Planet Crossword

Multiplayer crosswords for streaming and friends

212 followers

Multiplayer crosswords for streaming and friends

212 followers

Solve new daily puzzles cooperatively or competitively. Play for free in the browser or easily set up a game on Zoom, Discord, YouTube or Twitch. Play solo, with your friends, family, community, or in a remote work team building session.

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Launch tags:Puzzle Games•Free Games

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Planet Crossword

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Hi Product Hunt, I’m Eli, the co-founder of a new game studio called Hovercats, where our goal is to inspire more play in the world. We’ve been working on a game called Planet Crossword and we’re excited to share it with you today. 💡 How it started - For the last two years our remote company has been doing a virtual happy hour twice a month. We would meet on Zoom and play games online together. But after a few sessions we noticed that the game options for groups were really limited. Jackbox Games are wonderful but most have a maximum player count of 8 players, so they weren’t useful for our growing team. Other games were either too complex, full of ads, or needed everyone on the team to buy a copy. We asked ourselves, why were the casual game options for online gatherings this slim? As the world trends more remote there is a glaring need for new ways to play together in the virtual places where we all like to hang out such as Discord, Zoom, Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, etc. Communities, friends, families, streamers, and businesses all need better ways to have fun together online and that’s why we created Planet Crossword! ⬜⬛ Planet Crossword is - - Free to play - Easy to learn - Launched with one click - Fun for small groups - Fun for large crowds - Optimized for streaming - Accessible across platforms without downloads - Live and interactive ⬛⬜ Planet Crossword is a collaborative crossword game made for groups of any size. Stream and play with your audience natively on YouTube, Twitch, or Discord (coming soon). Planet Crossword uses the chat to transform viewers into players. You can boost your live stream engagement and have fun with your audience. 🔡 How it works - All players solve the same puzzle at the same time either in free for all mode or on teams. When the game begins, players simply type their answers into chat and hit enter. If they are correct, the answer fills in on the puzzle. If they are wrong, nothing happens. One point is given for each correct square. The puzzles are made by a world class team of constructors, editors, and advisors. These talented folks include our advisor Ben Tausig and editors Stella Zawistowski and Brooke Husic. A new puzzle will be released every weekday at noon ET. 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 How many players can play? - You can play solo or with as many players as you want. Currently our record is 34k concurrent players in a single live game solving together on the front page of YouTube! 🕹️ What is the business model for the game? - It's free to play, and enhanced by web3 - Planet Crossword is free for everyone, with no ads, subscriptions, or upsells - Completely optionally, you can collect interactive artworks. Own original puzzles made by some of the best constructors in the world. 🧩 Why are we selling crosswords as digital collectibles? - To acknowledge them as an art form worth collecting - To properly reward creators for their labor and talent - To allow patrons to fund projects that they respect while getting perks in return 🙋‍♂️ Do I need to participate in any web3 activities to play for free? No! ⏭️ What’s next - We’ll be adding a ton of new features to the game including native Discord integration, playable avatars called Hovercats, new leaderboards, and more! 💙 We’d love to hear your feedback! Hop in a game, share the link with some friends and then let us know how it goes! Best, Eli & the Planet Crossword team (🛸,😼)

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4yr ago

@eli_stonberg game looks awesome can't wait to play!

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4yr ago

Yuuuhuu , I feel very happy and lucky because I have entered the Planet Crossword community, there are many activities such as Play games and interactive. do you like Puzzles ? If yes, Planet Crossword will be the best choice for you. Come on now let's Vote Planet Crossword !!

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4yr ago

Planet Crossword

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@grace_thailia so happy to have you playing with us!

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4yr ago

I have really enjoyed the puzzles so far! They're not easy! I also think the site design and entry system via chat is seamless and makes for a great group dynamic!

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4yr ago

Planet Crossword

Maker

@alexr1210 Rad thank you! Easy puzzles come out every monday and they get harder as the week goes on! If one is too hard for me, I just grab a few more friends to help solve it. :)

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4yr ago

Planet Crossword

Maker

@alexr1210 I love that they're hard enough that you can play with a group and everyone can tackle different elements of the puzzles!

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4yr ago

Planet Crossword

Maker

It's been an amazing several months of creating and building leading up to this release. Really excited for what we have store for the future.

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4yr ago

Planet Crossword

Maker

@jordan_kersey you rocked it!

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4yr ago

Beyond excited for this, @eli_stonberg! It's a ton of fun and can see this being picked up in a massive way between friends, families, Discord communities, etc. Ecstatic to have you building within the Treasure ecosystem!

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4yr ago

Planet Crossword

Maker

@karel_vuong Thanks Karel! Let's make some... magic. ;)

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4yr ago

Planet Crossword

Maker

I love how fun this game is to play with other people. Everyone has such different knowledge bases - some on the team get the pop culture answers, some get the politics ones, others get the science ones, etc. It's so fun to play with friends or co-workers!

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4yr ago

Planet Crossword

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@judy_craig it's fun to play with other people sure, but more specifically, its fun to play with you :)

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4yr ago

Planet Crossword is way too fun! Never considered myself a "crossword person" but this officially converted me!

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4yr ago

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