The latest articles on DEV Community by Marco Arkento (@wissam333). https://dev.to/wissam333 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4221904%2Fa8ca857c-b846-470b-9844-c46ea929ad10.jpg https://dev.to/wissam333 en Marco Arkento Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:26:44 +0000 https://dev.to/wissam333/offline-voice-mimic-party-game-in-flutter-hc3 https://dev.to/wissam333/offline-voice-mimic-party-game-in-flutter-hc3 <p>I made a game called Copy Cat 🐾</p> <p>Here is how it works</p> <p>players pick a sound<br> They can download it from the web right inside the app or record it or just grab any file from their phone<br> The sound plays out loud<br> Everyone else tries to imitate it<br> Then an on device judge grades each attempt on melody rhythm timbre and energy</p> <p>No internet needed to play<br> One phone hosts and up to 5 join over the same wifi</p> <h2> Why I built it </h2> <p>Family gatherings and bad internet<br> Every party game out there wants a server and an account and a login.</p> <h2> The three modes </h2> <p><strong>Random Party</strong> : sounds from all players get shuffled into surprise rounds<br> <strong>Player's Choice</strong> : each player picks one sound and the others imitate it first while the picker goes last<br> <strong>Host Challenge</strong> : the host lines up sounds from their library and everyone imitates them in order</p> <p>It ships in Arabic and English with dark and light themes plus a little shop with 3D avatars and power ups</p> <h2> The stack </h2> <p>Flutter with Riverpod 3 and go_router<br> bonsoir for the mDNS discovery plus raw sockets with length prefixed framing<br> flutter_scene for the 3D avatars<br> All scoring runs on device with regression tests because I got tired of breaking it</p> <h2> Try it </h2> <p>Source code:<br> <a href="https://github.com/wissam333/Copy_Cat" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/wissam333/Copy_Cat</a></p> <p>APK for Android:<br> <a href="https://github.com/wissam333/Copy_Cat/releases" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/wissam333/Copy_Cat/releases</a></p> <p>If you play a round tell me how the scoring feels<br> That part was the hardest to tune and I want it to feel fair more than anything</p> flutter music gamedev offline