🕹️ Gameplay - TsengFayt/garticphonewiki GitHub Wiki

Gameplay • How to Play • Interface • Drawing Tools • Animation Tools

Gartic Phone includes 15 default game modes called 'Presets'. Each contains different methods of play and modifiers that can be played with the default settings or customized.

Sections • ▶️ How to Play • 🖱️ Interface • ✏️ Drawing Tools • 🎬 Animation Tools

▶️ How to Play

Gartic Phone games consist of 'turns' (drawing/writing) which make up each 'round'. Depending on the mode, players will take turns drawing and/or writing until the round is over, at which point albums are generated which display the results during the 'reveal'.

The following description is provided in-game and includes the general steps of a playthrough in the Normal game mode.

1. CALLING IS BETTER

  • Invite your friends to a voice call. (e.g.: Discord, Zoom)

2. TIME TO WRITE

  • Each player must write a quirky sentence.

3. TIME TO DRAW

  • You're gonna receive a bizarre sentence to draw.

4. WHAT IS IT?

  • Try to describe one of the crazy drawings.

5. SEE WHAT HAPPENED

  • Watch the hilarious results of the telephone game.

6. MAKE NEW FRIENDS

  • Find thousands of Gartic players on our Discord server!

🖱️ Interface

Once a game has started, information about the current game is displayed and actions are controlled with the interface which includes the turn counter (1), timer (2), canvas (3), color picker (4), drawing tools (5) (or animation tools if animation is enabled), size selector (6), opacity slider (7), download (8), and mute (9).

Turn Counter • Displays information about the current turn (current turn / total number of turns) and how many players have tapped done (finished players / total number of players).

Timer • Displays a filled circle that slowly empties as the timer counts down. An alert sound plays when the timer is almost finished. If 'Host's Decision' is chosen, the timer instead displays a lock symbol with the total elapsed time below.

Canvas • The main area where players draw and color their artwork during drawing turns.

Color Picker • Displays colors that can be selected and applied to the canvas with drawing tools. For more info check out our page on color palettes.

Drawing Tools • Consists of a variety of tools the player can use to interact with the canvas. If animation is enabled some drawing tools are replaced with animation tools.

Size Selector • Sets the thickness of compatible tools. Options include very small, small, medium, large, and vary large. These can be expanded with plugins.

Opacity Slider • Sets the opacity of compatible tools. There are ten notches from min (almost completely transparent) to max (fully opaque).

Download • Downloads the current canvas as an image.

Mute • Allows the player to mute/unmute the game's sound effects.

✏️ Drawing Tools

During non-animation drawing turns players have access to a variety of tools to create artwork. The chart below gives a breakdown of each tool, its function, and if it is affected by options like the color picker, size selector, and/or opacity slider.

Icon Tool Description Color Size Opacity
Drawing Tool The drawing tool (also called the brush or pencil) is used to draw, paint, and color on the canvas. 🟩 🟩 🟩
Eraser The eraser is used to remove previously drawn content from the canvas. 🟥 🟩 🟥
Rectangle (Border) Creates a rectangular-shaped border. 🟩 🟩 🟩
Circle (Border) Creates a circular-shaped border. 🟩 🟩 🟩
Rectangle (Filled) Creates a filled rectangle shape. 🟩 🟩 🟩
Circle (Filled) Creates a filled circle shape. 🟩 🟩 🟩
Line Tool Used to create straight lines connecting the point where the user initial places their input and ending where they release. 🟩 🟩 🟩
Paint Bucket Fills all areas within a contiguous area with the selected color. 🟩 🟥 🟩
Undo Reverts the most recent action. Can be used multiple times. 🟥 🟥 🟥
Redo Repeats the most recently undone action. Can be used multiple times. 🟥 🟥 🟥

🎬 Animation Tools

When choosing the 'Animation' preset or enabling animation via 'Custom Settings' the drawing tools: filled rectangle, filled circle, and paint bucket are replaced with the animation tools: eyedropper, comment tool, and previous frame. Additionally, the colors used on the previous frame will be appended to the top of the color picker during the subsequent turn.

Icon Tool Description Color Size Opacity
Eyedropper Sets the color picker to a chosen sample from the canvas. 🟥 🟥 🟥
Comment Tool Allows players to add comments to a hidden layer during their turn and/or toggles notes left during previous frame. 🟥 🟥 🟥
Previous Frame Toggles a display of the previous frame of animation on the canvas. 🟥 🟥 🟥