Party games to play on your phones, in the same room

Put the game on a TV or laptop that everyone can see, and have each person join from their own phone with a four-letter code. Nobody downloads an app: Roomful runs in the phone's browser, and a room of 2 to 12 can be playing in about a minute.

Host on this screen

Opens the room set up for Read the Room. Phones join with the code it shows.

Start Read the Room

Join from a phone

Type the code on the big screen.

Why one shared screen beats everyone on their own app

Most "play with friends" phone games put each person on their own screen, so the room goes quiet. With one big screen, everyone sees the same question and the same reveal at the same moment, and the laughing happens out loud. The phones are just the buttons.

Pick a game for your group

Read the Room, for a group that knows each other a little: would-you-rather questions where you also guess how the room split.
Most Likely To, for a group that knows each other well: vote for who fits the prompt.
Quick Draw, for a loud room or a group that's just met: wait for green, tap first.

How joining works

The host opens roomful.hatcherylake.com/host on the shared screen. It shows a four-letter code and a QR code.
Each player opens roomful.hatcherylake.com/play on their phone, types the code or scans the QR code, and picks one of 12 animals.
The host picks a game, a question deck and 5, 8 or 12 rounds, and presses Start.

Questions

Do all the phones need to be on the same Wi-Fi?

No. Any phone with an internet connection can join with the code, on Wi-Fi or cellular data.

What if someone's phone dies or the page reloads?

Open the join page again on the same phone and it rejoins the room.

Does anyone need to install anything?

No. The big screen and every phone just open roomful.hatcherylake.com in a browser.