''Quick, Draw!'' is an online

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developed and published by Google LLC that challenges players to draw a picture of an object or idea and then uses a

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to guess what the drawings represent. The AI learns from each drawing, improving its ability to guess correctly in the future. The game is similar to Pictionary in that the player only has a limited time to draw (20 seconds). The concepts that it guesses can be simple, like "water", or more complicated, like "camouflage".

Gameplay

In a game of ''Quick, Draw!'', there are six rounds. During each round, the player is given 20 seconds to draw a random prompt selected from the game's database whilst the

attempts to guess the drawing, similar to a game of Pictionary. A round ends either when the

successfully guesses the drawing or the

doesn't guess in the drawing in time. At the end of a ''Quick, Draw!'' match, the player is given their drawings and results for each round. They can also view the

's comparisons of their work with other player-given drawings, before either quitting or replaying.

Data Applications

* The ''Quick, Draw!'' dataset was used to train part of the app Spoken, which features a canvas that can recognize drawings and convert them to synthesized speech as a communication aid.

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