Self hosted alternatives to games like Wordle, Connections, and Skrbbl(dot)io?
from sbeak@sopuli.xyz to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 06 Feb 12:22
https://sopuli.xyz/post/40745764

Hi all, does anyone know of a good alternative to games like Wordle, Connection, and Skrbbl? Self-hosting puzzle and party games would be fun I think. Preferably options that have intuitive UI (else no one will use them!)

I have found a couple options, awesome selfhosted mentions scribble(dot)rs which seems pretty cool. Awesome selfhosted also suggests “word-mastermind”, and the demo instance is down, is it any good? (a quick search shows a bazillion Wordle clones that people have made as a programming challenge. If I had the time I might try making my own, but I have loads of schoolwork on my plate right now)

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sk@utsukta.org on 06 Feb 12:26 next collapse

@sbird there is a bot i use with discord which has many such games, you can self host the bot but it works with discord. Not a 100% self-hosted solution but you may find it useful.
https://docs.discord.red/

and for games https://index.discord.red/

sbeak@sopuli.xyz on 06 Feb 12:30 collapse

Unfortunately I don’t use Discord, hopefully somebody else finds them useful!

fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip on 06 Feb 12:56 next collapse

this doesn’t help if you’re not in the xmpp ecosystem, but in the android app cheogram, you can play a nice handful of games in chats!

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe on 06 Feb 15:13 collapse

Fortunately its super easy to get into XMPP, especially with apps like Cheogram as they offer easy account creation.

cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca on 06 Feb 13:15 next collapse

I think this is the one I use, reactle - a clone of the OG wordle before nyt bought them:

github.com/smdgames/reactle/blob/main/README.md

I have it as a docker on TrueNAS.

MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz on 06 Feb 13:18 collapse

Virtualtabletop can be selfhosted.

We use it to play Blokus, Rummikub and more with family all over the country. All a player needs, is a device with a browser, and a link to join a given table. Grandma uses an android tablet to play Rummikub with us.

The games already implemented are many, and you can contribute your own.