SUPPORT

Gordon McDowell, the author, can be reached at:
gord@joustine.com

Network Play

Hosts and clients must all be on the same WiFi network (LAN) as the host device.

If a Google TV or Android TV device runs Joustine, it is the host: it shows the game and a QR code on the big screen. The TV remote counts as a player, and Bluetooth game controllers each join as their own player.

Guests do not need to install anything: they scan the QR code and play from a tap-interface in their phone's web browser.

An Android phone or tablet running the Joustine app works both ways: it can host its own game, or — when another Joustine host is on the same WiFi (a Google TV, an Apple TV, a Fire TV, a PC) — it automatically becomes a touch controller for that game.

Joustine on Android does not stream game video to clients; everyone watches the shared host screen.

The best experience is players gathered around the Google TV screen, using their own devices only for input, rather than everyone watching their own handheld.

Joustine may work with any device's web browser on your LAN.