Hey Video game industry - we need to talk. I know it's hard to break with orthodoxy but you are playing a new role now in the world of social distancing and we need some changes.

We need a new class of multiplayer games. Specifically ones that don't require your whole brain and whole attention. Fallguys is a good example of the general direction. We need games that are just fun to do while talking with friends.

There are some but they are all terrible to actually get to run with friends. What we need is zoom style drop-in, drop-out with just a link sharing. Ideally these type of games run in the browser (your engine can compile to wasm/webgl) and should target recentish laptops/phones.

Your game should not gate the fun stuff behind single player unlocks. This is in the way of having fun with friends. Your games should be "live your fantasy" and not require significant learning curves.

You should integrate with discord but not rely on it. The point of the game is to be a backdrop to having a good time with friends, even those who don't have the game installed yet. This gives us a good time and you get virality.

I love the idea of going to do a GTA5 bank heist with friends, but if everyone needs a gaming system and we have to find each other with byzantine secret lobby name and password its just not going to happen. Make a cross platform zoom-invite-link version of that!