My Tizen multiplayer drawing game flopped, but then hit 100M drawings
Hi HN, I built the first version of Drawize back in late 2016 specifically for a Samsung Tizen OS app contest. I crunched and built the whole thing (including the real-time multiplayer engine) in under 4 weeks. It didn’t win anything in the contest. Since it was built with web tech anyway, I published it on the open web in early 2017 just to see what would happen. It started living its own life, and today — 8 years later — the database processed the 100,000,000th drawing. On the busiest days it’s been 30k+ active users, and storing 100M drawings currently sits at ~3.16 TB. The milestone…
My Tizen multiplayer drawing game flopped, but then hit 100M drawings launched on December 16, 2025 with 39 votes, #469 of 11,628 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Drawize is a real-time multiplayer drawing game where users collaborate and create sketches together online. Built with web technology and launched publicly in 2017, it has accumulated 100 million drawings across its database. The platform supports thousands of concurrent players on its busiest days and uses a backend designed for speed and efficiency. It appeals to anyone interested in casual collaborative drawing and creative play.
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From the sources
Quick, draw it and guess! Drawize is a free, sleek multiplayer drawing game like online Pictionary — play with friends in your browser, no download.
🎓 Quick Draw It & Guess — Drawing Games ⓘ ★ 4.5 (748) ? X REAL ROUND REPLAY REAL ROUND REPLAY Ava is drawing The answer is still hidden. Leo duck Max swan Mia flamingo +100 Please select a word to draw! 8 Ava is choosing a word… Artist's turn volcano flamingo ✓ castle Mia guessed it! flamingo +100 Think you can guess it faster? Join a live game and find out. Next round: you? Join the next live round. Would you get it? Join a live game and find out. DRAW. GUESS. LAUGH. One click. One live game. Jump into a live round Can you guess before Mia? circle pig cat Next drawing has real players. YOU Your seat is ready Join a live game with players online DRAW. GUESS. LAUGH. Play live…from drawize.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN, I built the first version of Drawize back in late 2016 specifically for a Samsung Tizen OS app contest. I crunched and built the whole thing (including the real-time multiplayer engine) in under 4 weeks. It didn’t win anything in the contest. Since it was built with web tech anyway, I published it on the open…
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