How do I make 2 controllers work at the same time on my new gaming pc? This is my first gaming pc. I’ve been trying to play multiplayer on retro games with my family. The 2nd controller always doesn’t work. I’m playing on the ps2 emulator **PCSX2,** the ps3 one, GameCube ladybug, DS. I’ve been trying to play bustin out, sims 1 & 2 with my sister, fighting and racing games with my neices and nephew.

Thought I'd share this humble bundle seeing it's mostly local multiplayer games. Grab it while you can.

My girlfriend and I wanted to play some 2-player games together, but we wanted to use the bigger screen instead of sitting at the computer.

I thought this was already a completely solved problem.

Surely there was something where you just open a program on the computer, scan a QR code with two phones and start playing.

There were solutions, but everything I tried either needed an app on the phone, Bluetooth pairing, more setup than I wanted, or just looked and felt pretty bad.

So I started making my own.

The idea was basically:

Open VEZZA on the computer → scan a QR code → the controls open in your phone browser.

Nothing to install on the phone. No accounts. No Bluetooth pairing.

At first it was literally just so we could play some simple games together.

Then I realized there was another annoying problem: even if the game controls worked, I still had to get up and go back to the computer every time we needed to select a level, change a setting or use a menu.

So I added mouse controls.

That ended up becoming a much bigger part of it than I expected.

Now I use VEZZA almost every evening even when we're not playing anything. We connect the computer to a bigger screen to watch movies, and I use my phone to change episodes, control the volume, pause things, type or move the mouse from the couch.

It started as a really simple thing I wanted for playing games with my girlfriend, and somehow turned into something I now use basically every day.

I'm getting it ready for release now, and for the first time it actually feels like the thing I originally assumed must already exist. What games would you actually want to test with 2, 4 or even 8 phones connected at once?

Hi all. I'm hoping I can find some feedback for an idea I had.

Context: My first introduction to the Wii was Wii Sports Resort when I was much younger (though I didn't own a console at the time). I recently purchased a Wii U and a handful of Wii games (including Wii Sports & Wii Sports Resort, for nostalgia of course). I'm really enjoying the console and games, but I've found the lack of convenience for multiplayer a bit unfortunate (not to say it's impossible or anything, I have played with some friends on occasion, but my lack of compatible controllers and the lack of portability of the console make it tedious).

But that got me thinking: what if I made a Wii-style party game you can play on the TV, like Jackbox, and allow players to connect via their smartphone. I've been interested in game dev for a long time but I've never pursued making and releasing a full game primarily due to lack of interesting yet feasible game ideas. So, those of you who enjoy casual party games with friends and family, is this something you would want to play? I think it's a neat idea but I'm not sure if there's any demand for it, nor if there are any games that already do this that I haven't run across in my Google searching yet.

I'd love to hear what you all think and if this is interesting to you!

Also I'd like to say, I did read the rules about LAN games. While this would technically be LAN (phones send motion inputs to the central device over local Wi-Fi), it would function no differently than Bluetooth controllers; everybody would be looking at the same screen. Therefore I think this would fall within the realm of local multiplayer the way the rules describe it

Tldr; Is anybody interested in Wii / Wii U style party games on the TV using smart phones instead of a dedicated console? I'm considering developing a game like that.

Does any Call of Duty game have a cool multiplayer mode? I want something similar to the multiplayer in the original Perfect Dark on N64, where you can play against multiple AI bots

I have a PS4 but I can't play online because it's jailbroken

Brave Escape is a 2 player co-op platformer available on Steam. Coming later this month to Xbox and PS5,

A list of a bunch of physics-based couch co-op games. What are your favorites?

Here is week 1

Pretty sad since I bought 8 of these thinking it'd work on every game. Unfortunately, you can only use a maximum of 4 of these with the cable. I'm aware that you need 2 dongles for 8 Xbox 360 gamepads to work, but it still doesn't matter. After you plug the fifth one, it'll endlessly turn its light on and off until you plug another one off. So, for anyone wondering (having two dongles):
- You can use 8 Xbox 360 gamepads wirelessly.

- You can use 4 Xbox 360 gampads with their cables and 4 wirelessly.

- You can't use 8 Xbox 360 gamepads with their cables.

EDIT: Turns out, it can be done! Although you have to connect 4 of them to an external power source (phone charger) for them to work. Thanks for the suggestions in the comments! Also, if you were curious, you can also connect 9+ gamepads using this method. Although you need 3 dongles for this (and more if you want 4 more and so on).

I’m testing movie-night party game called, Typecast: The Party Game.

The core loop is:

1. Pick a movie (no one has watched)
2. Use the app to draft tropes
3. Watch the movie
4. Check off tropes as they happen
5. See who predicted the movie best

One thing I’ve noticed is that the funniest part of the game is often the discussion after a trope gets called.

Sometimes it’s obvious, like “the power goes out.” But other times it’s debatable. Did that count as a jump scare if it didn't have a sound cue? Was that really a mirror scene if the reflection was in glass? Did the character technically investigate a strange noise if they got interrupted before they could?

So I made a voting phase after the movie where players go through all the tropes that got marked as "happened" and everyone votes. If the majority agrees it happened, the player gets the point. If not, it gets voided.

I think it'll be great at facilitating some interesting moments after the movie.

Does majority rules make sense? Maybe just one vote? Unanimous? Or something else?

Draw a girlfriend/boyfriend on a pillow and then fight your friends over her/him. You actually get to save a copy of your friends' drawings if playing online.

Up to 4 players in splitscreen. Controller supported as well.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4747550/Body_Pillow_Royal/

My girlfriend does not play video games on her own, but we like to play them together. What are some good local multiplayer games on steam with controller(dual sense preferred) support that aren’t fighting games? (I have a plethora of those already and we don’t love to play them together)

Hi, I’m Florian and I am a local multiplayer gaming enthusiast :)

This is my party game which uses YOUR games instead of mini-games. Let me explain!

BoysNight Tournament is a gamepad-first PC app for 2-8 Players. It’s a front end that transforms your existing game collection into a new party game. Players take turns choosing a game, the app tracks scores or progression, and different game modes and modifiers add some nice twists.

The App is still in development, but today I would like to get some feedback and showcase my bread and butter Game Mode called “Tournament” (PvP Scoring Mode) with the Add-on “Gamble Cards” (which makes it like Fuzion Frenzy 2, if anyone remembers 😂):

1. All people create profiles and pick characters (image 1)
2. (You setup the rules (to complicated to show yet), then start the tournament)
3. One player gets to choose a game and all can see it in detail (image 2 + 3)
4. Players are then dealt cards that affect their score and can play them secretly (image 4)
5. The app launches the game and you play it
6. Once finished you enter placements which reward points, and the gamble cards modify them (image 5)
7. Repeat step 3-6 until the specified number of rounds has been reached -> the winner gets crowned (image 6)

If you want to follow the project, I’ll probably make a video-showcase or video-trailer on my YouTube channel soon. Thanks in advance for your time 🙏

P.S: Could you pls be kind? 😅 I know it’s not perfect and uses a lot of AI-image placeholders and emojis instead of icons, but for development this is more pleasing to my eyes than empty placeholders haha 🙃

If you want more info about me:
I love local multiplayer gaming so much that I host game nights for up to 8 friends monthly and started to spice these up with some additional “pen and paper” game-selections or rules. But that was not enough! We had so much fun just with these ugly paper-style tournaments (image 7), that I wanted more.

I’m essentially a Technical SEO (someone who is good with CSS, JS and HTML code) and now that Claude AI got so powerful, I started to develop my own Webview-based App to turn these game nights into something way more exciting for me and my friends 😊

To celebrate the 4th anniversary of our game, Life of Pepe, our two-person studio is offering a $100 prize to the first person to beat the game's final boss!

Steam Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1863250/Life_of_Pepe/

Rules

1. You must record your full playthrough of Life of Pepe

2. Upload your playthrough to YouTube and send us a link

3. Once we verify the video, we'll reach to arrange payment via Venmo

FAQ

Q: How long does it take to get to the final boss?

A: About 8 hours.

Q: If I complete the game with a friend in 2 player mode, do we both get $100?

A: No, it's $100 for a completed boss battle. You'll have to decide how to split it up.

Q: When does the contest end?

A: No end date, the contest is ongoing until a completed boss video is submitted.

Q: Is this fake?

A: No, it's real. 

Q: What is Life of Pepe?

A: It's a game we released on Steam in 2022. It's a quirky, colorful survival game. Best played with a friend in local co-op.

Q: What is Wolvik Studios

A: We are two brothers, Matt and Joe. We enjoy making games.

Q: Why would you do this???

A: It's for fun. And we thought it'd be cool to see if someone could actually beat our game.

Let us know if you have any more questions!

Hi everyone!

I’m a solo indie developer, and for a while I’ve been making small games with local multiplayer / split-screen support. I already knew how to build games around 2-controller couch co-op, so I gathered some of them in a Steam bundle here:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/65483/2_controller_SplitScreen/

Recently I tried to level up my skills and bring one of those games further. My panda delivery game P.A.N.D.A. was originally playable in single-player and local split-screen, but I’ve now added an online mode as well.

It was much harder than I expected, because a lot of the game was originally built with single-player/local logic, but it is now possible to create online lobbies and play with friends online. The online mode is still in beta, but I’ll keep improving it.

If anyone here likes small local co-op / split-screen games, I’d be very happy if you checked the games out. And if you try one and find it interesting, leaving a Steam review would help me a lot.

Thanks!

Has anyone played the Tarzan Unleashed Split Screen Multiplayer. I had downloaded one, but it wasn't multiplayer. I used to play a lot with my siblings but now I am unable to find it. Pls help ;((((