My Zoom Game: ‘Just Sketch It!’

Let’s Draw

This is a simple game that’s inspired by Pictionary and Skribbl.io (an online version that I’ve been playing a lot recently). This fits the two-player constraint, but is also friendly for more friends!

The Set Up

For ease, we’ll say player one is the person with longer hair. To play this game, player one must share their screen and select the Whiteboard function of Zoom, allowing both players to write and see on the board.

The Rules

The goal is to have the artist have the guesser…guess what the image is!

To begin player one will be the artist and player two will be the guesser. The artist will choose any item they want to draw and try to have their partner guess the drawing. (Tip: to quickly choose an item to draw, just draw something in the room you’re currently Zooming from like a pencil, water bottle, dog, stuffed bear etc). The artist only gets 45 seconds to draw and the guesser can say as many guesses they want until they can correctly guess the item within the time limit.

To keep scoring simple, if the guesser is correct, the guesser receives +2 points and the artist receives +1 points. If the guesser doesn’t get it correct, nobody gets points.

You can play as many rounds as you want. For a short game, each player gets three chances to draw or three rounds of fun, and complete game!

General Zoom Tip

Drawing on the board is a bit asynchronous from when the guesser sees the image. Once you press to draw something you have to release for the line to show up on the whiteboard for the guesser. So for quick drawings, short lines/sketches are easier on the guesser rather than pressing and holding and trying to draw the item with one line.