Bingo at home
A 90-ball bingo game to play on your phone with family or friends, with no accounts and no downloads.
See the live project ↗The problem
Playing bingo with family or friends who live far away needs paper cards, someone to call the numbers and a place to meet.
The solution
A bingo web app: a host creates the room and calls the numbers with a voice of their own, and each player marks their card on their own phone. You join with a link, without signing up.
Background
Our own product. Bingo is a get-together game, and when family or friends cannot meet you need something as simple as paper: no accounts, no downloads and someone to call the numbers.
What we built
- Traditional 90-ball bingo: the host creates the room and players join with a link, with just their name
- A host that calls the numbers out loud, with traditional nicknames and an adjustable touch of humour
- Cards that each player marks by hand, like real bingo, with line and bingo calls and prize checking
- Real-time games to play at a distance, voice chat and a solo mode
- Installable on the phone (PWA) and a form to report a problem
How we worked
Keep the spirit of table bingo: players mark their own numbers and can get distracted. The server holds the official state of the game, so nobody loses their place when switching apps and coming back.
Technology
- React
- Fastify
- SQLite
- Real-time events (SSE)
- Docker
- PWA
Status
Live.
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