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Too many moving parts
Playback, karaoke, Bingo, games, stage output and scores can live in separate tools. Every switch takes attention away from the room.
ShowDeck
Run the whole entertainment programme from one local control room.
Music, video, karaoke, Bingo, crowd games, audience interaction and whole-show scoring, brought together for the people running the night.
Proof of concept in development
Selected-venue alpha planned
A great night should not depend on six disconnected tools.
The audience sees one show. Behind it, entertainment teams are often holding several systems, hand-offs and score sheets together at once.
ShowDeck is being built around the operator's line of sight: what is playing, what comes next, what the room sees, and where the competition stands.
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A live show cannot wait
Remote logins, connection drops and delayed updates create the wrong kind of suspense when a host needs the next cue now.
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The night loses its thread
Rounds, teams, buzzes and corrections are harder to manage when programme context disappears between systems or successive events.
The working control room
The current proof of concept connects the host, stage, audience and competition layer in one local application. It is working product evidence, not a finished venue release.
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Local media and stage presentation
Prepare local audio and video, cue the running order and control what the external stage display shows.
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Karaoke rotation and timed lyrics
Manage singers, requests and lyric timing without separating the host queue from the stage experience.
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75 and 90-ball Bingo
Run either format, generate local ticket books, call numbers and check claims from the same operator workspace.
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Original crowd games and buzzers
Launch polls, timed challenges, picture rounds, wheels and audience buzzer moments built for a shared room.
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Event, round and score control
Run team or player competitions with persistent events, manual awards, corrections and derived standings.
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Panic, lock, rehearsal and recovery
Rehearse safely, restrict accidental changes, clear or black out the stage and recover event state after interruption.
Local by design
The show-night core runs on venue-controlled hardware. There is no required cloud account, remote storage service or internet connection in the operating path.
Venue resilience
Core cues, event records and stage output remain available when an outside service or internet connection is not.
Operator control
The entertainment team owns the running order, transitions and score decisions throughout the programme.
Private event data
Rosters, rounds, buzzes and the scoring ledger remain on the local ShowDeck system by default.
Predictable stage output
The host controls a dedicated audience-facing display without duplicating operator controls or host-only detail.
Protected host controls
The operator workspace and administrative actions stay token-protected.
Local ShowDeck service
Media, event state and the authoritative score ledger run on venue hardware.
Stage displays
Presentation-safe output goes to the main screen or projector.
Audience buzzers
An explicit trusted-network mode can accept audience responses while host controls stay protected.
From working PoC to venue-ready product
The route to release is evidence-led. Each stage answers a different operational and commercial question before the product moves forward.
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Integrated PoC
Core host, stage, audience and competition workflows brought together and exercised through automated playtests.
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Venue readiness
Licensed test content, codecs, audio interfaces, displays, startup, recovery and operator rehearsal tested on representative hardware.
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Selected-venue alpha
Measured use with entertainment teams, real programmes and a deliberately limited number of venues.
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Licensed release path
Packaging, support, product tiers and group deployment shaped by what the alpha proves.
What the alpha must prove
The alpha is not a victory lap. It is where ShowDeck earns the evidence needed for dependable commercial deployment.
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Can a trained host prepare and operate a representative programme reliably?
Test setup, cueing, transitions and close-down across realistic show conditions.
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Does ShowDeck reduce tool switching and manual score administration?
Measure whether the operator can keep attention on the room instead of reconstructing state between tools.
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Does it recover cleanly from browser, display or local-service interruption?
Exercise restart, reconnect and restore paths without losing the authoritative event record.
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Which hardware, support and deployment patterns work across different venues?
Define practical profiles for audio, displays, networking, installation and support.
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Which licensing and rollout model fits independents and larger groups?
Shape product tiers around genuine operating patterns rather than assumptions.
Commercial fit
ShowDeck is being shaped for venues that need a repeatable entertainment operation, from one busy room to a group-wide programme.
Independent parks
More show, less system juggling
A focused local setup, clear operator workflow and a support model proportionate to a lean entertainment team.
Multi-site groups
Consistency without flattening the programme
A common operating model, local venue control and clearer routes for rollout, training and recovery.
Technology and content specialists
Build around a defined control surface
Bring venue hardware, deployment, licensed content or integration expertise to a bounded product path.
Commercial software, proportionate terms
Serious venues should expect a serious licence.
ShowDeck is being developed as licensed software for commercial venues and groups. Alpha work will shape product tiers, deployment terms and support. Proportionate terms may be considered for independent, community-led or non-commercial organisations where the operating model is materially different.
Put ShowDeck in front of a real programme
We welcome focused conversations with venue operators, holiday park groups, commercial funders and specialists who can strengthen the route to alpha.