At launch
Zen Mode
Just you and the board, for as long as you like.
- Every surface on this page, and more in the game
- Trace guides and the generated soundscape
- Nothing to score or finish
- Plays offline
Size
A calm drawing game for Windows, macOS and Linux
Make something, and let it go.
Buddha Boredom comes from the Buddha Board, the little slate you paint on with plain water. A stroke shows up dark on the stone, holds for a breath, then dries back to nothing.
This page works the same way. Close this and draw anywhere, or press Draw for me and watch. With a pen, press harder for a broader line.
One dial
The fade is the setting that matters. Toward lingers, a line stays for about a minute; toward quick, it's gone soon after you lift the brush. In the full game you can also hold the fade still.
There's no score. Make a mark and watch it go.
Surfaces
Each one fades in its own way. Pick one to try it on the board.
- Water on Stone The classic. Water darkens the stone and dries in from the edges.
- Slow Ink Near-black ink on rice paper. The line thins where your hand hurries.
- Watercolour Wash Every stroke picks up a new pigment that blooms into the paper and dries darker at its edges.
- Glow Trails Neon light on a dark field, the look of the party games.
- Chalk on Slate Dusty chalk on a green-black slate.
- Charcoal on Paper Soft, grainy black on warm tan paper.
Tools
- Mirror mandalas
- Turn on Mirror and every stroke repeats around the centre 6, 8 or 12 times, so a few loose lines become a mandala.
- Draw for me
- When you'd rather watch, the board paints quiet pieces by itself, from an enso to a moon over water. Start drawing and it steps aside.
Also in the full game
- Trace guides
- Faint patterns to follow when you'd like a starting point, from an enso and a lotus to simple kanji like 山 and 川. There are two dozen in seven packs, and you can hide them any time.
- Ambient sound
- A soft soundscape generated as you play, with a quiet brush sound that rises and falls with your hand.
Two modes
After launch
Party Mode
The fade becomes the game, around one screen or online with friends.
- Memory. A shape appears and fades. Everyone redraws it from memory, then all the attempts are shown together and you vote.
- Telephone. Copy a fading ghost of the last drawing before it disappears, pass yours on, and see how far the end drifts from the start.
- Co-op Zen. One shared canvas that everyone draws on at once, online, fading as you go.
Where it's at
- Done The fading canvas, with its surfaces and generated sound.
- Done Mirror mandalas and trace guides.
- Underway Party Mode. Memory is playable; Telephone and Co-op Zen are close behind.
- Next The Steam release, with Party Mode following after launch.
Coming to Steam
The Steam page opens soon. It's one purchase, yours to keep, with no ads or tracking.
Press or creators: get in touch.