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# Description Phase: Labeling a Player's Build

> Understand how the description turn works in Voxel Telephone, how to type your label in chat, and what makes a good description that keeps games on track.

The description phase is the heart of the telephone game. When it is your turn to describe, you are shown a voxel build created by the previous player and asked to write a short label for it — but you are never shown the original prompt that inspired the build. Your description becomes the prompt for the next builder, so what you write directly shapes how the game chain evolves.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Enter a game with /play">
    Type `/play` from the hub. If a description turn is available for you, the game loads the previous player's build into your view automatically. You will be placed inside the level so you can look at the build from all angles.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Study the build — not the original idea">
    You only see the voxel scene in front of you. The original prompt that inspired it is intentionally hidden. Your description must be based on what you actually observe, not on what you imagine the builder intended.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Type your description in chat">
    Enter your description as a normal chat message. The game intercepts it as your label — you do not need any special command. There is no character limit shown in-game, but concise, clear descriptions tend to produce the best results for the next player.

    <Tip>
      Describe what you see, not what you think of it. Write "a red house with a chimney" rather than "a poorly built red house". Quality commentary about the build does not help the next player — plain, honest labels do.
    </Tip>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Submit with /finish">
    Once you have typed a description in chat, type `/finish` to submit it and return to the hub. Your label is saved as the next prompt in the game chain and the turn advances to a build phase for another player.

    <Note>
      You must enter a description in chat before `/finish` will accept your turn. Finishing with no description typed is not allowed.
    </Note>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pass your turn with /skip if needed">
    If you want to pass without submitting a description, type `/skip`. The turn is released and the game will be offered to another player. Use `/report` if the build you are shown is inappropriate.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  Do not intentionally mislead the chain. Writing a description that has nothing to do with the build derails the game for every player who comes after you.
</Warning>