Hosting a game

Open the lobby

In Quizzes, press Host on a quiz, or Host this quiz in the editor. Choose the game’s settings, then press Open the lobby:

• Pacing: I move the game on lets you decide when each question comes; Automatic moves on by itself, and you can still skip or pause.
• Images: Smooth or Protected. See Images and video clips.
• Streak bonus: +100 points for each right answer in a row after the first, up to +500.
• Late joining: players can still join after the game starts, until the last question.
• Player limit: leave it empty for the most your team allows.
• Join form: ask players for details before they join. See Join forms and attendee details.
• Nicknames: let players choose, or give everyone a friendly generated name.
• Shuffle the questions: a new order for this game. Info slides stay where they are.
• Winners to reveal: how many players the podium reveals at the end, one at a time: from 1 to 10, or 3 if you leave it.

Schedule a game ahead

To share the PIN before the day, for example in an invitation or a LINE group, choose Later under When, pick the date and the hour it Starts between (in Thailand’s time), and press Schedule the game. The game starts some time in the 6 hours from then, for example between 10:00 and 16:00, so you don’t have to know the exact time. You can schedule a game up to 90 days ahead.

The game’s page shows its PIN, QR code and link straight away, with Share to LINE. You find it again under Upcoming in Games. Players who open the link early see the range the game starts in, and can join as soon as you open the lobby.

• Keep editing the quiz. The game takes the quiz, your brand and the join form as they are when you open the lobby. If something in the quiz needs fixing then, the page says what, with links to the questions.
• Open the lobby with Open the lobby now on the game’s page whenever you’re ready: before the range, or during it. The link works until a day after the range starts, and you can open the lobby until then; after that the game shows as missed.
• Change moves the game to another range or changes its settings. The PIN stays the same.
• Cancel the game deletes it. Players with its link see that it has ended.

Bring players in

The console shows the game’s PIN, a QR code and a link. Players open play.tarmtorb.com on their phone and type the PIN, scan the code, or tap the link. Share to LINE sends the link to a LINE group. See Joining a game for what players see.

The big screen

Open the big screen opens the presenter screen in a new window, for a projector or a TV: the PIN and QR code while players join, then each question, the answers and the leaderboard, and at the end the winners on the podium. Press Full screen on it. You can open and close it at any time; the game doesn’t depend on it, because phones show everything too.

On the big screen, the space bar or → moves on, P pauses, and M turns the music on or off.

The big screen plays music in the lobby and while players answer, and sounds when the answers are revealed. Browsers play sound only after a click on the page: if the big screen shows Click to turn on sound, click it. The music and speaker buttons next to Full screen turn the music and the sounds off.

Run the game

1. Press Start the game once everyone is in.
2. Each question shows on its own for a moment, then its answers appear and the time starts.
3. The answer is revealed when the time is up, even if everyone has already answered, so the countdown is always right. Reveal the answer shows it sooner.
4. Then Show the leaderboard, and Next question.
5. After the last question, Show the winners. The podium starts with every place a mystery, and you reveal them one at a time, from the last of the winners up: Reveal 3rd place, Reveal 2nd place, then Reveal the winner, who comes after a drumroll. Then Finish.

Each phone shows its player’s own result once the podium reaches them; players below the winners see theirs once the winner is out. In an automatic game, the places come out one by one by themselves.

You can Pause at any time, and End the game early: scores so far are kept.

Anyone on your team with the Host role can open the same console from Games, as a co-host. The console keeps your screen on while a game runs.

When the game ends, see Results and reports.