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Re: Show HN: Play games together on a big screen using your smartphone

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Post by SimeVidas »

random_rr wrote: post #10
SimeVidas wrote: post #3

Why the Android app? This could have been done with web tech, which would have made it work on any touch device.

Maybe they work with Androids or enjoy coding for Androids or don't know how to do it on the web or any one of a myriad of reasons? This isn't a very relevant or constructive comment. It's just saying "why didn't you build something completely different," which, I think, is sort of condescending/non-productive.

It’s your own comment that’s not relevant or constructive. I’ve made a valid point.

Re: Show HN: Play games together on a big screen using your smartphone

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Post by reustle »

SimeVidas wrote: post #3

Why the Android app? This could have been done with web tech, which would have made it work on any touch device.

I've built something like this with web tech before [1]. Unless your commands are going to the internet, and not through something like bluetooth or wifi, you need to do it with native.

[1] https://github.com/reustle/meteorgame

Re: Show HN: Play games together on a big screen using your smartphone

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Post by danbolt »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #9
ngoel36 wrote: post #4

I've always wanted to build something like this for cinemas to feature before the movie starts

Cineplex in Canada does trivia through phones before the movie starts. You connect to their wifi network and answer the questions in their app and the winner gets some sort of prize at the end. They show the leaderboard and such in between questions.

The movie theatres in Vancouver aren't as busy in the off-hours too. I've known a few coworkers that have have had little-to-no competition for winning free tickets at company-sponsored movie days.

Re: Show HN: Play games together on a big screen using your smartphone

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Post by kodablah »

I have had success doing this years ago with just a normal Monopoly or Risk PC game and the Logitech mouse app (though you have to make sure there are no bad actors and that it's turn based as there can be obvious problems with multiple input devices).

Re: Show HN: Play games together on a big screen using your smartphone

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Post by sleepychu »

Not sure if you're just getting a lot of 'love' from HN at the moment but I found both games I tried (tank battle and space race) unplayable, don't think I was being presented with the right set of menus.

Tank battle just didn't start (and I was stuck there until I crashed the app and rescanned the qr code)

Space race did start and work but then I couldn't move on after the race finished.

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