What is this?
It's like the game of "telephone" with drawings. Given no context, doodle the provided phrase or describe a stranger's drawing. After submitting, see the full chain and keep up with responses to your own contributions.
Who's responsible?
We're a scrappy team of pretty nice guys trying to make doodling fun for everyone.
Why?
Dylan and Aaron originally built the game for Node Knockout, coding competition in which teams around the world attempt to build something from scratch in 48 hours using Node.JS.
Dylan wanted to create a game for the competition, but knew he couldn't create art assets fast enough or of good quality, so he twisted his idea to "trick" players into creating art for the game. This idea became the basis of Doodle or Die's gameplay.
Despite circumstances beyond their control (such as a hurricane!) Dylan and Aaron were only able to spend 8 hours creating the original version of Doodle or Die but still managed to win the competition for "Most Fun" which lead to amazingly fast viral growth.
Seeking help to keep improving the game Dylan and Aaron suckered Garrett into helping out.
How?
Doodle or Die is 100% Javascript in the browser and on the server. We use MongoDB, host on Joyent and Amazon S3 and love Node.JS and its community.
And, lest we forget, we are Proudly Made in DC.
Contact
- email us
- tweet us
- facebook message us
- post on reddit at /r/doodleordie