Play together
Rooms where friends race on the same board, live leaderboards, profiles, and the rules that keep it all friendly. It all runs in Exitwise today.
Rooms
Race 2 to 8 friends on the same boards, each on their own phone or computer, at the same time.
- Create a roomThe host gets a 6-character code and picks the difficulty, the world, the lives and how many games to play, up to 20.
- Invite friendsShare the code, the QR code or the invite link. On Android the link opens the app; on a computer or an iPhone it opens the browser game, already in the room.
- RaceAfter a 3-2-1 everyone gets the same board. Finishing first scores the most, and the hearts you keep and your time count too.
- PodiumAfter the last game a podium shows the winners. Play again keeps everyone together, and the match goes into each player's history.
Under the hood
- Fair on a slow connection
- Each board is built from the room code, so nothing on it has to travel over the network, and every player's own clock times their run.
- One link, every device
- Android App Links open the game straight from the invite; everyone else lands in the browser game, in the room.
- The room carries on
- If the host leaves or goes quiet, the player who joined first takes over.
- Made to share
- Every match is kept in your history, with a results picture sized to show whole on Instagram, WhatsApp and Viber.
Leaderboards
Every level has its own board, ranked by the fewest hearts lost and then the fastest time. Only clean runs count: no continues and no powerups.
Four global boards rank everyone in the game. This page reads them live from the game's database, with no sign-in.
The top 100 on every boardPoints for every level won: fewer hearts lost and faster wins earn more.
Profiles
Pick a name and one of 12 avatars the first time you open a leaderboard. Tap anyone's row to see their stats and the maps they've published.
- Names that stay put3 to 16 letters, digits or _, unique, and yours for good once saved.
- Your own pictureOn Android, players signed in with Play Games can use a photo. Each one is re-encoded and checked by Google Cloud Vision before anyone sees it.
- Your data, your call"Delete my leaderboard data" removes your name, picture, results and stats.
Moderation
Anything players make, from names and pictures to whole levels, can be reported. The rules are short, and they're public.
- Names
- A filter refuses rude words and reserved names, even when they're spelled with digits or underscores.
- Pictures
- Checked before anyone sees them, and players whose pictures keep being taken down can't upload any more.
- Reports
- Report a name, a picture or a map. Reporting a player also blocks them on your device at once.
- Three reports
- A picture comes down, a name is removed and its owner picks a new one, and a map is hidden until we've looked at it.
- Custom maps
- Creators accept the map rules first, the game checks every map can be cleared, and the creator clears it before it goes public.
- Just for you
- Block a player or hide a creator's maps. Nobody else is told.
Custom maps
Players build levels in the game's own editor: 5 to 40 cells each way, any of the 49 board shapes and 17 world looks, and every block the levels use. A check bar spots stuck arrows at once and rates the map from Easy to Expert.
Published maps get a share code, a rating, a clear rate and a leaderboard of their own, and the Creators board ranks whose maps are played the most.
Custom maps in the wiki
Coming next
The same rooms and profiles, shared by every VGraphics game, and games built around the TV.
VHub
One account for every VGraphics game and app: one name and picture, a level and XP earned in every game, achievements, friends, and invites to rooms.
Party games for the TV
Παλέρμο Νουάρ (Palermo Noir) and Quizfall. Phones are the controllers and the TV is the main screen, and the game runs the show, so the host gets to play too.
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