Pretend — A Sri Lankan Social Deduction Party Game | The Atom Studio

Pretend isn't a marketing site — it's a game, built to run entirely in a browser, for groups of friends looking for something better than a phone passed around a table.

The Brief

A party game succeeds or dies on responsiveness and clarity: every player needs to know exactly what's happening, instantly, with zero install friction.

What We Built

• Real-time game state that stays in sync across every player's device.
• Mini-games and acting/bluffing mechanics layered around a core find-the-imposter loop.
• A web game — no app store, no download, just a link.

Under the Hood

Built under THE ONE tier, because a game engine in the browser has more in common with a full-stack application than a marketing site — state management, not just layout, is the whole job.

Pretend is live at pretend.theatom.lk, built for a living room, not a landing page.