Hm... I wonder if a town-of-salem type game would be doable over Gemini? It would probably have to be turn-based or something, but it'd be interesting.
May 15 · 8 weeks ago
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Jackbox games are pretty much turn-based, and they make plenty of hidden identity games. It certainly sounds doable on gemini, but not trivial.
🪴 mstrmeow · May 16 at 10:34:
fun fact you can make games that dont require certs
🌲 Half_Elf_Monk · May 16 at 17:29:
Forum mafia is a) really fun, and b) works well in a text format like gemtext. I used to play a lot of it on phpbb forums. The issue with gemini is figuring out how to avoid multi-accounting, a kind of cheating that really breaks the game for everyone. browser-level certs wouldn't do it. check out webdiplomacy.net to see some of the games that happened there.
Functionally though, all you needs is a bulletin board framework... and bubble already exists. It wouldn't be hard to simply run a game on a section of this site, or a bb system with greater barriers to multi-account participation.
The added software that makes things really shine for forum mafia / salem / werewolf is pretty much: a bot that automatically announces day/night phases, collects player actions from PM-ing the bot, and tallys/repeates vote counts (or even post/word/character counts from players). That's not hard to do, but would require someone with the time/energy to make it happen, and a player base willing to give it a try.
Has anyone here played forum mafia / salem games before?
🦊 Sophira · May 17 at 07:03:
I used to play Werewolf (basically the same thing as Mafia) with a group of friends. Never played on a forum though - it was always in a chatroom. I might be up for it!
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