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Hola HN, author here!

I wanted to build a free, online version of a favorite party game I used to play with friends, in person... so we could continue being social, at a distance!

The first version was created and tested in ~3 weeks. Check out the source here: https://github.com/avimoondra/fishbowl. It's built with Typescript, React, Material UI, Apollo GraphQL, Hasura, Express, and Postgres. And it's deployed on Render.

Thanks to a bunch of folks! The amazing Hasura community on Discord, friends for consultation on some React and deployment options, and even more friends (and friends of friends) for alpha and beta testing! More features to come soon :)

Would love any feedback or to discuss anything about the game or tech. Stay safe, and sane!

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ViViDboarder|5 years ago

Dope! I made a much more basic version of this for my own use a few weekends back. Yours is way better. Thanks for sharing!

avimoondra2|5 years ago

That's awesome! I appreciate that, and hope you enjoy it! Would love to chat about it anytime... lot of interesting game dynamics to consider, especially over video calls. Feel free to leave your email through this feedback form I set up for the game (https://forms.gle/6a5wnBo7D6pDdcxb9) if you'd like to get in touch!

speps|5 years ago

Can you describe the "party game"?

avimoondra2|5 years ago

Of course! It's a guessing game, designed for any group of all ages! You'll need at least 4 to play, but it only gets more fun with more players (I recommend 6 - 12). More is explained on the home page here https://fishbowl-game.com/, and there are also instructions as you play, especially if it's your first time.

Here's another description, to play if you can in-person: https://funattic.com/how-to-play-fishbowl-game/

the_pwner224|5 years ago

Literally the only two things on the submitted website are a picture of a fish and concise instructions on how to play the game.