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Totally agree. We've also realized that when it comes to (digital) art everyone has their own specific workflows and favorite apps. So it is definitely something we are thinking about adding!
Not quite. In Draw Something you draw something and someone else has to guess what it is. You each take turns in guessing and drawing.
Instead in ScribbleX you create a single drawing together with your friends. It's kind of like a collaborative drawing only that no one knows what the final drawing will look like until the very end when it is revealed.
Hey HN,
we are Marten and Philipp, the makers behind ScribbleX – a social drawing game for iOS and Android. The idea for the app was born one lazy afternoon while playing a round of “Exquisite Corpse” with some friends. "Exquisite Corpse" is an old parlor game that was invented as creativity exercise by surrealists way back in the 1920s.
The game is simple. Take a piece of paper and divide it into three parts. Now, player 1 draws a face on the first part of the paper, folds it over and passes it to player 2. Player 2 then draws the body, folds it again and passes it to player 3. Player 3 draws the legs or feet on the third part of the paper. In the end, you unfold the paper and a funny creature reveals itself.
We thought that the game would be great on mobile but couldn’t find it anywhere. So we decided that it would make for a nice side project.
We originally released the app almost a year ago. Unfortunately, we only get to work on it at nights and on weekends so progress has been a bit slow. With the recent Covid-19 crisis, we thought it would be good opportunity to give the app a nice general overhaul and present it to a broader audience.
It’s completely free, so we would love to hear what you think!
I'm working on a social drawing game called ScribbleX (https://www.scribblex.com). It's available for free on iOS and Android.
The concept is pretty simple: Take a piece of paper and divide it into three parts. Now, Player 1 draws a face on the first part of the paper, folds it over and passes it to Player 2. Player 2 then draws the body, folds it again and passes it to Player 3. Player 3 draws the legs or feet on the third part of the paper.
In the end, you unfold the paper and a funny creature reveals itself! Now imagine this, just on your smartphone – the possibilities are endless ;)