Clip
Imposter
A social deduction party game. Everyone watches a clip, except one player watches a slightly different one. Drop a one-word clue. Spot the imposter.
- Role
- Solo build
- Live at
- clipimposter.com ↗
- Format
- Weekend project
- Status
- Live · 1-device play
The idea
What if every player at the table watched the same short clip, except one person secretly watched a slightly different version?
Each round, players pass the phone around and watch privately. Then everyone drops a single one-word clue about what they saw. The clues sound almost right, until the imposter's word is a little off, and the table has to figure out who's lying.
It's a small idea with a lot of laughs.
How it works
Pass and watch
One device makes the rounds. Each player watches their clip privately, then hands it off.
One-word clue
Everyone submits a single word describing what they saw. Short, punchy, and just ambiguous enough.
Vote the imposter
The table debates and votes. The imposter wins by blending in. Everyone else wins by spotting the odd one out.
Stack
Front end
React single-page app tuned for 1-device pass-and-play on mobile.
Clip pipeline
A custom system pulls short clips from YouTube and categorizes them by subject, tone, and visual look, so every round can be assembled automatically.
Imposter matching
That categorization lets the engine hand the imposter a clip that's similar to the group's but subtly different - close enough to bluff with, different enough to get caught.
Ops
Deployed and running live at clipimposter.com.
Brendan Rogers · 2026