Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players

14 comments

• iwontberude 0 minutes ago
  Very cool! Thanks for sharing. I would be making stuff like this if I didn't work for a legal team with a consumer electronics company attached to it.
• neko_ranger 2 hours ago
  This is sick. I've always wanted to see a modern take on pokemon stadium minigames.

  Totally agree with your thoughts on jackbox, they're fun but not gaming. Def saving this for later.
• danielscrubs 38 minutes ago
  Do you think it would work on smart tvs with browsers?

  If Im having people over I would never start a PC and ask them to hunker down, turning on the tv though…

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  • nothrabannosir 6 minutes ago
    plug your computer in via hdmi? Or am I too old?
• jundanha 4 minutes ago
  this is so cool
• frankmatranga 1 hour ago
  I wish I saw this two hours ago! I just got back from family Christmas with Jackbox games and I would’ve loved to as try this out too. Definitely going to try this soon.
• ram_rattle 52 minutes ago
  Looks so smooth and no fuss, thanks for building this
• idle_zealot 1 hour ago
  Do you have plans to monetize this? I can think of a few options but they all feel pretty gross...
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  • verve_rat 41 minutes ago
    I mean, a one time fee, maybe even per mini-game, doesn't seem gross?
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    • idle_zealot 38 minutes ago
      It doesn't seem gross, but that would introduce friction, which it seems like OP is against.
• OsrsNeedsf2P 1 hour ago
  Looks pretty cool. Is it open source? I'd love to have community contributed games
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  • mstank 1 hour ago
    This would be so cool… community contributed games with ratings and themes. So much potential for a platform like this. Great work!
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    • Rperry2174 1 hour ago
      Agreed... also fwiw I don't think that langauge-dependent games are as much of a barrier as it used to be. I've built a game recently that I easily localized first with real-time AI translations and then later with more static language translations.

      Anyway I think this would be an amazing thing to let other people contribute to as this is an entire industry of hypercasual games which could easily be ported to this minus the annoying ads
• set92 2 hours ago
  definitely going to try it with some friends. But it's true that at first I was checking which games I could connect to, or how it worked without reading anything, and thought it was to connect to some multiplayer games of steam, and gaming couch acted as a layer to use phones as joystick only.
• herpdyderp 1 hour ago
  Would love full remote play somehow so I can use it for team games with my remote team!
• N_Lens 2 hours ago
  Excellent work. I've played Jackbox party games before and they're a lot of fun!
• Johnny_Bonk 2 hours ago
  Very cool, would cool if it's open ecosystem to develop games for, it's on my 2026 bucket list
• adityadeshlahre 2 hours ago
  Crazy Build
• DonHopkins 58 minutes ago
  JD Vance would fucking love this!