Doodle God is a puzzle video game developed by American game developer [11] JoyBits and originally released for iOS and Adobe Flash. It released around the same time as another similar browser game Little Alchemy, both of which share gameplay inspired by a DOS game Alchemy from 1997.

Doodle God
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Developer(s)JoyBits
Platform(s)Adobe Flash, Android, Bada, BlackBerry, iOS, J2ME, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Symbian, Windows Phone, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S
Release
June 11, 2010
  • iOS
    June 11, 2010[1]
  • Adobe Flash
    June 23, 2010[2]
  • Samsung BADA
    November 12, 2010[3]
  • Windows Phone
    November 19, 2010[4]
  • Android
    December 24, 2010[5]
  • PlayStation Vita
    July 16, 2013[6]
  • Microsoft Windows
    September 24, 2015[7]
  • PlayStation 4
    July 5, 2016[8]
  • PlayStation 3
    July 13, 2016[9]
  • Xbox One
    January 27, 2017[10]
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single player

Gameplay

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Acting as the Doodle God, the player must combine available elements together to gain access to new elements. Combinations can be both physical (such as combining Water and Lava to obtain Steam and Stone) and metaphorical (such as combining Water and Fire to obtain Alcohol). The game begins with only the four classical elements (fire, water, air and earth), and centers on the discovery of 249 elements across 26 categories. Should the player be stuck, a hint is available every few minutes.[12]

Reception

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Doodle God received the Weekly Users' Choice award on a web game portal Newgrounds.[16] The game became a commercial success and has made it JoyBits' flagship series of games, having sequels and spin-offs such as Doodle Devil, Doodle Kingdom, Doodle Creatures, Doodle Tanks and Doodle Farm.

References

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  1. ^ "iOS Initial Release". Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
  2. ^ "Flash Online Release". Archived from the original on March 25, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  3. ^ "Samsung Apps Release". Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  4. ^ "Windows Phone 7 Release". Archived from the original on April 4, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
  5. ^ "Google Android Market Release". Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  6. ^ "Playstation Vita Release". Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "Steam Release". Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  8. ^ "Playstation 4 Release". Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  9. ^ "Playstation 3 Release". Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  10. ^ "Xbox One Release".
  11. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/company/joybits/ [bare URL]
  12. ^ a b Squires, Jim (June 17, 2010). "Doodle God Review". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  13. ^ "Doodle God Review". Slide to Play. Archived from the original on June 5, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
  14. ^ Jones, Ben (July 15, 2010). "Doodle God". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  15. ^ Nesvadba, Andrew (July 6, 2010). "Doodle God™ Review". AppSpy. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  16. ^ "Weekly Users' Choice on Newground.com". Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
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