what is dumbwood?
Dumbwood started as an AI generated dumb charades game and evolved into a AI assisted gameshow creator. Anyone can create a gameshow with the help of generative AI. However The first few months it is invitation only. You need a onboarding code to create a game show or participate in the competitions. Competitions are sponsored by local businesses. Onboarding code will be posted on the social media website of the participating business.
How did I create a gameshow?
A gameshow comprises of a sequence of games. The games can be of different types or of same type. For example you can create a game show with just Trivia and charades. There are no pre made games. Each game needs to be created by you. Our generative AI tools will make this process really easy. Once You have created individual games, you select multiple games to create and save a gameshow.
How many players can participate in a gameshow?
Our games are supposed to be played in small Venues like living rooms and similar sized room at a business location. Causal game nights organized instantly or party planned in advance upto 8 people can play these games comfortably
I am organizing a birthday party. Do I have to schedule a gameshow?
Since we do not provide any pre-made games. You need to plan your party or game night. If you are new to the site we recommend scheduling a party or game night. Once you have created few games or gameshows and run a gameshow and comfortable with the app, you can run the gameshows without creating a schedule. Creating a schedule as other benefits. You can invite someone else to create the gameshow for you. You can also invite a talent for a segment of a gameshow to make it more interesting and fun.
How do I run the gameshow?
Once you have created a gameshow and scheduled it, You will see it on the gameshow player. Gmaeshow player is typically run on the television. Simply open the browser on the television and enter dumbwood.com/player. You will need to login for the player to have access to the gameshow you have created and scheduled. The gameshow player will run a countdown timer when the gameshow time is near. The Player will also display code for the controllers to connect to. Controller is a simple app or page that is run from your mobile phone. In your mobile phone browser to dumbwood.com/controller. Enter the code to connect the controller to the player. Now you can Play, Pause or Select the options displayed on the game show.
Can friends join from a remote location?
No. This is not technical limitation. However the games are designed to be played from a single location. Multiple players can connect to the game through the controller
How many controllers can connect to the TV?
Since it is a group game, it is enough to have one or two controllers connect to the television. for Some games a limit of 4 controllers might be enforced. In this case we recommend creating a team of 4 and one person each team can use the controller.
Do I need to Login to use the controller?
No. There is no Login option for the controllers. To use a controller simply enter the code displayed on the TV and connect.
Who can create a Competition?
Competitions are created by (for) theaters to promote an upcoming movie. Other businesses welcome to use the site to promote their product or service through competions.
What is required to Launch a Competition?
Currently you can launch two types of competitions. Both competitions are designed to promote an upcoming movie. In the theater Social media page ask a poster to be created that relates to the upcoming movie. No need to create an exact replica of an existing poster. We strongly discourage creating exact replica. A teaser competition takes this one step further. Using the poster created and with some instructions it creates a 6 second video. Same concept a video that conveys or relates to the upcoming movie or prequel to this. Theaters that want to run the competitions, first register as a business on the site. Business name and Business Logo and Business Email required. Each business will be assigned a code. This code will be used to as onboarding code to the site. And all submissions will be sent to the email associated with the onboarding code.
Running the competition?
Theaters can run competitions every three weeks when new movie is screened. Other businesses can decide a frequency that best fits their product or service.
What are typical prizes for winners?
Prize can be a gift certificate or membership to the business.
what is the cost for running the competition?
There is no cost to business to run completions at present. We are planning to keep this free as our revenue model does not depend on charging businesses for running the competitions. However this could change as things evolve.