Vinyl'le

A music year-guessing party game. How are you joining?

The DJ seat needs a laptop. Audio playback doesn't work reliably on a phone — it's a platform limitation in how Spotify's embed handles logins, not something this app can fix. Run the game from a laptop or desktop, then join from here as a player.

Playing on one screen with everyone crowded round? Pick DJ and just ignore the code.

Scoreboard

No players yet — add someone above. When they guess a card's spot right, tap the add-card tile to drop it into their timeline.

Recap card

Coin shop

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Settings

Quick start

One tap for the switches below. Classic: the plain game. Casual: over/under pop-ups and the coin shop every round. Party: chaos mode with over/under pop-ups. Clip length, cards to win and expert mode stay as they are.

The game

The app keeps track of whose turn it is, and "Who placed it right?" only offers that player. Off: everyone is offered, and chaos cards that need turns (double or nothing, catch-up, sing-along, betster, coin shop) and the coin shop are left out.

Extras

Chaos draws a random rule card each round — one song per player — like double coins, guess the month or a speed round.

Every so often everyone votes on their phone: is it from before or after the year on screen? Right = +1 gold coin. After one there's a pause, then the chance starts low and rises each song until it's guaranteed — by default about every 6 songs, never twice within 3. Needs phones in the game.

Players spend gold coins on their phone (or the DJ buys for them): a new song, a hint, pass it on, a speed trap, buy the card or steal one. Off, it only opens in chaos mode's coin shop rounds.

Screen

Vinyl'le already scales itself to fit your window. This nudges it bigger or smaller on top of that — handy on a TV across the room.

The DJ runs the game on this screen; everyone else follows along (and votes, bets and shops) on their phone.

A turn

The DJ plays a mystery song. Whoever's turn it is (shown on the big screen and their phone) says where it goes in their own timeline — before, between or after their cards — or points to the spot on their phone. After the reveal, a right spot wins the card. A right pick on the phone wins it automatically; otherwise the DJ gives it (Who placed it right?).

Gold coins

Name the title or one of the artists before the reveal and the card comes with a gold coin (the coin chip, or C). Coins break ties, and in the extras below they buy things in the coin shop and are what you bet with.

Hot streak

From the 3rd card in a row won on your own turns, every card comes with a bonus coin. One miss ends the streak. 🔥 shows the run.

Winning

The first player to the target (Settings → Cards to win) wins, and keeps the win (WON) even if you play on. Whoever leads after that shows WINS. In the standings, a tie on cards goes to the most coins, then the closest gaps between cards (a 2012 and a 2013 beats a 2012 and a 2014), then a coin toss.

Extras

Presets

Classic (the plain game), Casual (over/under and the coin shop) or Party (chaos and over/under) — one tap in Settings.

Chaos

Every round (one song per player) starts with a random rule card: double coins, guess the month, within X years, swap, speed round, playlist round, double or nothing, coin shop, catch-up, sing-along, betster, lock-in, Robin Hood or blindfold. The card explains itself on screen and on every phone.

Over/under

Now and then a bonus song where everyone votes on their phone: released before or after the year on screen? Right = +1 coin. 1 in 4 is high stakes: wrong (or no vote) = −1.

Coin shop

On your turn: a new song, a hint (the decade), pass it on, steal a card, or buy the card after a wrong placement. On someone else's turn: a speed trap (−5 s off their clip) or force a new song on them.

House rules

Teams share one name on the board. Cards can be dragged from one timeline to another if your group plays steals by hand.

DJ keys

Enter: the big button (play, reveal, next). Space: play/pause. Tab: timelines. Esc: close. N: nobody. C: coin. R: replay. B: coin shop.

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Spotify app settings

Spotify client ID Redirect URI — paste this exact value into your Spotify app settings

Copy this exact value into your Spotify app's Redirect URIs setting in the developer dashboard.

Setup steps

Go to developer.spotify.com/dashboard and log in.
Create an app (any name). When it asks for a Redirect URI, paste the exact value shown above in this app.
When it asks "Which API/SDKs are you planning to use," check Web API.
Open the app → Settings → copy the Client ID into the box above.
Connect your Spotify account above — you'll get a popup from Spotify.com to approve.

This logs in as you, so the app can read playlists you own (including ones you just made). No client secret needed, and nothing is sent anywhere except Spotify directly.

Add playlists

One link per line. When you draw a card, the app first picks a random playlist, then a random song from it — so a small playlist isn't drowned out by a huge one.

Only playlists you own work. A public playlist made by someone else won't load, even if you can play it fine in Spotify.

How do I copy one?

Open the playlist in Spotify → tap the ••• (three dots) → Add to other playlist → + New playlist. Spotify creates a copy under your account — use that new playlist's link here.

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