Bad Art Auction
About Bad Art Auction
Bad Art Auction is a browser party game for one to eight players built around deliberately bad paintings and the people willing to pay for them. No download and no account are required. Each round, every player receives a secret art style and subject — something like "Baroque" and "A cat on the throne" — and two minutes to produce their masterpiece. Artistic skill is beside the point.
Once the brushes are down, Monsieur Jean-Baptiste Merde-Alors, the house judge, inspects each piece and delivers his verdict without restraint. Then the auction opens: pictures sell one at a time to the highest bidder, with every player starting on equal footing. Bidding on your own work is permitted. The painting's true value — anywhere from 10 € to 2,000,000 € — is revealed only after the hammer falls, paid out to whoever bought it. A sharp deal earns money on the spot; an overpay plays out in front of everyone. Most money at the end wins. With four players, a full game runs about four minutes.
How to Play Bad Art Auction: Draw, Get Roasted, Bid, and Win
At the start of each round, every player secretly receives a prompt combining one of 29 art styles with one of 100 subjects — 2,900 possible briefs in total, and no two players in the same game share the same one. The two-minute drawing phase begins immediately. When time is up, Jean-Baptiste Merde-Alors reviews each picture and delivers his critique in the room's chosen language.
Paintings then go to auction one by one. Every player enters with the same amount of play money and can place preset bids, go ALL-IN, or type a custom amount. Sniping a bargain before others recognize its hidden value is just as valid a strategy as bluffing rivals into overpaying for something worthless. After each sale, the painting's real value is revealed and paid to the buyer. The player with the most money when all pictures have sold wins the game. A single click starts the next round.
Controls
Desktop Controls
- Left Mouse Button (Click & Drag): Paint and draw on the canvas.
- Left Mouse Button (Click): Select colors, adjust brush sizes, use the fill bucket, and undo strokes.
- Left Mouse Button (UI): Place preset bids, hit ALL-IN, or submit artwork names.
- Keyboard: Type painting titles or enter custom bid amounts (optional).
Mobile Controls
- Touch & Drag: Draw and paint directly on the screen.
- Tap: Select palette colors, change brush sizes, use the paint bucket tool, and undo.
- On-Screen Buttons: Place bids, enter custom amounts, or go ALL-IN.
Key Features
- 1–8 players: Invite friends with a link, or use Insta Play to drop straight into a room where someone is already waiting.
- 2,900 drawing briefs: 100 subjects across 29 art styles, from cave painting to AI art — no two players in a game receive the same brief.
- Jean-Baptiste Merde-Alors: A judge who genuinely looks at each picture and roasts what he sees, in the player's own language.
- Ten languages: Not just the interface — art styles, subjects, and every critic insult are fully written in each supported language.
- Language-matched rooms: Rooms carry their own language setting so players may join a salon they can actually read.
- Live auctions: Bid, snipe, and go all-in in real-time competitive sales.
- Cross-device play: Runs on desktop, tablet, and phone — mouse or finger, nothing else needed.
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