Story Bored

Story Bored is an online drawing and voice-acting party game for 2–12 players. You create premises, storyboards or comics, write character dialogue and assign roles, then hand the lines to other players to perform. Actors receive limited context, so they record their interpretations without seeing the full story. Once everyone has recorded, the group watches the finished creation together.

Create stories

Build a storyboard panel by panel with brushes, shapes, fill tools, colors and other drawing tools. Add characters, write dialogue, assign roles and set directions for how the story should be performed. In some modes, you can instead write a complete script for another player to illustrate, or create an animated story using a timeline and areas for voice-over.

Perform without the full story

Players receive lines from other players’ creations with directions such as Menacing, Flustered, Weeping or Movie Trailer Voice. They record each line without knowing what happened before it, what comes next or why they are saying it. Writers can apply pitch changes, echo, grit and reverb as voice effects, which the actor does not hear in their final form beforehand.

When recording is done, Story Bored combines the drawings, dialogue, characters and performances into a completed creation. Actors see the scenes behind their lines, writers hear how their characters were performed, and the group discovers the result together.

Six game modes

• Classic Mode: Create a premise and storyboard, then have the other players provide the voices.
• Comic Mode: Draw a comic page, add speech and thought bubbles, and have the group perform it one balloon at a time.
• Swap Premises Mode: Everyone writes a premise, then players swap ideas and create storyboards from someone else’s premise.
• Swap Scripts Mode: Write a complete script without drawing it, then have another player illustrate it.
• Animation Mode: Create animations with a timeline and areas for voice-over.
• Custom Mode: Choose the rules and customize how the session plays.

Play with friends

Private online lobbies support groups of 2–12 players and use six-letter room codes. Hosts can adjust round timers and other session settings, including how much time players have to write, draw and record. Minigames and other activities are available while players wait.

Save your creations

You can save completed storyboards and export them as MP4 videos. The game also includes unlockable cosmetic customization.