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Covalent — Interactive icebreakers for remote teams
Covalent helps remote teams build better bonds through interactive, online icebreakers.
Getting started is easy:
(1) Find a friend and visit our website
(2) Press on "Start Bonding" in the top, right-hand corner
(3) Press "Host" then "Play"
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@mikemikhjian thanks Mike, appreciate the kind words! We want to help as many teams as we can build bonds 🚀
cool idea! i went to UCLA too so happy to support :) played around with it and ran into a bug where the second teammate can't submit, so as a host i couldn't see the answer. would be great if the video is optional instead of a requirement. bonus if you support "designed for zoom" - meaning designing it with the use case in mind where people would be on zoom looking at this together (so they might not need video intro, and maybe you want to reveal answers one at a time)
@angelpoon hi Angel! Go Bruins 🐻 Thanks for the kind words and for the feedback. If you’re playing locally, open the player’s tab in incognito—we store information about the game in a single cookie, so if you’re playing in two tabs of the same browser session, Covalent may not recognize it as two different players (i.e. it thinks you’re submitting the same player twice, which is why you might be running into problems). I’ll talk with my team about your suggestions! Greatly appreciate it 😃
@arek_der_sarkissian I tested w/ 2 diff incognito windows as "players", but maybe it works if there are actually 2 players w/ diff computers. Congrats again, and great job on the launch!
Interesting app for creating nice first impressions as well as start a conversation.
@welly_mulia thanks, Welly! Let us know what your bonding experience is like, and enjoy :)
@scheuercharles Thanks Charles! Don't hesitate to let us know about your bonding experience!
@whit_anderson Thanks, Whit! Feel free to let us know about your experience with the game! Have a great time!
Looks fantastic! Congrats on shipping. Looking forward to hosting some ice breakers soon. Question: are you looking to add other games as well?
@hirday_gupta thanks, Hirday! We're in the process of building our adaptation of 20 Questions. We value our community's feedback, so games beyond that will be determined by what people want to see :)
@danneniko Thanks, Daniel! Of course, we do! After all, bonding is a never ending process! Stay tuned for more exciting ice breakers and interesting ways to bond :)
This is amazing! I enjoyed having Covalent for our ACM Design meetings, with the demonstrations lead by @muthu_pal, because it allowed us to get to know our 14 interns much better very quickly! I expect great things to come of this :)
@thehakanalpay Thank you for the kind words! I had a great time bonding with you and the rest of the team :)
Awesome idea, I can see this becoming a huge thing. Ice-breakers are a great idea, and I think in the virtual world it’s even more important but less common!
@tim_connors appreciate the kind words! Hoping we can help as many people as possible bond remotely 🤝
Very cool and needed during these crazy times 😩 Lots of people have joined teams during covid and haven’t even met their teammates yet. I even know of people who’ve changed teams multiple times because of the lack of communication between teammates.
@lussvontrier thanks, Lusine! We believe that communication is extremely fundamental to any team's success, and we definitely understand the struggle in online conversations, but we hope that with Covalent, remote teams can bond easily. Let us know your experience, and enjoy :)
Love this product! It’s like Zoom met Club Penguin but better than both! Huge congrats on shipping! 🤩
@karkhachikyan thanks, Karen! Don't hesitate to let us know what your bonding experience is like, and enjoy :)
This looks awesome, the Covalent team killed it! Definitely going to try this with some of my clubs to stay connected!
@ruban_rengaraju thanks Ruban! Let our team know what your bonding experience is like, we appreciate the feedback!
This is awesome! Great stuff, Arek and team. Are there custom questions we can add to these games?
@sid_pandiya with Two Truths and A Lie you do have to use the layout provided. That being said, be on the lookout for 20 Questions — lots of customization options will be available there :)
@mintmojito thanks Michelle!! we definitely want to make those team bonding activities as fun and interactive as possible!
Ugh, the amount of awkward zoom ice breakers this could have saved if only we had it sooner! Such a good idea! @arek_der_sarkissian I'm excited to see where you take this!
@alec2435 dialing down awkwardness makes the world a better place. Thanks Alex!
@itscorine Hi Corine! We definitely agree and hope to bring even more functionality to our application in the future :)
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