Display Mode
The display screen is what your class sees. It’s a separate page from your control screen, designed to be projected and read from the back of a room.
Opening It
Section titled “Opening It”From the game’s Run page, click Open display. It opens in a new browser tab.
Move that tab to your projector or second monitor and put the browser in fullscreen — F11 on Windows, Control-Command-F on Mac. Fullscreen removes the address bar, tabs, and bookmarks, which otherwise eat vertical space and look unprofessional on a wall.
What the Display Shows
Section titled “What the Display Shows”The display is deliberately minimal:
- The game title and class
- The current state of the board, question, grid, or phrase
- The score or progress counter
- Explanations and answers only after you reveal them
It never shows the answers before you release them, and it has no controls. A student who walks up to the projector can’t do anything to it.
What It Doesn’t Show
Section titled “What It Doesn’t Show”No navigation, no buttons, no menus. If you’re seeing Found buttons, an answer key, or an A–Z letter pad, you’re projecting the control screen — the wrong one. See The Dual-Screen Experience.
Always Light
Section titled “Always Light”The display screen is always light-background regardless of whether you use dark mode elsewhere. That’s intentional: dark backgrounds wash out badly on most classroom projectors, especially in rooms with daylight.
You don’t need to change any setting for this.
Sizing and Readability
Section titled “Sizing and Readability”The display scales its text to the screen it’s on. On a large projector, letters and questions are sized to be readable from the back of a room without adjustment.
If text looks small:
- Confirm the browser is actually fullscreen
- Check your browser zoom is at 100% (Ctrl+0 / Cmd+0 resets it)
- Confirm the projector is running at its native resolution, not a stretched or letterboxed mode
Over Video Conference
Section titled “Over Video Conference”When teaching remotely, share only the display tab — not your whole screen, not your whole desktop.
Every major conferencing tool offers a “share a tab” or “share a window” option. Use it. Sharing your desktop shows your control screen, which contains the answers.
Test this before your first remote session. It’s the single most common way answers get leaked.
Multiple Displays
Section titled “Multiple Displays”You can open the display screen on more than one device — a projector at the front and a second monitor at the back of a long room, for example. They all read the same game and stay in sync.
There’s no limit and no setup. Just open the same display URL on each screen.
Leaving It Open
Section titled “Leaving It Open”The display can stay open between games. If you run several games in one session, you’ll need to open the display for each game, since the URL is specific to that game.
Closing the display tab doesn’t affect the game. Reopening it picks up wherever the game currently is.
Next Steps
Section titled “Next Steps”- The Dual-Screen Experience — the control/display split
- Display Setup — projector and screen requirements
- Real-Time Synchronization — how the screens stay in step