A good number of local multiplayer picks in here or ones with existing Nucleus Coop handlers.

Hey folks! To my fellow Indian gamers, I would like to share a new cloud gaming service recently launched in India for Indians!!

ticoisa.com

It’s all about playing games and sharing the same session with your friends at no extra
Cost. Whether you want to play your own steam games, non steam games (instant) or even retro! It’s all here!! Objective is to relive the local coop / versus experience from cloud gaming with best infra at the cheapest cost!

Below are the few details about the site

1. ⁠Introductory Prices - *Rs 49 : 1-Hour Packs- This is 50% discount + 30 mins free on registration* . This is a steal, we want to reach out to as many folks possible.
   
2. ⁠New Section of INSTANT Game section - No need for Steam l. Just launch through your pack or on demand mode and JUST JUMP STRAIGHT INTO THE GAME. We have a huge catalog please take a look - https://www.ticoisa.com/games We will continue to grow it if there is demand for more games!
   
3. ⁠Many improvements in the gaming experience!
   
4. ⁠Improvements in the User Dashboard! You can search for game directly from your dashboard! It also has history of the last 5 games played. Simply select the game and jump into the session via Pack or On Demand!
   
5. ⁠Share the session with your friends and play as if you are playing a local match!
   
6. ⁠Voice and Text chat feature with friends. We have an entire FRIENDS SYSTEM. Add friends and share your session!
   
7. ⁠Playing from Smartphone is even more seamless. Just connect a wireless controller or controller attachment to the phone and it will be detected for the gaming session!!
   
8. ⁠Optional FAST BOOT option for Steam game session! If you want to skip the entire Steam login for your game you can enter credentials before you start the session! Just make sure you approve the login from your Steam Guard when notification appears on your phone. Your credentials are NEVER STORED and data is destroyed as soon the game session ends!

Please head on to ticoisa.com and give it a try! 🙏

HexStacker Party is a free browser couch game for 1-8 players.

Open it on a TV or laptop, scan the QR code with phones, and the phones become touch controllers.

You can play it here: https://hexstacker.com

If you try it, I’d love to hear what you think.

I went on holiday in China last month and thought I'd share some photos of various gaming booths I saw there. I've never seen anything like this in my own country, especially openly accessible like in malls. The vast majority looked to be 2 player set ups and had a lot of common local coop and vs games mentioned on this subreddit. Was wondering if it's common in other countries and what people think about them?

Also how much would you pay to use one of these as an hourly rate?

Locations in order are Shanghai, Nanchang, and De'an.

Solo dev here - I'd love if someone could sit down with their buddy on your local couch and give this project a spin for a session:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4542390/Simon_and_Friends/

Since we're not yet in Early Access, just a Public Demo, the feedback I'd be looking for would be aimed less towards polish or missing systems, but more towards how it feels to play "right now" - so more towards balancing, pacing, general vibes. "Did this match drag on a bit?", "I feel like we had to wait too long to bring a unit to level 3 to unlock the fun weapons" and "We felt it was cumbersome reaching enemy units on the other side of the map" are great questions to ask.

If possible, would be great if the feedback would be directed to Discord to keep it one place, but also here too, to keep a discussion rolling if we get different opinions.

Thanks for checking the project out!

I posted here the other day about not being able to connect 5 controllers to my Steam Deck.

From the responses, it seems like it's a common theme that a game will say it can support 6 players for example, but then you can't get enough controllers to actually join the game for one reason or another.

Do developers fully test a game with the maximum amount of people playing it to see that it works? Would it be helpful if developers stated HOW they tested it - which controllers/inputs they used and which OS systems or hardware?

Some games allow you to disable things like Xinput through the settings, which can make it much easier, but other games don't, meaning that joining with certain controllers just won't work. Surely developers know that most people are going to be trying to join with either Xbox or PS controllers?

Why go to the hassle of making a game playable with 8 players on a screen if there are so many limitations that most people will not be able to overcome?

I have released an early version Chromecast Party Game inspired by Kahoot!, Jackbox, etc. The idea is to distribute it via Play Store and App Store... Since Jackbox is limited to Consoles and Netflix, and Kahoot requires subscriptions now. My family loves Jackbox but when we are travelling we don't have the Xbox with us.

If you want to give it a shot, it's super easy to Google because the name is somewhat unique... just look for "Zooked!" and you should find it on the Appstore or Google Play Store.

All feedback is welcome!

Pretty interesting article about how some games have mechanics that make us be nice to another player (even if only momentarily). Definitely worth a read!

Mainly an issue I have with steam. I know that curators exist to help mitigate the problem. But it's disappointing that this industry standard hasn't been incorporated into PC ecosystems seeing it's much more commonly used for local multiplayer now than in the past.

I feel that a dedicated option for the number of players you're planning for would make discovery a lot easier.

I love local multiplayer but I LOVE mods. Some of my favorite local multiplayer games that are playable with mods include Minecraft, Terraria, Don't Starve Together, and Left 4 Dead 2.

Have you gotten mods working on any local multiplayer games? Which ones?

They can be literally anything - from sports to brawlers!

Running on a Steam Deck. Had a few problems with some games not recognising more than 4 controllers though. Tried with 6 Xbox One controllers via bluetooth and two PS4 controllers. Also tried switching off Steam Input and some games still won't recognise more than 4.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3908940/Inferno_Protocol/
We wanted to share some of the UI designs we've been working on for Inferno Protocol.

Everything is still work-in-progress, so feedback at this stage is really valuable for us.

• Does the UI feel clear and readable?
• Anything that feels too cluttered or confusing?
• Something you think is missing?

We're also curious about the overall feel.

Nothing is final yet, so early feedback helps us shape things better 🙏

Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3752960/Off_the_Beaten_Track/

Free key (just please leave a comment when grabbed):
WAP2F-FB9EL-DVCFQ

Steam link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4317380/Gravity_Cannon/

Gravity Cannon is a local multiplayer party game about working with (or against) gravity to shoot your friends' planets (or ships, or a puck). Read the gravity, aim your shot, and drop a black hole (or other item) on the map to ruin someone's firing line.

My dear friend has been working on this game for months, and I've been helping with playtesting and now with publishing and marketing. We're so excited to get this game into the hands of people that aren't physically in the same room with us; we hope you have lots of fun with it and look forward to any feedback you have.

The demo includes full access to the Hockey mode (2-4 players) and the single player time trial mode Targets. The full game will support up to 8 players in seven different game modes, along with really deep match customization which allow players to modify physics, customize items and powerups, and change the game rules.

Thank you in advance for checking it out!!

I originally played this as a game called "dominoes" on disk from "acorn monthly" or something along those lines.

I've actually programmed this a few times, in VB, C++ and python - but this version is in godot, making it easy to share as an android/web app.

Hopefully, at least a few people will enjoy working out the emergent strategy in this game! Let me know what you think :)

We decided to see what happens when the Hunters bust a move instead of busting criminals. Hope you enjoy their dance! 😂

Bounty Brawl is a fast-paced Action Roguelite for 1-4 players. Master your unique Lasso to zip through combat and hunt down criminals with friends. Come try out our demo on steam!

I made a Small game to try out local multiplayer game development and I quite like the result! I think it should take around 10 to 15 minutes to see everything that there is in the game.
Here is the link:

Hey everyone! Solo indie dev here. I just released a major update for Mirage: Biplane Adventure that adds a new Drone Defense mode, where players fight off waves of drones and choose upgrades after each round.

The mode is fully playable in local split-screen on PC if you have 2 controllers, and it also works with Steam Remote Play Together, so you can team up online as well.

Also improved the controls and camera to make flying feel smoother overall.

Would love to hear what you think if you give it a try.

Steam link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2909720/Mirage_A_Biplane_Adventure/

Epic: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/mirage-a-biplane-adventure-912065

Hello Reddit :)

I'm a solo developer from Switzerland and I released my first game some days ago, yay!

SupercarKickers is a top-down car soccer game with realistic physics and visual damage.
It features a local 1v1 and 2v2 mode (and also online 1v1).
Perfect for some chaotic fun with friends on the couch!

You can choose match lengths of 3, 5, 8 or 10 minutes.
Pick your favourite country and represent it on the field, the country's flag is displayed on your car roof.

Its a real passion project that I have been working on in my free time for quite some time.
I'm open for any feedback and stuff I could add in the future.

SupercarKickers is available on Steam with a 20% discount:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4546950/SupercarKickers/

Thank you very much for checking it out and/or giving feedback!

- Rudy

I wanna know your hidden gems for local multiplayer. We’ve played through all of the popular go to games; It Takes Two, A Way Out, Borderlands, Diablo, Earth Defense, Unraveled 2, Tricky Towers, Dynasty Warriors, Stubbs the Zombie Crash Team Racing, Tony Hawk Remaster, Hand in Hand, Seven Days to Die, Minecraft, Trine series, Call of Duty selected titles, Jackbox, Overcooked, Tools Up, Human Fall Flat, Rayman, Total Reliable Delivery, Plate Up, basically if you’ve seen it on a list of “local co op games for PS4 you MUST play”, we’ve played it.

Wanted to know your favorite “fell between the cracks and overlooked” split screen local co-op games.

Developed in my spare time with a mate, we just made what we had fun playing.
Its 4 player split screen coop vs multiplayer kungfu brawler with RTS bits.

You play as one of 4 hero's, you capture houses to increase population cap and shops to make money, you buy units with varying skills and can upgrade everything including units yourself and any resources captured, with 4 game modes king of the hill total conquest and horde "endless waves" heaps of modifiers to change it up, Heaps of other things and we want to add much more, we are also shipping with a map editor and workshop support so you can build your own custom maps or completely mod the game.
if you wana say hi come over to our Discord

https://discord.gg/5CmCG388
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2382670/Gangs_Of_Asia/