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Offline Games, a Whole Game Night in One Phone

Ludo, Liar Game, Heads Up, Bagchal and more, in one app that never asks for a connection. Pass a single phone around and up to four people can play. We designed it, built it and ship it on both stores.

All projects

Games plus a quiz: 7
Players on one phone: Up to 4
Platforms: Android and iOS
Internet needed: None

The Brief

What it had to do

Work with no signal at all
Run on one phone for up to four people
Suit a child or a grandparent
Install once and keep working

The signal drops in exactly the places where people have the most time on their hands. A plane at cruising height. A night bus on the Prithvi Highway. A waiting room. A village with one bar of coverage.

That is the moment a phone becomes least useful. Most games want an account, an update and a steady connection before anyone is allowed to play, and a group of friends with nothing to do ends up staring at a loading spinner.

So this app asks for none of it. Install it once, turn aeroplane mode on, and the whole thing still works.

What Is in the Box

Seven games and a quiz round, so nobody has to install eight apps.

Party
Liar GameSocial deduction and bluffing. Find the liar, fool everyone else and survive the vote, with more than twenty categories.
Party
Heads UpCharades at speed. Hold the word on your forehead and guess it from your friends before the timer runs out.
Party
Spin the BottleThe oldest way to start a game night, for sleepovers and get togethers.
Board
LudoThe classic board game for up to four players on one phone, or against the computer.
Board
BagchalTigers against goats, the strategy game from the Himalayas. Rare, old and much deeper than it looks.
Board
Tic Tac ToeTwo players on one phone, or a quick round against the computer.
Arcade
Brick BreakerOne paddle, one ball and a wall to knock down. The arcade throwback in the set.
Quiz
Quiz and triviaScience, movies, history, world history and fashion, alone or as a round with friends.

One Phone, Four Players

The app is built for passing a handset around, so nobody needs their own copy.

1
On your own
A quiz round, a game of Bagchal against the computer or a go at Brick Breaker while you wait.
2
Two of you
Ludo or Tic Tac Toe, taking turns on the same screen. No second phone and no second account.
3+
A room full
Liar Game, Heads Up and Spin the Bottle are made for a group, and only one person has to have the app.

A Look Inside

Screens from the app, as they appear on the stores.

Offline Games home screen showing featured games — **Home**Featured games and new challenges.

Liar Game setup screen with player count and categories — **Liar Game**Pick players, pick a category, find the liar.

Ludo game setup and board — **Ludo**Up to four tokens on one board.

Bagchal tigers and goats board game screen — **Bagchal**Tigers against goats, on a Nepali board.

Spin the bottle screen — **Spin the Bottle**Groups, questions and dares.

Menu showing quiz, radio, calendar and other extras — **The extras**Quiz, radio, calendar and more.

More Than Games

A few things worth having on a phone with no signal, bundled in the same app.

Nepali calendarBikram Sambat dates with a B.S. to A.D. converter
Radio and newsLive Nepali radio and the day's headlines
Gau Khane KathaRiddle stories, jokes and festival facts
Quiz topicsScience, movies, history and fashion

How We Built It

A game night that has to survive with no server, no login and no signal.

Everything ships inside the app
Every board, card deck, question and sound is bundled at install, which is why the iPhone download is close to a hundred megabytes. Nothing is fetched later, so nothing can fail later.
No accounts and no servers
Pass and play means there is no matchmaking, no login and no backend to keep alive. That removes the most common reason a small game stops working a year after launch.
One app, both stores
The same team ships and maintains it on Google Play and the App Store, so a fix lands in both places rather than one.
Free, with one optional purchase
Ads cover the cost of the free version, and a single in-app purchase removes them and unlocks the rest. No subscription and nothing to cancel.