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Ask HN: What are some good games to play in a video call?

6 points by Separo 4y ago

Having a team bonding video call thing today... what are some good games to play? Obviously not like Steam / Playstation high end, but maybe something easy and accessible for everyone.

scombridae 4y ago
Hide the Salami. Google "Jeff Toobin" for how to play.
jamager 4y ago
Codenames: https://codenames.game/ https://codenames.game/
cercatrova 4y ago
Tetris
dyingkneepad 4y ago
I do play games, but not because of your reasons. Because those calls are usually boring as hell and so I am able to pay more attention to them if I'm also doing something else less soul-crushing while listening to it. It has to be some kind of game that you can play on automatic mode, no thinking required. Any game that makes you think with more than 10% of your brain will detract you from the meeting. Things that work for me: - Knetwalk - Mine Sweeper - Teg (Risk) (sudo apt-get install teg) - Pindleskin/Meph/Kurast farming in Diablo 2 - Completing easy mindless daily quests in mobile games - Solitarie - Trimming my fingernails - Passing Clorox all over my home office surfaces
przefur 4y ago
Codenames, avalon, saboteur. I'd suggest board game arena - it has tons of games and runs via web browser. Little to no access issues.
Raed667 4y ago
- https://skribbl.io/ https://skribbl.io/ - https://geotastic.net/ https://geotastic.net/ - https://openarena.live/ https://openarena.live/
Ruarl 4y ago
This non-digital game was designed for zoom play. It’s available on a “pay what you want” basis: https://susd.itch.io/rats https://susd.itch.io/rats
hauxir 4y ago
check out https://kosmi.io https://kosmi.io
gabrielsroka 4y ago
Maybe a trivia game like https://kahoot.com/ https://kahoot.com/
ecesena 4y ago
https://www.geoguessr.com https://www.geoguessr.com
andersource 4y ago
Shameless plug for a short game if you're exactly 4 people: https://andersource.dev/assets/lasers-in-space/index.html https://andersource.dev/assets/lasers-in-space/index.html (Might have bugs and requires decent+ wifi)

6 points by Separo 4y ago

Having a team bonding video call thing today... what are some good games to play? Obviously not like Steam / Playstation high end, but maybe something easy and accessible for everyone.

scombridae 4y ago

Hide the Salami. Google "Jeff Toobin" for how to play.

jamager 4y ago

Codenames: https://codenames.game/ https://codenames.game/

cercatrova 4y ago

Tetris

dyingkneepad 4y ago

I do play games, but not because of your reasons. Because those calls are usually boring as hell and so I am able to pay more attention to them if I'm also doing something else less soul-crushing while listening to it. It has to be some kind of game that you can play on automatic mode, no thinking required. Any game that makes you think with more than 10% of your brain will detract you from the meeting. Things that work for me: - Knetwalk - Mine Sweeper - Teg (Risk) (sudo apt-get install teg) - Pindleskin/Meph/Kurast farming in Diablo 2 - Completing easy mindless daily quests in mobile games - Solitarie - Trimming my fingernails - Passing Clorox all over my home office surfaces

przefur 4y ago

Codenames, avalon, saboteur. I'd suggest board game arena - it has tons of games and runs via web browser. Little to no access issues.

Raed667 4y ago

- https://skribbl.io/ https://skribbl.io/ - https://geotastic.net/ https://geotastic.net/ - https://openarena.live/ https://openarena.live/

Ruarl 4y ago

This non-digital game was designed for zoom play. It’s available on a “pay what you want” basis: https://susd.itch.io/rats https://susd.itch.io/rats

hauxir 4y ago

check out https://kosmi.io https://kosmi.io

gabrielsroka 4y ago

Maybe a trivia game like https://kahoot.com/ https://kahoot.com/

ecesena 4y ago

https://www.geoguessr.com https://www.geoguessr.com

andersource 4y ago

Shameless plug for a short game if you're exactly 4 people: https://andersource.dev/assets/lasers-in-space/index.html https://andersource.dev/assets/lasers-in-space/index.html (Might have bugs and requires decent+ wifi)