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Multiplayer Party Games | 3rd Word
10 party games for your TV, controlled by your phones
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10 party games for your TV, controlled by your phones
2 followers
A premium suite of 10 interactive multiplayer party games played on a shared TV screen and controlled by smartphones.
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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm the creator of 3rd Word Games.
Like many of you, I love hosting game nights and Friday team socials. But I always hated the friction of modern party games:
Convincing 8 people to download a 2GB app just to play 15 minutes of trivia.
Paying $30+ for console game packs where only 1 game is actually fun.
Dealing with laggy screen streams over Zoom.
I wanted to build an experience that feels like a live TV game show with zero friction:
Open the game on your Smart TV or laptop browser.
Everyone points their phone camera at the screen QR code.
Your phone instantly becomes a buzzer, drawing canvas, voting pad, or weapon inventory.
How we built it:
Backend: Node.js 22, Express, and Socket.io running on a lightweight Ubuntu VPS.
State Engine: Strict room isolation. Players are indexed via persistent client-side UUID tokens in localStorage rather than ephemeral socket IDs. If someone locks their phone or replies to a text, they rehydrate their exact board state within a 60-second grace window.
Zero-Bloat Frontend: Pure HTML5/Vanilla JS. No heavy client framework bundles, so the mobile controller loads in under 1 second even on an older phone on spotty Wi-Fi.
Replayability: A casino-style shoe deck algorithm that shuffles pools of 100+ vetted prompts and questions per game without duplicates across rematches.
10 Games Included:
🤡 Majority Rules (Consensus voting & social shaming)
❄️ Sabotage! (Trivia meets Mario Kart—freeze friends' screens in ice!)
🎨 Picasso (Drawing telephone that goes completely off the rails)
📋 Survey Showdown (Fair 2-inning Family Feud tournament)
...plus 6 more covering word warfare, high-stakes casino betting, and speed trivia!
🎁 Special Product Hunt Launch Gift:
The platform uses a pay-per-party model ($2.99 / $7.99 for 24 hours), but to celebrate our launch, comment below with which game you want to try, and I’ll DM you a free 24-hour All-Access Pass (all games included, but valid for 24 hours from issuance) for your next game night!
Would love your honest feedback, bug reports, and suggestions for new games! 🍕🍻