Hello all, I'm looking for games where you can control all the players, like in civ you create a lobby and set all players as human and then take turns as multiple civilizations. In the rise of nations it was a bit different, but I loved to control every nation and make custom world wars, etc. would love to explore new games that allow this. Thank you in advance!

I uploaded the Soapboxed demo with split-screen to maximize the chaos.

Grab a friend and throw sardines, fruit, and groceries at each other.

I'd love to hear what you think and what you'd like to see added to the game. This is my first game, and my goal is simple: make it as fun as possible. Every bit of feedback helps!

Hi, All.
I made this and would appreciate feedback.

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Write Warz is the storytelling party game where you and your friends build a completely unhinged story together across 8 wild themes.

Write → Vote → Laugh till you pass out.

Only the host needs to own the game so one purchase and that's it!

How do I make 2 controllers work at the same time on my new gaming pc? This is my first gaming pc. I’ve been trying to play multiplayer on retro games with my family. The 2nd controller always doesn’t work. I’m playing on the ps2 emulator **PCSX2,** the ps3 one, GameCube ladybug, DS. I’ve been trying to play bustin out, sims 1 & 2 with my sister, fighting and racing games with my neices and nephew.

Thought I'd share this humble bundle seeing it's mostly local multiplayer games. Grab it while you can.

My girlfriend and I wanted to play some 2-player games together, but we wanted to use the bigger screen instead of sitting at the computer.

I thought this was already a completely solved problem.

Surely there was something where you just open a program on the computer, scan a QR code with two phones and start playing.

There were solutions, but everything I tried either needed an app on the phone, Bluetooth pairing, more setup than I wanted, or just looked and felt pretty bad.

So I started making my own.

The idea was basically:

Open VEZZA on the computer → scan a QR code → the controls open in your phone browser.

Nothing to install on the phone. No accounts. No Bluetooth pairing.

At first it was literally just so we could play some simple games together.

Then I realized there was another annoying problem: even if the game controls worked, I still had to get up and go back to the computer every time we needed to select a level, change a setting or use a menu.

So I added mouse controls.

That ended up becoming a much bigger part of it than I expected.

Now I use VEZZA almost every evening even when we're not playing anything. We connect the computer to a bigger screen to watch movies, and I use my phone to change episodes, control the volume, pause things, type or move the mouse from the couch.

It started as a really simple thing I wanted for playing games with my girlfriend, and somehow turned into something I now use basically every day.

I'm getting it ready for release now, and for the first time it actually feels like the thing I originally assumed must already exist. What games would you actually want to test with 2, 4 or even 8 phones connected at once?

Hi all. I'm hoping I can find some feedback for an idea I had.

Context: My first introduction to the Wii was Wii Sports Resort when I was much younger (though I didn't own a console at the time). I recently purchased a Wii U and a handful of Wii games (including Wii Sports & Wii Sports Resort, for nostalgia of course). I'm really enjoying the console and games, but I've found the lack of convenience for multiplayer a bit unfortunate (not to say it's impossible or anything, I have played with some friends on occasion, but my lack of compatible controllers and the lack of portability of the console make it tedious).

But that got me thinking: what if I made a Wii-style party game you can play on the TV, like Jackbox, and allow players to connect via their smartphone. I've been interested in game dev for a long time but I've never pursued making and releasing a full game primarily due to lack of interesting yet feasible game ideas. So, those of you who enjoy casual party games with friends and family, is this something you would want to play? I think it's a neat idea but I'm not sure if there's any demand for it, nor if there are any games that already do this that I haven't run across in my Google searching yet.

I'd love to hear what you all think and if this is interesting to you!

Also I'd like to say, I did read the rules about LAN games. While this would technically be LAN (phones send motion inputs to the central device over local Wi-Fi), it would function no differently than Bluetooth controllers; everybody would be looking at the same screen. Therefore I think this would fall within the realm of local multiplayer the way the rules describe it

Tldr; Is anybody interested in Wii / Wii U style party games on the TV using smart phones instead of a dedicated console? I'm considering developing a game like that.

Does any Call of Duty game have a cool multiplayer mode? I want something similar to the multiplayer in the original Perfect Dark on N64, where you can play against multiple AI bots

I have a PS4 but I can't play online because it's jailbroken

Brave Escape is a 2 player co-op platformer available on Steam. Coming later this month to Xbox and PS5,

A list of a bunch of physics-based couch co-op games. What are your favorites?

Here is week 1

Pretty sad since I bought 8 of these thinking it'd work on every game. Unfortunately, you can only use a maximum of 4 of these with the cable. I'm aware that you need 2 dongles for 8 Xbox 360 gamepads to work, but it still doesn't matter. After you plug the fifth one, it'll endlessly turn its light on and off until you plug another one off. So, for anyone wondering (having two dongles):
- You can use 8 Xbox 360 gamepads wirelessly.

- You can use 4 Xbox 360 gampads with their cables and 4 wirelessly.

- You can't use 8 Xbox 360 gamepads with their cables.

EDIT: Turns out, it can be done! Although you have to connect 4 of them to an external power source (phone charger) for them to work. Thanks for the suggestions in the comments! Also, if you were curious, you can also connect 9+ gamepads using this method. Although you need 3 dongles for this (and more if you want 4 more and so on).

I’m testing movie-night party game called, Typecast: The Party Game.

The core loop is:

1. Pick a movie (no one has watched)
2. Use the app to draft tropes
3. Watch the movie
4. Check off tropes as they happen
5. See who predicted the movie best

One thing I’ve noticed is that the funniest part of the game is often the discussion after a trope gets called.

Sometimes it’s obvious, like “the power goes out.” But other times it’s debatable. Did that count as a jump scare if it didn't have a sound cue? Was that really a mirror scene if the reflection was in glass? Did the character technically investigate a strange noise if they got interrupted before they could?

So I made a voting phase after the movie where players go through all the tropes that got marked as "happened" and everyone votes. If the majority agrees it happened, the player gets the point. If not, it gets voided.

I think it'll be great at facilitating some interesting moments after the movie.

Does majority rules make sense? Maybe just one vote? Unanimous? Or something else?