An Avatar-based social hub with meetings, social games and activities. Providing a sense of presence and a digital watercooler to connect your team. A fun way to build stronger social relationships together through play.
As unofficial social coordinator, I used Remotely with groups at Canterbury District Health Board and ChannelFireball Marketplace. I even used it with my family who live overseas. My teams loved the whimsical gnomes in Forest Feud and the mental challenge of Quiz Royale. It's engaging for all people even if they're not gamers. I don't know of anything else out there that's specifically designed to bring remote teams together in a way that's easy to plan and set up, and feels inclusive.
The chess board looks such in the screenshot. I signed up but didn't find it in the activities. Let me know if I'm missing something. Looking forward to trying it out and sharing any inputs/feedback that we have
@abhishek1846 Thanks for checking out Remotely. There's the Hub area which contains all of our services and games in one place. Chess is down in the bottom right of the area. Here's a link you can visit to check it out https://remotelyhq.com/activity/...
@abhishek1846 thanks for reaching out. There are a couple of ways to enter activities. 1) From the Hub, make your way up to the top left in the 'Games' area, hit SPACE bar and you will jump straight into a game. 2) From your App Dashboard you can create a new activity from the games list, then hit 'start' and go to this directly. The URL of your created space is unique, so you can simply copy and paste this into your Chat/Slack or Messenger to send to friends or colleagues. Let us know what you think, we'd love to hear your feedback.
@abhishek1846 The Chess Board is located on the bottom right corner of the Hub center and is a free form game. This means there's no game timer, but rather that the game is paced as you and companion choose to pace it. Simply interact with SPACE bar and you can pick up and swap pieces. Enjoy the space and let us know how you get on!
@woody2007 thank you for your interest in Remotely. That is a great question! Remotely games are specifically designed to improve communication and provide a platform for remote workers to have fun together. Communication in the workplace is really important and even more so when you need to bridge distance.
Forest Feud is a game that encourages players to pick up on visual cues, help teammates to communicate their needs, and listen to the needs of others. It's our hope that these practices repeated in a risk free environment (like a game) will be become second nature in remote work and help the team to form stronger bonds and improved communication.
We'd love to hear what your team thinks of the games. Please keep in touch.
@gene_harris thanks for the reply. I think I'll give this a go next week for our weekly stand up. Is it easy to set up? I don't want to spend ages getting set up.
@woody2007 Social connection in a remote working team is critical for communication and team morale. Its a great way to really get to know your team mates. A company's informal social network informs it's culture. So critical for a remote working team.
@woody2007 no problem at all. It's a browser based application, so no downloads are required. You can simply share a link with a colleague and after onboarding they can join you directly. We do recommend scheduling to allow users to set up their preferences, but this only takes a few moments. From the Hub you can have a stand up, and then make your way to a game, no need to exit out or reload, it's all in one place.
@simplyalritch I'm glad you mentioned that! Sometimes it's just nice to have a break from a camera in the face first thing in the morning isn't it! Also great to break the monotony of back-to-back video calls with a quick avatar run around....stretch the digital legs as it were.
@simplyalritch@adam_berry2 I need (at least) two coffees before I can face the day. Having an avatar allows the avatar to be my bright and shining face first thing whilst I'm mush behind the keyboard 😅
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