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ShowTime — HQ Trivia for India

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Showtime is the live trivia game show with real cash prizes. Every day at 10 pm IST sharp.

Download the app and tune in it at 10 pm to compete in a live quiz with thousands of other players as our host takes you through the show filled with Bollywood, cricket and other India-related trivia.

It’s "Who wants to be a millionaire" from the future!

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Abhishek Madhavan
Hey Product Hunters 😸 Me and some friends started playing HQ Trivia back here in India roughly a month ago and immediately fell in love with it. A live host, a bit of comedy, the rush of adrenaline, and a chance to win real cash - what’s not to love? We felt that this could potentially be the future of gameshows or who knows, even live TV? With video and data consumption booming in India, India’s love for Kaun Banega Crorepati (Who wants to be a millionaire) which still has the highest TRPs on Indian television more than a decade on, and the allure of real money, we knew a localised version in Indian languages could be a huge hit as well. Having worked at some of India’s bigger startups, and built more than a handful of products on the side, we immediately went to work on Showtime! We initially launched with a text-only MVP couple weeks back and are starting to roll out live video to all users in small batches starting today. The questions on Showtime are about stuff Indians love - Bollywood, cricket, religion, food and politics 😂 We’ve a couple of Youtubers onboard as hosts. We have done zero marketing so far - yet we are closing in on a thousand people playing live each night and our engagement, retention and referral numbers are pretty high! We’re working on adding music, some cool animations, supporting more Indian languages and our iOS app at the moment - you can expect some great updates in the next couple of weeks! The last few weeks have thrown up some super interesting insights about our Indian users - will do a Medium post on that soon. Meanwhile, happy to take any questions anyone might have :)
Dzuy Linh
@abhishekmadhavn is this something you guys are open to white labeling too?
Amitava Saha
Copycats have arrived!
Femi Omoluabi
@amitava82 Copycats harm the overall tech industry. Especially copycats that are too lazy to add their own dreamed up twist to an original idea, but would rather just lift as a whole.
Preetam Nath
Highly addictive and has great potential to become a daily entertainment portal on the mobile phone. Have been using the beta and saw users 2X in a matter of days thanks to strong word of mouth. Wish you all the best @abhishekmadhavn
Abhishek Madhavan
@hipreetam93 Thanks man :) esp for all your help and feedback!
Nikhil Jois

I've been playing the game from day 1 and have missed quizzes only when I was on a flight or delivering a speech. My entire team at Eventosaur plays every day and then discusses this stuff. It's become a bonding ritual of sorts. We've all won decent amounts of money as well.

If you sign up, use my referral code to help me do justice to my addiction and yours. The code is 'jois' - we'll get extra lives.

Pros:

Amazing questions and interface

Cons:

Addictive

Jipy Mohanty

Addition of video will definitely up the entertainment factor. It will also open up the possibility of digging further into the question and provide the larger context. Good luck to the team.

Pros:

Clean UX, questions are interesting, addictive for sure.

Cons:

Haven't won any games yet. :(

Mohammed Rafy
I was waiting for this. Thanks team. Going to download today and play. :D
Gaurav Singh
Been playing this for last 3 weeks, highly addictive and recent introduction of the video just notched everything a level up. Any plans to start game in local languages too?
Abhishek Madhavan
@gaurav_singh1 Yeah, we're thinking of adding Hindi next. More local languages once things stabilise and we have a little more bandwidth :)
Sandesh Kini
Addictive game! Been playing it since the beta launch and 10PM ShowTime session's become a daily routine now. Good luck, guys! Kill it. :)
Palak Zatakia
This looks amazing. Gotta try out. :D
Rishi Kulkarni

I've met the team in person. They are committed to build a great live gaming experience. I can't wait to see where this app is going in the new year!

Pros:

I was among the first 20 players of this game. It has gone better and better every game. and Yes! I did win money. :)

Cons:

Well! run the games more often in a day. More opportunity to win hard cash.

Sachin Gupta

I have been playing this game/quiz from a week and it is very good indeed.

Live quizzing just gives you goosebumps and increases the excitement of winning.

Pros:

Simple clean and beautiful UI, Addictive, Great questions

Cons:

Not available on iOS

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Hunter
I played two sessions on Showtime and loved the experience! Have always wanted HQ Trivia to launch in India, and it's good to see HQ Trivia in the form of Showtime. 🔥
Bhaskar D
Addictive!! Decent price money!! very good design !! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Miftakhul Farikhin
I have this idea. you can scale HQ trivia clone app more and faster by franchising it into another country. I am sure a lot of people wanna work with you.
Joe Kurian
Waiting for IOS version :D