La Storia Assurda
The mystery storytelling party game to play in a group on a single phone
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La Storia Assurda is a small interactive web game built in just one hour in April 2026 to celebrate my birthday. I wanted a simple, immediate, and fun tool to play live with friends without anyone needing to download apps or register.
The game is based on a 'pass-the-phone' mechanic: a single smartphone is passed around among participants. At start, basic rules are configured, including the story title and player count (from a small group up to 20-30 people, or across multiple rounds).
The first player writes the story incipit (e.g. 'The day before yesterday I left home and...'). From the second player onwards, everyone always sees the initial incipit and the last sentence written by the previous person, while everything written in between remains hidden. This creates a hilarious and unpredictable whisper-game effect.
At the end of the round, the complete story is unlocked with a password, revealing to everyone the unexpected and absurd collective tale created by the imagination of all players.