A multiplayer word game where players try to converge on the same answer. Each round, everyone sees a category prompt and submits a word. Responses are scored by how semantically close they are to each other — the more players cluster around the same idea, the higher everyone scores. Think of it as a cooperative game about reading the room.
Play it at schellingpoints.app.
- Create a game and share the link or QR code
- Everyone sees the same prompt (e.g. "Something you'd find in a kitchen")
- Each player submits a one-word answer
- Answers are scored by semantic similarity — words that are closer in meaning score higher
- The group's centroid (average meaning) becomes the next round's prompt
- If everyone converges on the same word, you've achieved a mind meld
- Frontend: React
- Backend: Express
- Scoring: Word embeddings via Ollama (
nomic-embed-text)
bun install
bun run devRequires Ollama running locally with the nomic-embed-text model for scoring.
bun run test:e2eRuns a multi-player Playwright test against the full stack. Ollama must be running locally.