Pass The Canvas
Collaborative tile-by-tile drawing app with real-time multiplayer
Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant
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- Neptune - Archived
Bloat
90/500Where it landed on the scale
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Summary
Pass The Canvas is a live, working multiplayer drawing game built for a contest. It has a clear concept, but no sign of payment, a business model, or any activity after launch day. It is a well-made toy with little defensibility.
Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.
Breakdown
Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.
Viability
Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?
A fun party-game concept with no identifiable paying user or monetisation path; no pricing, payments, or follow-up shows it as a business.
14/100
Rubric 0–20No clear problem or user. A toy, a practice clone, or a solution looking for a problem.
Receipts (2)
Built for a contest and described purely as a creative game, with no mention of users paying or a business model.
“Pass The Canvas is a collaborative, drawing app where players co-create a masterpiece 🤌 tile by tile. There are 2 modes Free draw: - 3x3 to 7x7 grid canvas - 3-minute turns to draw a single tile - Adjacent tiles unlock upon completion - Real-time chat and player tracking -Full image reveal and download at the end Redraw (experimental): - Add an image when creating the board - Each anyone can p”
Post · @n3ptun3_labs · 24 Feb 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The site has no pricing, payments, accounts or support, so there is no route to revenue.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · pass-the-canvas.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
Moat
What stops someone copying it?
The mechanics (turn-based tiles, blind drawing, reveal) are easy for another builder to reproduce, and there is no data, network, or local depth behind them.
10/100
Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.
Receipts (2)
The core flow is create or join with a code, pick a tile, draw blind and reveal, which is a simple loop to clone.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · pass-the-canvas.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
The features listed (grid sizes, timed turns, chat, download) are standard web-app components with no proprietary element.
“Pass The Canvas is a collaborative, drawing app where players co-create a masterpiece 🤌 tile by tile. There are 2 modes Free draw: - 3x3 to 7x7 grid canvas - 3-minute turns to draw a single tile - Adjacent tiles unlock upon completion - Real-time chat and player tracking -Full image reveal and download at the end Redraw (experimental): - Add an image when creating the board - Each anyone can p”
Post · @n3ptun3_labs · 24 Feb 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Momentum
Did the updates keep coming?
Only one post, on launch day 2026-02-24, and nothing in the 225 days since, so there is no sustained shipping to speak of.
0/100
- Sustained shipping0/60
Worked on across 0 days.
- Consistency0/40
Updates in 1 of 1 month.
- Quiet
No update for 225 days — scaled to 35%.
Receipts (1)
Earliest post about it.
“Pass The Canvas is a collaborative, drawing app where players co-create a masterpiece 🤌 tile by tile. There are 2 modes Free draw: - 3x3 to 7x7 grid canvas - 3-minute turns to draw a single tile - Adjacent tiles unlock upon completion - Real-time chat and player tracking -Full image reveal and download at the end Redraw (experimental): - Add an image when creating the board - Each anyone can p”
Post · @n3ptun3_labs · 24 Feb 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Infrastructure
Does a real, working product exist?
A working, live multiplayer drawing app with two game modes exists, though it is a thin contest build with no accounts, docs or backend signals beyond the game itself.
52/100
- It's live20/20
https://pass-the-canvas.vercel.app responded when checked.
- HTTPS5/5
Served over HTTPS.
- Real product25/35
The site is live and the post describes two modes with real-time chat, tile unlocking and image download, but there is no evidence of depth beyond a contest build and the Redraw mode is labelled experimental.
- Own home0/10
Only on a free subdomain or link-in-bio page.
- Maintained0/15
Last sign of shipping 2026-02-24.
- Operations2/15
It is a single web app on a free Vercel host with no accounts, docs, API, status page or second platform visible.
Receipts (4)
https://pass-the-canvas.vercel.app responded when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · pass-the-canvas.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
The live site offers Create New Game and Join with Code and explains the gameplay.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · pass-the-canvas.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
Describes free draw and an experimental redraw mode with real-time chat and player tracking.
“Pass The Canvas is a collaborative, drawing app where players co-create a masterpiece 🤌 tile by tile. There are 2 modes Free draw: - 3x3 to 7x7 grid canvas - 3-minute turns to draw a single tile - Adjacent tiles unlock upon completion - Real-time chat and player tracking -Full image reveal and download at the end Redraw (experimental): - Add an image when creating the board - Each anyone can p”
Post · @n3ptun3_labs · 24 Feb 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Facts show no accounts, docs, status page, or store links, and it is on a free host.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · pass-the-canvas.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
Sustainability
Is it being set up to last?
It has no payments, pricing, own domain, policies or support channel, no revenue, and no continued effort after the contest, so there is no visible way for it to sustain itself.
14/100
- Distribution12/30
A site on a free subdomain.
- Payments0/15
No payment provider found.
- Pricing0/10
No pricing found on the site.
- Revenue0/5
Nothing in the posts or site shows paying customers or revenue.
- Privacy policy0/7
No privacy policy found.
- Terms0/5
No terms of service found.
- Support0/8
No support contact found.
- Commitment2/20
A single contest-launch post and then nothing for 225 days. The creator has a Telegram channel, but there is no project-specific community, roadmap or team.
Receipts (4)
A site on a free subdomain.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · pass-the-canvas.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
No payment provider and no pricing found.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · pass-the-canvas.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)
Single post, explicitly made for the Chillathon contest.
“Pass The Canvas is a collaborative, drawing app where players co-create a masterpiece 🤌 tile by tile. There are 2 modes Free draw: - 3x3 to 7x7 grid canvas - 3-minute turns to draw a single tile - Adjacent tiles unlock upon completion - Real-time chat and player tracking -Full image reveal and download at the end Redraw (experimental): - Add an image when creating the board - Each anyone can p”
Post · @n3ptun3_labs · 24 Feb 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
No updates or support presence since launch.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · pass-the-canvas.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)