Will teammates need to sign up to play?
No. Players never create an account. You share a link, they tap it on phone or laptop, and the hosted game starts. The only person who signs up is the manager creating the game.
For Managers
Games for managers — icebreakers, standups, and remote team ritual
Run a hosted trivia round at the top of a standup, 1:1, or all-hands in under three minutes. Tune the questions to your team, your company values, or whatever joke the #general channel is running this week. One link, no installs, works on every phone.
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Play it first
Team Building Starter
Play a live game in under 30 seconds so you see the format before you build your own.
Built For
Engineering managers, people managers, people ops, team leads, remote-first founders
- +Open a starter pack to show the team the format — build your custom round after
- +Generate rounds for company values, onboarding, inside jokes, or project recaps
- +One shareable link works in Slack, Teams, Zoom chat, or calendar invites
- +No accounts for teammates — they tap the link, they play
- +Runs on any phone or laptop browser, so hybrid + remote teams get the same experience
What You Get
- ✓A five-minute ritual that actually gets the remote team talking at the top of a call
- ✓A recurring standup opener that doesn't feel forced and isn't a gimmick
- ✓A shareable artifact — top score, close calls — that carries into the rest of the meeting
- ✓Faster onboarding for new hires because the game format makes company values land
Suggested starter topic: Icebreaker trivia for a remote engineering team standup
How This Works
Managers don't want another tool. They want a ritual that doesn't cost them twenty minutes of prep. That is the exact gap Trivana fills at the top of standups, 1:1s, and all-hands. You pick a topic — company values, last sprint's shipped features, or whatever the team was joking about in Slack — and the AI host generates the round. The whole setup is less time than writing the standup agenda.
The single most important thing for a manager's use case is that teammates don't have to sign up. Every tool that asks employees to create yet another account dies in the first week. Trivana shares a single link that works on any phone or laptop browser. The manager creates the game; the team taps play. That is the whole onboarding.
Where this gets powerful is when a manager turns it into a ritual. A weekly 5-question standup opener. A monthly all-hands closer tuned to whatever just shipped. A new-hire onboarding pack tuned to company values, reused for every cohort. The format costs almost nothing to keep running once the template is right, and the AI voice host means the energy doesn't depend on the manager's mood that day.
For distributed teams, the hosted format works better than a shared Google Form because voice carries. The remote teammate on mute can still play. The teammate in a different timezone can play async. The teammate who always stays silent on camera is suddenly competing for the high score. That's the part that makes managers come back to this — the quiet folks on the team get a safe, low-stakes way to show up.
Free plan handles the standup opener forever. Creator Pro is worth it the moment you want rounds generated from company docs — an onboarding pack from the employee handbook, a year-end recap from the board deck. Trivana Teams adds a shared credit pool for Smart Host voice reactions and is built for people ops running these rituals across several squads at once.
How To Launch This
- 1. Start with a topic close to the real audience, event, or lesson.
- 2. Open a playable version first so people understand the format immediately.
- 3. Customize the game, publish your link, and reuse the workflow for the next session.
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FAQ
How long does a standup game take?
A 5-question round runs about two to three minutes, which is the sweet spot for the top of a standup. For all-hands or offsites, a 10 or 20-question round (Creator Pro) runs five to ten minutes.
Can I tailor the questions to my team?
Yes. Paste a doc, a company values page, a recent project write-up, or just describe the round you want. Trivana generates the hosted questions and you can edit anything before publishing. Managers use it for onboarding quizzes, year-end recaps, and inside-joke rounds about the team.
Does this work for remote and hybrid teams?
It is built for remote-first. There is no room code and no app — just a URL that works on every phone and laptop. Teammates on mute in a Zoom all-hands can still play on their phone while listening in.
What does it cost?
Free plan for 5-question rounds forever. Creator Pro ($11/month) unlocks 20-question games, PDF/URL generation, a brand kit, and analytics. Trivana Teams ($99/month) adds 5 creator seats and a shared credit pool for Smart Host voice reactions — built for managers running rituals across several squads.
Make this the way your team meets, onboards, and learns
Trivana Teams gives 5 creator seats, shared Smart Host credits, analytics, and unified billing — $99/mo for your whole org. Build one game now to feel the format, then bring it to your team.