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by graphcalculator 2021 days ago
Make an io party game - the genre is super fun to create in, was growing rapidly before COVID, turbocharged during COVID and remains underserved. Growth is built-in because of inherent sharing. Use a game engine like Playcanvas so you can publish it to web and wrap it into a mobile app if you'd like (Unity is fine too, but doesn't work on mobile web, whereas Playcanvas works everywhere). Ads monetization is of course the quick route, but if you have the patience to add cosmetics and premium levels, you can make a killing from in-app purchases.
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Curious, what is an io party game?
Like skribbl.io, an online Pictionary game. Maybe also things like agar.io or slither.io, but those are less for parties I think. Jackbox.tv comes to mind as well, but obviously that isn’t .io lol

Games ending .io are generally fun, simple, multiplayer, and browser-based