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What is Duck Race Online? · vitvn.com

What is Duck Race Online?

Duck Race Online (vitvn.com) is an interactive event and party game that runs in the browser. The host shows the race track on a big screen, players steer their ducks with their own phones, and the whole room cheers until the first duck reaches the finish.

How it is played

The host creates a room and shows its QR code on the big screen. Players scan it with their phones, pick a name and a duck colour and press Ready. After the countdown, the faster you tap, the faster your duck swims. The whole room watches the race, the live ranking, the fireworks and the podium for the first three ducks.

Why there is nothing to install

The game runs in the browser that is already on any iPhone, Android phone or computer. Players download no app, create no account and give no email or phone number: a duck name is all it takes, so a hall of a few hundred people can join in two or three minutes.

Where it fits

  • Team building and company days: departments race each other.
  • Year-end parties: a highlight with knockout rounds before the prizes.
  • Conferences: an ice-breaker that takes a few minutes.
  • Classrooms and clubs: a reward for the team with the right answer.
  • Live streams: viewers scan the code on screen and race from home.

How many players

A room holds from a handful to several hundred ducks. In a big room the big screen shows the leading lanes, and every phone always shows its own duck with its rank. The host can split the race into rounds: only the leaders race on, and the others stay to watch and cheer.

History, records and the crown

Every race is kept in the race history: the ranking of each race, the room's leaderboard and the records for each distance. The winner wears the crown and keeps it race after race until someone beats them.

Is it fair?

Yes. The server computes every tap itself instead of trusting the phones, limits how many taps count each second, and studies the rhythm of the taps to spot auto-tap tools. A duck that looks automated is labelled “Bot?” in the results, and the label stays in the history.

Solo Duck: playing alone

Solo Duck is an endless river run: hold to swim up, let go to drift down, collect golden eggs, survive a waterfall every 500 m and put your name on the daily leaderboard.

Who makes vitvn.com

vitvn.com is designed, built and run by Hùng Phạm in Vietnam. The game is in a trial period and completely free. For feedback, events or advertising, see the contact details on the About page.