Bunch
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A game party on your phone
Niv Dror
Bunch — Group video chat for live mobile games
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Bunch is the first app that lets you play your favorite games with friends over video chat. Video and audio chat with your friends while playing HQ Trivia, Flappy Lives, and other mobile games.

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Ryan Hoover
I'm impressed with the Bunch team's execution. I met @selcukatli early on before they had a product built. Truthfully, I was skeptical how smooth of an experience they could create, especially when working with 3rd party titles that had no direct integration. @selcukatli and team, what's the biggest learning so far? Are certain types of games more engaging on the platform than others?
Selcukatli
@rrhoover thank you! I've very much enjoyed our early chats :) Some of the most popular games on the platform include Roblox and Fortnite - with whom we don’t have direct integrations. In the meantime, we’ve launched a developer SDK that many awesome games started to integrate (think FaceTime + Game Center). Re: some things we've learned - Our core users turned out to be younger than we thought they would be (13-20 years old); what people would call GenZ Audience - Demographics who play games like Fortnite and Roblox on mobile tend to be almost evenly split between male and female - Games with built in solid social dynamics like Roblox and Fortnite do very well on the platform - People spend almost twice as much time hanging out with friends before and after the games, compared to time spent playing the games - Allowing games to manipulate video chat based on what’s happening in the game (e.g. see your friends when you’re shooting at her) works much better than simple overlays (you can see our Unity Demo in one of the GIFs) Re: Which games work best Really simple games like Mars Dash and Spaceteam do well in terms of number of game sessions; but we see much deeper level of intensity in terms of engagement and time spent for games like Fortnite and Roblox on the app. Looking forward to more of your and the Product Hunt community's feedback!
Andres Blank

the first time I used Bunch I was impressed on how fun the experience was, really well executed too

Pros:

super fun

Cons:

not in every game

Niv Dror
I used to love playing casual video games as a kid. Bunch is recreating that living room experience with friends, and making single-player games (like Flappy Birds) much more enjoyable when playing with people. The games usually turn into a group video call after and in-between. Every time I play a game on Bunch it's all smiles and fun experiences 🤗
Selcukatli
@nivo0o0 thanks for hunting us!! See you on Bunch :)
matt newberg
Bunch is building an incredibly fun, personal, interactive layer on top of games everyone loves. It’s the multiplayer experience that picks up where Game Center left off. Congrats to the team!
James Li
Very cool, can't wait to try it out with my friends. Congrats @selcukatli and team!
Selcukatli
Hi everyone! We have been working really hard over the past year on Bunch. And the cat is finally out of the bag! 🐈🙀😻 ---- Bunch is a group video chat application designed for live mobile games. It allows you to group voice/video chat while playing your favorite games like Fortnite, Roblox or Spaceteam with friends. 🎉 Start a party and invite some friends 🕹️ Pick a game you want to play 💬 Then jump into the game, while voice/video chatting with friends! You can also see when your friends are online, or playing a game so you can easily join them. Or browse their profile to see who they game with and what games they play :) If you're on iOS - check out the app and let us know what you think If you're on Android - it's coming very, very soon! ----- In building Bunch, we took inspiration from LAN parties we grew up with. A lot of the fun in playing games like Counter Strike, Starcraft and Age of Empires with friends in the same room; is the live banter and laughter you have with friends. Bunch allows gamers to do that anytime - anywhere, simply using their smartphone or tablet. We are seeing that a lot of younger gamers prefer to the low-friction of playing live games with friends on their smartphones (vs. the large screen of their PCs and Consoles). And we’ve designed the app mostly around this use case. ----- We are so excited to share Bunch with the maker community here on Product Hunt, and hear your feedback! Please chat with us here, or say hello@bunch.live
Selcukatli
@bunch @nadezhda_kos thanks for checking it out!
Gokhan Celiker

Be careful, it's addictive

Pros:

It's fun to video chat with friends while playing games

Cons:

Friends want to play games all the time

Gokhan Celiker
Congrats with the launch! 🎉 I've been advising Bunch for a long time, @selcukatli has always been listening carefully and implementing changes continuously. I'm super happy to see where the app has come since the ideation stage. Keep up the good work! 😻
Alex Covic
Awesome, was looking forward to this!
Misha Leybovich
@selcukatli and team are great, looking forward to seeing Bunch continue to grow!
Selcukatli
@mishaley Thanks Misha!
Kaan Çalışkan
My iMessage games leveled up with the Bunch :) It is great to experience how games become much more enjoyable 😃
Andy S. Parsons
I saw Bunch when it was in beta and knew @selcukatli and team were onto something big. They're moving fast and this is a platform to keep an eye on, Bravo!
Sahin Boydas
wow, worked without any problems. I really enjoyed playing with friends :))) I wish I can tap their faces and pinch them :) while they are wining :)
Tarik
Stellar team; perfect execution!
Aurora
Great team and great execution! Which games are you most exciting about bringing to the platform?
Selcukatli
@aurorakb thanks!! We just announced our integration with Spaceteam (uses our SDK). More games announced soon, but gamers can already play games like Fortnite, Roblox, Minecraft, Creative Destruction, HQ Trivia and more from the app
Cem Kozinoglu
Go @selcukatli !! impressive product & team. Been watching @selcukatli building this team/product/company from the get go and have nothing but amazing things to say. Though IRL @selcukatli and @osmanfaruk need to up their 🏓 game... just sayin.
Osman Kucukerdem
@cemkozinoglu thanks for the support. Haha no worries, working on my 🏓 game. I promise that next time will be different :)
Omid Ahourai

The set of games are fun, brings back good memories of flappy bird days. Would love to see more games integrated with this!

Pros:

Can play games with my remote friends and see them seamlessly!

Cons:

None, this is awesome!

Bryan Rosenblatt
Love the Bunch app and team. I've had full-on conversations and catch ups with friends on Bunch while playing games (and usually losing).
Selcukatli
@brosenblatt4 thanks Bryan, see you on Bunch! :)
Dominic Coryell
Really happy to see this evolve from back in the day when @selcukatli used to always talk about how cool it would be able to FaceTime and play games together while in his living room drawing sketches in his iPad. I think there is a great deal of thoughtfulness that has gone into the fluidity of the experience, and even more execution to handle it all in real time. Imagining that most of the user base is in US. When do you think you’re going to tap new markets with new game demand ... or is that a much later stage?
Selcukatli
@distrodom thank you! Currently most of the usage is in the US and Canada. We're very excited about Asia - Android is a must have for that. And that's coming very soon 😉