# A game only your friend group would find funny

This page: https://www.teleplay.ai/guides/make-a-game-for-your-friend-group
Updated: 2026-11-07

## Quick answer

Describe your group's running joke, choose With friends on Create, and about half an hour later you have a 2–4 player browser game. Send the link in the group chat and everyone joins with no download and no account; only the person who starts the room signs in. Multiplayer is in beta.

## Games made for friends

- [Ricochet Tanks](https://www.teleplay.ai/play/ricochet-tanks-09807680): Top-down action
- [Manor of Whispers](https://www.teleplay.ai/play/manor-of-whispers-e0a80c84): Top-down action
- [Spellbump Skies](https://www.teleplay.ai/play/spellbump-skies-c0537617): Platformer

## Ideas that land with a group

A game for everyone has to be good. A game for your group only has to be recognizable. The strongest ideas come from things you already argue about. Leave real names out: a game can't name or show a real person, and a request that does is refused, so use the stand-in everyone will recognize anyway.

| Start from | Turns into | Sentence to try |
| --- | --- | --- |
| An old rivalry | A head-to-head arena | Two rival cooks throw burnt pizzas at each other in a tiny kitchen |
| A shared place | A chase through a map you all know | Escape the school corridor before the last bell, grabbing keys on the way |
| A shared habit | A dodge game with one rule | Everyone dodges falling phone notifications while the loser checks them |
| An inside joke | A race to the silly thing | Race to rescue the group's favorite traffic cone across a rooftop |

## From the chat to the first round

1. **One person makes it** Making a new game needs Pro or Extreme, so the group needs one maker. Everyone else only plays.
2. **Start a room** Open the game, start a room and copy the link. There is also a 6-character code if someone would rather type.
3. **Drop it in the chat** Friends tap it and land in the lobby under a guest name such as Guest Fox, or their username if they are signed in.
4. **Play, then rematch** The host starts when everyone is ready, and a rematch runs in the same room. Latecomers need a fresh room, because seats are taken in the lobby.

## Worth knowing before you promise a game night

- A room holds 4 people. A bigger group runs a second room of the same game.
- A room closes when the host leaves, after 10 minutes without play, or after 2 hours.
- There is no chat in a room, just 6 preset reactions, so keep your voice call or group chat open.
- If your connection drops mid-game you can come back into the same room.

## Questions

**Can we make the game together?**

One person describes and builds it, then shares it. Anyone can suggest changes, and the maker types them into the editor between rounds.

**Does everyone need to pay?**

No. Making a new game needs Pro or Extreme, and that is the maker alone. Friends play at no cost and need no account.

**Can we keep playing the same game next week?**

Yes. The game stays on its page. Start a new room whenever you meet again, and the link is new each time.

**Can strangers join our room?**

Only someone with the link or the code. There is no matchmaking, and the host can remove a player.

**What if someone's on a phone?**

Playing works on phones too, and games made with the code engine draw touch controls. For the making part, a computer is recommended.

## Read next

- [A Discord game night on a game nobody has played before](https://www.teleplay.ai/guides/discord-game-night)
- [A birthday game built around what they love](https://www.teleplay.ai/guides/birthday-party-game)
- [AI top-down shooter maker: arenas, waves and bosses from one sentence](https://www.teleplay.ai/guides/ai-top-down-shooter-maker)
- [AI game making glossary](https://www.teleplay.ai/glossary)
- [How multiplayer works on Teleplay](https://www.teleplay.ai/multiplayer)