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# Guess the Movie

> Name the film as its poster sharpens from a blur

<Info>**Category:** Trivia · **Players:** free-for-all · **Status:** Stable</Info>

Each round shows a heavily blurred movie poster that sharpens over a few
seconds. Chat races to type the title — the first correct guess wins the round
and ends it. Play a set of rounds; the most titles named takes the crown.

## Gameplay

<Steps>
  <Step title="Watch the poster sharpen">
    A blurred poster appears and eases toward clear. The earlier you recognise
    it, the more of a jump you get on the room.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Type the title">
    Just type the film's name in chat — no command. Common variants and
    subtitles are accepted, so you don't have to match punctuation exactly.
  </Step>

  <Step title="First correct wins the round">
    The first correct guess ends the round and banks a point. The host then
    advances to the next poster, or reveals to move on if nobody gets it.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Late joiners are welcome between rounds — there's no elimination, so a viewer
arriving mid-set just starts scoring from the next round.

## How the reveal works

The round is a race against the blur: the poster starts unreadable and sharpens
toward clear, so recognising it early is the whole skill.

<Frame caption="The poster sharpens from a blur; the first to type the title wins the round">
  <img className="block dark:hidden" src="https://mintcdn.com/livehub/rxLM0Xvl5AlVtm-w/images/games/movie-reveal.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=rxLM0Xvl5AlVtm-w&q=85&s=cbc6afdd8a0f067c56a1b4ffe6d2c56e" alt="A movie poster sharpening across four steps from blurred to clear, with the last marked winner" width="860" height="214" data-path="images/games/movie-reveal.svg" />

  <img className="hidden dark:block" src="https://mintcdn.com/livehub/rxLM0Xvl5AlVtm-w/images/games/movie-reveal-dark.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=rxLM0Xvl5AlVtm-w&q=85&s=5988267e06f559164a983d311d33346a" alt="A movie poster sharpening across four steps from blurred to clear, with the last marked winner" width="860" height="214" data-path="images/games/movie-reveal-dark.svg" />
</Frame>

* **Earlier is better.** There's no per-step scoring, but the first correct
  guess ends the round — so reading the poster while it's still fuzzy is how you
  beat the room.
* **Forgiving matching.** The title is checked loosely: common alternate titles
  and subtitles count, and case and punctuation don't matter.
* **The answer stays hidden.** The title isn't in the live data until the round
  ends, so it can't leak early.

## Configuration

| Option                | Values                                  | Default       |
| --------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| **Round length**      | seconds the poster takes to sharpen     | 15s           |
| **Fast-forward gift** | a gift that skips seconds of the reveal | Off until set |

**Round length.** How long a poster takes to ease from full blur to clear. A
shorter round makes each poster a tighter reaction test.

**Fast-forward gift.** Optional — off until the host configures it. When set,
sending the gift skips seconds off the sharpening curve for the whole room (see
[Gifts](#gifts)).

## Layout

<Frame caption="Guess the Movie — play surface">
  <img className="block dark:hidden" src="https://mintcdn.com/livehub/vMXRdNH3i0sK6lNA/images/games/guess-the-movie.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=vMXRdNH3i0sK6lNA&q=85&s=c033da1fd9bd88be195e11541b1331c1" alt="Labeled layout of the Guess the Movie play surface" width="860" height="436" data-path="images/games/guess-the-movie.svg" />

  <img className="hidden dark:block" src="https://mintcdn.com/livehub/vMXRdNH3i0sK6lNA/images/games/guess-the-movie-dark.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=vMXRdNH3i0sK6lNA&q=85&s=2dfd8c32c4fe42d46e56ff8b0ec3494f" alt="Labeled layout of the Guess the Movie play surface" width="860" height="436" data-path="images/games/guess-the-movie-dark.svg" />
</Frame>

1. **Marquee** — game title and how-to hint.
2. **Round + gift strip** — round number, and the fast-forward gift when configured.
3. **Poster** — the blurred poster, sharpening over the round.
4. **Leaderboard** — players ranked by titles named.
5. **Guess pill** — the live count of guesses this round.

The game moves through **Lobby → Round → Revealed → Finished**.

## Gifts

Guess the Movie's gift is a cooperative **fast-forward** — it sharpens the poster
faster for everyone, and never picks a winner. It's off unless the host sets it.

<Frame caption="Each gift skips seconds off the sharpening curve — bigger gifts skip more">
  <img className="block dark:hidden" src="https://mintcdn.com/livehub/rxLM0Xvl5AlVtm-w/images/games/reveal-fastforward.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=rxLM0Xvl5AlVtm-w&q=85&s=ea5a462c044a9f7cdf0f1deba23f8cb8" alt="A reveal timeline with a marker pushed forward, and a cost-ordered ladder of gifts skipping seconds" width="860" height="210" data-path="images/games/reveal-fastforward.svg" />

  <img className="hidden dark:block" src="https://mintcdn.com/livehub/rxLM0Xvl5AlVtm-w/images/games/reveal-fastforward-dark.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=rxLM0Xvl5AlVtm-w&q=85&s=64de549442c06bfb1239ce755dc32935" alt="A reveal timeline with a marker pushed forward, and a cost-ordered ladder of gifts skipping seconds" width="860" height="210" data-path="images/games/reveal-fastforward-dark.svg" />
</Frame>

* Each configured gift **skips seconds** off the poster's sharpening, jumping
  the reveal forward for the whole room.
* Bigger gifts skip more — a typical ladder is Rose 3s, Heart 3s, Galaxy 8s,
  Lion 20s.
* It only speeds up the reveal; the round is still won by the first correct
  guess.

## Scoring

* Each round won adds one to your per-streamer win count (which drives
  [avatar ring tiers](/games/leaderboards)).
* The most titles named across the set wins; ties are shipped as co-winners.
* Wins are tracked per streamer.