- Lobby list allows for easier filtering by server region and shows a connectivity indicator - Lobby list also shows the turn time for lobbies - Fix multiline eraser not working after hiding the UI in sketchbook - Fix returning to lobby right after the game start showing infinite loading screen - UI Optimizations

- Multi-line eraser now supports removing points - Fix some problems with pressure detection when using a Pen as Input Device - Fix erasers not working after switching between eraser types - UI Optimizations

- The Topic from *Lounge Mode* is now shown in the Lobby Browser - Handled more cases where game could get stuck connecting during startup - Performance Optimizations - Some UI fixes

- Wordlist is now hidden in the lobby list when the lobby is set to Lounge - Fixed player display issues in Stage when players have disconnected - Custom lobby name is now persisted when returning from game to lobby - Fixed an issue with some gravity images being out of bounds in the ending presentation - Add a tooltip for truncated guesses in match history for Whisper mode - various UX improvements

Happy lantern festival!

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Bobby

Happy Spring Festival!

With this new Year of the Snake we are introducing two exciting feature additions:

How do you plan a party for your hair?!

• Create an original artwork in Draw & Guess
• Artwork must include at least one Draw & Guess character shown celebrating the Spring Festival
• Submit your artwork to the D&G screenshot section in Steam by 12 February, 12 am Chinese Standard Time, with the hashtag #2025LNYSnake
• Keep it safe for work and original (suspected bot submissions will be disregarded)

• 1st Place: A real-life plushie of Theo + 2500 ink
• 2nd Place: 1250 ink
• 3rd Place: 850 ink

• Submissions close on: 12 February, 12:00 am China Standard Time
• Winners will be announced by: 13 February, 12:00 am China Standard Time

- Whiteout eraser now returns to previously selected color when deselecting - Changed default minimum trust score for public lobbies from 1 to 2 - Fixed lobby chat having inconsistent positions when sliding in or out during low frame rate situations - [Lobby drawing] You can now use color picker to pick colors from other players drawings - [Lobby drawing] Fixed the layer issue when player adding lines in layer 1 - Fixed system messages for intentional player quits - [Whisper] Fixed UI issues during presentation

Happy new year! At this beginning of 2025, our community has grown bigger and bigger thanks to the support from all of you, which we are so grateful for. Since we have released our trust score and report system in August 2024, we have witnessed a great change on the overall game environment. Meanwhile we also received some feedback about our systems with concerns about a few players inappropriate behaviour. We would like to share a bit more information about things we have done recently and next steps to maintain a better community environment. Players deserve to enjoy the game without disruption/abuse from others. In response to various reports we have received regarding disruptive gameplay, we have begun issuing account bans. These will be issued carefully, and with ample verified reports from players. Going forth, players that modify the game client and abuse exploits to disrupt the gameplay of other players will also face bans. We encourage all players to consciously maintain a peaceful and friendly atmosphere as well as mutual respect to fully enjoy the game. We strictly forbid any potential behaviour that compromises other players' gaming experience and/or the public social environment. If you witness or experience any such behaviour, please collect and send evidence to the team. You can also use the in-game reporting system. We will then review the reports and take any appropriate action. Thank you all for your ongoing support. We will continue to take measures to help maintain the community environment and bring more joy to the community. We have some exciting news and plans for 2025 that we are eager to share when the time comes! Stay tuned for some Steam announcements!

Hii everyone!

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modo!

Bobby!

The entire team of Acureus wishes you happy holidays and good fortune in 2025! Keep drawing!

- [Drawing] New eraser that can erase multiple lines at once - [Drawing] Drawing tool selection optimizations - [Battle Royale] Clear warmup canvas in Battle Royale when game starts - [Battle Royale] Fixed a layering issue in lobby - Fixed a regression with trust score limitations not applying correctly - [Lobby Drawing] Fixed that clear did not behave the same on local and remote players - Various stability improvements

Highlights:

• You can now rejoin an ongoing match via room code if the game crashed
• You can now rejoin an ongoing match via room code if you went back to main menu
• The host can now extend the wait timer

Fixes & changes:

• [Lobby] Fixed chat scrolling sensitivity
• [Lobby] Now the hosts lobby setting page will not be refreshed by others actions in the lobby
• [Lobby] Fixed a rare crash when syncing a drawing to players that left
• We dont disable the mute button on players that disconnected during a match anymore
• [Whisper] Fix a bug where in rare cases after a reconnect, an old guess was automatically re-submitted in a later round
• [Whisper] Fix a bug where a full image could be sent twice when the drawing phase ended, which lead to unnecessary network burden
• [Whisper] Avoid sending very large images in full when drawing phase ended, and rely on only syncing all lines while they are drawn
• [Whisper] Fixed an issue that the presentation intro could have different orders for different player (so sometimes they did not show the correct intro for the following presentation)
• [Whisper] Fix a stuck case when a word match vote was lost due to a disconnect during a later presentation

- Improved drawing synchronization when joining a lobby - Muting other players is now persisted across games - [Whisper] Fixed an issue that the header section could not be hidden in later rounds - Fixed an issue with switching game modes when CPU was incompatible with robot mode - UI optimizations - Character skin optimizations

From mystic Inx to mischievous Theo - all characters received Marinas party invitation. As usual with Marinas parties, it is bound to be a blast! But.. costume party?! What to wear, what to wear?! Here you have Lyndel rummaging in some dusty boxes, there you have Zoey contemplating if the skull sweater she bought last Christmas still fits. Wildbark confides with his conifer friends and Metissa wonders if she can draw something up with her magic. Nothing quite seems to fit, though, and none of their ideas really feel like a winning match Maybe -you- can help them get ready?

Competition rules

• Draw an original art piece in Draw & Guess; this can be done in Lobby Drawing, Sketchbook, or in-game
• The artwork must contain at least 1 Draw & Guess character in a Christmas-themed costume
• Submit your artwork to the screenshot section via Steam using the hashtag #DGXmas2024 before 22 December, 11:59 pm UTC
• Keep it safe for work and original (suspected bot submissions will be disregarded)

Prizes

• 1st Place: A real-life plushie of Theo + 2500 Ink
• 2nd Place: 1250 ink
• 3rd Place: 850 ink

Important Dates

• Submissions close on: 22 December, 11:59 pm UTC
• Winners will be announced by: 23 December, 11:00 pm UTC

Merry drawing!

- Images saved from matches to Sketchbook are now correctly saved on layer 2 - Add an error message if the game is unable to start due to missing access to the folder where it tries to save wordlists, match history, - fixed that PixelArt images where not scaled properly on match export - Picking the Pixel background no longer breaks the alpha value - UI Fixes

- Introduced sorting by players and trust scores to lobby list - Fix an issue with aspect ratio when opening a lobby drawing in sketchbook - Fixed an issue with volumes when the volume was set to zero - Character animation fixes

- Ending Ceremony: Players are now able to chat, including with players who already left to lobby - Ending Ceremony: Added system messages to alert when players leave the ending scene, entering or leaving the lobby. - Ending Ceremony: Players with the same score now receive the same standing - Fix the Gift to others button in lobby - Tweaked image export to better cope with special characters in file names - Character Animation Fixes - UI Fixes

Right in the middle of their costume party* our ink spirits have found time to go through the colourful submissions for the Halloween contest and picked their favourite drawings! Weve seen lots of festive fanart, adorbs ghosts, Azrael shape-shifted into a girl, successful trick-or-treating, explosions and even a new ink-spirit Jiang Shi! But now, without further ado The winner is *Tomoko drum roll*: Tooza
Congratulations! Please stay tuned as a member of the team reaches out to discuss delivery details for your new Theo plushie. Runner up, and receiving 1,250 ink is: cocofilbernut
Finally, third place and 850 ink go to: 76561198841535558
Thank you everyone for taking the time and effort to submit your works of arts. Dont forget to check out all the cool admissions by searching for DGHalloween2024 in the screenshots section. And if you didnt win this time, stay tuned for our next art challenge. Happy Halloween! *Did you see the new Halloween skins? Available for limited time only!

- Azrael was a bit late to the costume party. If you want to see his costume, check out the store! - Sketchbook Match History: fix issue where round dropdown / player dropdown was hidden behind long prompts for whisper matches - Streaming: When audience is allowed to guess in Stage Mode, send a 3-2-1 to chat to help with timing issues - Streaming: add SFX when *modifier voting* is over in both Stage mode & Whisper mode - Streaming: add SFX when *word match voting* is over in Whisper mode - small UI tweaks in Stage Mode

With todays update, Draw & Guess adds new interactivity features targeted at Twitch streamers. So far your chat audience could watch you play now they can play along! On our brand-new streaming tab (added to lobby settings) choose to let them - vote on game modifiers - suggest prompts - guess along - and/or decide whether in-game players guesses are right!
Interactive streaming settings are available for Whisper and Stage modes. ***With streaming activated, Stage does not require a minimum of 2 in-game players anymore, while the 4-player minimum requirement for Whisper still stands. Combine streaming with our content moderation features, and youre ready for an epic night (or day) of streaming!

For all you non-streamers, heres what else we put into this update:

Once upon a time~

We invite you to draw these Ink spirits in all their inky glory for a chance to win a very special prize!

• Draw an original art piece in Draw & Guess; this can be done in Lobby Drawing, Sketchbook, or in-game
• The artwork must contain an existing Ink spirit character (Azrael, Inx, Theo, Wildbark) or a completely new original Ink spirit character
• Submit your artwork to the screenshot section via Steam using the hashtag #DGHalloween2024 before October 30th 12PM UTC (8PM CST)
• Keep it safe for work and original (suspected bot submissions will be disregarded)

• 1st Place: A real-life plushie of Theo + 2500 Ink
  
• 2nd Place: 1250 Ink
• 3rd Place: 850 Ink

• Submissions close on: 30 October, 12:00 pm UTC (8pm CST)
• Winners will be announced by: 31 October, 11:00 pm UTC

Now grab your brushes, unleash your inner ink master and draw away! May your lines never smudge!

- fixed a crash on startup that prevented some users from playing the game

- Players can now report players via the lobby drawing contributor list - Last brush size is now persisted across games - Fixed drawing on a hidden layer being possible - Fixed anonymous voting option not showing up the first time you select Whisper - Fixed Unsubscription of word lists - Fixed layering not working correctly in sketchbook - Fixed fill issues related to layers in sketchbook - Fixed minor coloring issue when using content moderation

We have now launched a new system for players to evaluate their in-game experience with other players, and to address concerns relating to disruptive behaviour having a bad influence on the game experience. This update also includes a number of Content Moderation tools giving streamers more power to control game content shown on their stream.

Trust Score

Praising players

Reporting players

Public lobbies

Why are we doing this?

Content Moderation Tools

did you know?

In the coming month we will launch a new system for players to evaluate their in-game experience with other players, and to address concerns relating to disruptive behaviour having a bad influence on the game experience.

Trust Score

Praising players

Reporting players

Public lobbies

Why are we doing this?

Reduced the minimum player count for Battle Royale from 16 to 10

- Players can now add friends via the platform profile from the lobby or the ingame tab menu - When no connection to steam client is possible, offer a login via browser - Default lobby name is now correctly localised after a language change - Color Picker dialogue dragging frame optimized - Fixed Battle Royal Tab Menu blocking drawmodule - In Battle Royal, the number of connected users is displayed red if there are not enough players to start a game. In such a case, the timer is reset after it expired. - UI fixes - Updated shop banner

Our guessing robot GU-355 has been infected with a space virus and needs YOUR help to save him!

• Multiplayer deluxe: up to 63 players per lobby
• Language-independent: each player plays in their own language, but everyone plays together
• Special reward: one player per lobby gets a unique prize that can be showcased in other game modes
• Overall leaderboard: all Battle Royalists automatically enter the monthly leaderboard; top 3 are featured prominently

- fix an issue with checking for wordlist updates in wordlist editor - various UI tweaks - engine update

- fix a situation where players could get stuck in whisper mode - fix more wordlist display errors

- Fill tool in lobby drawing now respects layers - [Robo] fix formatting issues with long words in info section during drawing phase

- fix that own lines were not restored after a reconnect - improve line synchronization after reconnect to reduce missing lines - [Stage] Fix that images in ending contained lines that were removed by drawer using *undo / clear* - improve fills in whisper when choosing favorite image - improve fills during ending - fix a rare case where wordlist updates could result in duplicate wordlists

- fix that lobby list filters were shown behind lobby list

- Added support for lobby names - Players can now gift each other characters and skins - tools no longer affect lines after image has been submitted - support more currencies for ink purchases - fixed character glitches

• fix quit button sometimes not working
• increased lobby drawing line sync speed on initial join

• Whisper: reduce cases where images were only partially shown
• Fixed that invite was discarded if game was started via invite but the matchmaking server could not be contacted in time
• Character animation updates

• Pen line pressure detection will no longer change the thickness of other peoples lines in lobby drawing
• Optimized line to point conversion threshold allowing for shorter lines again
• Robot mode presentation does not skip to last image when reconnecting
• Fixed an issue where changing settings multiple times and then cancelling would cause the lobby to break

- Add experimental support for pen pressure (has to be enabled in Settings) - Optimized player state display in Whisper - Fixed an issue in lobby drawing with line thickness not being consistent across players - Fixed an issue in lobby drawing where line deletion was not correctly synced - Fixed an issue in lobby drawing where line ownership was not correctly recognised after rejoin - Fix more cases of Match History not showing images for some people - Character optimizations - UI optimizations

- Lobby player count can now be limited - Fix Match History not showing images for some people - Handle some cases getting stuck in Whisper

- Guess time in Whisper can now be configured in lobby settings - Anonymous voting can now be enabled in Whisper - Improved pixel art offset in match history - Unlockable Characters now display how many more matches you need to finish - Playerlist in lobby drawing can now be scrolled with mouse wheel - UI Optimizations

- Fix Drawing tools not working - When editing your own word lists, there will no longer be phantom duplicates - Disable character shadow settings by default. They can be enabled in settings again. - When kicked from a lobby, the lobby is now hidden from the lobby list. - Fixed Steam Invites

- Engine Upgrade - Improved input device support - Fixed a bug with syncing lines when the lobby owner has never clicked on lobby drawing - Lobby information is now correctly synced across clients - Selecting lounge mode now hides irrelevant match information in the lobby - UI Optimizations

- Pixel Art matches are now displayed in match history - Pixel Art images are now correctly auto-saved - When exporting an image from lobby drawing to sketchbook, it will no longer export the lines of disabled players - Improvements to line scaling especially when using different aspect ratios - Fixed toggle player control in Lobby drawing for many players - Fixed wordlist duplicates in public wordlist browser - Pixel art reveal is a bit faster in Whisper - Fixed that players could not join when lobby was at 15/16 players

- Improve login speed - increased timeout when trying to connect to steam on startup - Fixed selected palette color being overwritten with black on 2nd round of drawing - Fixed a bug where navigation in sketchbook failed

- Improved feedback when unable to connect - Fixed issues related to line sorting order - characters that were unlocked by playing games are now synced across multiple devices - Improved fill behaviour when exporting as png - Fixed issues with images being misaligned - Fixed an issue with chat not showing - UI Optimizations - Character Optimizations

- All filters now remember their settings - Sketchbook thumbnails are shown more efficiently - Sketchbook thumbnails are now correctly placed - Fixed an issue where scissor tool did not correctly work on fills and shapes - Fixed an issue where "You've been kicked" prompt was repeatedly shown in main menu - UI Optimizations

- Lobby, Shop and Sketchbook can now be left via ESC button - Key shortcuts can no longer be bound to duplicate keys - Fixed sorting of chat in different situations - Clearer visualization of disconnected players on the TAB-screen - Optimizations and fixes regarding Auto-Save Images - UI Optimizations - Minor Fixes

- Can now enable auto export of PNG images from matches in Settings - Lobby now contains a button to invite people from Steam friend list - In Whisper, vote pedestals now show the player name - In Stage, word hint spacing was improved and character count is now displayed for guessers - Prevent joining a lobby while match is already starting - Prevent bouncing for Undo/Redo - Fixed issue in Undo for Pixel Art Line Tool - Added 1 Quickslot Color to Toolbar of Whisper-Game Mode - Adjusted Character Positions and Masking in various instances - UI optimizations

- Players can now be kicked in-game - Players can now change their name once per month using the button in Settings - Lobby now displays game modifiers - Whisper mode header can now be hidden to increase drawable canvas space - In Whisper, own player will now always be in the center so their buttons dont collide with chat - Votes are no longer cut off in Whisper mode when fast mode is disabled - Last loaded/saved palette is now automatically reloaded - Fixed line ordering in Sketchbook when saving a match to sketchbook. Old images will be reimported once again so there will be duplicates - Can now export all images from a match at once as PNG from the Sketchbook / Matches tab - Can no longer draw above Hide UI Button in Sketchbook Drawing - Sketchbook no longer prompts Save Dialogue when no changes were made - Sorting in Matches Tab now only shows sorting arrow of active filter - When hiding chat, chat bubbles are now hidden immediately - Editor now displays a red border if title or description are still too short - When loading word lists, it now shows a loader instead of no word lists found - Wordlists are now loaded when they contain exactly 80 words - In Robot mode, the word slide-out animation is prettier - No longer prevents drawing while chat is opened - No longer show ready icon for lounge mode - UI Optimizations - Character Optimizations

- Kicked players now have their lines removed from Lobby Drawing - Lobby Owners can now delete lines from other players - Improved PNG Export

After 2 years in the works and many teasers, we're happy to share a major update for Draw & Guess. This update includes an entire rework of our UI, new features such as match history/sketchbook, and a bunch more! This won't be a sequel, but a FREE update for everyone! We're also releasing characters and skins available for a little extra if you wish to support the continued development of Draw & Guess as we expand into new game modes/features. As a thank you for all the support shown to us over the years, we will add 850 Ink to the accounts of all players who purchased Draw & Guess before the update. Here's what awaits you:

Game Modes

Wordlists

Sketchbook

New Tools

Colour Palettes

Layers

Characters

New Language

What's Next?

• New game modes (e.g. Battle Royale, Animation, etc)
• Mobile release with cross-play PC support
• Trust score system for players that frequently abandon/grief games
• Dedicated Twitch Integration
• ... and more!

This refers to a completely free update that will download to your game automatically once available in February! We released the initial version of Draw & Guess back in 2021 as a project made with the help of some friends. Today, thanks to the outpouring of support and creativity of our players, weve seen over 3 million players join the Draw & Guess community. Were incredibly humbled and thankful for the community that has been building around Draw & Guess - there are two key two pieces of recurring feedback weve seen from players we want to focus on:

• The game isnt polished enough
• Servers are bad

Visual Overhaul

Characters & Ink

Gameplay

• Colour Palettes
• Sketchbook (Saved drawings + "Zen drawing" mode)
• Layers
• In-game Wordlist browser + revamped editor/publishing

Servers & Networking

Transition Period

Future Roadmap Preview

• New game modes (e.g. Battle Royale, Animation, etc)
• Mobile release with cross-play PC support
• Trust score system for players that frequently abandon/grief games
• Dedicated Twitch Integration
• and more!

Wrap Up

As we prepare to release our upcoming major update this year, wordlists will no longer work as we know now. Here's what you need to know to prepare for this change:

Current Wordlists

New Wordlists

What a year it's been! As we prepare for an exciting 2024 with the Draw & Guess major update, let's rewind the clock and relive some highlights of the incredible journey we've had together. The first half of the year we focused on implementing a new network solution among other improvements to the game. Around September things started to get more exciting as we finally started to talk about the major update planned for early 2024. Our very first announcement included a preview of a brand new feature, the Colour Palettes!
Right after that, we entered Spooky Season and welcomed Scarlet to Draw & Guess with a fun Halloween Contest full of incredible submissions.
With Scarlet on board, it was time to share another new feature preview, the Sketchbook! We shared everything about it on our Discord server, so make sure to check it out in case you missed it.
October was over and as we removed all the pumpkins and spider webs to give room to the Christmas tree, we announced yet another feature: Layers!
Next, we discussed a very important change to how Player Names will work after the major update in 2024. Its now December, temperatures are dropping and winter is coming. Perfect time for a Christmas Contest filled with heartwarming artwork from our amazing players! #DGChristmas2023
Finally, with just 4 days until 2024, we realized Scarlet needed some company while waiting for the update. So we had Gus & Ollie join the team!
All in all, this was a wonderful year and our team worked really hard on this new version and we cant wait to share the next chapter of Draw & Guess with you. Make sure to join us on Discord,Twitter, andTikTokso you dont miss any news. Thank you for an incredible year! Here's to an amazing 2024 filled with creativity and joy!

To celebrate this holiday season as we prepare to say goodbye to 2023, wed like to announce the winner of our Christmas contest! Among the many AMAZING submissions we received, please join us in congratulating:

If you couldnt participate in the Halloween Contest back in October, heres the perfect chance for you to join our last contest of 2023! While our team prepares for the release of Draw & Guess major update in 2024, we want to invite you to have fun and share your drawing skills with everyone in our Christmas Contest. So grab a warm drink, get comfortable, and prepare your best creation with the theme of Christmas

To participate:

Post your submission with the hashtag #DGChristmas2023 in the screenshot section on Steam or on the #share-drawings channel in our Discord server. [/olist] Be sure to submit your drawing by December 26th at 12 pm UTC. Any submissions violating the rules below will be removed and disqualified.

Rules:

• Sexist, racist, nudity, and NSFW submissions are not allowed. Keep it safe and respectful.
• Submissions must be created by yourself using Draw & Guess - any submissions using other software or drawing bots are not allowed.
• Submissions must include the hashtag #DGChristmas2023 to participate.
• Multiple submissions are allowed.

Winners will be announced by December 27th and will be awarded with: Wacom Intuos S CTL4100
To be eligible for prizes, winners will need to provide their postal address and agree to be contacted by a member of the acureus team. Good luck and Merry Christmas!

[ 2023-12-06 16:20:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

In preparation for the major update planned for early 2024, you will have the chance to secure your unique player name in December 2023. Here's what you need to know to prepare for this:

Current Player Names

New Player Names

Reservation Instructions

Make sure your game is up to date so youll be able to see the countdown on the top right corner of the main screen.

Once the player name reservation is available, if your game is up to date with the latest version, this notification will change to something like this:

By clicking on the button to reserve your player name, this pop-up will appear:

After entering a valid name, click on register to confirm and the window will show the following:

Scarlet had a tough time selecting a winner for the contest but after careful consideration, she picked the winner! Please join Scarlet in congratulating:

Calling all ghouls, goblins, and creatures of the night! I, Scarlet, invite you to a ghastly Halloween contest. I am looking for the most creative, spooky, and fun Halloween drawings featuring the star of the month: Me!
As a part of our big update for Draw & Guess next year, youll be joined by Scarlet, a new addition to our game. To welcome her into the Draw & Guess universe, you're hereby cordially invited to this year's Halloween contest!

To participate:

Post your submission with the hashtag #DGHalloween2023 in the screenshot section on Steam or on the #share-drawings channel in our Discord server. [/olist] Be sure to submit your drawing by October 30th at 12 pm UTC. Any submissions violating the rules below will be removed and disqualified.

Rules:

• Sexist, racist, nudity, and NSFW submissions are not allowed. Keep it safe and respectful.
• Submissions must include Scarlet.
• Submissions must be created using Draw & Guess - any submissions using other software are not allowed.
• Submissions must include the hashtag #DGHalloween2023 to participate.
• Multiple submissions are allowed.

Once Scarlet selects the best submissions, winners will be announced on October 31st and will receive this very special Draw & Guess shirt including a never-seen-before design of another upcoming addition to the game.
To be eligible for prizes, winners will need to provide their postal address and agree to be contacted by a member of the Acureus team. Good luck and may the spookiest art win! If you want to follow up with Scarlet or the big update, keep an eye on our channels as we have some more news coming really soon!

[ 2023-10-06 13:00:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Today we don't have an update for you, but we want to announce some pretty exciting news about the future of Draw & Guess! We are thrilled to share with you what weve been working on for a while now. Aside from networking improvements, our team has been putting a lot of effort into developing a fully revamped version of the game! With this new version of Draw & Guess, were not only improving our current features, but were also updating the entire interface and adding new tools that have been long requested by our amazing community. The update will make the gaming experience more fluid and will also allow you to express your creative skills better. Among these changes, here are some spoilers: colour palettes, layers, sketchbook, and much more! We will share updates in the coming months, so make sure to stay tuned to our channels Today we will kick off by showing you a brand new addition: Colour Palettes!
This is still a work in progress so we would love to hear your thoughts. Feel free to share your feedback with us on our official Discord server! Our main priority with this update is to provide a better experience to our players. We really appreciate all your support to Draw & Guess so far and we hope you enjoy this update just as much as we are enjoying working on it! You can stay tuned to our Discord, Twitter, and TikTok as well continue to share our progress over time until were ready to make the update available to everyone.

Hello everyone! Many of you have reported issues with the user list in lobby drawing. The latest update from 29 August addresses these issue as follows:

• The contributor list is now scrollable
• Disconnected players are now reformatted so you can recognize them more easily
• Disconnected players names are now shown correctly to players who joined later

Hello everyone, Happy summer time! Heres a brief overview of the changes we have implemented recently: 1) Player list in-game can now be activated and deactivated with TAB, and does not automatically close when TAB is released anymore. 2) Added an additional Exit button for the player list. 3) Improved drawing capability: Unwanted spiking of lines reduced. 4) Added various stability improvements. Happy drawing! Team Acureus

Hello everyone, Here is an overview of the fixes and updates we have released in the last few weeks. - Return to lobby feature is back - Number of backbone servers has been increased - Using a touchscreen no longer deactivates other input system - Chat closing behaviour has been improved - Games start faster now - Host detection has been improved - Game now correctly registers all players being ready - Presentation phase now is shown completely even when the number of players decreases below the minimum - Wordlist detection and handling has been improved Thank you again for your patience as we continue working on the game. Team Acureus

Hello everyone, Beta features are now available as the main version of the game! For the time being the previous main version is still available as Draw & Guess (Legacy), as we closely monitor the effect on mainland China players. Compared to Draw & Guess Legacy, the new version includes (among others): - Greyscale colour picker - 2 additional game modes (Lobby Drawing, AI) - New sub-modes (Pixel Art, Gravity, Invisibility) The new version also includes: - Improved connectivity to the game - A fix for players suddenly being unable to draw during game rounds - A fix for matches being stuck - A fix for an issue with updates to specific wordlists Thank you for your patience and support! We will continue to keep a close eye on issues and will keep you updated as we implement fixes. Happy drawing!

Hello everyone, Here's a quick update of the changes implemented so far this week:

• Game now shows the actual chat key mapping next to the chat icon. You can change the key mapping in the main menu. It is highly recommended to use Enter, as the chosen key is also used to submit messages in the chat. I.e. if the chosen key for chat was "z", messages in chat must also be submitted using "z".
• Active players will now see alerts before the server will be shut-down for maintenance. There will be three alerts: 15 minutes, 5 minutes and final alert. The server will shut down immediately after the final warning, so make sure to save any of your progress before then.
• A fix was implemented for (Wacom) tablets not working in the game on Windows computers. You may have to activate "Windows Ink" for the stylus to work properly in the game. Thank you for your patience as we continue to work on the issues reported via our ticket system!

Hello everyone! Beta has undergone a major network update, and a new network solution has been implemented. Weve also solved a bunch of other issues, including some with the fill tool. While we cant promise no one will ever disconnect anymore, thanks to optimized reconnecting and host promotion, the game experience should be much better. Go check out Beta yourselves to see all the many added features and additional settings, like Pixel Art mode, Invisibility Mode and AI mode and of course our well-known Lobby Drawing! Thank you for your patience with the team. Stay tuned for more exciting (huge) updates coming this year!

Happy year of the Rabbit!

Good-bye Tiger, welcome Rabbit!

We have received so many amazing images, from line drawings to detailed paintings! Over hours the Halloween spirits have negotiated with each other and finally have decide to reward the top three entries! Here is their decision: The ultimate winner isXUANXUAN! Second place: Xie Hao Third place: PhEur A big thank you to all the participants in the Halloween contest! Your art work is amazing! dglove

Get out your spooky stylos, put on your magic hat and draw away! We are inviting you to a horrific competition until 31 October 2022, 12 am CET. To participate, enter Beta, start Lobby Drawing and create a Halloween-themed masterpiece. Dont worry, you can export your pictures if you want to take a break in between. In-game pictures from the main version also welcome! Once finished, post your ghastly work in the screenshot section with the hashtag #D&GHalloween. We will share those in Discord then! After end of submission we will perform a complex, hour-long ritual to find the one picture that pleases the spirits most. The winner will be announced 31 October 2022, 4 pm CET and will receive our special Draw & Guess sticker pack* with an original sketch from the D&G UI artist as well as 4 copies of our new game, Cave Guessers . Multiple submissions allowed. Sexist, racist, nudity or NSFW submission are not allowed. Keep it safe, people! Pictures submitted in violation of this rule will be deleted and won't participate in the competition. *postal address required

Hello everyone! We have rolled out an update to Draw & Guess that will now let you run either the Live or Beta version of the game during startup. In preparation of a larger update we have planned, our team has been hard at work completely revamping our multiplayer servers from scratch. We have been able to resolve many of the early issues with this system, though are still experiencing a few remaining bugs that can cause lobbies to drop out/players being unable to connect. To conduct necessary tests, we have updated the main game to the beta version, which includes: - Lobby Drawing - New networking system - More drawing tools - Variable brush sizes - A new AI Game Mode (Solo + Multiplayer) - Improved lobby browser - Greyscale Colours - Various bug fixes With previous rollouts, players that encountered bugs/issues to the point of disrupting gameplay were unable to revert to the previous version. From today, we will no longer overwrite the live version of the game, and instead will display a notification letting you know when we've made an update to Beta. We hope that this will help eliminate any disruptions during our update periods. Once we are confident that our Beta version is more stable than the live version, we will make the full upgrade! Thank you all for your support and happy drawing! (We have some very exciting things in store for you in the future ) - Draw & Guess Team

Hello! While we are diligently working on making the network solution of Beta more robust for release, the official version now has a 300-seconds game mode! This is for all you players who love to create big works of art. dglove As part of the update, we've also changed the 120-seconds mode to 150 seconds, and have tweaked Fast Mode a bit so a 300s image does not take minutes to show. Thank you for playing! If you want to already check out the features that will become available with the next major release, take a look at public Beta! Here's how to activate it: - Right-click on Draw & Guess in your game list. - Select Properties > Betas. - Pick beta DG Beta Branch from the drop down. The game automatically updates. Once it is done, it will display as Draw & Guess [beta] in your game list. TLDR: - New 300s game mode - 120s game mode changed to 150s - Fast Mode adapted to display complex pictures faster - Go check out Beta :)

Our public Beta now has a BUNCH of cool features for you to try out prior to official release: Different Networking logic includes host migration so games continue even if the host drops Lobby Drawing chill in the lobby by yourself or with friends Gravity Mode watch the lines you draw drop to the bottom Invisible Mode your lines disappear as you draw them, but reappear for the next player! NEW! Pixel Art Mode! Youve mastered your stick figures? How about PIXELATED stick figures?! NEW! POLISH localisation Tak to prawda! Draw & Guess jest ju dostpny w jzyku polskim! NEW! More flexible drawing time settings from 15 to 210 seconds, for speed artists and detail-oriented creators Reminder: To access Beta, just right-click on Draw & Guess in your game list, select Properties > Betas and pick beta DG Beta Branch from the drop down. The game automatically updates. Once it is done, it will display as Draw & Guess [beta] in your game list. Found any issues? Report them here: https://acureus.notion.site/d6d55dd3cb7e446abcdb50e968d23e72 Please note that you can always switch back to the main version. Beta players cannot play with main players and vice versa. Remember to follow us on Twitter for the latest news! >>> @Draw_Guess Thank you for your patience! We'll keep you updated as the journey continues.

Steam has just recently opened up nominations for the 2021 Steam Awards! From all of us at Acureus/Draw & Guess, we've been completely blown away by the love/support we've received from the community when launching earlier this year. From a game intended for a few hundred people, to now MILLIONS of players, we are incredibly humbled by the response so far. We've already expanded the team and are working hard to bring you all some HUGE exciting changes next year If you've enjoyed Draw & Guess, either with your own friends or new ones, we'd love for you to consider nominating us for the Better With Friends category! Whatever the result, thank you for being a part of this community and we can't wait to share all of the cool thing we've been working on with you!

Hello all, as all of you might have noticed, we rolled out our new network solution with some new features a few days ago and have been hotfixing it as good as we could as issues started popping up. We have rolled back the update for now and will investigate what causes the ongoing issues. We are very sorry for the inconveniences that appeared the past days, and thank you for your numerous reports and feedback. We hope you stay tuned - our goal is and always will be to bring you, our players, the best experience possible. The update will be back when we have figured stuff out. You can still opt in in the beta branch and try out the new version. Thank you!

We are moving out of beta! Please report any errors to us. :-) - New network solution! Comes with A LOT SHORTER lobby codes! - Lobby Doodling - draw alone or together with people in the lobby, and export the result as an svg file! - Gravity Mode - your lines fall down for total drawing mayhem! - Overdrive Mode - play more rounds in Chain mode than usually possible! - Shape Tool - Create filled shapes using this new tool! - Dropper Tool

Hello folks! Some exciting news :-) Some of you who have been with us in our Discord have already seen our announcement about a month ago, our invitation to join the public beta! We would now like to extend that invitation to you all so you can try out the new features and give us some feedback! If you right-click on Draw&Guess, select "Properties" and then "Betas", you can enter the code "betazureus123" to access our beta branch and try out the new features. Here are some highlights: - New network solution! Comes with A LOT SHORTER lobby codes! - Lobby Doodling - draw alone or together with people in the lobby, and export the result as an svg file! - Gravity Mode - your lines fall down for total drawing mayhem! - Overdrive Mode - play more rounds in Chain mode than usually possible! - Shape Tool - Create filled shapes using this new tool! - Dropper Tool Please keep in mind that in this beta, some localisations are still missing and some features are not thoroughly tested. Did you find a bug or something is not working? Report it here! >>> https://acureus.notion.site/d6d55dd3cb7e446abcdb50e968d23e72 Please note that you can always switch back to the main version. Also, beta players can not play with main players and vice versa. Also remember to follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! >>> https://twitter.com/Draw_Guess Thank you for your patience! We'll keep you updates as our Draw&Guess journey continues. :-)

Hello! Sorry, we deployed a broken patch yesterday (to fix the Discord link). It contained fragments of the upcoming beta ( ;-) ) that caused visual bugs. It is fixed with this patch. The new network solution as well as new features are coming very soon!

- Updated engines The new networking solution is progressing very quickly and so far it looks very promising! Please stay tuned and be patient a little while longer. :-) After we release the new networking and the mobile version, you can expect more game modes and other updates to Draw&Guess! Also, do you use LINE? Check out these cute Draw&Guess stickers! > https://line.me/S/sticker/16475892

- Added a line eraser tool - Added a button to the RGB panel to quickly select the Background Color, so you can draw over/"erase" with the background color Please note that the network version with this update changes - only players having the same version can connect to each other.

- Updated chinese translations - Lobby now takes player distance into account - Improved line rendering to reduce spikes and fragments - Lobby Counter now updates all in a batch - Main Menu minor redesign - Fixed incorrect line depth after a disconnect/reconnect happened

- Improved layout for 2-16 player mode We are frequently looking at the screenshots you people are posting. It's crazy how well you all draw! :-)

- Fixed missing translation for "Please enter room code" - Fixed players still able to paint while game is paused - Fixed Remaining Turn Count sometimes not displaying correctly

- Fixed a possible framerate issue - Fixed time not displaying correctly when game mode was changed - Fixed drawings sometimes being restored if you got the same word We are sorry about the bug that currently causes crashes during text input. It's still under investigation. Also, we're working hard on a mobile version & dedicated servers :-)

- Added traditional Chinese localisation. (Please note: They will share a lobby with users using simplified Chinese, and default word lists will be simplified Chinese for now) - Improved font quality for Chinese and Japanese

- In the game mode selection window, lobby hosts can now allow players to propose own words for the round - Available public lobbies per language are now displayed - Added a thin brush - Hosts can now enable to share the word lists they have so that party members can check them out - By pressing "TAB", you can now see who is in the game and look at their steam profiles - When a round is re-initialised after a disconnect, your drawing will be restored if the word you have to draw is not changed - Improved default spanish word list - Brush Selector now correctly colors with color chosen - Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented uploading workshop items - Fixed a bug that caused turn count to not be adjusted when players disconnected - Fixed a bug where lobby did not start with a low player count when a player disconnected, and immediately reconnected

- Improved support for Mac M1 - Updated Vector engine

- Prefer unencrypted connections for chinese lobbies to reduce package loss [Please do not use game chats to share sensitive information] We are aware of the ongoing networking issues in China. It's not an easy situation there as many people use VPN and the package loss is often high. However, we have plans to migrate to dedicated servers in a few months. (Sorry for the inconvenience - porting will take a while).

- Fixed a critical bug that caused the game to freeze when lobby voting was enabled, and the game changed to the Lobby scene

- Added a snail mode that gives players 2 minutes of drawing time - Many people asked for this, so here you go: Added a full color mode - Fixed a bug that caused the cursor to not reset to default after a disconnect - Fixed chat input being disrupted during presentation phase, when an automatic screenshot is taken

- Implemented a workaround to compensate a Steam bug that leaves ghost lobbies

- Added a lobby list for public joins that shows word lists - Fixed a bug that prevented new games from being started when players were returned to lobby after a disconnect

- Fixed a bug in the word editor (The "More?" button did not work) - Lobby Owners can now set whether other players can vote for game modes (default is off) - Fixed a bug that when a player reconnected in synchronous mode, they would not see lines drawn after their disconnect Next, we'll work on integration of Steam China (which will hopefully further improve connectivity issues) as well as the lobby list that many people have been asking for. :-) Stay tuned!

- Reconnect Attempts and "Wait for reconnect" can now be cancelled - Joins and Public Match Finder can now be cancelled - Lobby owners can now press "Escape" and choose to quit the game, or return to the lobby with every player Thanks to everyone who sent us logs and problem descriptions. :-)

- Fixed a bug where starting a new game after a failed reconnection caused the game to not initialise properly - Fixed a bug when a game was terminated during a Reconnection Wait, the timescale was not reset and no new games could be started - Fixed a critical issue where disconnecting during the vote phase would result in the game failing

- Fixed a bug where music would play in cases where it should not - Reconnection is no longer attempted when server/clients leave on purpose - Players can no longer draw / guess during reconnect waits in Sync Mode. However, players can chat (it will not be counted as a guess) - Lobby Settings and Game Mode preferences will now be saved and automatically voted

- Fixed a bug that caused audio volume settings to be ignored We are reading your reviews about connectivity issues, especially in China. We are sorry for the inconvenience; be assured that we would like to fix the situation. However, we can't fix them unless you tell us what went wrong. You can help us improve the situation by describing what you did, and sending us logs (to chikari@t-online.de). Find logs by pressing the "Logs" button in the bottom left corner of the main menu. Send the files "Player.log" and "Player-prev.log". ; chikari@t-online.de Player.logPlayer-prev.log

- Experimental Reconnects to avoid player drops for small network instabilities - "Join Public" now tries multiple lobbies - Players are now shuffled every round instead of reversed - Hopefully fixed Mac Startup Crash Please continue to give us detailed bug reports when you notice something weird. With this update, we hope to improve network stability.

- Fixed Stroke Order

- Re-enabled difficulty face for game modes - Fixed a bug where music would not resume after game was unpaused - Fixed issue in japanese localisation - Fixed Avatars and Colors getting stuck after many lobby reconnects - Improved verbosity of network issues to help bugfixing

Hello everyone and thank you for playing Draw&Guess. :-) Here is the changelog for this update:

• New game mode for 2-16 players: One player draws, everyone else can guess. The faster you guess, the more points you get!
• In the next 1-2 days, the game will support Steam Trading Cards - they will drop automatically as you play!
• When a game is cancelled due to too many player disconnecting, players are now returned to the lobby and get a notification instead of a sudden disconnect
• Timer is now visible even after you have submitted so you can see how much time is remaining
• Hosts can now pause the game
• There is now a time limit for voting on words and favourite images
• Redone Chinese localisation
• French default word list now without noun markers
• You can now use Ctrl-Z to undo the last stroke

• Fixed a bug where clicking on the small selector for brush options caused an undo action

- Fixed a bug that caused the game to freeze when a "favourite drawing" was awarded to a disconnected player Please note that someone pointed out that the Chinese localisation contained errors. The localisation is currently being overworked and will be updated in a few days.

- Fixed a really silly bug that prevented all disconnect logic from being executed. We apologise for that. PS: Voting Timeout and dedicated Game Pause are planned and will come soon :)

- Fixed ingame chat being cut off in some cases

- Fixed a bug that caused an "Invalid Room Code" error when the room code contained a zero (0)

- Updated Network Engine - Added small log button for easier retrieval of logs

- Increased lobby search range - Added button to view lobby player steam profiles for easier friend request sending - Lobby now displays rough time estimate for game given chosen settings

- Fixed a bug where a player looked like they weren't kicked (when they in fact were kicked) - Public Joins are more robust: Clients will no longer try to connect to a failed host twice

- Fixed a localisation issue in Japanese - Japanese word list is now extended with esehara's workshop item list. This adds 2500 words to the word list! (Thank you very much, esehara!)

- Further UI Optimizations - Fixed FR and ES localisations - Fixed incorrect detection of disconnects, resulting in game hanging - Fixed public post-Game lobbies not listed in Steam Matchmaking

- Adjusted to Steam security updates that resulted in users being displayed as unknown

- Automatic Screenshots can now be set to only screenshot own drawings - Players can now choose to specifically host or join public lobbies - Network is no longer shut down in lobbies, and players return to the lobby after a game - Added Italian localisation - Polished UI (Ingame Chat, Word Editor, Main Menu) - Fixed chat lines not fading when visible during auto screenshot - Fixed auto-reconnect to lobbies - Uses new Steam network stack

- Extended Korean Unicode Range to accomodate for more characters - Screenshot now ignores chat - Fixed a bug that caused windowed mode to be reset when automatic screenshots were enabled

- Players can now use and share room codes for direct joins - Added an option to the settings to automatically create screenshots during the presentation - Players are now prompted if they try to submit a blank response in the guess module - Fixed a bug that locked players in chat when chat was open just as guessing began

- Lobby hosts can now kick players from the lobby - Players can no longer enter Chat during the guess phase via "Enter" but have to click the Chat button. (to avoid accidently typing a guess in chat, or submitting chat as a guess) - Players can now update their workshop items via the editor - UI consistency improvements - Fixed custom word loader alignment in lobby - Fixed custom word word wrapping issue - Fixed bug that prevented users from scrolling their files in the word editor - Fixed Wait Box not staying until network connection has been established, preventing erroneous user behaviour while connection is being established

- The host (first) player can now lock the lobby in public matches - Players in public lobbies can now vote for the game mode. In private lobbies, the first player determines the game mode - Added a gamemode "Invisible Mode" where drawing strokes disappear a short time after you've drawn them - Added a very fast drawing mode where you only have 15 seconds for drawing - Added a gamemode with eight colors - Improved ingame chat functionality - Added a cute arrow that points towards our Discord community - Fixed a bug that caused multiple network connections to be established, resulting in all of them failing - Fixed a bug that caused a match freeze when a player disconnected after drawings or guesses were already submitted - Players can no longer draw or guess during the "get ready" phase

- Fixed a bug that allowed public players to enter private lobbies

- Fixed a path issue on Linux and Mac that prevented workshop submissions and word list saving - Fixed a bug that prevented display of more than 8 word lists We have a larger feature patch planned for next week or the week after - please stay tuned. :-)

- Added Russian localisation and wordlist - Delete Button during Draw Mode now needs to be pressed for a second before image is deleted - Changed Color Set - Players can now switch colors in lobbies - Fixed a bug that caused a freeze when the game started if a lobby player previously disconnected - Improved network robustness - Automatic recreation of lobbies when the first player (server) disconnects There are still some odd cases where networking fails. However, with this update, the networking should be a lot more reliable. Thank you for your patience.

We have left Early Access and celebrate it with a 20% discount! :-) We'd like to thank especially our japanese players for giving Draw&Guess a huge boost and the contribution of workshop items. Of course, that does not mean development will stop - if you have any ideas for features, please share them!

- Bugfixes - Improved support for 16:10 resolutions - Word List Editor - Steam Workshop Integration! We also added an english word list about "Food", and more will follow soon!

We are preparing to transition out of Early Access. Thank you all for all your feedback, especially to our japanese and chinese reviewers - we read it all! - Experimental Mac Support (not notarized) - Added a Discord button to our discord community - Fixed a translation bug for the Game settings - Added a "fast mode" to game settings to speed up the presentation - Added a settings menu to configure full screen and resolutions

- Disconnect more robust - Added Korean localisation

- Fixed sound not playing - Fixed player color suddenly changing for 2nd round - Fixed stroke sorting order - Preparations for korean localisation

- Added volume sliders - Fixed spanish flag not making a sound when clicked

- Improved network robustness

- Cleaned Japanese word list

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- Fixed Freeze after Round 1 (Sorry that this went by unnoticed for so long) - UI fixes - You can now add and load custom words by placing a text file in the "Custom" folder. The words should be maximum 15 characters long and you should at least have 50 words in the file. We've added animal lists for English, German and Japanese to get you started. :-)

- Lobby line break fix for Japanese - Hourglass should finally animate correctly - Ending Categorisation Bugfix