Pictionary where the guesser is an AI. You get a word, draw it on a 32×32 pixel grid, and the AI tries to guess it — no letters allowed (an OCR referee blocks cheaters). Pick your guesser from Rookie to Master tier: smarter models guess better but cost more credits. Lose hearts on misses, climb the leaderboard, and try guessing other players' drawings in the gallery. Free in the browser, no install, play as a guest — or plug in your own OpenAI/Anthropic/Google key.
This started with a simple curiosity. I was doodling pixel art one day and wondered: how abstract can a drawing get before an AI stops recognizing it? A 32×32 grid doesn't leave much room for detail. Would a vision model still see a "giraffe" in a few dozen yellow blocks?
So I turned the experiment into a game. You get a word, draw it in 32×32 pixels, and an AI tries to guess it. It turns out the models are surprisingly good at reading rough, blocky shapes, and sometimes hilariously wrong.
AI guessing your drawings isn't new. I remember playing things like Google's Quick, Draw! years ago. But I'd never seen it done with pixel art.
I finished the whole works in 2 hours with claude code.
It's free, runs in the browser, and you can play as a guest. I'd love to know: what's the most abstract drawing the AI still got right, or the word it completely failed on?
Hey everyone 👋 I'm the maker of Catcha Play.
This started with a simple curiosity. I was doodling pixel art one day and wondered: how abstract can a drawing get before an AI stops recognizing it? A 32×32 grid doesn't leave much room for detail. Would a vision model still see a "giraffe" in a few dozen yellow blocks?
So I turned the experiment into a game. You get a word, draw it in 32×32 pixels, and an AI tries to guess it. It turns out the models are surprisingly good at reading rough, blocky shapes, and sometimes hilariously wrong.
AI guessing your drawings isn't new. I remember playing things like Google's Quick, Draw! years ago. But I'd never seen it done with pixel art.
I finished the whole works in 2 hours with claude code.
It's free, runs in the browser, and you can play as a guest. I'd love to know: what's the most abstract drawing the AI still got right, or the word it completely failed on?