Third Wave SIGNUPS OPEN
EST. 2024 · CULVER CITY
DEVELOPERSPLATFORM
A NEW MEDIUM · 100 PLAYERS · ONE SCREEN · FEATURE LENGTH · NOT A GAME, NOT A MOVIE · IRL 4 EVER · BRING YOUR PHONE · NO GOGGLES · NO CONTROLLERS ·
A game for one screen and up to 50 IRL players

Gary's Party Line

An outrageous collaborative/competitive party game for up to 50 players.

3 distinct courses explore the game's core drawing mechanic as teams self-organize to solve spatial puzzles. Mini-games break things up with driving, tower-building, and metaphysical interludes.

Gameplay

Draw the line Constantly-shifting dynamics explore the space of drawing-enabled team physics puzzling.
Three ways to play Each course explores a theme.
Gary's Driving School Gary's Driving School requires teams to divide and conquer to accomplish goals while trying not to get KO'd.
Choice Words In Choice Words with Gary, drop words to your teammates as they try to balance the tallest tower.
Gary's Parents Journey into the Godhead Gary's Parents Journey Into the Godhead makes literal the metaphor of passage into another spacetime.
Pick a course Arcade mode lets players vote on which course to play next.

Your phone is the controller

Smooth motion, precise touch, expressive haptics, everything that makes a smartphone the best controller ever made, powered by the Third Wave SDK.

Drawing the line on a phone held in tattooed handsGary's power-up screen on a phone in a mint caseScrolling through takeaways on a phone after the matchSteering in Gary's Driving School, phone held sideways like a wheelTipping the phone to drop words in Choice WordsTwo players side by side, both phones reading HERE WE GO as the match starts

Takeaways

Every player leaves with personalized takeaways - videos, stills, achievements, and awards.

Match clips

Award cards

Award card: First Blood, from Gary's Driving School
Award card: Heavy Hand, from Draw the Line
Award card: Top Word, from Choice Words
Award card: Enlightened, from the Godhead

Play it

Gary's Party Line is available to venues looking to keep 2-50 players losing their minds for hours on end.

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Credits

Music

Music by Braille.

Light

TD GI Component by Prismatic Visuals.

Images

Public domain images from Wikimedia Commons.

Type

Licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Noto Emoji images: Apache License 2.0.

Licenses

SIL Open Font License 1.1 · Apache License 2.0