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by BeefySwain 2255 days ago
Is there a name for the "genre" of games like this? Party games played on a mobile phone in a browser using a short code to group up.

Other examples include the Jack Box party game collection and Spyfall.
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XaspR8d 2255 days ago
Not that I know of, but I've always thought there was a cool project opportunity for a Mario Party-esque platform of minigames with room-code join-by-phone controllers.

Sony has the "PlayLink" platform on PS4 but it didn't seem to get much headway. The only game I saw any awareness of in my circles was "That's You". Looked neat enough but mostly drew Jackbox comparisons.

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avimoondra2 2255 days ago
Mario Party games would be amazing!! Similar also to n64 Pokemon Stadium mini games, which I still play once in a while today :p Great ideas for some future projects...

I'm not aware of a name to the genre, but shelter in place might give proper birth to it!

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