Hello World, ImperiaQuiz!

I am happy to share a little side project I have been working on in the past two months:

ImperiaQuiz.com

It is a very simple multiplayer game that doesn’t even require an account. Pick a user name, create a room to share or play with bots and fight over land in rounds by answering questions.

It is my remake of the classic ConQUIZtador game from my childhood and those who played it will feel right at home. But with new graphics/design, questions and countless small improvements.

It’s in alpha stage

The game is not done. Far from it. I wouldn’t even call it ‘beta’ ready yet. It has few questions (about 6000), it does not let you sign in to store profile data/friends/history. It still needs a multiplayer matchmaking implemented and many micro improvements still in the TODO.

But you can play it end to end! And so far from all play tests I ran with friends, none had breaking bugs that failed a game.

Please have fun, share, play solo vs bots or with friends and report any thoughts, bugs, findings or ideas with the top-right “feedback” button.

Upcoming

So much… I have a long backlog of features. But most of all - more questions. Just 6000 is not enough. I try to keep the bar high for quality, but even now there are hundreds of questions I would prefer to replace with better ones. And add at least another 15,000 to make the game more replayable.

I also need to add a proper matchmaking for when more players join and at some point add accounts to store game session statistics and friend lists.

I keep working on the game daily and updating every 2-4 days (you can track the version numbers)

The big idea

I want this to be a 100% free game. Not a single play feature would ever be locked behind pay wall. If I ever add monetization it would be cosmetic and not affecting the gameplay. This was one thing I hated in other quiz games I’ve seen. Oh, and ideally zero ads ever. Or if any ad ever displays it would not be the annoying ugly ones we learned to hate from all news sites. I don’t want any of it. To do so I am attempting any trick I can to reduce hosting costs if more players join to make it sustainable.

Last words

Please share thoughts through the feedback point! It’s anonymous and I try to have zero tracking for now on the game. I maintain basic statistics of usage but there’s no email gathering, user data, ips or related points in my tracking.

This is the “Hello world” post on the game. I plan to dive into more details with further posts focusing on how the game is built (yes, a TON of AI use) and how it works from behind the scenes.