Drawing game in Vindi

Hi, Since a few people "on the street" have already asked about this game, I thought I'd write the idea down here and see how many people are interested. The game was once very popular on the portal jipii.ee. The principle of the game: There are people in the room/table, one starts drawing something and the others try to guess what is being drawn. Whoever guesses it gets a rating and can draw next. For me, it would be quite a technical challenge (how to broadcast the drawing in real time), so if this post gets enough likes, I'd take on this game. Opinions?

Two hands in favor!

The idea is gaining momentum: 1) There is a choice of colors to make the pictures even more beautiful. 2) The artist is given a word to draw. We need to create a database of words (1000 words) 3) Those at the table have a box to write the answer in. The answer is checked on the server, meaning the answer must be exactly the same as entered, there must be no spelling mistakes. 4) The rating system would be as follows: Whoever guesses the word gets the same number of rating points as the number of people at the table - 1, the others get -1. 5) The artist has 5 minutes to draw. If no one guesses it during this time, the artist gets the same number of minuses as the people at the table, the others get 1. In any case, this game would fit here - it puts the idea into practice from a slightly different angle :)

Of course, you also have to think of a nice name for the game. "Art Class" or something like that :)

Basically the same as Playforia Draw and Guess? Then add the option to just guess.. I'm not that good at drawing. :D

So I thought I'd go and find out how Playfor solved the problem, but I immediately hit a wall: Java is required to play :) When I tried to install Java, the following problem came up: "Chrome no longer supports NPAPI (technology required for Java applets)" So I guess I should install another browser... I don't feel like it. We threw away Java games 3 years ago (seeing that this platform was dying out soon).

Could someone shed some light on how Playforia solved this: Can there be an infinite number of players at a table, which the table creator can configure, etc. And of course - how to do it better in Vindi :)

I used to play a lot of iSketch. Since it's a Shockwave game, I can't go check my facts. Some observations about this game, which could be in Vindi's drawing game: -There can be an unlimited number of players in one room. The tables are divided by words: one table is for simple English words, the other for complex ones, on the third table two people draw two words on one canvas, etc. -There is a chatterbox on each table, each chatterbox was divided into two: a guessing chatterbox and a telling chatterbox. If you send an answer or a word similar to the answer to the answering chatterbox, others will not see your message and you will either get points, or you will be informed that your answer is close. The telling chatterbox exists because the answering chatterbox tends to move very quickly. -If the drawer doesn't put anything on the canvas for approx. 5 seconds, he/she will be kicked out of the game. If the topic is something that you have to google or otherwise think about for more than 5 seconds (e.g. celebrities), it is recommended to put a dot on the canvas. -1st correct answer gets 10 points, 2nd answer gets 9 points, 3rd answer gets 8 points, etc., minimum 1 point. I don't remember how the points were distributed to the draw. -You can hint at the answer with a button. Each hint reveals one letter of the answer. Hints reduce the number of points the draw can get. -At the end of the game, the person with the most points is declared the winner. Their name and score are displayed in large letters.

Some comments: 1) The creator of the game board chooses himself, creates a board for how many players, and also allows only those he wants to the board (to avoid unpleasant users) 2) Simpler words and more complex words are a good idea. The creator of the board chooses which ones will be on the board 3) The words are still in Estonian 4) The narration window is on the board as it is today, there should be a box for entering the answer somewhere. 5) The time limit for the drawer is a good idea. 5 sec. is not enough. 10 sec. could be. There could also be a total limit - 3 min. or something like that. If you don't have enough time, you get rating minuses. 6) How do you google the drawing? 7) Let's figure out the scoring. Whoever is ahead, that man - the first one to guess gets more rating, the others lose. If the word is guessed, a new drawing starts. 8) There are no hints (at least in the first version). 9) The game ends (the table is closed) when the table creator leaves the system.

After much deliberation and communication with others, I decided to start working on this game right now: In order to bring new people to the game, a completely different game is needed (for example, a new card game is not that good in this regard). I have thought this far ahead so far: 1) There are a maximum of 10 players at the table. When there are 3 at the table together, the game starts. Other players can join and leave as they go. 2) Whoever guesses the word starts drawing themselves 3) The words have 2 levels of difficulty - easy and hard. Very easy ones will probably not be entered (sun, moon, car, ball). A cucumber, a pacifier or a vulture already give food for thought, so to speak :D Who would help enter the words? At least 1000 of both would be needed so that they don't start repeating themselves too often. Entering words will be at least as difficult as the technical implementation of the game. Maybe we need a user interface similar to crossword questions? 4) There are two options for transmitting the drawing: either every pixel in real time or every line at once. You have to test this to see what load it puts on the server. 5) The drawing time is chosen by the table creator himself, 1 - 5 min.