Telephone pictionary – the game where you draw something, your neighbor writes down what it is, his neighbor tries to draw it, and on and on until your original idea has been hilariously distorted – is now available online as Doodle or Die. Now with thousands of players, the game was created during a weekend-long programming competition called Node Knockout, where it took home the prize of “most fun.” Cofounders Dylan Greene and Aaron Silverman, who were developers at Opower lacking in the art-skills department, decided to create a game where players would make the art. A plainer version of telephone pictionary online is The Sentence Game. Doodle or Die is also similar to Draw Something, a game owned by Zynga where you draw objects and your partner has to guess them. After the programming competition, Doodle or Die spiked in popularity – which created some problems. Silverman recalls: The Doodle or Die team is based in DC, and the game is free to play. Doodle or Die was a showcased startup at last night’s Tech Cocktail DC mixer.
