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For new friends, dates and parties

Choose. Then ask yourselves why.

Vice-Versa shows a pair of pictures that are exact opposites. Everyone points at one at the same time. Then you talk about why, and the pictures stop mattering.

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Which one is you? Tap a picture.

How to play

The whole rulebook fits on one line.

You need two people, or a whole table, and a little curiosity. There is nothing to win and no clock to beat.

  1. 1

    Look at the pair

    Sparkling or still water. Phone face down or face up. Cat or dog. The two pictures are identical except for one detail.

  2. 2

    Point at the same time

    321 and everyone points at a picture. Nobody gets to wait and copy.

  3. 3

    Ask each other why

    That is where the game happens. Stay on one pair for ten minutes if a story comes out. Turn to the next one only when everyone is ready.

Which way the toilet paper hangs means nothing. Why you hang it that way can say a lot.
Order/Chaos
Habit/Rebellion
Planning/Improvising
Together/Apart

What we promise

The pictures open the conversation, then step aside.

No points, no winners

No scores, no compatibility percentages, no final results. The game works when you stop looking at the pictures.

No timers

A good pair can last a whole drink. The next one comes only when you ask for it.

Disagreeing is the best part

Finding out you chose differently is a playful provocation. That is where the best conversations start, and on a date, the flirting.

Nothing to prepare

No setup, no reading the rules out loud. One line is enough, and the first pair is already on the table.

Where to play

Anywhere people are about to meet properly.

Two people at a café table or ten around a sofa. The rules stay the same: everyone points, then everyone explains.

  • Ice cream in a cone Ice cream in a cup

    Breaking the ice

    New friends, new flatmates, new colleagues. Easy questions with surprisingly long answers, and nobody has to talk about the weather.

    Ice cream: cone or cup

  • A hand holding a phone with a dating app profile Two hands reaching for the same bowl of peanuts at a bar

    On a date

    Skip the job-interview questions. You learn more from how someone eats their fries, and disagreeing turns into flirting.

    You met: on an app or by chance at a bar

  • A big birthday party with a cake and balloons A quiet birthday at home with one cupcake

    At a party

    Everyone points on "3, 2, 1" and the room splits in two. Then each side has to defend its choice.

    Birthday: big party or quiet at home

  • A couple in bed under one shared blanket A couple in bed under two separate blankets

    As a couple

    You've been together for years and you think you know every answer. Play anyway and find out.

    At night: one blanket or two

Also good on long car trips, at family dinners, on the first day of a new team, and anywhere a phone would otherwise come out.

The pairs

Small objects, big opinions.

Every pair is painted in our own gouache style and holds the same composition on both sides. Only the detail that matters changes.

  • Bed made neatlyBed left unmade

    Bed madeorLeft unmade

  • Phone battery at 100 percentPhone battery almost empty

    Always 100%orAlways 5%

  • Passenger in the window seatPassenger in the aisle seat

    Window seatorAisle seat

  • One dessert with two spoonsTwo desserts, one each

    One dessert, two spoonsorEach their own

  • Croissant dunked in a cappuccinoCroissant eaten dry next to the cup

    Croissant dunkedorEaten dry

  • Phone in dark modePhone in light mode

    Dark modeorLight mode

  • Clock showing ten minutes earlyClock showing ten minutes late

    Ten minutes earlyorTen minutes late

  • A couple sleeping in a hugA couple sleeping far apart

    Sleeping huggedorFar apart

116 pairs painted so far, across food, home, travel, work, style and love. The book is printed in grey, so every difference is carried by shape, not only by color.

One game, four ways to play

Same pictures on a screen, a card, a page, or a little object on the table.

Coming first · Free

Web app

Open it from a link or a QR code, no download and no account. One pair at a time, the next one only when you ask.

  • No profiles, no results screen
  • Helps us learn which pairs spark the longest conversations

Next

Card deck

The pocket version. Shuffle, draw, play at the bar, on a train, at a party. One pair per card, both pictures on the same face, one above the other.

  • Small enough for a pocket, a bag or a party table
  • One instruction card: Choose. Then ask yourselves why.

Next

The book

A gift to keep on the coffee table. Pairs on facing pages, so you see both and turn the page together.

  • Open it on any page, there is no order to follow
  • An optional one-line prompt for when you get stuck

Later

The device

A phone on the table ruins a date or a dinner. This small box sits between you and does one thing: it shows the next pair. A round color screen, three keys and a knob, nothing else.

  • Matte color screen, low brightness, turns off after each choice
  • No notifications and no connection while you play

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