Hosting a game

Open the lobby

In Quizzes, press Host on a quiz, or Host this quiz in the editor. Choose the game’s settings, then press Open the lobby:

• Pacing: I move the game on lets you decide when each question comes; Automatic moves on by itself, and you can still skip or pause.
• Images: Smooth or Protected. See Images and video clips.
• Streak bonus: +100 points for each right answer in a row after the first, up to +500.
• Late joining: players can still join after the game starts, until the last question.
• Player limit: leave it empty for the most your team allows.
• Join form: ask players for details before they join. See Join forms and attendee details.
• Nicknames: let players choose, or give everyone a friendly generated name.
• Shuffle the questions: a new order for this game. Info slides stay where they are.
• Winners to reveal: how many players the podium reveals at the end, one at a time: from 1 to 10, or 3 if you leave it.

Bring players in

The console shows the game’s PIN, a QR code and a link. Players open play-dev.tarmtorb.com on their phone and type the PIN, scan the code, or tap the link. Share to LINE sends the link to a LINE group. See Joining a game for what players see.

The big screen

Open the big screen opens the presenter screen in a new window, for a projector or a TV: the PIN and QR code while players join, then each question, the answers and the leaderboard, and at the end the winners on the podium. Press Full screen on it. You can open and close it at any time; the game doesn’t depend on it, because phones show everything too.

On the big screen, the space bar or → moves on, P pauses, and M turns the music on or off.

The big screen plays music in the lobby and while players answer, and sounds when the answers are revealed. Browsers play sound only after a click on the page: if the big screen shows Click to turn on sound, click it. The music and speaker buttons next to Full screen turn the music and the sounds off.

Run the game

1. Press Start the game once everyone is in.
2. Each question shows on its own for a moment, then its answers appear and the time starts. The console shows how many players have answered.
3. The answer is revealed when the time is up or everyone has answered. Reveal the answer shows it sooner.
4. Then Show the leaderboard, and Next question.
5. After the last question, Show the winners. The podium starts with every place a mystery, and you reveal them one at a time, from the last of the winners up: Reveal 3rd place, Reveal 2nd place, then Reveal the winner, who comes after a drumroll. Then Finish.

Each phone shows its player’s own result once the podium reaches them; players below the winners see theirs once the winner is out. In an automatic game, the places come out one by one by themselves.

You can Pause at any time, and End the game early: scores so far are kept.

Anyone on your team with the Host role can open the same console from Games, as a co-host. The console keeps your screen on while a game runs.

When the game ends, see Results and reports.