Poly Peacocks

Poly Peacocks is an online party game for two to 16 players. Each round, players receive a secret prompt, a set of geometric shapes and a timer. They use the shapes, including cubes, cones, stars and shards, to dress a mannequin. Pieces can be moved, rotated, scaled, recoloured and attached to a body part, and the mannequin’s body can also be stretched. Each look is named before time runs out and stays hidden from others until its owner walks onto the runway.

Once the designs are done, each player picks a pose, a strut and an entrance, then walks the catwalk alone while the lobby sees the outfit for the first time. Everyone walks once and everyone judges once. Ratings are submitted by secret ballot in the closing seconds of each walk, and the player with the best average rating is named the Peacock of the Show. Players can record their own footsteps, poses and screams in a lobby mic booth, so the mannequin’s sounds come from the players themselves. Proximity voice chat is included.

The lobby votes on one of three shows: Serious Fashion on a neon marble runway, Funky Chaos under a big top, or Wildcard in a junkyard. The host can set the design timer, the walk timer and the lobby size, and can turn on Swap Dress so that players walk in another person’s outfit. In the main menu, players can design an outfit that is shown only in the lobby, where there is also a disco floor and a tug-of-war rope. A polaroid of the winner can be saved and a clip of a moment can be exported. Players can join through Quick Play or open a private lobby and share a code, and spectators are supported.