Sketchful.io Rules

Although Sketchful.io has a built-in tutorial, this page can be seen as complimentary to the tutorial's rules, and also sets them out in more detail. While some rules of the game vary from lobby to lobby, these are the general rules of the game that apply to every lobby:


 * No cyberbullying! Be nice and respectful to other players.
 * Don't write out the word! Just draw your prompt. It's okay if your drawing doesn't look good as long as it matches the prompt. Writing little words like sound effects and speech bubbles which don't reveal the answer are generally fine, except in "No Writing" lobbies where you are not allowed to write on the canvas at all.
 * No spamming! It's annoying and will probably get you kicked out of the lobby by other players.
 * Don't give away very personal information such as your phone number, street address etc in publicly-viewable lobbies. Anyone in the lobby, including strangers and unsafe types, will be able to see it. Speaking of which...
 * Don't be creepy or overly lewd, and don't make NSFW drawings, especially in publicly-viewable lobbies. Many children and young people play the game and could be affected by such behaviour.
 * Don't abuse the profanity filter. In other words, don't try to change the letters of a filtered word, don't try to send an external link in the chat and don't filter-kick yourself on purpose.
 * Don't make lobbies that are only for chatting. These are against the rules because people tend to use these for roleplaying, lewd chats and other such behaviours. Free Draw lobbies are banned as well for the same reasons, although only temporarily until the next big update when a built-in special Free Draw gamemode will come about. This new mode will have a slowmode in the chat so as to prevent it from going sour.
 * Auto-drawers, bots and unapproved scripts are forbidden. They lead to unfair advantages and ruin the game experience.

Consequences of rule-breaking
If you break the rules, chances are that you might get kicked from the lobby by other players, the server host, or a moderator if there is one available. In the worst case scenario, you will be reported and banned from the game.

Report harmful rule-breaking
If you see very severe and harmful violations of the rules, report them to the moderators via Discord. You can let them know in #player-reports on the official Sketchful Discord server (join it from the homepage of sketchful.io), or just DM one of the moderators on their Discord.