Comment by ChaosOp

Comment by ChaosOp 4 hours ago

I'm working on a local multiplayer party game platform, a lovechild of Jackbox Games and Mario Party: https://gamingcouch.com. We just won silver at the Big Indie Pitch competition!

- Currently in free Early Access with 18 competitive mini-games.

- Players use their mobile phones as controllers (you can use game pads as well!)

- Everything is completely web-based, no downloads or installs necessary to play

- The games are all action based, with quick ~one minute rounds to keep a good pace. This means there are no language based trivia games!

- In the future we plan to open up the platform for 3rd party developers as well. We take care of the network connectivity, controllers etc.. 3rd party devs can focus on developing cool multiplayer mini-games without spending an eternity with networking coded and infrastructure.

Would love any feedback you might have!

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socalgal2 38 minutes ago

How does this compare to AirConsole? (https://www.airconsole.com)

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ChaosOp 28 minutes ago

The underlying technology is largely the same, but our focus is specifically on the action party game niche, whereas AirConsole tries to cover a bit of every gaming genre and position itself as more of a replacement for traditional game consoles.
They were also very recently acquired by an Indian car software manufacturer (KPIT) and no longer focus on web or living-room gaming.

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greggman65 3 hours ago

I wish you luck!!!

I tried this in 2014 with happyfuntimes

https://docs.happyfuntimes.net/

My conclusion was, past a certain number of people no one wants to game

Around the same time was AirConsole and still available

https://www.airconsole.com/

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ChaosOp 17 minutes ago

Thank you! Very interesting, maybe 2014 was too early for this kind of gaming, as now the concept really seems to resonate with people and we have been enjoying quite many months of doubling user amounts. But of course time will only tell...
I know AirConsole also struggled quite a lot in the beginning and now in the end they ended up in car entertainment as KPIT bought the whole company. So they don't focus on web/living-room gaming any more

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ASVBPREAUBV 4 hours ago

This is awsome! Exactly what I was looking for. I will try it with my friends tomorrow evening. I have multiple failed attempts of building something similar.

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ChaosOp 2 hours ago

Thanks! Let me know how it goes :) There's also a Discord link at the bottom of our page where you can send in feedback or ask any questions you might have. Would you be interested in developing for a platform like this?

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