About DrawDuel.io
A drawing game with an AI judge, built by one person who can’t really draw.
What it is
You and one other person get the same word and ninety seconds. You can see each other’s canvas the whole time! When the clock runs out, an AI called Judge Bob picks a winner and says why. Your rating moves and you can go again. A duel takes about two minutes in a browser tab. If you’d rather choose your opponent, a party runs on a code and seats up to 5 on the same prompt.
It’s built for people who can’t really draw and will have a go anyway. The other canvas fills in beside yours as they draw, so you usually know by halfway whether you’re in trouble.
Why it exists
Most drawing games put you in a lobby where one person draws and everyone else guesses, so you spend half the round waiting. DrawDuel is the two-minute version: one opponent, one word, and a result that counts.
The ladder is the heart of it. Every queue duel moves your rating, and the leaderboard is that same rating. Party rounds sit outside it and pay XP and coins, because the people you invite shouldn’t decide your league. Climbing it is most of the fun!
Free to play
DrawDuel.io is free, there is nothing to buy, and no ads run on it today. That probably won’t last forever. When it changes it will be some ads and some cosmetic things to buy.
None of it will affect who wins a duel. A better score or a higher rank will never be for sale, because the ladder stops meaning anything once you can pay your way up it.
Who’s behind it
One person. The code and the art come from the same hands, which is why the whole site is in the same wobbly pen.
The terms and privacy pages name a company, 5Head Labs Pty Ltd. That’s the same one person. It’s the structure you need to take a payment and pay tax properly.
Being one person will show. Bugs stay open longer than they should. At quiet hours you may wait a while for an opponent. A reply might take a day.
The upside is that you’re talking to the person who can fix it. If you’ve hit a bug or want to argue a verdict, reach out on our Discord at https://discord.gg/BcbP9aSz7M. Every message gets read, and yes, you can argue that your cat should have won!