI is green on the latest commit.

Let me know if the padding/sizing on the new Map-tab action row needs the same kind of pass the Game Info one did.

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[JorenC]

I think we're all good, except the Mobile — Game Info needs to have some padding above the join/leave/add AI bot element. For Mobile - Map view there is no padding, this is good. A bit nit picking, but I think it's important.

Specifically, it's here (I can't edit while on the move - I circled it in red)

[johnpooch]

I checked this against a clean checkout of the current HEAD (6445846, on top of 040c9b4 which already has the b4087f4 padding fix from the earlier round) — the padding is there on my end:

Mobile Game Info — clear gap between the AppBar and the alert box:

Mobile Map tab — for comparison, the action row still sits flush against the AppBar here, as intended:

GameInfoScreen's Panel.Content has had px-4 pt-2 since that earlier fix, and nothing since has touched it. I can't fetch the screenshot you attached directly (this environment can't reach github.com/user-attachments/...), but given the code and a fresh render both show the gap, is it possible you were looking at a cached build — a previously-installed PWA or a browser cache on your phone? If you do a hard refresh / clear-cache-and-reload and it's still flush, let me know and I'll dig further — there could be a mobile-Chrome-specific rendering quirk I'm not catching in a headless screenshot.

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[JorenC]

@johnpooch I think this is good to merge.

The screenshots don't show, likely because Claude is not allowed to commit it. MAYBE (Claude, don't do this!) we should allow committing screenshots, then instruct Claude to always clean that folder before merging. That way the screenshots can be used (if my idea about the cause is correct). Can't check now, otherwise just leave it.

But let's merge this! And move towards prechat lobby!!!

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