Sometimes, simple online multiplayer games are all a person needs: thinkDraw Something,Skribbl.io, orGartic Phone. These web games have opened a door of imagination and creativity for thousands, but with the rise of Generative AI, it was only a matter of time before it appeared in games like these. Canvas Ink. Games has done just that withLAIzy Picture Phone.
LAIzy Picture Phone is a party game where players create a prompt, something like “Rubber Ducks flying above a lake,” choose an image to share with others, and then attempt to guess what the prompt was. It’s the nature of AI that these games are inherently chaotic and tap into thebest of the party game genre. However, Canvas Ink. Games founder Eduardo Saffer Medvedovski told Game Rant atGamescom LATAMthat he’s not using AI to compete with anyone. Instead, he wants to add to the fun landscape that the genre already has.
Gartic Phone, Jackbox Games Gave Some Inspiration
Medvedovski described himself as someone who loves board games and party games. During the pandemic, he said he had a lot ofJackboxandGarticgame sessions. It was then that he thought it might be fun to create a similar game that plays with AI. Playing or looking atLAIzy Picture Phone, one might feel its familiar. They might compare it toGartic PhoneorJackbox, which Medvedovski confirmed that these multiplayer games did have some influence. However, the aim isn’t to compete or replace these games with the game’s AI; it’s just a different approach to the genre, standing out while honoring what came before.
We’re not here to replace or say thatLAIzy Picture Phoneis better than drawing games. It’s just a different way of being funny when you do drawing games and do prompt games
Mixing Together The Impossible
Developing a party game with Generative AI is certainly eye-catching, simply because of its reputation. Its most common use is in serious environments or inventing concepts, but a lot of AI art catches the eye…differently. In that, Canvas Ink. Games intends to capture the same fun between friends that possibles with any party game. It’s just different.
Our incentive is this, something that is fun between friends. Sometimes these images are common or use a crazyart style similar to surrealismor Picasso, and it’s always fun to mix things that are just impossible to mix.
Fans of classic party games likeJackboxor back-in-the-day mobile gameDraw Somethingmight find fun inLAIzy Picture Phone. At the end of the day, it’s about laughing with friends at Generative AI, and expanding the party game space in this way seems to be a wholesome use ofGenerative AI.
