Mini games and rooms

The mini games page lays every game out as a tile. Tap one and its name appears in the bar at the top; that bar follows you as you scroll, so you can start straight from wherever you are in the list.

• A game marked as ranked is one that supports rated matches
• Community games are games other players built and had approved — once you are signed in they sit in the same grid
• The start bar, creating a room and entering a code only appear once you are signed in

A room you open yourself is always casual. Rated matches are only opened through matchmaking, and a room cannot be switched from casual to ranked.

1. 1Pick a game and press start — the room is created and you go straight into it
2. 2Tap the room code at the top of the room to copy the invite link. Anyone who opens that link lands in the same room
3. 3If you only have the code, type the six characters into the join box on the mini games page and enter

In the lobby everyone toggles their own ready state, and the round starts once all players are ready. The host can change the game, add or remove practice bots, and remove a player from the lobby.

• Changing the game resets ready states and clears practice bots
• Rounds played with practice bots are not recorded
• Room codes are not case sensitive

A player you remove cannot rejoin that room. There is no undo, so check before you press it.

Finished rounds can be watched again. Inside a room use the replay button at the top; from outside, type the code into the join box on the mini games page and press replay. You can only open replays of rooms you took part in.

• Play and pause, scrub to any point, and switch between 1×, 2×, 4× and 8× speed
• The board is a spectator view — clicking it does nothing to the round
• The leaderboard and the event list only show what had happened up to the point you are watching
• Community games cannot be re-rendered; only their score changes show up on the leaderboard

Replays are kept for seven days after the room ends. After that they are gone, so watch anything you want to keep within that window.

Studio is where you upload a mini game you built yourself. Fill in a name, an icon and the game code, and the upload is submitted for review. The build guide explains how to write one, and there is a link to it at the top of Studio.

• Pick one of the preset emoji as the icon, or upload an image (png, jpg, webp or gif, 512KB max)
• The game is a single JavaScript file and must stay under 2MB
• Preview it on your own before uploading, and start from the sample code if you like

Your code is scanned automatically on upload. Outside network calls, dynamic code execution, and access to cookies or browser storage are rejected even when they only appear in a comment, so leave them out entirely. Scores are tallied by the server, so a score inflated on the client is not counted.

An afterparty that follows a broadcast uses the same room screen. When a round ends in an afterparty room, the button back to the lobby is replaced by one that opens the afterparty results.

• The results screen shows that room's code and a way back into the room
• When results are ready, you can carry them over to the weekly festival