I ended up adding real online multiplayer (via a cheap simple WebSockets relay hosted on Fly) after the audio modem noises gave my wife a nasty headache!
Don't miss the first fork of the game which reimagines it for a steampunk French Belle Époque setting with dirigibles and new music and models: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/21/panache/
I ended up adding real online multiplayer (via a cheap simple WebSockets relay hosted on Fly) after the audio modem noises gave my wife a nasty headache!
Don't miss the first fork of the game which reimagines it for a steampunk French Belle Époque setting with dirigibles and new music and models: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/21/panache/