DoodleMod is a drawing and guessing game where one player (called the "Artist") draws a word while everyone else tries to guess it. Each round a different player becomes the artist. Points go to players who guess correctly based on how fast they got it, and the artist earns points too depending on how many people figured it out. It's easy to pick up and gets funnier the worse the drawings get.
Getting Into a Room
Create a room from the homepage or join with a code. The host picks DoodleMod from the game selector. Before starting, the host can adjust things like round duration and whether modifiers are active. You can also load a custom word list if you want to use your own words instead of the default ones.
How a Round Works
At the start of each round an artist is picked from the group, rotating through everyone so each player gets a turn. If word choice is enabled (it is by default), the artist is shown two words privately and has 10 seconds to pick one. If they don't choose in time, one gets picked automatically.
Once the word is chosen, the drawing timer starts. Everyone except the artist sees a blank canvas and a row of underscores showing how many letters are in the word. The artist draws, everyone else types guesses into the chat.
The round lasts 60 seconds by default, though the host can change this. Letters in the word get revealed gradually over the course of the round so the hint gets better as time goes on.
How Guessing Works
You type guesses into the submission box. If your guess is correct, it tells you and locks you in (you can't keep guessing after that). Other players see your guess as correct in the chat so the competitive pressure builds as players get it one by one.
Guesses need to match the word exactly. There's no fuzzy matching like in TriviaLab or Cattaboom, so spelling matters. Once you've guessed correctly you stop seeing the guessing interface and just watch everyone else figure it out.
Chat is disabled during the drawing phase. Guesses go through the game and that's all you can send.
Scoring
Points for guessing are based on time left in the round. The faster you get it, the more you earn.
The artist earns points too, based on how many players guessed correctly. So it pays to draw something everyone can get. A round where everyone figures it out earns you more than one where nobody does.
Modifiers
Each round has a modifier that changes how the drawing or guessing works. Some examples:
- Normal : standard round, no changes
- Pixel Art : the canvas is converted into a pixelated version
- Black Hole : a black circle sits in the middle of the canvas that sucks in the pixels!
Modifiers are picked randomly each round from the ones the host has enabled. The modifier is shown to everyone at the start of the round before drawing begins, so guessers know what's happening to the canvas.
The Letter Reveal
Letters in the word are revealed one at a time throughout the round. How many get revealed depends on word length. A 10-letter word gets 4 letters shown, a 5-letter word gets 3, and so on. They're never revealed in the first or last 5 seconds of the round, so there's a window at the start where you're working purely from the drawing.
Tips
If you're the artist, draw fast. The longer you take getting started the less time guessers have to figure it out, and that hurts your score too. Start with the most recognizable part of whatever you're drawing.
Pay attention to the modifier. If it's Black Hole, the artist is working around the gap in the middle so expect the drawing to look a bit off. If it's Sudden Death, be very careful with guessing and potentially wait for other players to submit incorrect answers to give you a better picture of the word.