Dudeln is a quiz game. Players will be presented with a question or word and they then type in the answer or meaning. You get points if other players think your answer is the correct one.

Dudeln supports multiple "question sets". Most of these sets are in German, but some are in english. Some the "question sets" are words or acronyms and in those cases, you need to provide the definition or meaning.
Use the /option set command, or the game tool to select the set you wish to use.

The game is played as a series of rounds. At the beginning of a round, the server displays a question, to which each partner composes a answer(phase 1). In Phase 2, the answer plus all the answers written by players are displayed(but not showing which is from which player). Each Player then selects the answer they believe to be the correct one. After each player selects an answer(Phase 3), the scoring occurs and the server displays which answer was written by each player.

With 3-5 players, the game ends when one player has 20 points. If there are 6-8 players, the game ends when someone has 25 points.

In the input field beneath the question each player writes an answer/definition to the question/word and clicks the button below their answer. As long as all players have not finished their answer, it is possible to modify your answer and correct things like spelling errors. To correct an answer, click on the answer and edit it. You must however click the button below the answer again when you are finished editing.

The answer must be provided within the time limit. The time limit per turn can be set as an option(15 secs - 120 secs)

In this phase, each player selects the answer they think is best. They may not select their own answer.

This selection must be made within the time limit. The standard time limit is 30 seconds. This may be changed with an option (15-60 secs)

In Phase 3 the server reveals which answer was selected by which player and also shows which answer was written by each player. The "correct" answer is shown in black.

In this phase the scoring occurs. Each player that selected the correct answer gets 1 point. In addition players get points when other players select their answer as follows

• 1 point for the first person that chooses your answer
• 2 points for the second person that chooses your answer
• 3 points for the third person that chooses your answer
• etc.....

Anyone who wishes may submit a question set to be added to the server.
Question sets should have a least 500 questions.
The question set should be a plain text file with the following format for each line

1. Each line begins with the question
2. Then a #
3. Then the answer

The following game options are available.

• Antwortzeit - This option allows you to set the amount of time(in seconds) each player has to answer the question. The choices are: 15,30,45,60,120.
• Auswahlzeit - This option allows you to set the amount of time(in seconds) each player has to choose an answer. The choices are: 15,30,45,60.
• Xeno - with this option, players will not be shown the "offical" answer, they will only see the answers created by the other players. The scoring works the same, except if you do not choose an answer your score for the round will be -1 regardless of how many people select your answer.