Be Funny Now! wants you to own up to your terrible jokes

digitaltrends.com:

Most answer-based party games like the Jackbox series or What the Dub let players hide behind anonymity when submitting their answers. They only reveal who made each risqué joke after winning a matchup. Jack Douglass, a YouTuber named Jacksfilms who self-funded and developed a competitive party game, doesn’t want players to hide behind their terrible answers in Be Funny Now!

“We want people to be proud and own up to their terrible answers,” Douglass tells Digital Trends. “I love when people submit an answer, and their little avatar does a bow while they’re being pelted with tomatoes. Little moments like that make me really happy about this game.”

Be Funny Now! is a party game based on Jacksfilms’ YouTube series Yesterday I Asked You (YIAY), where he asks his audience a question and reads out and responds to the funniest answers. In it, players create and customize characters before hopping into public or private matches where players must answer a prompt like “Describe Google in 4 words” with the funniest answer they can think of.

After learning how Jacksfilms made this game as a YouTuber turned first-time developer and after playing matches with people, including Douglass himself, Be Funny Now! has proven itself a unique take on the competitive party game that’s as much about the people playing as it is the answers themselves.

The idea for Be Funny Now! first emerged after Jacksfilms held some YIAY Live shows on his Twitch in 2018. He noticed that his viewers kept creating and answering questions even after the livestream concluded, revealing the potential for a YIAY video game. He’s been working on what would eventually become Be Funny Now! ever since as he has continued to host YIAY and hold live shows.

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