🎬 Charades Live

Tilt-to-pass party charades. Hold the phone to your forehead — tilt forward to skip, tilt back when your team guesses it.

What is Charades Live?

A modern, browser-only charades game with phone-tilt detection. Add up to 8 teams, pick categories from 8 packs (Movies, Animals, Famous People, Action Verbs, Songs, In a House, Foods, Slang & Internet — 520+ words total), set round duration (60/90/120s), and play. Hold the phone to your forehead with the screen facing the room: your team shouts hints, you tilt the phone forward to skip an impossible word, tilt back when they guess right. Tap zones at top and bottom work as a fallback on every device. Live timer, color-flash feedback, vibration cues, round-by-round scoreboard, and a final winner card with native share. Family Lock PIN (shared with The Gauntlet) auto-locks the Slang category. Zero backend, fully offline-capable.

How to Use

  1. Add at least one team — type a name and hit Enter (up to 8)
  2. Pick categories — Movies, Animals, Famous People, Verbs, Songs, House, Foods, Slang
  3. Choose round duration (60s / 90s / 120s) and points-to-win
  4. Tap "Start round" — pass the phone to the actor and lock landscape
  5. Actor holds phone to forehead, screen facing the room
  6. Team shouts hints — actor tilts back when correct, forward to skip
  7. After the round, commit the score and pass to the next team
  8. First team to your win goal takes it — share the result card

Frequently Asked Questions

How does tilt detection work?

On supported phones (iOS 13+ requires permission, Android works automatically) the tool reads the DeviceOrientation API to detect when the phone tilts forward (skip) or back (got it). After each detection there is a 1.1-second cooldown and the phone must return to roughly level before the next action fires. Tap zones at the top and bottom of the screen work on every device as a fallback.

Why does the tilt sometimes not register?

Browser orientation events are noisy. We use the larger of beta and gamma to handle landscape and portrait holds, and require a return to neutral between actions. If detection feels off, just use the tap zones — they always work.

How many words ship with the tool?

520+ words across 8 categories, with an LRU dedup that resets only when the active pool is exhausted. Each category has 60–75 entries.

Can I play on a tablet or laptop?

Yes. Tap zones work on any touch or click device. Tilt detection requires a phone with motion sensors.

Why is my Slang category locked?

You set a Family Lock PIN (shared with The Gauntlet across the games shelf). Slang and adult-leaning categories are locked to Safe content while the PIN is active.

Is anything sent to a server?

No. Teams, settings, and round history all live in your browser only.

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