aphorism.io

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.36
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.70
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.31
A jackbox-style party game about trying to find deep meaning in the mundane. Or make dirty jokes, you could also just do that.

Screen Shot 2021-04-24 at 4.22.52 PM.png
Made using socket.io, node.js, express, and Vue.

Was a big learning experience for web dev for me and the code is very messy! Don't crash the site please.

Comments14

CinderBlock26 Apr 2021, 02:39
I'll tell you what, I'm literally not smart enough to play this game. Kudos to anyone that can come up with an apt aphorism at a moment's notice.

But on the other hand, I _did_ learn a new word today :smile: (hint: it's "aphorism")
Windzyboy
Windzyboy26 Apr 2021, 02:41
Great fun! My only gripe is that there's no button to join the game you made, gotta click your own link. Aesthetic is nice, old-webby.
Nisovin26 Apr 2021, 04:08
Clever idea. I think I would be really bad at this game though.
WizKid26 Apr 2021, 04:24
Aaaah. "Deep". I get it! Well done!

How do I find a game to join?
binroot
binroot26 Apr 2021, 05:03
Cool idea, I'd like to see more games that explore webapps, like you did. Nice work completing a fully functional webapp in a weekend!
PixelPortalz
PixelPortalz26 Apr 2021, 05:06
Clever idea, but somehow I ended up playing with myself. Oh well...
JetTheSimon
JetTheSimonauthor26 Apr 2021, 05:08
@wizkid yes unfortunately you’d need to find friends to play with. No match making as of yet
wooliii
wooliii28 Apr 2021, 02:26
Very cool idea. Reminds me of cards against humanity and those other judging games. It's a simple concept, but from the framework you've built there's definitely emergent gameplay that happens from user submitted content. Good work on the multiplayer.

I wish there was matchmaking since I have no friends lol
Starlight Glimmer is best poney3 May 2021, 02:36
I played it with my team a few days ago and we only had one gripe: during the voting stage, answers should be shuffled and anonymous, like in CAH.
JetTheSimon
JetTheSimonauthor4 May 2021, 05:43
@alaah That's a really good point that I didn't think about
luvjungle
luvjungle5 May 2021, 10:04
Great idea, I only wish there were some kind of join game button, to join some random waiting player.
s1lv3r Dr4g0n Games6 May 2021, 01:03
Very dependent on your ability to improvise, which I don't have but is pretty cool. Reminds me of a jackbox game.
Also it took me a moment to get the theme. Clever.
VixenMink
VixenMink6 May 2021, 01:17
I agree about being able to join a random player or bot. Very nice ingenuity for this idea

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