History Videogame / DrawnToLife

* UnexpectedShmupLevel: The second game has three of these, more specifically, the fourth and final levels of the third village, and the sixth level of the final "village." [[spoiler: The second shmup level contains two bosses.]]

* AdventuresInComaLand: [[spoiler:The ending of ''The Next Chapter'', in a rather shocking manner, turns out to be Mike's car-crash coma dream.]]

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: In both ''The Next Chapter' and ''Two Realms'', dying just lets you retry the level from the start with no penalty.

* DreamApocalypse: [[spoiler:''The Next Chapter''could have been considered to be this due to the ambiguous nature of its end. However ''Two Realms'' shows that the Raposa and their world continue to exist without Mike.]]

''Drawn to Life'' is a video game series originally developed by 5th Cell, and later by 505 Games. In this series you [[{{A God Is You}}play as the Creator]] and must use {{The Power of Creation}} to help the "Raposa," the {{Fox Folk}} who inhabit the world.

In the first game: ''Drawn to Life'', The Raposa village has been under attack by Wilfre, who covers the village in shadow. Mari then asks the Creator for help, and the player [[{{Living Drawing}}draw a hero]] to save the village. The hero must travel across the world, through the four gates in the village, defeating the shadow, returning the lost Raposa to the village, and collecting the missing pages of the Book of Life to restore the village to its former glory. The main gimmick of the series is that you get to draw a ton of stuff, including a whale-copter.

''Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter'' followed, having two versions that have different plots. The version for the Wii takes place directly after Drawn to Life, but before ''Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter'' on the DS. The DS Version features a much [[{{Darker and Edgier}} darker storyline]], improved drawing functions, better platforming, no arbitrary outlines where you can only color things in...In addition, it's much harder and faster-paced, with a plot concerning color getting drained from the world. There is also a [[{{CompilationRerelease}}Compilation Re-release]] of the two DS games called ''Drawn to Life Collection'', with an alternate ending to the second game (though this ending is shown to be [[CanonDiscontinuity Non-canon]] by the third game).

The third game: ''Drawn to Life: Two Realms'' was released on December 7, 2020, and occurs [[{{Time Skip}}five years after]] the events of the last game, and sees the players hero travel between the human realm and [[{{Magical Land}}that of the Raposa]].

There is also a version using the characters of {{WesternAnimation/SpongeBob SquarePants}} called ''Drawn to Life: [=SpongeBob=] Squarepants Edition''.

5th Cell, the games' developer, went on to make {{Videogame/Scribblenauts}}, which does to words what Drawn to Life did for images. The rights of the franchise were purchased by 505 Games for $300K USD from the THQ auction, and a version for the Apple iPad was released with less than average results. Definitely not to be confused with {{WesternAnimation/Drawn Together}}. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotforKids Not in the slightest]].

''Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter'' followed, having two versions that have different plots. The version for the Wii takes place directly after Drawn to Life, but before ''Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter'' on the DS. The DS Version features a much [[{{Darker and Edgier}}darker storyline]], improved drawing functions, better platforming, no arbitrary outlines where you can only color things in...In addition, it's much harder and faster-paced, with a plot concerning color getting drained from the world. There is also a [[{{CompilationRerelease}}Compilation Re-release]] of the two DS games called ''Drawn to Life Collection'', with an alternate ending to the second game (though this ending is shown to be [[CanonDiscontinuity Non-canon]] by the third game).

5th Cell, the games' developer, went on to make {{Videogame/Scribblenauts}}, which does to words what Drawn to Life did for images. The rights of the franchise were purchased by 505 Games for $300K USD from the THQ auction, and a version for the Apple iPad was released with less than average results.
Definitely not to be confused with {{WesternAnimation/Drawn Together}}. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotforKids Not in the slightest]].

''Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter'' followed, having two versions that have different plots. The version for the Wii takes place directly after Drawn to Life, but before ''Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter'' on the DS. The DS Version features a much [[{{Darker and Edgier}}darker storyline]], improved drawing functions, better platforming, no arbitrary outlines where you can only color things in...In addition, it's much harder and faster-paced, with a plot concerning color getting drained from the world. There is also a [[{{CompilationRerelease}}Compilation Re-release]] of the two DS games called ''Drawn to Life Collection'', with an alternate ending to the second game (though this ending is shown to be [[{{Canon Discontinuity}}Non-cannon]] by the third game).

There is also a version using the characters of {{WesternAnimation/SpongeBob SquarePants}} called ''Drawn to Life: SpongeBob Squarepants Edition''.

* AmbiguousEnding: The ending of ''Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter'' was incredibly ambiguous, with fans debating exactly what had happened right up until the release of ''Two Realms''. While [[spoiler: Mike’s Experiences of the Raposa's world was revealed to be the result of a coma from a car crash that killed his parents and injured his sister, it was unclear whether the world of the Raposa would (or even could) continue to exist once Mike was woken up.]]
[[spoiler:With ample evidence to support both the theory that the world of the Raposa only existed in Mike’s head and would therefore cease to exist once he woke up; and the theory that the world of the Raposa was its own thing and that Mike’s conscious had somehow become connected to it when he fell into the coma, and that while his removal was risky the Raposa were still there.]]

* {{Cyberpunk}}: The Galatic Jungle, complete with a [[spoiler:fake]] Council that employs many rules, including no sneezing. However, it is very light.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: In ''Two Realms'', dying just lets you retry the level from the start with no penalty. Each level generally takes a few minutes to beat anyway.

* TheFlameOfLife: The Eternal Flame that sits near the town hall was symbolically snuffed when Wilfre's darkness began to swallow the town and drive everyone out, effectively killing it. When the player starts the game, the first thing they bring back is the Flame, which is then used to expel the rest of the darkness from the town- effectively bringing it back to life. [[spoiler:This takes on a much more literal meaning with TheReveal in ''The Next Chapter''. The entire game is AllJustADream a comatose Mike is having in the real world, and Wilfre's plan was to keep the dream going by allowing Mike to die; bringing the flame back in the first game stopped his plan and saved Mike's life, at least for a while.]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: In the third game. [[spoiler:Mari]] doesn't quite go mad, but does [[spoiler:join Wilfre. Might qualify as a FaithHeelTurn, or a HeelFaceMindscrew if you toss in some AlternateCharacterInterpretation.]]
* AGodIsYou: You are the Creator who [[TitleDrop drew everything to life]].

** ''Two Realms'' is this as a whole to ''The Next Chapter'' which has a more simplistic, grounded story more along the lines of the first game. Gone are the themes of slavery, suicide and impending death, and the KillEmAll nature of ''The Next Chapter'''s ending has been [[{{Retcon}} completely undone]]. The darker aspects of the second game's ending are still treated with the levity they deserve--in particular, the game ignores none of the fallout that comes from the traumatic death of Mike's parents in a car accident, including Mike's inevitable depression and the community breaking apart seeking a guilty party for the accident--but the game ends up with a much more definitely happy ending.
* LittleBitBeastly: Raposa are anthropomorphic creatures with fox ears, but are otherwise quite humanoid, to the point where the human Mike's only difference is his human ears.

** Wilfre = free will, which also makes this a WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic.

* MoodWhiplash: Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter's Galactic Jungle, a {{Cyberpunk}} place where there are millions of harsh laws all PlayedForLaughs, takes a turn for the worse when you realize [[spoiler: Click]] was behind the whole "government," and it only gets worse the further you play into the game.
* MotorMouth: Crazy Barks, to an extent. He speaks fast enough for all of his words to blend together, but the others can still understand him fine.
* MurderousMannequin: The hero series is a wooden mannequin brought to life (if not inhabited) by the Creator to save the world. While the hero is the same entity in both games, they do change mannequin bodies in-between. This helps explain the new abilities in the second game.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: The hero is ''huge'' compared to the Raposa.

* ObviouslyEvil: Wilfre, who is literally covered in shadow and spoke about wanting to make better creations than The Creator.

* PrefersTheIllusion: In the ending to the second game, [[spoiler:the villain, Wilfre, had discovered that the whole world was AllJustADream created by a boy in a coma. Rather than allowing the boy to wake up, thus [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt ending the world as they knew it]], he conspired to keep him in his coma so as to continue their existence. He also briefly convinced Mari to help him, but she later decided it'd be more noble to sacrifice their entire world so one boy could wake up back in his.]]

* UnderwaterBossBattle: The third boss in the first game is a giant fish, who you have to fight swimming, so no GoombaStomp allowed.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Wilfre. Although his methods are MoralEventHorizon-ish, it was all to stop the DreamApocalypse. However, when the Raposa discover this, they realize that it's better to fade away with the dreams than to live in a world of shadow.]]

* ArtInitiatesLife: The whole gimmick is that whatever you draw for the game becomes real.

* BittersweetEnding: For ''The Next Chapter'', and infamously one of the most depressing of its type: [[spoiler:the entire Raposa world is destroyed after being revealed to be no more than the dream of a comatose Mike, a child in the human world, who was knocked deeply unconscious after a car accident killed his parents. At the end, though, Mike ''does'' wake up and reunite with his sister Heather, providing a glimmer of relief in the otherwise bleak scenario.]]

* CerebusRetcon: [[spoiler: Mike in the first game was a random JokeCharacter who was mainly around to have the Raposa be silly with him. In the sequel, he's the source of the entire world because it's a dream of his while he's in a coma from a car crash that killed his parents and injured his sister.]]

* DreamApocalypse: [[spoiler:The fate of the world at the end of ''The Next Chapter''. Doubles as a HeroicSacrifice, as ending this world means Mike awakens from his coma.]]
* TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler: You may not see the story of these games the same way ever again once it's revealed that all of it was Mike's coma dream.]]

''Drawn to Life'' is a video game series developed by 5th Cell about a village inhabited by "Raposa," [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter small, furry creatures]] [[CartoonCreature supposedly meant to be foxes]]. The Raposa village has been under attack by Wilfre, who covers the village in shadow. Mari then asks the Creator for help. [[AGodIsYou You're the Creator]], and you draw a hero to help. This hero... well, you can draw it and it moves. The hero must travel across the world, through the four gates in the village, defeating the shadow, returning the lost Raposa to the village, and collecting the missing pages of the Book of Life to restore the village to its former glory. The main gimmick of the series is that you get to draw a ton of stuff, including a whale-copter.

''Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter'' followed, having two versions that have different plots. The version for the Wii happens directly after Drawn to Life, but before Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter on the DS. The Next Chapter features a much [[DarkerandEdgier darker storyline]], incredibly improved drawing functions, better platforming, no arbitrary outlines where you can only color things in...
In addition, it's much harder and faster-paced, with a plot concerning color getting drained from the world. There is also a CompilationRerelease of the two DS games called ''Drawn to Life Collection'', with an alternate ending to the second game. There is also a version using the characters of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' called ''Drawn to Life: [=SpongeBob=] Squarepants Edition''.

5th Cell, the games' developer, went on to make ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'', which does to words what ''Drawn to Life'' did for images. The rights of the franchise were purchased by 505 Games for $300K USD from the THQ auction, and a version for the Apple iPad was released with less than average results. A new game in the series, ''Drawn to Life: Two Realms'', was released in December 7, 2020 and followed up from ''The Next Chapter''.

''Definitely'' not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether''. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids Not in the slightest]].

In addition, it's much harder and faster-paced, with a plot concerning color getting drained from the world. There is also a CompilationRerelease of the two DS games called ''Drawn to Life Collection'', with an alternate ending to the second game. There is also a version using the characters of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' called ''Drawn to Life: SpongeBob Squarepants Edition''.

In addition, it's much harder and faster-paced, with a plot concerning color getting drained from the world. There is also a CompilationRerelease of the two DS games called ''Drawn to Life Collection'', with an alternate ending to the second game.

* BonusBoss: Squid Doodle is this in Spongebob Squarepants Edition.

* BrutalBonusLevel: Note Land in Spongebob Squarepants Edition. Also doubles as a MarathonLevel.

''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids Definitely]]'' not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether''.

5th Cell, the games' developer, went on to make ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'', which does to words what ''Drawn to Life'' did for images. The rights of the franchise were purchased by 505 Games for $300K USD from the THQ auction, and a version for the Apple iPad was released with less than average results. A new game in the series, ''Drawn to Life: Two Realms'', was announced for December 7, 2020, which will follow up from ''The Next Chapter''.

Not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether''.

** ''Two Realms'' is this as a whole to ''The Next Chapter'' which has a more simplistic, grounded story more along the lines of the first game. Gone are the themes of slavery, suicide and impending death, and the KillEmAll nature of ''The Next Chapter'''s ending has been [[{{Retcon}} completely undone}}]]. The darker aspects of the second game's ending are still treated with the levity they deserve--in particular, the game ignores none of the fallout that comes from the traumatic death of Mike's parents in a car accident, including Mike's inevitable depression and the community breaking apart seeking a guilty party for the accident--but the game ends up with a much more definitely happy ending.

* LighterAndSofter: The new ending ''The Next Chapter'' received in the CompilationRerelease (and supposedly a few recently produced stand-alone cartridges) is ''significantly'' happier, starting with the much more cartoony art style. [[spoiler:Instead of a car accident, the injury that causes Mike to pass out and dream up the Raposa's world is a bump on the head, from falling out of a tree while on a camping trip. The kids are no longer orphans and Heather remains unharmed.]]

5th Cell, the games' developer, went on to make ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'', which does to words what ''Drawn to Life'' did for images. The rights of the franchise were purchased by 505 Games for $300K USD from the THQ auction, and a version for the Apple iPad was released with less than average results. A new game in the series, ''Drawn to Life: Two Realms'', was announced for December 2020, which will follow up from ''The Next Chapter''.

* FantasticRacism: Raposa appear to hate Baki a lot, to the point "Baki" is even used as an insult by some Raposa. This is explained in the Wii version of ''Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter'', as Baki tend to steal food from the Raposa.