Draw & Guess News

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!

We’ve 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*:

✨兔子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.

Don’t forget to check out all the cool admissions by searching for “DGHalloween2024” in the screenshots section. And if you didn’t 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 today’s 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 you’re ready for an epic night (or day) of streaming!

[h3]For all you non-streamers, here’s what else we put into this update:[/h3]
- Added support for pixel art in sketchbook
- When game settings are changed, a system message is now displayed in chat, and players are set to “unready” for significant changes
- Added a “save” button to sketchbook so images can be saved without closing the draw module
- 0-9 can now be used as shortcuts to access palette colors
- Significantly improved game load times when users had many stored matches in their matchbook
- Optimised layout for Whisper-games in match-history
- UI fixes
- Added seasonal designs and special new characters!!

[h3]Once upon a time~📜[/h3]
Ink spirits have been haunting papers and scrolls for centuries. They used to be EVERYWHERE – drifting from quill to parchment, spreading their inky magic and making mischief while people scribbled away. These digital days they hide away in dusty boxes, lurking on filled pages and whispering in forgotten journals… or find a new home in Draw & Guess!

[h3]We invite you to draw these Ink spirits in all their inky glory – for a chance to win a very special prize![/h3]

🖋️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 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) 👹
  

✨ Awesome Prizes

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

⏰ Important Dates

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

[h3]Now grab your brushes, unleash your inner ink master and draw away! May your lines never smudge! 🎨
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- fixed a crash on startup that prevented some users from playing the game