Pixelary.
Description
Pixelary is a drawing and guessing game on Reddit: you pick a word, paint on a 16×16 pixel canvas, and the community guesses what it is. It's asynchronous, with no need to be online at the same time.
I created the first version in November 2023 for a hackathon at Reddit; it grew to have a large following on r/Pixelary. The codebase is open source.
The act of playing propels the game forward: drawings become posts and guesses become comments, so the game keeps surfacing in the feed after individual posts fade. I emphasized a first screen that changes with every post, and a narrow set of clear actions.
You can read more about the design and platform in the Reddit for Developers blog.
