Pass the Doodle.
the chain-of-doodles party game, now playable over a video call.
A web version of the chain-of-doodles party game (formerly Telestrations). One person writes a prompt, the next draws it, the next describes the drawing, and so on, until the end of the chain is hilariously far from where it started. Real-time over the web, no install, share-a-link rooms. Host-configurable turn timers pick up a stalled drawer automatically, and the final reveal exports straight to PDF so the chain lives on after the call ends.
the thinking
The cardboard game is genuinely fun but you need 6 people in one room. I wanted to play it remotely with the same group chat I already video-call into every Sunday, so I wired up a web version over a weekend.
Keep the loop fast: no accounts, no lobbies, just a join-link. Keep the drawing tool dumb-simple: one pen, undo, done. The fun is in the chain drift, not in the tools.
Shipped and live. No monetization, no auth, just a link you send to a group chat. Running on Vercel with Convex powering rooms, turn state, and prompt packs.