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Dreaminway Dec 25, 2015 @ 3:37pm

To play with friends does everyone have to own this?

Just a quick question: Does everyone have to own this game for me to play with friends on it, or can just one of us own it and everyone else can join in?

Also do you need a phone or tablet or can you do things like drawful on the pc? write out stuff and what not with the mouse? (or pc drawing tablet)

(and yes I know about needing twich and such for people to view the same thing)

Last edited by Dreaminway; Dec 25, 2015 @ 3:39pm

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My Life For Aiur has The Jackbox Party Pack

Dec 25, 2015 @ 6:26pm

One person needs the game everyone else needs a phone or tablet.

Dreaminway Dec 25, 2015 @ 9:15pm

So if none of us have a phone or tablet to use outside a PC, when where screwed? If so I'm not going to bother, thought it be fun to get this and have a holiday fun party with friends. But if you have to use a phone or tablet rather than just your pc then forget it.. That's kind of lame.

My Life For Aiur has The Jackbox Party Pack

Dec 25, 2015 @ 11:18pm

Originally posted by Iron Block Games:
So if none of us have a phone or tablet to use outside a PC, when where screwed? If so I'm not going to bother, thought it be fun to get this and have a holiday fun party with friends. But if you have to use a phone or tablet rather than just your pc then forget it.. That's kind of lame.

All you can do with just the PC is single player "You don't know Jack". Everything else you need a phone or tablet to have other people play.

Protohype

Dec 26, 2015 @ 7:37pm

Originally posted by Iron Block Games:
So if none of us have a phone or tablet to use outside a PC, when where screwed? If so I'm not going to bother, thought it be fun to get this and have a holiday fun party with friends. But if you have to use a phone or tablet rather than just your pc then forget it.. That's kind of lame.

Dude how are you supposed to draw things or enter "lies" if you don't use a phone/tablet. All it is is a sort of buzzer, while everyone uses the game you launch as the gameshow. It's pretty awesome and I'm not sure who you're around that doesn't have at least have a phone with a browser on it.

Dreaminway Dec 26, 2015 @ 10:26pm

Originally posted by Black Phillip:
Originally posted by Iron Block Games:
So if none of us have a phone or tablet to use outside a PC, when where screwed? If so I'm not going to bother, thought it be fun to get this and have a holiday fun party with friends. But if you have to use a phone or tablet rather than just your pc then forget it.. That's kind of lame.

Dude how are you supposed to draw things or enter "lies" if you don't use a phone/tablet. All it is is a sort of buzzer, while everyone uses the game you launch as the gameshow. It's pretty awesome and I'm not sure who you're around that doesn't have at least have a phone with a browser on it.

Yeah sorry some of us can't afford any of them fancy phones, or tablets. I've been trying to save up for a tablet but thing's keep dipping into it.. like you know... other bills. But you know a tablet is more important then say keeping the lights on. So yeah, not all of my friends have such, myself as well.
As for 'how'...
Plus I dunno... draw with your mouse? Type stuff in like I am now? Could just open up a browser page with everything, pick a name, go to room, have everything right there and go. Least that is what I thought you could do sense there is the whole website and all.. but it seems not.

pokerdan99 has The Jackbox Party Pack

Dec 27, 2015 @ 8:30am

Each player needs their own browser, whether it's on PC, laptop, phone, tablet, or other.

Dreaminway Dec 30, 2015 @ 12:18pm

Originally posted by pokerdan99:
Each player needs their own browser, whether it's on PC, laptop, phone, tablet, or other.

Someone needs to really be more clear.

I aslready asked if people could use their PC browser for the game.. I got the answer of no, only phone or tablet. Now you're saying yes?

What's the answer then?!

pokerdan99 has The Jackbox Party Pack

Dec 30, 2015 @ 2:39pm

Each player goes to http://jackbox.tv and types in a code. Why should it matter where they do that from?

Last edited by pokerdan99; Dec 30, 2015 @ 2:39pm

My Life For Aiur has The Jackbox Party Pack

Dec 30, 2015 @ 11:45pm

Originally posted by Iron Block Games:
Originally posted by pokerdan99:
Each player needs their own browser, whether it's on PC, laptop, phone, tablet, or other.

Someone needs to really be more clear.

I aslready asked if people could use their PC browser for the game.. I got the answer of no, only phone or tablet. Now you're saying yes?

What's the answer then?!

Yeah everyone would need there own PC though. Maybe different web browsers on the same PC? but that might be hard since they give you a short period of time to answer.

Jackbox Games [developer] Dec 31, 2015 @ 1:05pm

Almost anything with a web browser can connect to jackbox.tv (laptop/desktop browsers included)

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Dreaminway Dec 31, 2015 @ 9:05pm

Originally posted by Jackbox Games:
Almost anything with a web browser can connect to jackbox.tv (laptop/desktop browsers included)

Thank you. So to be clear. Only ONE person needs the core game. The rest can join in just by going to the website and can play the games with and so on? They just need to all connect to say a livestream like twitch to see the game window?

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Quaznarg

Jan 1, 2016 @ 12:23pm

This thread seems pretty hostile, so I'm going to try and clear this up in the best way I can.

1. Any device that can connect to the internet can be used to play this game.

2. If there are two or more people who wish to play, there have to be 3 devices that connect to the internet, one that hosts the game, and one for each player. This applys to any number of people who want to play. The only game in the bundle that can be played single player is "You Don't Know Jack 2015."

3. Only the person who is hosting the game needs to own a copy of the game, everyone else can just go to jackbox.tv to play.

4. Twitch DOES work, kind of. There is a lag on the streaming service, meaning if you want to play the games online, your best bet is to use a different streaming service with less lag. I would reccomend getting your friends/family together in the same room and playing the game though, as that is pretty obviously how the game was intended to be played. I can also confirm that it is the most fun way to play the game, I've tried both. If you can't get them all in the same room, streaming the game will work.

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Jackbox Games [developer] Jan 2, 2016 @ 12:30pm

Originally posted by Iron Block Games:
Originally posted by Jackbox Games:
Almost anything with a web browser can connect to jackbox.tv (laptop/desktop browsers included)
Thank you. So to be clear. Only ONE person needs the core game. The rest can join in just by going to the website and can play the games with and so on? They just need to all connect to say a livestream like twitch to see the game window?

Yes