Meet Flock Shot: Shoot Birds Together With Up to 8 Players

Birds overhead, a crosshair for everyone, and a room full of people trying to land the next shot. Flock Shot is the newest game in the LanPlay collection: a first-person bird-shooting party game for one to eight players, all playing at once on the same screen.

Your phone handles aiming and firing. The TV, laptop or projector shows the flock. Everyone can see the action, and everyone has their own score to chase.

Aim with the joystick. Press shoot.

Flock Shot gives you two controls on your phone: a joystick and a shoot button. Use the joystick to move your crosshair across the shared screen, line it up with a bird, then press shoot to fire.

That is the whole control scheme. You can keep your attention on the birds and learn how much movement you need to follow them. A small adjustment can be the difference between lining up a shot and sailing past your target.

Everyone shoots together. Each hit is yours.

Every bird you hit earns you one point. The highest score wins the round. Players compete simultaneously, each controlling their own crosshair and building their own score.

With several crosshairs moving around the woodland scene, the first useful skill is keeping track of your own. Find it, follow a bird, and make your adjustments before pressing shoot. It is an easy rule to explain to the room, even when getting the aim right takes a little practice.

Flock Shot supports one to eight players. On your own, you can concentrate on your aim and chase a score. With friends, you have other scores to beat while everyone watches the same birds cross the screen. Nobody has to pass a controller around between attempts.

Put the flock on your biggest screen

A shared screen makes this a game the whole room can follow. Phones stay in players' hands as controllers, while the birds and crosshairs are visible to everyone. A laptop works, and a TV or projector gives a larger group more room to see what they are aiming at.

To get started:

1. Use Host a Game below to open LanPlay on the shared screen.
2. Each player scans the room's QR code with their phone, or enters the room code in the join box.
3. Choose Flock Shot, find your crosshair, and use the phone joystick and shoot button to play.

It runs in the browser, with no download or account needed. If this is your first LanPlay session, the setup guide walks through connecting phones and choosing a shared screen.

You can find the controls and scoring on the Flock Shot game page, or browse all games when your group is ready for the next one.