The popular party-card game Cards Against Humanity can now be played on smartphones, tablets and computers thanks to a developer named Dawson Whitfield. The unabashed, unofficial app is called Cards Against Originality.
The app is free and is equipped with every Cards Against Humanity card in the deck. All five expansions are also included, according to Engadget.
Whitfield stated that the app is available on smartphones, tablets and on “computers so even the guy stuck in ’99 can join in on the fun.” Internet connection is necessary to use the app, and all users must be in the same room. But theoretically, the game could be played over Skype or any other online communication portal, according to Gamespot.
When the player starts a game, he or she is given a link to share with other players. This link leads all the players to the same game.
Cards Against Humanity creator Max Temkin said that Whitfield’s recreation of the game does not violate its Creative Commons license. Temkin is “glad” fans took the game and recreated it “into their own original things.” He also said that he is glad the game, which is a mixture of “comedy and games and pop culture,” is inspiring others.
Temkin added that there will never be an official Cards Against Humanity app. He said that the team does not think it is a good game to play on a phone and that it is better in person. “We don’t want to make something slightly worse than the thing we’re already making,” Temkin said. Temkin claims that a “phone game” needs a “very different design” than a normal card game.
Cards Against Originality is not the first game to be cloned and shared on digital platforms. But, this game does stick to the original and does not try to charge users for add-on content like other cloned games.
Leave a Reply