But as time went on, it turned out that they weren't just trying to humour me, as the iPhone was passed around the room, again and again, and more and more questions were being created, with more conversation topics thrown into the room as they answered anonymously:

Who would you kill in your family if you had to?

What's the worst type of smell? (Bad breath it seems)

Would you like your partner to initiate sex more?

and the winner for most controversial:

Who is the best looking person in the room?

An hour passed and us 20-something year olds were reduced to giggling college kids during rag week, with the time that had lapsed between our last night out erased by the banter, and the newer members becoming a seamless part of the group.

I was shocked. I still am. That grown adults can have so much fun with something so simple. That it worked to liven up and inject more topics of conversation into the room. That it got everyone excited, with each person participating, and finding out more about each other, even though we have known each other for years.

We designed the app for different scenarios, approaching strangers being the main one, for reasons we outline in the short clip, here:



So parties were only one of the avenues of use of the app, and after all our struggle trying to explain the damn thing before it was finished, I had long given up thinking we had a market in Ireland.

It feels incredible, to have created something that created such a buzz, that gave us hours of entertainment, that involved everyone in the conversation, that changed the dynamic from the normal groups of 2 and 3 in private one-on-ones, to a whole group of 9 people interacting together. I am left with the priceless memory of people laughing and connecting and talking and gossiping about a game that we created to keep me supported through any more uncertainties.

Meeting them again this morning, it was still the hot topic of conversation - who had voted for Dermot* to be the best looking guy?

And just in case you're intrigued, you can buy the app here.

And more ways of using it can be seen here:



*names changed :)