Draw-Off

The idea

Everyone gets the same word and races to draw it on their phone. When time's up, an AI running right on the host's device looks at every drawing and scores how well it matches the word, from 0% to 100%. Masterpieces and disasters go up on the big screen side by side, and the best artist wins.

How to play

• The host screen (TV) runs the game: it shows the rules, the word and a live timer, then reveals the drawings one by one with their scores.
• Your phone is your canvas. You draw and submit there.
• Each round goes like this:
  1. One word appears for everyone at once (say, "lighthouse").
  2. Draw it on your phone before time runs out. You've got brush sizes, shapes, fill, an eraser, undo and clear.
  3. Tap Done to submit early. Otherwise your drawing goes in automatically when time's up.
  4. Once every drawing is in, they're judged and the screen reveals each one with its match percentage.
  5. Scores update and the next round starts.
• After the last round, the TV shows the podium and awards.

The Standard preset is 5 rounds of 90 seconds. Quick is 3 short rounds judged by the AI alone.

Scoring

Your match percentage (0–100%) turns into points, with bonuses on top:

• Base points = percentage × 10. A 73% drawing earns 730 points, and a perfect 100% earns 1000.
• Place bonus (top 3 in the round): +200 / +100 / +50 for 1st / 2nd / 3rd. Ties split the bonus evenly. A 0% drawing gets no place bonus.
• Masterpiece: score above 90% for +200.
• Speed: submit in under half the time and score above 70% for +150.
• Comeback: beat your previous round's score by more than 20 points for +100.

Bonuses stack, so one great, fast drawing can be worth well over 1000 points in a single round.