Add scoreboard countdown timer and sound effects

- Timer: one per event, set from the control room (duration, presets,
  start/pause/resume/reset, show/hide, T shortcut). Rules are pure
  functions in src/lib/timer.ts; the server's clock sets the end time and
  each screen counts down locally, corrected for its own clock.
  Needs supabase/migrations/0002_timer.sql.
- Sound effects on the scoreboard, synthesised with Web Audio (no files):
  drum-roll + crash per revealed team, fanfare for first place, a chime
  on game change, ticks for the last 10 seconds and a buzzer at zero.
  Triggers are pure functions comparing consecutive payloads.
- 'Turn sound on' button on the scoreboard, since browsers block audio
  until a click; the choice is remembered across reloads.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -59,12 +59,27 @@ type ScoreboardPayload = {
     rank?: number; total?: number;
     // v1 sends totals only; no per-game points.
   }>;
-  updatedAt: string;
+  // null while the host has the timer hidden; sent regardless of score visibility
+  timer: {
+    status: 'idle' | 'running' | 'paused' | 'finished';
+    remainingMs: number;      // as of updatedAt
+    endsAt: string | null;    // set while running
+    durationMs: number;
+  } | null;
+  updatedAt: string;          // server clock; screens use it to correct their own
 };
 ```
 During reveal mode, teams not yet revealed are sent without rank/total, alphabetically and before the revealed ones, so their order leaks nothing.
 When frozen, rank/total come from `frozen_snapshot` but `currentGame` stays live. A missing or invalid snapshot is treated as hidden, never as live.
 
+## Timer and sound
+- Timer state lives on `events` (see DATA_MODEL.md). `src/lib/timer.ts` holds the rules as pure
+  functions; server actions apply them using the server's clock. Screens count down locally
+  between pings from `endsAt`, offset by `updatedAt` minus their own clock.
+- Sound effects are synthesised in `src/lib/sound.ts` with the Web Audio API. Which sound a
+  change triggers is decided by pure functions in `src/lib/scoreboard-sounds.ts`; the
+  scoreboard compares each new payload with the previous one. No sound data travels over Realtime.
+
 ## Folder layout
 ```
 src/

docs/BUILD_PLAN.md

@@ -59,5 +59,11 @@ human a short "how to test this manually" checklist. Don't start the next phase
 - Deploy to Vercel; set env vars; set Supabase auth redirect URLs to the Vercel domain.
 **Done when:** full dry run on the deployed URL: laptop admin + projector scoreboard + 2 phone judges.
 
+## Phase 9 — Timer + sound effects
+- Apply `supabase/migrations/0002_timer.sql`, then `npm run gen:types`.
+- Timer rules in `src/lib/timer.ts` (tested); control-room panel (set, start/pause/reset, show/hide, `T`); scoreboard display.
+- Scoreboard sound effects: reveal drum-roll + crash/fanfare, game-change chime, last-10-seconds ticks + buzzer; "Turn sound on" button.
+**Done when:** a timer started in the control room counts down on the scoreboard with ticks and a buzzer, and a reveal plays its drum-roll.
+
 ## Stretch (only if asked)
-Participants within teams · co-host admins · countdown timer on scoreboard · sound effects on reveal · CSV export of results.
+Participants within teams · co-host admins · CSV export of results.

docs/DATA_MODEL.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Full SQL in `supabase/migrations/0001_init.sql`.
 
 | Table | Purpose | Key columns |
 |---|---|---|
-| `events` | A game night | `owner_id`, `scoreboard_token`, `scoreboard_visibility`, `frozen_snapshot`, `current_game_id`, `reveal_active`, `reveal_count` |
+| `events` | A game night | `owner_id`, `scoreboard_token`, `scoreboard_visibility`, `frozen_snapshot`, `current_game_id`, `reveal_active`, `reveal_count`, `timer_visible`, `timer_duration_ms`, `timer_remaining_ms`, `timer_ends_at` |
 | `teams` | Teams in an event | `name`, `color` (#RRGGBB), `sort_order` |
 | `games` | Activities | `scoring_mode`, `points_mode`, `multiplier`, `placement_points int[]`, `status`, `admin_notes`, `judge_notes`, `open_token`, `open_link_enabled`, `judging_locked`, `spotlight_team_id` |
 | `criteria` | Scoring blocks per game | `label`, `description`, `input_type`, `min_value`, `max_value`, `step`, `weight` |
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ Full SQL in `supabase/migrations/0001_init.sql`.
 - `scores` unique on `(team_id, criterion_id, judge_id)` with `NULLS NOT DISTINCT`, so there's exactly one admin row per team+criterion → clean upserts.
 - In **judged** games, an admin row (`judge_id IS NULL`) is an **override** for that cell.
 - Deleting a criterion/team/judge cascades its scores.
+- Timer (`0002_timer.sql`): running = `timer_ends_at` set; paused = `timer_remaining_ms` set; reset = both null (full `timer_duration_ms`).
 - `frozen_snapshot` holds the `ScoreboardPayload` captured at freeze time.

docs/PRD.md

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ This is the screen used during the night. Must be fast and hard to mess up.
   Recent adjustments list with undo.
 - Scoreboard visibility: **Visible / Frozen / Hidden** (see 4.3). Big obvious toggle.
 - "Open scoreboard" button (new tab) + "Reveal mode" button (see 4.3).
-- Keyboard shortcuts: `N` next game, `P` prev game, `H` cycle visibility, `?` help.
+- Keyboard shortcuts: `N` next game, `P` prev game, `H` cycle visibility, `T` start/pause timer, `?` help.
 
 ### 4.3 Scoreboard (`/s/[token]`)
 - Projector-first, 16:9, readable from the back of a hall.
@@ -89,6 +89,25 @@ This is the screen used during the night. Must be fast and hard to mess up.
 - Open link (`/jo/[token]`): enter name → creates judge → redirects to personal link and stores it
   in localStorage so a refresh keeps them in.
 
+### 4.5 Timer
+One countdown timer per event, run from the control room; not tied to a game.
+- Set a time (minutes + seconds, or presets 30s / 1 min / 2 min / 5 min). Setting a time resets the timer.
+- Start, pause, resume, reset. Show or hide it on the scoreboard; starting it also shows it.
+- The scoreboard shows it large above the standings. It is not a score, so it shows whether
+  scores are visible, frozen or hidden.
+- The last 10 seconds are highlighted; at zero it shows "Time's up" until reset.
+- The server's clock decides when it ends, so every screen agrees even if a device clock is wrong.
+- Keyboard shortcut in the control room: `T` start/pause.
+
+### 4.6 Sound effects (scoreboard only)
+Played by the scoreboard page, so they come out of the projector PC's speakers.
+- Reveal: a drum-roll, then a crash as each team appears; a fanfare for first place.
+- Game transition: a chime when the current game changes.
+- Timer: a tick for each of the last 10 seconds (sharper for the last 3) and a buzzer at zero.
+- Browsers only allow sound after a click on the page, so the scoreboard has a "Turn sound on"
+  button. The choice is remembered, but after a reload one click anywhere is needed again.
+- Sounds are synthesised in the browser (no audio files). With reduced motion the drum-roll is skipped.
+
 ## 5. Non-functional
 - Live latency target < 1s on normal Wi-Fi.
 - Works with ~10 teams, ~20 games, ~10 judges per game without lag.
@@ -98,4 +117,4 @@ This is the screen used during the night. Must be fast and hard to mess up.
 ## 6. Out of scope (v1)
 - Individual contestants within teams (stretch: `participants` per team).
 - Multiple admins / co-hosts (stretch).
-- Timers/buzzers (stretch).
+- Per-game timers and buzzers for contestants (stretch). The event countdown timer is in 4.5.

src/app/admin/live-actions.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ import { loadEventData } from "@/lib/queries/scoring";
 import { notify } from "@/lib/realtime";
 import { buildFrozenSnapshot } from "@/lib/scoreboard";
 import { toScoreboardInput } from "@/lib/scoreboard.server";
+import {
+  durationPatch,
+  MAX_TIMER_SECONDS,
+  MIN_TIMER_SECONDS,
+  pausePatch,
+  resetPatch,
+  startPatch,
+  type TimerPatch,
+  type TimerRow,
+} from "@/lib/timer";
 import { idSchema } from "@/lib/tokens";
 
 import type { ActionResult } from "./actions";
@@ -282,3 +292,58 @@ async function updateReveal(
   await notify({ eventId });
   return ok;
 }
+
+// ---------- countdown timer ----------
+
+/** Loads the timer, asks `patchFor` what to change, saves it and pings the scoreboard. */
+async function updateTimer(
+  eventId: string,
+  patchFor: (row: TimerRow, nowMs: number) => TimerPatch,
+): Promise<ActionResult> {
+  const { supabase } = await requireAdmin();
+  if (!validIds(eventId)) return BAD_ID;
+
+  const { data: row, error: loadError } = await supabase
+    .from("events")
+    .select("timer_visible, timer_duration_ms, timer_remaining_ms, timer_ends_at")
+    .eq("id", eventId)
+    .maybeSingle();
+  if (loadError) return dbFail("Updating the timer", loadError.message);
+  if (!row) return BAD_ID;
+
+  // The server's clock decides when the timer ends, so every screen agrees.
+  const patch = patchFor(row, Date.now());
+  if (Object.keys(patch).length > 0) {
+    const { error } = await supabase.from("events").update(patch).eq("id", eventId);
+    if (error) return dbFail("Updating the timer", error.message);
+  }
+
+  revalidatePath(livePath(eventId));
+  await notify({ eventId });
+  return ok;
+}
+
+/** Starts or resumes the countdown (and shows it on the scoreboard). */
+export async function startTimer(eventId: string): Promise<ActionResult> {
+  return updateTimer(eventId, startPatch);
+}
+
+export async function pauseTimer(eventId: string): Promise<ActionResult> {
+  return updateTimer(eventId, pausePatch);
+}
+
+export async function resetTimer(eventId: string): Promise<ActionResult> {
+  return updateTimer(eventId, resetPatch);
+}
+
+/** Sets how long the timer runs, and resets it to that time. */
+export async function setTimerDuration(eventId: string, seconds: number): Promise<ActionResult> {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(seconds) || seconds < MIN_TIMER_SECONDS || seconds > MAX_TIMER_SECONDS) {
+    return fail("Set the timer to between 1 second and 24 hours.");
+  }
+  return updateTimer(eventId, () => durationPatch(seconds));
+}
+
+export async function setTimerVisible(eventId: string, visible: boolean): Promise<ActionResult> {
+  return updateTimer(eventId, () => ({ timer_visible: visible === true }));
+}

src/app/globals.css

@@ -90,3 +90,32 @@ body {
     display: none;
   }
 }
+
+/* Scoreboard timer: a beat on every second of the last ten, and a flashing "Time's up". */
+@keyframes timer-pulse {
+  from {
+    transform: scale(1.12);
+  }
+}
+
+@keyframes timer-flash {
+  50% {
+    opacity: 0.25;
+  }
+}
+
+.timer-pulse {
+  display: inline-block;
+  animation: timer-pulse 400ms ease-out;
+}
+
+.timer-flash {
+  animation: timer-flash 900ms ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .timer-pulse,
+  .timer-flash {
+    animation: none;
+  }
+}

src/components/admin/control-room.tsx

@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ import Link from "next/link";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
-import { setCurrentGame, setGameStatus, setVisibility } from "@/app/admin/live-actions";
+import {
+  pauseTimer,
+  setCurrentGame,
+  setGameStatus,
+  setVisibility,
+  startTimer,
+} from "@/app/admin/live-actions";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { formatScore } from "@/lib/criteria";
 import { useRefreshChannel } from "@/lib/hooks/use-refresh-channel";
@@ -16,6 +22,7 @@ import { ErrorText } from "./error-text";
 import { JudgedPanel } from "./judged-panel";
 import { ScoreboardPanel, VISIBILITY_ORDER } from "./scoreboard-panel";
 import { ScoringGrid } from "./scoring-grid";
+import { TimerPanel } from "./timer-panel";
 import { useAction } from "./use-action";
 
 const statusIcon = { upcoming: "○", live: "▶", done: "✓" } as const;
@@ -25,11 +32,12 @@ const shortcuts = [
   ["N", "Next game"],
   ["P", "Previous game"],
   ["H", "Cycle what the room sees: visible → frozen → hidden"],
+  ["T", "Start or pause the timer"],
   ["?", "Show or hide this help"],
 ] as const;
 
 export function ControlRoom({ view }: { view: LiveView }) {
-  const { event, teams, games, currentGame, standings, reveal } = view;
+  const { event, teams, games, currentGame, standings, reveal, timer } = view;
   const router = useRouter();
   const { pending, error, run } = useAction();
   const [showHelp, setShowHelp] = useState(false);
@@ -57,6 +65,12 @@ export function ControlRoom({ view }: { view: LiveView }) {
     run(() => setVisibility(event.id, next));
   }, [event.id, event.visibility, pending, reveal.active, run]);
 
+  const toggleTimer = useCallback(() => {
+    if (pending) return;
+    // The server ignores a pause on a timer that has already run out, and starts it again instead.
+    run(() => (timer.status === "running" ? pauseTimer(event.id) : startTimer(event.id)));
+  }, [event.id, pending, run, timer.status]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const onKeyDown = (keyEvent: KeyboardEvent) => {
       // Never steal keys from a field the host is typing in.
@@ -68,12 +82,13 @@ export function ControlRoom({ view }: { view: LiveView }) {
       if (key === "n") goTo(nextGame?.id);
       else if (key === "p") goTo(previousGame?.id);
       else if (key === "h") cycleVisibility();
+      else if (key === "t") toggleTimer();
       else if (key === "?") setShowHelp((shown) => !shown);
       else if (key === "escape") setShowHelp(false);
     };
     window.addEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown);
     return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown);
-  }, [cycleVisibility, goTo, nextGame?.id, previousGame?.id]);
+  }, [cycleVisibility, goTo, nextGame?.id, previousGame?.id, toggleTimer]);
 
   const teamsById = new Map(teams.map((team) => [team.id, team]));
 
@@ -118,11 +133,17 @@ export function ControlRoom({ view }: { view: LiveView }) {
         </dl>
       )}
 
-      {/* Full width and first, so the visibility toggle is on screen at every window size. */}
-      <section className={panel}>
-        <h2 className="mb-2 text-lg font-bold">Scoreboard — what the room sees</h2>
-        <ScoreboardPanel view={view} />
-      </section>
+      {/* Full width and first, so these controls are on screen at every window size. */}
+      <div className="grid items-start gap-4 lg:grid-cols-2">
+        <section className={panel}>
+          <h2 className="mb-2 text-lg font-bold">Scoreboard — what the room sees</h2>
+          <ScoreboardPanel view={view} />
+        </section>
+        <section className={panel}>
+          <h2 className="mb-2 text-lg font-bold">Timer</h2>
+          <TimerPanel view={view} />
+        </section>
+      </div>
 
       <div className="grid items-start gap-4 lg:grid-cols-[15rem_minmax(0,1fr)] xl:grid-cols-[15rem_minmax(0,1fr)_20rem]">
         <nav aria-label="Games" className={panel}>

src/components/admin/timer-panel.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useState } from "react";
+
+import {
+  pauseTimer,
+  resetTimer,
+  setTimerDuration,
+  setTimerVisible,
+  startTimer,
+} from "@/app/admin/live-actions";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { inputClass } from "@/components/ui/field";
+import { useCountdown } from "@/lib/hooks/use-countdown";
+import type { LiveView } from "@/lib/live-view";
+import { formatClock } from "@/lib/timer";
+
+import { ErrorText } from "./error-text";
+import { useAction } from "./use-action";
+
+const PRESETS = [
+  { label: "30s", seconds: 30 },
+  { label: "1 min", seconds: 60 },
+  { label: "2 min", seconds: 120 },
+  { label: "5 min", seconds: 300 },
+];
+
+const statusText = { idle: "Ready", running: "Running", paused: "Paused", finished: "Time's up" } as const;
+
+/** The scoreboard's countdown timer: set a time, start/pause/reset, show or hide it. */
+export function TimerPanel({ view }: { view: LiveView }) {
+  const { event, timer, serverNow } = view;
+  const { pending, error, run } = useAction();
+  const remainingMs = useCountdown(timer, serverNow);
+  const finished = timer.status === "finished" || (timer.status === "running" && remainingMs === 0);
+
+  const [minutes, setMinutes] = useState(String(Math.floor(timer.durationMs / 60000)));
+  const [seconds, setSeconds] = useState(String(Math.round((timer.durationMs % 60000) / 1000)));
+
+  const setDuration = (totalSeconds: number) => {
+    setMinutes(String(Math.floor(totalSeconds / 60)));
+    setSeconds(String(totalSeconds % 60));
+    run(() => setTimerDuration(event.id, totalSeconds));
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-4 gap-y-2">
+        <p
+          role="timer"
+          className={`font-display text-6xl leading-none font-bold tabular-nums ${finished ? "text-alert-strong" : ""}`}
+        >
+          {formatClock(remainingMs)}
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          <strong>{finished ? statusText.finished : statusText[timer.status]}</strong>
+          <span className="block text-sm text-ink/70">
+            {timer.visible ? "Showing on the scoreboard" : "Hidden from the scoreboard"}
+          </span>
+        </p>
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
+        {timer.status === "running" && !finished ? (
+          <Button disabled={pending} onClick={() => run(() => pauseTimer(event.id))}>
+            Pause
+          </Button>
+        ) : (
+          <Button disabled={pending} onClick={() => run(() => startTimer(event.id))}>
+            {timer.status === "paused" ? "Resume" : finished ? "Start again" : "Start"}
+          </Button>
+        )}
+        <Button
+          variant="secondary"
+          disabled={pending || timer.status === "idle"}
+          onClick={() => run(() => resetTimer(event.id))}
+        >
+          Reset
+        </Button>
+        <Button
+          variant="secondary"
+          aria-pressed={timer.visible}
+          disabled={pending}
+          onClick={() => run(() => setTimerVisible(event.id, !timer.visible))}
+        >
+          {timer.visible ? "Hide timer" : "Show timer"}
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+
+      <form
+        className="flex flex-wrap items-end gap-2"
+        onSubmit={(submitEvent) => {
+          submitEvent.preventDefault();
+          setDuration((Number(minutes) || 0) * 60 + (Number(seconds) || 0));
+        }}
+      >
+        <label className="flex flex-col gap-1">
+          <span className="text-sm font-bold">Minutes</span>
+          <input
+            type="number"
+            inputMode="numeric"
+            min={0}
+            max={1440}
+            value={minutes}
+            onChange={(changeEvent) => setMinutes(changeEvent.target.value)}
+            className={`${inputClass} w-20`}
+          />
+        </label>
+        <label className="flex flex-col gap-1">
+          <span className="text-sm font-bold">Seconds</span>
+          <input
+            type="number"
+            inputMode="numeric"
+            min={0}
+            max={59}
+            value={seconds}
+            onChange={(changeEvent) => setSeconds(changeEvent.target.value)}
+            className={`${inputClass} w-20`}
+          />
+        </label>
+        <Button type="submit" variant="secondary" disabled={pending}>
+          Set time
+        </Button>
+        {PRESETS.map((preset) => (
+          <Button
+            key={preset.seconds}
+            variant="secondary"
+            size="sm"
+            disabled={pending}
+            onClick={() => setDuration(preset.seconds)}
+          >
+            {preset.label}
+          </Button>
+        ))}
+      </form>
+      <p className="text-sm text-ink/70">
+        Setting a time resets the timer. Starting it also shows it. The scoreboard ticks for the last
+        10 seconds and buzzes at zero, if its sound is on.
+      </p>
+      <ErrorText>{error}</ErrorText>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

src/components/scoreboard/scoreboard-timer.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+
+import { useCountdown } from "@/lib/hooks/use-countdown";
+import { soundForCountdown } from "@/lib/scoreboard-sounds";
+import type { SoundName } from "@/lib/sound";
+import { formatClock, secondsLeft, type TimerState } from "@/lib/timer";
+
+/** The big countdown on the scoreboard, with ticks for the last ten seconds and a buzzer at zero. */
+export function ScoreboardTimer({
+  timer,
+  serverNow,
+  play,
+}: {
+  timer: TimerState;
+  serverNow: string;
+  play: (name: SoundName) => void;
+}) {
+  const remainingMs = useCountdown(timer, serverNow);
+  const seconds = secondsLeft(remainingMs);
+  // The local clock reaches zero before the next server update says "finished".
+  const finished = timer.status === "finished" || (timer.status === "running" && seconds === 0);
+  const urgent = timer.status === "running" && seconds <= 10 && !finished;
+
+  const previousSeconds = useRef<number | null>(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const sound = soundForCountdown(timer.status, previousSeconds.current, seconds);
+    previousSeconds.current = seconds;
+    if (sound) play(sound);
+  }, [seconds, timer.status, play]);
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      role="timer"
+      aria-label={finished ? "Time's up" : `${formatClock(remainingMs)} left`}
+      className={`flex items-baseline justify-center gap-[2vw] font-display leading-none font-bold tabular-nums ${
+        finished ? "text-alert" : urgent ? "text-floodlight" : "text-white"
+      }`}
+    >
+      {/* Re-keyed each second in the last ten so the pulse restarts on every tick. */}
+      <span key={urgent ? seconds : "steady"} className={`text-[16vh] ${urgent ? "timer-pulse" : ""}`}>
+        {formatClock(remainingMs)}
+      </span>
+      {finished && <span className="timer-flash text-[7vh]">Time&apos;s up</span>}
+      {timer.status === "paused" && <span className="text-[5vh] text-white/70">paused</span>}
+    </div>
+  );
+}

src/components/scoreboard/scoreboard.tsx

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from "react
 
 import { readableTextColor } from "@/lib/color";
 import { useRefreshChannel } from "@/lib/hooks/use-refresh-channel";
+import { useSound } from "@/lib/hooks/use-sound";
 import { channelNames } from "@/lib/realtime-channels";
 import type { ScoreboardPayload, ScoreboardTeam } from "@/lib/scoreboard";
+import { soundsForUpdate } from "@/lib/scoreboard-sounds";
 
 import { CountUp } from "./count-up";
+import { ScoreboardTimer } from "./scoreboard-timer";
 
 const MOVE_MS = 600;
 const IDLE_MS = 3000;
@@ -42,6 +45,17 @@ export function Scoreboard({ token, initial }: { token: string; initial: Scorebo
     () => new Set(initial.teams.filter((team) => team.rank !== undefined).map((team) => team.id)),
   );
 
+  // Sound effects for what just changed: a new game, a team being revealed.
+  const sound = useSound();
+  const { play } = sound;
+  const previousPayload = useRef(initial);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const before = previousPayload.current;
+    previousPayload.current = payload;
+    if (before === payload) return;
+    soundsForUpdate(before, payload, { reducedMotion: prefersReducedMotion() }).forEach(play);
+  }, [payload, play]);
+
   const rowElements = useRef(new Map<string, HTMLElement>());
   const lastTops = useRef(new Map<string, number>());
 
@@ -107,6 +121,8 @@ export function Scoreboard({ token, initial }: { token: string; initial: Scorebo
         )}
       </header>
 
+      {payload.timer && <ScoreboardTimer timer={payload.timer} serverNow={payload.updatedAt} play={play} />}
+
       {hidden && (
         <p className="self-center rounded-full border-2 border-alert px-[2.5vw] py-[1vh] text-[clamp(1rem,3.2vh,2.5rem)] font-bold">
           Scores are hidden — final reveal soon
@@ -155,6 +171,17 @@ export function Scoreboard({ token, initial }: { token: string; initial: Scorebo
           />
           {connectionLabel[connection]}
         </span>
+        {/* Stays visible while sound is off or waiting, so the host can't miss that it's silent. */}
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          aria-pressed={sound.state === "on"}
+          onClick={sound.state === "on" ? sound.turnOff : () => void sound.turnOn()}
+          className={`min-h-11 rounded-md border px-4 font-bold hover:bg-white/10 focus-visible:outline-floodlight ${
+            sound.state === "on" ? "border-white/30" : "border-floodlight text-floodlight"
+          } ${idle && sound.state === "on" ? "invisible" : ""}`}
+        >
+          {sound.state === "on" ? "Sound on" : sound.state === "waiting" ? "Click anywhere for sound" : "Turn sound on"}
+        </button>
         <button
           type="button"
           onClick={toggleFullscreen}

src/lib/database.types.ts

@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ export type Database = {
           reveal_count: number;
           scoreboard_token: string;
           scoreboard_visibility: Database["public"]["Enums"]["scoreboard_visibility"];
+          timer_duration_ms: number;
+          timer_ends_at: string | null;
+          timer_remaining_ms: number | null;
+          timer_visible: boolean;
           updated_at: string;
         };
         Insert: {
@@ -132,6 +136,10 @@ export type Database = {
           reveal_count?: number;
           scoreboard_token?: string;
           scoreboard_visibility?: Database["public"]["Enums"]["scoreboard_visibility"];
+          timer_duration_ms?: number;
+          timer_ends_at?: string | null;
+          timer_remaining_ms?: number | null;
+          timer_visible?: boolean;
           updated_at?: string;
         };
         Update: {
@@ -146,6 +154,10 @@ export type Database = {
           reveal_count?: number;
           scoreboard_token?: string;
           scoreboard_visibility?: Database["public"]["Enums"]["scoreboard_visibility"];
+          timer_duration_ms?: number;
+          timer_ends_at?: string | null;
+          timer_remaining_ms?: number | null;
+          timer_visible?: boolean;
           updated_at?: string;
         };
         Relationships: [

src/lib/hooks/use-countdown.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+import type { TimerState } from "@/lib/timer";
+
+/**
+ * Milliseconds left on a timer, ticking locally while it runs.
+ * `serverNow` is the server's clock when `timer` was computed; the difference from this
+ * device's clock is applied so a projector PC with a wrong clock still counts down correctly.
+ */
+export function useCountdown(timer: TimerState | null, serverNow: string): number {
+  const [remainingMs, setRemainingMs] = useState(timer?.remainingMs ?? 0);
+  const running = timer?.status === "running" && timer.endsAt !== null;
+  const endsAt = timer?.endsAt ?? null;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!running || !endsAt) return;
+    const clockOffset = Date.parse(serverNow) - Date.now();
+    const endsAtMs = Date.parse(endsAt);
+    const tick = () => setRemainingMs(Math.max(0, endsAtMs - (Date.now() + clockOffset)));
+    // Sync to the clock at once rather than 100ms late.
+    tick();
+    const interval = setInterval(tick, 100);
+    return () => clearInterval(interval);
+  }, [running, endsAt, serverNow]);
+
+  // When not running the server's value is exact; only a running timer needs the local clock.
+  return running ? remainingMs : (timer?.remainingMs ?? 0);
+}

src/lib/hooks/use-sound.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+
+import { createSoundPlayer, type SoundName, type SoundPlayer } from "@/lib/sound";
+
+const STORAGE_KEY = "gnl-scoreboard-sound";
+
+const remember = (on: boolean) => {
+  try {
+    localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, on ? "on" : "off");
+  } catch {
+    // Storage blocked: the choice just isn't remembered across reloads.
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Sound for the scoreboard. Browsers block audio until someone clicks the page, so:
+ * "off" → the host clicks "Turn sound on" → "on". After a reload the choice is remembered,
+ * but the browser needs one more click ("waiting") before it will play.
+ */
+export function useSound() {
+  const player = useRef<SoundPlayer | null>(null);
+  const [state, setState] = useState<"off" | "waiting" | "on">("off");
+
+  // Guards against a double start: one click can reach both the button and the page listener.
+  const starting = useRef(false);
+
+  const turnOn = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (starting.current) return;
+    starting.current = true;
+    player.current ??= createSoundPlayer();
+    const allowed = await player.current.resume();
+    setState(allowed ? "on" : "off");
+    if (allowed) {
+      remember(true);
+      // A confirmation the host can hear, so they know the projector's speakers work.
+      player.current.play("chime");
+    } else {
+      starting.current = false;
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  const turnOff = useCallback(() => {
+    player.current?.close();
+    player.current = null;
+    starting.current = false;
+    remember(false);
+    setState("off");
+  }, []);
+
+  // After a reload with sound previously on, the first click anywhere re-enables it.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let wanted = false;
+    try {
+      wanted = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY) === "on";
+    } catch {
+      // Storage blocked: stay off until the button is clicked.
+    }
+    if (!wanted) return;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/set-state-in-effect -- localStorage is only readable after mount
+    setState("waiting");
+    const onClick = () => void turnOn();
+    window.addEventListener("click", onClick, { once: true });
+    return () => window.removeEventListener("click", onClick);
+  }, [turnOn]);
+
+  useEffect(() => () => player.current?.close(), []);
+
+  const play = useCallback((name: SoundName) => player.current?.play(name), []);
+
+  return { state, play, turnOn, turnOff };
+}

src/lib/live-view.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   type Standing,
 } from "@/lib/scoring";
 import type { Visibility } from "@/lib/scoreboard";
+import { timerState, type TimerState } from "@/lib/timer";
 
 // The control room's data, shaped on the server so the client component holds no score math
 // (CLAUDE.md rule 5) and never receives tokens or rows it doesn't display.
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ export type LiveView = {
     /** The team the next "Reveal next" click will show, or null when all are revealed. */
     next: { teamId: string; rank: number; total: number } | null;
   };
+  timer: TimerState & { visible: boolean };
+  /** The server's clock when this view was built, for the timer's local countdown. */
+  serverNow: string;
   teams: Array<{ id: string; name: string; color: string }>;
   games: Array<Pick<LiveGame, "id" | "title" | "status">>;
   /** Full detail for the current game only. */
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ export function revealState(active: boolean, count: number, standings: Standing[
   };
 }
 
-export function buildLiveView(data: EventData): LiveView {
+export function buildLiveView(data: EventData, now = new Date()): LiveView {
   const result = computeEvent(toScoringInput(data));
   const { event } = data;
   const game = data.games.find((candidate) => candidate.id === event.current_game_id);
@@ -166,6 +170,8 @@ export function buildLiveView(data: EventData): LiveView {
       currentGameId: currentGame?.id ?? null,
     },
     reveal: revealState(event.reveal_active, event.reveal_count, result.standings),
+    timer: { ...timerState(event, now.getTime()), visible: event.timer_visible },
+    serverNow: now.toISOString(),
     teams: data.teams.map((team) => ({ id: team.id, name: team.name, color: team.color })),
     games: data.games.map((candidate) => ({
       id: candidate.id,

src/lib/scoreboard-sounds.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import type { ScoreboardPayload, ScoreboardTeam } from "@/lib/scoreboard";
+
+import { soundForCountdown, soundsForUpdate } from "./scoreboard-sounds";
+
+const team = (id: string, rank?: number): ScoreboardTeam => ({
+  id,
+  name: id,
+  color: "#000000",
+  ...(rank === undefined ? {} : { rank, total: 10 }),
+});
+
+const payload = (overrides: Partial<ScoreboardPayload> = {}): ScoreboardPayload => ({
+  eventName: "Night",
+  visibility: "visible",
+  currentGame: { id: "g1", title: "Quiz", index: 1, total: 2 },
+  reveal: null,
+  teams: [team("a", 1), team("b", 2), team("c", 3)],
+  timer: null,
+  updatedAt: "2026-10-03T12:00:00.000Z",
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+const reveal = (revealed: string[]): Partial<ScoreboardPayload> => ({
+  reveal: { active: true, revealedCount: revealed.length },
+  teams: ["a", "b", "c"].map((id, index) => team(id, revealed.includes(id) ? index + 1 : undefined)),
+});
+
+const motion = { reducedMotion: false };
+
+describe("soundsForUpdate", () => {
+  it("is silent when nothing relevant changed", () => {
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload(), payload(), motion)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload(), payload({ teams: [team("b", 1), team("a", 2), team("c", 3)] }), motion)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("chimes when the current game changes, including the first game", () => {
+    const next = payload({ currentGame: { id: "g2", title: "Karaoke", index: 2, total: 2 } });
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload(), next, motion)).toEqual(["game"]);
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload({ currentGame: null }), payload(), motion)).toEqual(["game"]);
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload(), payload({ currentGame: null }), motion)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("is silent when a reveal starts with nobody revealed", () => {
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload(), payload(reveal([])), motion)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("plays the drum-roll for each newly revealed team", () => {
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload(reveal([])), payload(reveal(["c"])), motion)).toEqual(["reveal"]);
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload(reveal(["c"])), payload(reveal(["b", "c"])), motion)).toEqual(["reveal"]);
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload(reveal(["c"])), payload(reveal(["c"])), motion)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("plays the fanfare when the last team (first place) appears", () => {
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload(reveal(["b", "c"])), payload(reveal(["a", "b", "c"])), motion)).toEqual(["revealWinner"]);
+  });
+
+  it("skips the drum-roll with reduced motion, where the row appears at once", () => {
+    const reduced = { reducedMotion: true };
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload(reveal([])), payload(reveal(["c"])), reduced)).toEqual(["crash"]);
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload(reveal(["b", "c"])), payload(reveal(["a", "b", "c"])), reduced)).toEqual(["revealWinner"]);
+  });
+
+  it("is silent when the reveal finishes and the normal scoreboard returns", () => {
+    expect(soundsForUpdate(payload(reveal(["a", "b", "c"])), payload(), motion)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("soundForCountdown", () => {
+  it("ticks once a second for the last ten seconds, sharper for the last three", () => {
+    expect(soundForCountdown("running", 12, 11)).toBeNull();
+    expect(soundForCountdown("running", 11, 10)).toBe("tick");
+    expect(soundForCountdown("running", 5, 4)).toBe("tick");
+    expect(soundForCountdown("running", 4, 3)).toBe("tickFinal");
+    expect(soundForCountdown("running", 2, 1)).toBe("tickFinal");
+  });
+
+  it("buzzes when it reaches zero", () => {
+    expect(soundForCountdown("running", 1, 0)).toBe("buzzer");
+    expect(soundForCountdown("finished", 1, 0)).toBe("buzzer");
+  });
+
+  it("is silent on first sight, so opening the page late doesn't buzz", () => {
+    expect(soundForCountdown("finished", null, 0)).toBeNull();
+    expect(soundForCountdown("running", null, 7)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("is silent when the second didn't go down, or the timer isn't running", () => {
+    expect(soundForCountdown("running", 7, 7)).toBeNull();
+    expect(soundForCountdown("idle", 5, 60)).toBeNull();
+    expect(soundForCountdown("paused", 8, 7)).toBeNull();
+    expect(soundForCountdown("idle", 60, 0)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});

src/lib/scoreboard-sounds.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import type { ScoreboardPayload } from "@/lib/scoreboard";
+import type { SoundName } from "@/lib/sound";
+import type { TimerStatus } from "@/lib/timer";
+
+// Which sound effects a change on the scoreboard should trigger. Pure, so the rules
+// are testable without a browser; the scoreboard component just plays what this returns.
+
+const revealedIds = (payload: ScoreboardPayload) =>
+  new Set(
+    payload.reveal?.active ? payload.teams.filter((team) => team.rank !== undefined).map((team) => team.id) : [],
+  );
+
+/** Sounds for going from one payload to the next. */
+export function soundsForUpdate(
+  before: ScoreboardPayload,
+  after: ScoreboardPayload,
+  options: { reducedMotion: boolean },
+): SoundName[] {
+  const sounds: SoundName[] = [];
+
+  // A new current game (including the first one of the night).
+  if (after.currentGame && after.currentGame.id !== before.currentGame?.id) sounds.push("game");
+
+  if (after.reveal?.active) {
+    const already = revealedIds(before);
+    const newlyRevealed = [...revealedIds(after)].some((id) => !already.has(id));
+    if (newlyRevealed) {
+      // The last team to appear is first place: it gets the fanfare.
+      const isWinner = after.reveal.revealedCount >= after.teams.length;
+      // With reduced motion the row appears at once, so a drum-roll would trail behind it.
+      if (options.reducedMotion) sounds.push(isWinner ? "revealWinner" : "crash");
+      else sounds.push(isWinner ? "revealWinner" : "reveal");
+    }
+  }
+  return sounds;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sound for the countdown reaching a new whole second. `previousSeconds` is what the clock
+ * showed a moment ago; null on the first look, so loading the page mid-countdown or after
+ * time is up stays silent.
+ */
+export function soundForCountdown(
+  status: TimerStatus,
+  previousSeconds: number | null,
+  seconds: number,
+): SoundName | null {
+  if (previousSeconds === null || seconds >= previousSeconds) return null;
+  if (status !== "running" && status !== "finished") return null;
+  if (seconds === 0) return "buzzer";
+  if (status !== "running" || seconds > 10) return null;
+  return seconds <= 3 ? "tickFinal" : "tick";
+}

src/lib/scoreboard.server.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export function toScoreboardInput(data: EventData): ScoreboardInput {
       currentGameId: event.current_game_id,
       revealActive: event.reveal_active,
       revealCount: event.reveal_count,
+      timer: event,
     },
     teams: data.teams,
     games: data.games,

src/lib/scoreboard.test.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const input = (event: Partial<ScoreboardInput["event"]> = {}): ScoreboardInput =
     currentGameId: "g2",
     revealActive: false,
     revealCount: 0,
+    timer: { timer_visible: false, timer_duration_ms: 60_000, timer_remaining_ms: null, timer_ends_at: null },
     ...event,
   },
   teams: [
@@ -149,3 +150,33 @@ describe("reveal", () => {
     expect(all.reveal?.revealedCount).toBe(4);
   });
 });
+
+describe("timer", () => {
+  const running = {
+    timer_visible: true,
+    timer_duration_ms: 60_000,
+    timer_remaining_ms: null,
+    timer_ends_at: "2026-10-03T12:00:25.000Z",
+  };
+
+  it("is omitted while the host has it hidden", () => {
+    expect(buildScoreboardPayload(input()).timer).toBeNull();
+    expect(buildScoreboardPayload(input({ timer: { ...running, timer_visible: false } })).timer).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("is sent with the time left as of the payload's own clock", () => {
+    const payload = buildScoreboardPayload(input({ timer: running }));
+    expect(payload.timer).toEqual({
+      status: "running",
+      remainingMs: 25_000,
+      endsAt: "2026-10-03T12:00:25.000Z",
+      durationMs: 60_000,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("is still sent when scores are hidden", () => {
+    const payload = buildScoreboardPayload(input({ visibility: "hidden", timer: running }));
+    expect(payload.timer?.status).toBe("running");
+    expect(hasNoScores(payload.teams)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});

src/lib/scoreboard.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 import type { Standing } from "@/lib/scoring";
+import { timerState, type TimerRow, type TimerState } from "@/lib/timer";
 
 // The ONE place that decides what the public scoreboard may see (CLAUDE.md rule 3).
 // Pure: rows in, payload out. The API route, the page and the freeze action all use it.
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ export type ScoreboardPayload = {
   currentGame: { id: string; title: string; index: number; total: number } | null;
   reveal: { active: boolean; revealedCount: number } | null;
   teams: ScoreboardTeam[];
+  /** Null while the host has the timer hidden. Not a score, so it ignores frozen/hidden. */
+  timer: TimerState | null;
+  /** The server's clock when this was built; screens use it to correct their own clocks. */
   updatedAt: string;
 };
 
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ export type ScoreboardInput = {
     currentGameId: string | null;
     revealActive: boolean;
     revealCount: number;
+    timer: TimerRow;
   };
   teams: Array<{ id: string; name: string; color: string }>;
   /** In running order. */
@@ -122,6 +127,7 @@ export function buildScoreboardPayload(input: ScoreboardInput): ScoreboardPayloa
       ? { active: true, revealedCount: Math.min(Math.max(event.revealCount, 0), input.teams.length) }
       : null,
     teams: teamsFor(input),
+    timer: event.timer.timer_visible ? timerState(event.timer, Date.parse(input.now)) : null,
     updatedAt: input.now,
   };
 }

src/lib/sound.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+// Scoreboard sound effects, synthesised with the Web Audio API: no audio files to host,
+// license or load, and they work offline. Browsers only allow sound after a click on the
+// page, so the scoreboard has a "Turn sound on" button that calls resume().
+
+export type SoundName =
+  | "tick" // countdown, seconds 10–4
+  | "tickFinal" // countdown, seconds 3–1
+  | "buzzer" // time's up
+  | "reveal" // drum-roll, then a crash as the team appears
+  | "revealWinner" // drum-roll, then a fanfare for first place
+  | "crash" // a team appears with no drum-roll (reduced motion)
+  | "game" // a new game starts
+  | "chime"; // confirmation when sound is switched on
+
+/** Matches the scoreboard's reveal animation: the cover lifts 70% into 1800ms. */
+export const DRUM_ROLL_SECONDS = 1.26;
+
+export type SoundPlayer = {
+  /** Must be called from a click or key press. Resolves to whether sound is now allowed. */
+  resume: () => Promise<boolean>;
+  play: (name: SoundName) => void;
+  close: () => void;
+};
+
+export function createSoundPlayer(): SoundPlayer {
+  let context: AudioContext | null = null;
+  let master: GainNode | null = null;
+  let noise: AudioBuffer | null = null;
+
+  const ensure = () => {
+    if (!context) {
+      context = new AudioContext();
+      master = context.createGain();
+      master.gain.value = 0.7;
+      master.connect(context.destination);
+      // One second of white noise, reused for drums, cymbals and whooshes.
+      noise = context.createBuffer(1, context.sampleRate, context.sampleRate);
+      const samples = noise.getChannelData(0);
+      for (let index = 0; index < samples.length; index += 1) samples[index] = Math.random() * 2 - 1;
+    }
+    return { context, master: master!, noise: noise! };
+  };
+
+  /** A pitched note with a quick attack and exponential decay. */
+  const tone = (
+    start: number,
+    frequency: number,
+    duration: number,
+    volume: number,
+    type: OscillatorType = "sine",
+    slideTo?: number,
+  ) => {
+    const { context: audio, master: output } = ensure();
+    const oscillator = audio.createOscillator();
+    const gain = audio.createGain();
+    oscillator.type = type;
+    oscillator.frequency.setValueAtTime(frequency, start);
+    if (slideTo) oscillator.frequency.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(slideTo, start + duration);
+    gain.gain.setValueAtTime(0.0001, start);
+    gain.gain.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(volume, start + 0.01);
+    gain.gain.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(0.0001, start + duration);
+    oscillator.connect(gain).connect(output);
+    oscillator.start(start);
+    oscillator.stop(start + duration + 0.05);
+  };
+
+  /** A burst of filtered noise: snare hits, cymbals. */
+  const burst = (start: number, duration: number, volume: number, filter: BiquadFilterType, frequency: number) => {
+    const { context: audio, master: output, noise: buffer } = ensure();
+    const source = audio.createBufferSource();
+    const shape = audio.createBiquadFilter();
+    const gain = audio.createGain();
+    source.buffer = buffer;
+    source.loop = true;
+    shape.type = filter;
+    shape.frequency.value = frequency;
+    gain.gain.setValueAtTime(volume, start);
+    gain.gain.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(0.0001, start + duration);
+    source.connect(shape).connect(gain).connect(output);
+    source.start(start);
+    source.stop(start + duration + 0.05);
+  };
+
+  const drumRoll = (start: number) => {
+    // Snare strokes that speed up and get louder into the hit.
+    let time = start;
+    while (time < start + DRUM_ROLL_SECONDS - 0.03) {
+      const progress = (time - start) / DRUM_ROLL_SECONDS;
+      burst(time, 0.06, 0.12 + 0.28 * progress, "bandpass", 1800);
+      tone(time, 190, 0.05, 0.08 + 0.12 * progress, "triangle");
+      time += 0.075 - 0.035 * progress;
+    }
+  };
+
+  const crash = (start: number) => {
+    burst(start, 1.1, 0.5, "highpass", 5000);
+    tone(start, 130, 0.35, 0.7, "sine", 45);
+  };
+
+  const fanfare = (start: number) => {
+    crash(start);
+    // C–E–G up to a held high C major chord.
+    [523.25, 659.25, 783.99].forEach((frequency, index) => {
+      tone(start + index * 0.14, frequency, 0.2, 0.3, "sawtooth");
+      tone(start + index * 0.14, frequency, 0.2, 0.3, "triangle");
+    });
+    [523.25, 659.25, 783.99, 1046.5].forEach((frequency) => {
+      tone(start + 0.42, frequency, 1.4, 0.22, "sawtooth");
+      tone(start + 0.42, frequency, 1.4, 0.25, "triangle");
+    });
+    burst(start + 0.42, 1.4, 0.35, "highpass", 6000);
+  };
+
+  const sounds: Record<SoundName, (start: number) => void> = {
+    tick: (start) => tone(start, 880, 0.09, 0.35, "square"),
+    tickFinal: (start) => tone(start, 1320, 0.16, 0.45, "square"),
+    buzzer: (start) => {
+      tone(start, 110, 1.1, 0.5, "sawtooth");
+      tone(start, 116.5, 1.1, 0.5, "sawtooth");
+      tone(start, 220, 1.1, 0.25, "square");
+    },
+    reveal: (start) => {
+      drumRoll(start);
+      crash(start + DRUM_ROLL_SECONDS);
+    },
+    revealWinner: (start) => {
+      drumRoll(start);
+      fanfare(start + DRUM_ROLL_SECONDS);
+    },
+    crash,
+    game: (start) => {
+      // A rising three-note chime: "next game".
+      [587.33, 783.99, 1174.66].forEach((frequency, index) => {
+        tone(start + index * 0.11, frequency, 0.7, 0.32, "sine");
+        tone(start + index * 0.11, frequency * 2, 0.4, 0.08, "sine");
+      });
+    },
+    chime: (start) => {
+      tone(start, 783.99, 0.35, 0.3, "sine");
+      tone(start + 0.12, 1046.5, 0.5, 0.3, "sine");
+    },
+  };
+
+  return {
+    async resume() {
+      try {
+        const { context: audio } = ensure();
+        if (audio.state !== "running") await audio.resume();
+        return audio.state === "running";
+      } catch {
+        return false;
+      }
+    },
+    play(name) {
+      // Before the first click the context is suspended; scheduling then would make every
+      // missed sound play at once when it resumes.
+      if (context?.state !== "running") return;
+      sounds[name](context.currentTime + 0.02);
+    },
+    close() {
+      void context?.close();
+      context = null;
+    },
+  };
+}

src/lib/timer.test.ts

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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  durationPatch,
+  formatClock,
+  pausePatch,
+  resetPatch,
+  secondsLeft,
+  startPatch,
+  timerState,
+  type TimerRow,
+} from "./timer";
+
+const NOW = Date.parse("2026-10-03T18:00:00.000Z");
+const at = (offsetMs: number) => new Date(NOW + offsetMs).toISOString();
+
+const row = (overrides: Partial<TimerRow> = {}): TimerRow => ({
+  timer_visible: false,
+  timer_duration_ms: 60_000,
+  timer_remaining_ms: null,
+  timer_ends_at: null,
+  ...overrides,
+});
+const apply = (base: TimerRow, patch: Partial<TimerRow>): TimerRow => ({ ...base, ...patch });
+
+describe("timerState", () => {
+  it("is idle at the full duration after a reset", () => {
+    expect(timerState(row(), NOW)).toEqual({ status: "idle", remainingMs: 60_000, endsAt: null, durationMs: 60_000 });
+  });
+
+  it("counts down from ends_at while running", () => {
+    const state = timerState(row({ timer_ends_at: at(12_500) }), NOW);
+    expect(state).toMatchObject({ status: "running", remainingMs: 12_500, endsAt: at(12_500) });
+  });
+
+  it("is finished, never negative, once ends_at has passed", () => {
+    expect(timerState(row({ timer_ends_at: at(-5_000) }), NOW)).toMatchObject({ status: "finished", remainingMs: 0 });
+    expect(timerState(row({ timer_ends_at: at(0) }), NOW).status).toBe("finished");
+  });
+
+  it("is paused with what was left, or finished if paused at zero", () => {
+    expect(timerState(row({ timer_remaining_ms: 7_000 }), NOW)).toMatchObject({ status: "paused", remainingMs: 7_000 });
+    expect(timerState(row({ timer_remaining_ms: 0 }), NOW).status).toBe("finished");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("start / pause / reset", () => {
+  it("start runs the full duration and shows the timer", () => {
+    expect(startPatch(row(), NOW)).toEqual({ timer_ends_at: at(60_000), timer_remaining_ms: null, timer_visible: true });
+  });
+
+  it("pause keeps the time left, and start resumes from it", () => {
+    const running = apply(row(), startPatch(row(), NOW));
+    const paused = apply(running, pausePatch(running, NOW + 20_000));
+    expect(paused).toMatchObject({ timer_ends_at: null, timer_remaining_ms: 40_000 });
+
+    const resumed = apply(paused, startPatch(paused, NOW + 90_000));
+    expect(timerState(resumed, NOW + 90_000)).toMatchObject({ status: "running", remainingMs: 40_000 });
+  });
+
+  it("start and pause do nothing when already in that state", () => {
+    const running = row({ timer_ends_at: at(30_000) });
+    expect(startPatch(running, NOW)).toEqual({});
+    expect(pausePatch(row(), NOW)).toEqual({});
+    expect(pausePatch(row({ timer_remaining_ms: 5_000 }), NOW)).toEqual({});
+    expect(pausePatch(row({ timer_ends_at: at(-1) }), NOW)).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it("start after time is up begins again from the full duration", () => {
+    const finished = row({ timer_ends_at: at(-10_000) });
+    expect(startPatch(finished, NOW)).toMatchObject({ timer_ends_at: at(60_000) });
+    expect(startPatch(row({ timer_remaining_ms: 0 }), NOW)).toMatchObject({ timer_ends_at: at(60_000) });
+  });
+
+  it("reset and a new duration both return to idle", () => {
+    const running = row({ timer_ends_at: at(30_000) });
+    expect(timerState(apply(running, resetPatch()), NOW)).toMatchObject({ status: "idle", remainingMs: 60_000 });
+    expect(timerState(apply(running, durationPatch(90)), NOW)).toMatchObject({ status: "idle", remainingMs: 90_000 });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("display", () => {
+  it("rounds seconds up so 0 only shows when time is up", () => {
+    expect(secondsLeft(10_000)).toBe(10);
+    expect(secondsLeft(9_001)).toBe(10);
+    expect(secondsLeft(1)).toBe(1);
+    expect(secondsLeft(0)).toBe(0);
+    expect(secondsLeft(-50)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("formats as m:ss, with hours when needed", () => {
+    expect(formatClock(65_000)).toBe("1:05");
+    expect(formatClock(9_200)).toBe("0:10");
+    expect(formatClock(0)).toBe("0:00");
+    expect(formatClock(600_000)).toBe("10:00");
+    expect(formatClock(3_723_000)).toBe("1:02:03");
+  });
+});

src/lib/timer.ts

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+// Countdown timer rules. Pure: the row and the current time go in, state or a DB patch comes out.
+// Stored state (see supabase/migrations/0002_timer.sql):
+//   running : timer_ends_at set            paused : timer_remaining_ms set
+//   reset   : both null (= full duration)
+
+export type TimerRow = {
+  timer_visible: boolean;
+  timer_duration_ms: number;
+  timer_remaining_ms: number | null;
+  timer_ends_at: string | null;
+};
+
+export type TimerStatus = "idle" | "running" | "paused" | "finished";
+
+export type TimerState = {
+  status: TimerStatus;
+  /** Time left at the moment the state was computed. */
+  remainingMs: number;
+  /** Set while running, so each screen can count down by itself between updates. */
+  endsAt: string | null;
+  durationMs: number;
+};
+
+export type TimerPatch = Partial<Pick<TimerRow, "timer_visible" | "timer_duration_ms" | "timer_remaining_ms" | "timer_ends_at">>;
+
+export const MIN_TIMER_SECONDS = 1;
+export const MAX_TIMER_SECONDS = 24 * 60 * 60;
+
+export function timerState(row: TimerRow, nowMs: number): TimerState {
+  const base = { endsAt: row.timer_ends_at, durationMs: row.timer_duration_ms };
+  if (row.timer_ends_at) {
+    const remainingMs = Math.max(0, Date.parse(row.timer_ends_at) - nowMs);
+    return { ...base, status: remainingMs > 0 ? "running" : "finished", remainingMs };
+  }
+  if (row.timer_remaining_ms === null) {
+    return { ...base, status: "idle", remainingMs: row.timer_duration_ms };
+  }
+  return {
+    ...base,
+    status: row.timer_remaining_ms > 0 ? "paused" : "finished",
+    remainingMs: row.timer_remaining_ms,
+  };
+}
+
+/** Starts or resumes. A finished timer starts again from the full duration. Also shows it. */
+export function startPatch(row: TimerRow, nowMs: number): TimerPatch {
+  const state = timerState(row, nowMs);
+  if (state.status === "running") return {};
+  const remainingMs = state.status === "finished" ? row.timer_duration_ms : state.remainingMs;
+  return {
+    timer_ends_at: new Date(nowMs + remainingMs).toISOString(),
+    timer_remaining_ms: null,
+    // Starting a timer nobody can see is never what the host means.
+    timer_visible: true,
+  };
+}
+
+export function pausePatch(row: TimerRow, nowMs: number): TimerPatch {
+  const state = timerState(row, nowMs);
+  if (state.status !== "running") return {};
+  return { timer_ends_at: null, timer_remaining_ms: Math.round(state.remainingMs) };
+}
+
+export function resetPatch(): TimerPatch {
+  return { timer_ends_at: null, timer_remaining_ms: null };
+}
+
+/** Changing the duration also resets, so the new time is what shows. */
+export function durationPatch(seconds: number): TimerPatch {
+  return { ...resetPatch(), timer_duration_ms: Math.round(seconds) * 1000 };
+}
+
+/** Whole seconds left as shown on screen: 9.2s shows 10, and 0 only shows when time is up. */
+export const secondsLeft = (remainingMs: number) => Math.ceil(Math.max(0, remainingMs) / 1000);
+
+/** "1:05", "0:09", or "1:02:03" for an hour or more. */
+export function formatClock(remainingMs: number): string {
+  const total = secondsLeft(remainingMs);
+  const hours = Math.floor(total / 3600);
+  const minutes = Math.floor((total % 3600) / 60);
+  const seconds = String(total % 60).padStart(2, "0");
+  return hours > 0 ? `${hours}:${String(minutes).padStart(2, "0")}:${seconds}` : `${minutes}:${seconds}`;
+}

supabase/migrations/0002_timer.sql

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+-- Game Night Live — countdown timer for the scoreboard.
+-- One timer per event, set from the control room. Run after 0001_init.sql.
+--
+-- State is stored so that any screen can work out the time left on its own:
+--   running  : timer_ends_at is set (time left = timer_ends_at - now)
+--   paused   : timer_ends_at is null, timer_remaining_ms holds what was left
+--   reset    : timer_ends_at is null, timer_remaining_ms is null (= full duration)
+
+alter table events
+  add column timer_visible      boolean not null default false,
+  add column timer_duration_ms  int     not null default 60000
+    check (timer_duration_ms between 1000 and 86400000),
+  add column timer_remaining_ms int     check (timer_remaining_ms >= 0),
+  add column timer_ends_at      timestamptz;