Lee describes games like this as “air gapped,” or ones you can play with a deck of cards via video chat. Lee spoke about this challenge with Theresa Duringer of Temple Gates Games at our recent GamesBeat Summit 2020 event. This story is also an example of game developers (some who spent most of their careers in video games) using their ingenuity to design around a big problem: We can’t hand physical cards to each other during online calls.
Exploding Kittens has also figured out a way that physical card games can compete with digital games during social isolation. While we’re tired of video calls on Zoom and other platforms, they’re a lifeline that is preserving our social lives and mental health during a very tough time.Įxploding Kittens also uses its physical card games as a trial for testing ideas of games that could eventually become global digital games, and so the innovation that it shows in its physical games can eventually affect the digital market. The reason, at least for me, is that this is a physical card game that is made possible only by the online connectivity of videoconferencing during the pandemic.
Now you may be wondering why we’re covering this, as it’s a physical card game.
