I kept running into the same problem with "Wheel of Fortune"-style games though. The options are basically:

- Console games (Wii, Switch, etc.) - PowerPoint templates - Or cobbling up some DIY solution

I don't have a console and the other options were clunky. I wanted something that:

- Runs entirely in the browser - Doesn't require players to use their phones - Handles the game flow so the host isn't juggling rules, manually updating scores, remembering who's next, etc.

So I built Spinorama: https://spinorama.io

A few things that might be interesting here:

- The host drives everything from a single screen, players just call things out (no phones required) - Game flow is stateful and enforced, so you can't accidentally break the rules mid-round - Uses the Web Speech API for turn prompts (spin, buy a vowel, solve, etc.) and to check spoken solutions - Full keyboard control via hotkeys for running the entire game - No signup required to try it, accounts are only needed if you want to create and save custom games

Still early, but it's fully playable and I've been using it for small groups.

Curious what this crowd thinks, especially around:

- Anything that feels clunky or breaks immersion - Missing features you'd expect when hosting a real game

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47972999

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

I later added the “Millennials” game, which I created myself and played with friends on a game night.

Neither have clues from the Jeopardy! show itself AFAIK.

Obviously latency can be an issue, so my non-perfect B+ solution is to essentially calculate the round trip of the buzz, divide it by 2, and subtract it from the server time.

client ------------ pingTime ------------> server

client <----------- serverTime ----------- server

roundTrip = pingTime + pongTime

buzzTime = serverTime - (roundTrip / 2);

The server time is always the source of truth since client times can vary. Not using NTP which could possibly be more accurate.

Worst case, they do, and then I know I made a good product.

Repurposing the logic for different game shows is definitely interesting. Although I’ve matured Buzzinga in the last seven months, there’s definitely still room to improve, but eventually I can see this transition!