ChaosOp

I'm building a web-based local multiplayer party game platform. It's like a lovechild of Jackbox Games and Mario Party: https://gamingcouch.com. We just won silver at the Big Indie Pitch competition as well!

- 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 are necessary to play

- All games support up to 8 players at a time and are action based, with quick ~one minute rounds to keep a good pace. This means there are no language based trivia or asynchronous games!

- In the future we plan to open up the platform for 3rd party developers (and Gamejams!) 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 code and building the infrastructure.

Interested to hear if this resonates with Hacker News readers!

I'm building a web-based local multiplayer party game platform. It's like a lovechild of Jackbox Games and Mario Party: https://gamingcouch.com. We just won silver at the Big Indie Pitch competition as well!

- 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 are necessary to play

- All games support up to 8 players at a time and are action based, with quick ~one minute rounds to keep a good pace. This means there are no language based trivia or asynchronous games!

- In the future we plan to open up the platform for 3rd party developers (and Gamejams!) 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 code and building the infrastructure.

Interested in your thoughts, would you play something like this? Feedback is much appreciated!

That's my project (and comment), thanks for the mention! Local multiplayer is simply the best, and the more options there are, the better!

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

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.

This is a great idea! I'm not a fan of Jackbox's "pack" distribution model, so supporting any project that challenges it :)

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?

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!