Paint, draw, and share your creations with others! ArtClash is currently in early access, with more features on the way.
We're not Sketchbook, Photoshop, Procreate, or Infinite Painter. We are ArtClash.
ArtClash is designed to inspire daily drawing, sketching, and cartooning practice.
This is a work in progress, with the first game complete, and many more to come. You can freehand draw, choose from a variety of topics or topic series, set optional constraints (time limits, color palettes, canvas size), create your artwork, and earn points when others correctly guess your drawing!
This is a solo project, created for my wife and me to practice daily, and to encourage others to do the same.
Current Features:
- Paint, sketch, and blend tools.
- Import images for reference or to paint over.
- Participate in themed drawing challenges with constraints for extra points.
- Six difficulty levels for topics, ranging from single words to five-word phrases (nouns, verbs, places, time periods).
- Three constraint options for added challenge: time, color palette, or canvas size.
- Free drawing mode with sharing capabilities.
- NSFW flag for content filtering.
Current Early Access Issues/Bugs:
- UI: The Unity UI is currently being overhauled with XAML for improved responsiveness.
- Performance: On lower-end devices, canvases should be kept under 1024x1024 pixels. The brush engine is GPU-accelerated but performance decreases significantly with large canvases and small brushes. Engine optimization is underway.
Upcoming Features:
- Additional games (starting with a drawing-based "telephone" game).
- Enhanced social features (customizable avatars, comments, friend lists, following).
- Improved UI and a faster brush engine.
- Marquee selection and transform tools.
- Expanded brush library (custom brush support).
- Advanced layer system (locking transparent pixels, masking, etc.).
- Developer communication system (feature requests, bug reports, voting).
- Moderation system.
- User-submitted topics and constraints (after moderation).
- Future expansion to include full image editing, animation, scripting, and game/storyboard prototyping.
Due to performance limitations with large textures and the current lack of full editing features, ArtClash is not intended as a complete image editing suite. It is optimized for social competition and creative encouragement.
