guys help im frozen in time

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eieio
@eieio

talk paper scissors is a game played entirely over the phone. To start, call 1-515-762-5762 (that's 1-515-ROCK-ROCK). You'll be paired with a stranger and asked to say rock/paper/scissors - then you'll be briefly put on hold, hear them saying their omve, and told whether you won or lost! Games are best of 3 rounds.

This was a ton of fun to make. I made it with my friend greg. The game came from thinking about what made stranger video (my last game, which was also about interacting with strangers) work and seeing whether I could get it to generalize to a new medium. I wrote more about that process on my blog.

Hope you enjoy!


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in reply to @eieio's post:

I don't know why but everytime someone does a project where you can call in I have to do it. It's such a compelling medium somehow.

So thank you! I had fun playing and losing miserably haha

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! I am fascinated with games that let you interact with strangers in odd ways, and I think that the phone is particularly well suited to it because of the odd bit of anxiety that I (and I think others) feel when dialing a phone number and waiting for someone to answer.