[ikornaselur]

Do you have any recommendations?

In the beginning I would run "virtual game nights", by screen sharing Jackbox party games. It was simple for people to join with their phones remotely and play, but it was a bit of a hassle sometimes to set up, meaning it basically had to be me who ran the game night every time.

I haven't looked around at what's out there after almost a year of a pandemic, so I'm sure there are loads of options. But would love to hear that has worked for you at work, especially if you're still doing it after all those months!

[Tokiin]

Among Us comes to mind as something that could work for you as it's a free phone game and has a large lobby size (4-10 I believe).

[goatforce5]

I've recently joined an existing fully remote team. Once or twice a week someone will start an Among Us session, with a parallel Google Meet video call. People will play Among Us, and then discuss who the Imposter is in the video call. Once the game resumes, people mute their mics and disable video.

It's been a neat way to spend some social time with my new colleagues. Being on non-work calls has helped me get a sense of who my new colleagues are and I feel it's helped me integrate in to the team.

[ikornaselur]

Oh that's a game that I've been meaning to look further into. I had just seen that it cost money and was Windows only, I forgot that it was on mobile as well (and free there!)

Thanks for the suggestion!

[tannerkrewson]

shameless plug, my own game Drawphone is a great first time game as you don't need to teach anyone how to play, and it's always hilarious

https://rocketcrab.com/game/drawphone

[metaversemaker]

We've been using https://backyard.co/ since they bundle video chat and the games all in one place, in the browser so anyone can instajoin

[tannerkrewson]

wow that looks really cool! any idea who's behind it?