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Ah yeah just noticed, thanks! Unfortunately, can’t update link on post
This should be something that you can fix within your app though. :~)
Wish I could, not my app!
Play social games with friends over Zoom
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Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom
#52Brilliant! I've been looking for something like this. Did you build it OP, or find it somewhere? Somewhat related, I built a simple Boggle-like word game to play with my family over screen share: https://wordgame.paulbutler.org/
Didn't build it - used it to play Werewolf with some friends yesterday
Pretty neat word game! Will have to try
Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom
#53I want to do this, but instead of it being games, more like listening circles oriented around human needs, envisioning the future, getting empathy and support, etc. as a means of some sort of eventual consensus building. i also have limited time to develop this because I'm a full-time parent. Anyone able to help or point me in a direction to keep the idea moving?
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#54I want to do this, but instead of it being games, more like listening circles oriented around human needs, envisioning the future, getting empathy and support, etc. as a means of some sort of eventual consensus building. i also have limited time to develop this because I'm a full-time parent. Anyone able to help or point me in a direction to keep the idea moving?
Start local, I have been reaching out to some people I admire / great thinkers for zoom discussions. Everyone is home and probably looking for something fun to do.
I have been encouraging non C19 discussions, as we are inundated with updates and news articles non stop.
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#55Just to add another suggestion, Tabletop Simulator on Steam is pretty great and on sale now [1]. My friends and I used it to play our first online game of Catan on Saturday night, we used Discord for voice chat. We all have the boxed version but obviously we can't get together... [1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator...
Some of my younger family wanted to play Monopoly: as only a couple were remote (only one in the end) we decided to host it locally on a board, and have people join by webcam (https://meet.jit.si/).
Worked quite well.
I asked a related question about playing boardgames via webcam here https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/50797/what-ho... and have a self-answer about our experience.
They're planning on Risk next, but I fancy Catan with multiple boards (not sure how to work it; we only have the base game).
We'd considered Table-Top Simulator, but webcam gave us more human interaction which seemed more important for the kids (they chose the real board over the virtual one). They already have lots of video gaming time which might have influenced the decision.
(FWIW there's an unofficial mod for Monopoly on T-TSim.)
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#56So I gotta ask, is this legal? I recognize a few of these are paid boardgames.
I am not sure about all of them but I know Secret Hitler has a license for non-commercial use listed on their website. https://www.secrethitler.com/
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#57Or avoid using Zoom until they've fixed their issues, and have at least some semblance of acting responsibly?
Yeah, it is odd that Zoom is even used in the title of the submission at all. Given the current zoom media storm, it is obvious clickbait since the actual linked site does not mention Zoom anywhere. A better title might be "Play Social Games Like Werewolf and Secret Hitler Remotely"
I'd say Jackbox.tv would be a good name drop instead of Zoom since they've popularized the "code sharing Gameroom website" technology.
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There's a similar (and similarly-named) syncing plugin for Disney Plus: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disney-plus-party/... I can understand wanting to avoid bad press given the current state of things, but even still I'm shocked that Netflix and especially Disney haven't hit these with C&Ds for trademark use given the obvious potential for confusion.
Netflix Party at least has existed for years. I used it at least 4 years ago if not longer. What surprises me is that none of these sites have made a built-in version of this feature.
Well, and that's exactly the source of the confusion. I was sent a "Netflix Party" link recently and sure enough, it was a regular Netflix.com URL that loaded and played the movie we were planning to watch. I had no idea until I was told that I needed to switch to Chrome and install a browser extension before it would actually do the synchronized play.
If it was "Watch Together" or something, it would immediately clue me in that there was something else I was going to need to install or sign up for in order to make it work.
Regarding discoverability, can't Chrome extensions register themselves to handle custom schemas? If Netflix Party gave you a party://netflix/movie-id/session-id URL, then it would fail to resolve on a machine without the plugin installed, while still not requiring any centralized infrastructure.
Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom
#59I want to do this, but instead of it being games, more like listening circles oriented around human needs, envisioning the future, getting empathy and support, etc. as a means of some sort of eventual consensus building. i also have limited time to develop this because I'm a full-time parent. Anyone able to help or point me in a direction to keep the idea moving?
Start local, I have been reaching out to some people I admire / great thinkers for zoom discussions. Everyone is home and probably looking for something fun to do. I have been encouraging non C19 discussions, as we are inundated with updates and news articles non stop.
We've been doing this locally. I haven't been hearing about it happening in my hometown, which is why i want a platform specifically promoting it.
Re: Play social games with friends over Zoom
#60Just to add another suggestion, Tabletop Simulator on Steam is pretty great and on sale now [1]. My friends and I used it to play our first online game of Catan on Saturday night, we used Discord for voice chat. We all have the boxed version but obviously we can't get together... [1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator...
How does that compare to playing Catan via Catan Universe? I enjoy the multi-platform (Mac, PC, iOS, Android, Browser, Steam) aspect of it, but it does have some rough edges.
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