Holoware Studio

A party game for the TV

Party Night

A free Werewolf game for the whole room. Put Party Night on the TV, everyone scans the QR code with their phone, and you are playing in about a minute. Your phone is your secret role card, and the TV tells the story.

  • 5 to 12 players
  • Free
  • No ads
  • No accounts
How it works
Party Night key art: a black wolf's head against a glowing pink moon, with the words Your phones are the controllers, Werewolf for 5 to 12 players.

How it works

Set up in a minute

  1. Open Party Night on your TV. A room code and a QR code appear on the screen.

  2. Everyone scans the QR code. Or they type the address shown on the TV. Each player enters a nickname, and there is no app to install.

  3. The host presses Start. On their phone, or with OK on the TV remote.

Phones join over the internet, so they can use Wi-Fi or mobile data. The TV needs an internet connection too.

A phone showing a Werewolf role card: the role's power, how it wins, and the names of its pack.
Your role stays on your phone. Hold to peek at it, let go to hide it, then tap I'm ready.

The game

A night in Hollowmere

Party Night is set in the village of Hollowmere, at the edge of the Thornwood, under a full harvest moon. A hidden pack of werewolves hunts at night, and by day the village argues out loud about who to trust.

Night

Everyone acts in secret on their phone. The wolves agree on a victim, and village roles use their powers. Players with no power still make a private pick, so nobody can tell who has one.

Dawn

The TV announces who did not survive the night and reveals their role, unless the host has turned role reveals off.

Day

Talk it out in the room. Everyone votes on who goes on trial, the accused makes their case, and the room votes Guilty, Innocent or Abstain.

The end

The village wins by banishing every werewolf and every killer. The wolves win once they equal or outnumber everyone else. A few roles play only for themselves.

The game balances the mix of roles for the size of your group. The village has the Seer, the Healer, the Huntsman and the Tavernkeeper among others. The pack can include the Alpha Wolf and the Hexer. The Jester, the Headsman, the Hermit and the Reaper each want something of their own.

The host chooses the pace, whether roles are revealed when someone dies, and whether to play with Omens: strange nights that bend one rule, announced on the TV before anyone acts.

Screenshots

The TV is the village square

The TV only ever shows what everyone may see. Select a picture to see it full size.

The Party Night lobby on the TV: a QR code to scan, the room code XSQG, and three steps to join.
The lobby. Scan to join, and watch the room fill up.
Welcome to Hollowmere: the story of the village beside a list of the roles in play tonight.
Welcome to Hollowmere: the story, and who is in the village tonight.
Night 1 on the TV: a glowing moon, players' avatars around it, a countdown and a count of who has locked in.
Night falls, and everyone locks in a choice on their phone.
Who goes on trial: a bar for each player fills as votes come in, over a sunset village skyline.
Who goes on trial? Votes fill in on the TV as they arrive.
The wolves win: the winners listed first with their roles, then everyone else.
The end of the game: every role revealed, winners first.

Free, with nothing to buy

No ads, no accounts

Party Night is free. There are no ads, no purchases and no sign-ups. More games for the same room are planned, and updates are free.

Players choose a nickname, and the game forgets it when the room closes. Nothing is written to disk. The Party Night privacy policy has the details, and the studio privacy policy covers this website.

What you need

  • A TV with Party Night, connected to the internet.
  • 5 to 12 players in the same room, each with a phone that has a web browser.
  • Nothing else: no app to install on the phones and no accounts to make.

Questions? See support or email support@0h.nz.