Movie Barcode, the movie barcode game for streams.
Movie Barcode is a movie barcode game for live streams: your chat sees a whole film squashed into color stripes and races to name it. Every frame becomes one stripe, so a thriller looks cold and blue and a desert epic glows orange.
At a glance
Type the film's title in chat or on your phone.
Which film is this?
Hint: a desert planet, 2021What is a movie barcode?
A movie barcode is every frame of a film squashed into one stripe of its average color. In this game, chat sees it, the clock starts, and the first right answer scores the most. The blog explains how to make a movie barcode with FFmpeg.
How does a round work?
- A barcode appears with a 40 second timer.
- Viewers guess in chat (Upstream.so) or on their phone (OBS and other apps).
- A hint drops in partway, like the year.
- Small typos, capitals and "the" don't matter.
- You hit reveal. The fastest right answer gets a bonus.
Round 2 of 5kiki+480Revealin 12 sWhy does it work on stream?
It takes one sentence to explain and needs no rules. Film fans show off, everyone else shouts wild guesses, and guests play from their phone. Once a day it is the daily puzzle, and the blog has 9 more ways to play a guess the movie game.
Play it with chat or phones.
Movie Barcode is a guessing game, so it works both ways.
Your chat plays by typing. YouTube, Twitch, Kick and Rumble chat land on one scoreboard, on Upstream.so's free plan too.
Add the game as a browser source. Viewers scan the code on screen and play from their phone. Free, no app, no account.
Guests join from their phone in every setup, and their answers stay secret until you reveal them.
Scoring. Answers count by the moment they were sent, so a slow chat never decides who was first.
More guessing games
If your chat likes Movie Barcode, these play the same way.
Zoom Out
A photo starts zoomed in and pulls back. Name it first.
ApprovedEmoji Decode
Name the movie, song or show from a row of emojis.
ApprovedPrice Check
Guess the price. Closest answer wins the round.
Chat vs Host
You answer in secret. Chat guesses what you said.
Questions
What is a movie barcode?
An image made from every frame of a film, each squashed into one stripe of its average color, placed side by side from start to finish.
Is it hard?
Rounds start with famous films and well known color palettes. Each barcode comes with a hint, and you can choose easy or film nerd packs.
How do viewers answer?
In Upstream.so they type in chat. In OBS, Streamlabs or Meld they scan the code on screen and answer on their phone.
How is the winner picked?
By the moment an answer was sent. The first right answer gets a bonus, and every right answer scores.
By Mario Jankovic, cofounder of Upstream.soUpdated
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