Thought Bubbler

Thought Bubbler is a multiplayer party game about getting an idea across without saying a word. One player on each team becomes the Thought Leader, a cloud who can only communicate through picture cards. Everyone else is a Bubbler: a bouncy soap bubble rolling around a low-poly meadow, trying to work out what the cloud is thinking and grab the right things before the other team does.

Built for the 2024 game jam and still growing. Grab some friends, split into two teams, and find out how well you really read each other's minds.

Each round, everyday objects rain down across the map: cupcakes, keys, rockets, guitars, trophies and more. Each team's Thought Leader is secretly shown six targets to collect. The Thought Leader can't move, speak or point. All they can do is pick picture cards from a shared deck and float them in their thought cloud as hints. The Bubblers read the cloud, roll out, and grab what they think it means.

You are the cloud. You watch the map from above with your team's targets ringed in green and the other team's in red. Pick cards that lead your Bubblers to the right items: a pizza slice for the hot meal, a snowflake for the thermometer, or something far more sideways if you're feeling clever. Both leaders draw from the same shuffled deck, and once a card is taken it's gone for everyone, so think fast.

You are the bubble. Read the cloud, roll over to what you think it means and absorb it. Grab a green target and your team is one step closer. Grab the other team's target and it pops you, sending you back to spawn in a spray of droplets. Not sure? Drag an item toward the cloud or tap it to vote and see if your teammates agree.

Two clouds, two bubble squads, one meadow. Both teams hunt their six targets at the same time, and the first to clear their list wins. Play with free picking, or switch to turn-based mode where the leaders alternate card picks against a timer. Short on players? One team with one leader works too, and there is a practice mode to learn the ropes solo.

• Online multiplayer for two teams, each with a Thought Leader and a squad of Bubblers
• Dozens of picture cards across food, weather, music, travel and more
• Three maps: Meadow, Cabin Lake and Dusk Hollow
• Host settings for item counts, pick mode and the round timer
• Practice mode with guided scenarios for both roles
• Cloud characters that watch, blink and react to the cards you play

Thought Bubbler started life at the 2024 game jam, where the idea of a cloud that can only think in pictures was born. We liked it too much to leave it there, so it has kept growing since: two full teams, new maps, image cards, and a practice mode.

Builds are on the way. Follow the page to get a ping when the first download lands.