CARNEVALE: Blades in the Crowd
One screen hosts, every phone is a hidden blade. Blend into a crowd of AI look-alikes, stalk your contract, and strike before someone strikes you. A 2–10 player social deduction party game. Phones join free in the browser — only the host needs the game.
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Every assassin wears a costume — and the crowd is full of innocents wearing the same one.
CARNEVALE is a party game of hidden assassins for 2–10 players. One copy of the game hosts on the big screen; everyone else joins in seconds from their phone or PC's browser — no app, no account, no purchase.
Your phone whispers a contract: the name of the player you're hunting, and the costume they wear. Somewhere in the plaza, they're walking among a dozen AI copies of themselves. Walk like the crowd. Stop like the crowd. Watch for the figure that moves like a human — and put a blade in them before someone does the same to you.
The crowd is alive
Crowds stroll in pairs, gather at fountains, browse the stalls, and stop to chat. They notice the dead — some stare, some panic, some quietly take the long way around. Watch the watchers: a knot of gawkers means a kill happened there.
Six plazas, sized to your party
From the tight and tense Courtyard (2–4) to the crammed Mercato di Rialto, the classic Piazza Grande, the basilica square of the Cattedrale, the hedge alleys of the Giardini della Villa, and the waterfront Grand Canal (6–10).
Eight dirty tricks — equip two
Smoke Bomb, Disguise, Morph, Decoy, Firecrackers, Poison Blade, Eagle Sense, Adrenaline. Whiff your blade and the whole plaza sees it swing.
Public matchmaking
Find other players and jump into a public game, or host your own room and invite friends with a four-letter code.
Built for the couch
A live kill-cam, a running leaderboard, and a slow-mo highlight reel between rounds. A heartbeat pulses under the music when a blade closes on its mark. Add bots to fill the roster, crown a co-host so a phone can run the game, and let the handicap settings keep blowouts honest.
Phones are the controllers
Free web join with a QR code — friends are in the game in under 30 seconds. Full living world view on modern phones, or classic minimap mode where all eyes stay on the TV.—Join the community — share clips, find a lobby, and talk to the dev on Discord:
