Like Gartic Phone — but nobody has to be online at the same time
Gartic Phone perfected the party-game reveal: the joy of watching a message mutate hop by hop. Its one weakness is logistics — you need everyone in a call, at once, for half an hour. Warp Theater keeps the mutation and removes the scheduling: it is a telephone chain played over links, each player taking their turn whenever they want.
You start a show with one line. The invite link goes to your group chat; whoever opens it first sees only your line, retells it, and passes it on. The second person sees only the first retelling, and so on down the chain. The gaps between turns make it better — people forget nuance, embellish confidently, and by seat four the message is unrecognizable.
The reveal is staged as an actual premiere: curtain, spotlight, the chain read act by act, a warp meter scoring the distortion, and a quote card you can save as an image and drop back into the chat to summon everyone to the show.
And if your group chat is slow, AI actors fill the empty seats in character. They are dramatic, unreliable narrators — exactly like your friends. Free in beta, four languages, no app.
FAQ
Is it drawing-based like Gartic Phone?
V1 is pure text chains — retellings instead of drawings. The mutation comedy is the same mechanic; image rounds are on the roadmap.
How long does a show take?
Each turn takes under a minute. A chain typically fills within a few hours of group-chat time; there is a 24-hour timer, after which the show can premiere with AI actors covering absent friends.
What are AI actors?
Characterful stand-ins (a diva, a conspiracist, a robot and more) that retell the previous line in an exaggerated persona when a seat stays empty.
Do I need an account?
No account, no download — everything runs from a share link in any browser, free during beta.