I think they’re going to be quite busy making Zoom games. FlowPlay’s investors include Intel Capital and the creators of Skype. More than 75 million people have played these games since 2006. FlowPlay’s games include OurWorld, Vegas World, Casino World, and 7 Seas Casino. A developer, operator, and publisher, FlowPlay serves both consumers and businesses with online and mobile free-to-play experiences. “And lots of other games you are playing with strangers.”įlowPlay has a platform for casual and sports wagering games, virtual worlds, and social occasions. “There aren’t as many real-time video poker games on the market,” Morton said. That makes for a better experience than a lot of poker apps in the market. That means you can read faces to see if someone is bluffing, Morton said.

Avatars corresponding to them sit at the table, so you can see the faces, talk to people, and hear their laughter. You can see real players in their video screens. Once the host has set up the game, meeting participants will be taken directly to the poker room and play can begin. The meeting host will be able to configure the game options. Once in the meeting, you can launch the game from the Zoom Apps tab at the bottom of the meeting window. To play, you simply install the game from the Zoom App Marketplace and start a Zoom meeting as you normally would. Live Game Night Poker for Zoom is available for free today in the Zoom App Marketplace. Morton said his company has other games that are coming. The potential is good, because 300 million monthly active users around the world are using Zoom. What we really want to do is build a big audience for this kind of product.” “It’s not about making money from the get-go. “You can upgrade those avatars and buy (virtual) drinks for the table,” Morton said. Ross Mayfield, the product lead for Zoom Apps & Integrations, said in a statement that FlowPlay’s poker game offers a new way for people to connect through gameplay. Then we showed it to Zoom, and they felt like it would be a perfect fit.” We were struggling with how to build an audience for it.

“But it was kind of tough because it was meant for personal groups, where you invite your friends to it. “We built a video poker game last summer as a response to COVID,” Morton said.

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