TriviaCast

A Game for Friends

trivia-cast.com

TriviaCast is a party game designed to be played with friends using a Google Chromecast.

Rules of the Game

• You need at least 3 people (the more the merrier)
• Once everyone has joined the game via the app, you can start the round from the lobby
• At this point, a prompt will appear on the TV and on everybody's phone
• Everybody writes a response to the given prompt and submits it
• Once everyone has submitted a response, The Reader will receive all the responses, in random order, on his/her phone
• The Reader should then read each of the responses aloud
• After reading all the responses, The Reader becomes The Guesser
• The Guesser looks at the responses and attempts to guess who said each response, using his/her phone
• If The Guesser makes a correct guess, s/he receives 1 point and the guessed player is now Out
• If The Guesser makes an incorrect guess, his/her turn is over and the next player (who is not Out) becomes The Guesser
• The Guesser continues to guess until s/he makes an incorrect guess or everybody else is Out.
• Once everyone except The Guesser is Out, the round ends
• Any players who joined mid game will be added at the start of the next round
• Play as many rounds as you like

Key Terms

###The Reader

• Reads all the responses aloud
• Only exists at the begining of each new round

###The Guesser

• Guesses a response for a player
• Changes after each incorrect guess

###Out

• If your response is guessed, you are Out
• You are done for this round and cannot become The Guesser

Setup Instructions

While the Chromecast SDK is in a limited preview, this app can't publically used without some configuration. Follow these steps to get it set up:

1. Buy a Chromecast
2. Whitelist your Chromecast for development.

• If you'd like to host your own version of the game, upload /receiver/* to a web server and use that web address in the whitelisting form.
• If you just want to try it out, you can use http://trivia-cast.com/receiver.html as the web address, make a pull request with your app key filled in in TVCConstants.m, TVCConstants.java, and TVCConstants.js, or email [email protected] with your app key, and we'll keep that key in the apps and the server for a few days.

3. If you're using your own server, you'll have to enter the application key in both the iOS and Android apps (TVCConstants.m and TVCConstants.java, respectively) and build the apps, and enter your key in TVCConstants.js.