Line #42 VideoGame/DoodleGod


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:[[{{Tagline}} The power of creation]] [[AGodAmI is in your hands!]]]]
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4	In the beginning, there was nothing...
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6	And that was quite boring, so DOODLE GOD created earth, air, fire and water. Then, Doodle God did say that thou shalt make a game documenting his exploits and that it shall be filled with [[IncomingHam Ham]] and Awesome...
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8	And there was much rejoicing.
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10	''Doodle God'' is a game on Newgrounds, Kongregate and [[ExpansionPack iOS]] produced by [[http://badim.newgrounds.com/ Badim]]. The mechanic is simple enough, you start with four elements and, by combining them, you create new elements. You combine the new elements to make newer elements, and so on. Sounds simple? There are right around 250 elements in the game at the time of writing. Needless to say, it's not easy.
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12	The 2010 Halloween season debuted a spinoff called ''Doodle Devil''. The mechanic remains the same (although you start with two elements instead), but the premise is different in that you are creating sin and destruction. More than 100 elements are available for ''Doodle Devil'' as of this writing.
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14	In May 2011, ''Doodle God 2'', a flash game containing the first 3 episodes of the iOS version was released by Badim. Around the same time, ''Doodle Farm'', in which the player creates animals, was released. The latter was rereleased in 2016.
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16	There are also ''Doodle Kingdom'', ''Doodle Creatures'' ''Doodle Mafia'' and ''Doodle Tanks''.
17	Compare ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}''.
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20	!!Doodle God provides examples of:
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22	* AliensNeverInventedTheWheel: It's possible to create the upper echelons of technology like airplanes while not knowing how to make bread or clothes.
23	* AnachronismStew: You can have dinosaurs and airplanes at the same time. It's possible to create a boiler before even creating life. Later episodes attempt to avert this.
24	* AssimilationPlot: [[spoiler:Alien + Human = Alien + Alien]]
25	* BackFromTheDead: Philosopher's Stone + Corpse = Human
26	* BizarroElements: You start with ordinary elements like Fire and Water, and then you end up with elements like Steam-Engine and Vodka.
27	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs:
28	** Unlike some of the more Moon Logical puzzles, Poison + Weapon = Poisoned Weapon.
29	** Fire + Water = Fire Water. Also known as alcohol.
30	* CombinatorialExplosion: With hundreds of items to combine and few recipes that make something productive, the game quickly leads to this.
31	* DinosaursAreDragons: If you combine them with Air or Fire, that is.
32	* ElementalFusion: The player begins with 4 elements and must find different ways of combining them to create new things.
33	* EvilLawyerJoke: Lawyer + Money = {{Greed}}.
34	* ElementNumberFive: There are several elements beyond the original four, including balance, simple life, animals, plants, humans, supernatural entities, machines, architecture, food, and vehicles. The sequel adds even more.
35	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The [[spoiler:Spell Book]]. [[spoiler:Sunflower]], and other such things are made by combining...well, it should be obvious based on the trope name.
36	* ForcedTransformation: Warrior + Wizard = Worm + Wizard
37	* InterspeciesRomance: Apparently, dragon + hydra = sex.
38	* LastLousyPoint: Some of the Open Feint achievements require completing the episodes ''without'' using the hint system. Use it even '''once''' and it's {{Permanently Missable\|Content}} even on a reset of the game.
39	* MoonLogicPuzzle: Several of the combinations only make sense in hindsight, and often by a stretch.
40	** Fire + Cthulhu = ...Wrath?
41	** Snake + Worm = ...Lizard?
42	** Demon + Soul = [[spoiler:[[DealWithTheDevil Money]]?]]
43	** There are often multiple paths to the same result, often because the ''player'' might be following Moon Logic. For example; FrankensteinsMonster + Cthulhu = [[spoiler: [[MonsterMash Friendship]].]]
44	** As [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] said in his review of iPhone games (which included Doodle God)...
45	-->'''Yahtzee:''' Fish plus Knowledge equals Octopus?![[note]]It's supposed to be a reference to Paul the Octopus, who would predict the winners of the 2010 [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup World Cup]] games. It may also be a reference to how octopi are among the most intelligent sea creatures alive.[[/note]] That's not logic, that's fucking batshit on a sandwich! I'm a little disappointed that [[WebOriginal/LOLCats Cat plus Internet]] doesn't equal [=YouTube=].
46	* MushroomCloud: Mushroom + Bomb = Nuclear Bomb in ''Devil''.
47	* OurGhoulsAreCreepier: It's Zombie + Corpse (a zombie that eats corpses).
48	%% * PerspectiveFlip: Doodle Devil
49	* PuzzleThriller: The game doesn't give any indication of what elements need to be mixed or how to create the new ones--or even which are missing.
50	* {{Retool}}: ''Doodle Farm'' was completely redesigned in 2016 to be less about animals and more about nature as a whole.
51	* SchizoTech: It is very possible to invent the boiler before creating humans, and build houses and rockets and skyscrapers before inventing clothing.
52	* SevenDeadlySins: All seven of them can be created in Doodle Devil.
53	* SideQuest [=/=] BrutalBonusLevel: After inventing Games, you get to play a combination of Doodle God, and Tetris. Episode 4 adds a mix of Doodle God and [[spoiler:Bejeweled]].
54	* ShoutOut: The quotes for the "Water + Bacteria = Plankton" combination are nothing but quotes from ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants that]]'' [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Plankton]], and the artwork for the intro for the "Save the Princess" sidequest in the iPhone version has, inscribed on the ground in the second scene, [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark the words]] "[[MissingStepsPlan 3. ???, 4. Profit!]]"
55	** Also, the quote for Computer + Human = Cyborg.
56	--> [[{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}} Bite my shiny metal ass]].
57	** [[Film/AmericanPie Pie + Sex = Censored]]
58	** [[Film/SnakesOnAPlane Airplane + Snake = Censored]]
59	** [[{{Literature/Twilight}} Vampires + Book = Censored]]
60	** In Doodle Devil: [[{{VideoGame/Doom}} Weapon + Inferno = BFG 9000]].
61	*** And to drive the point home: [[ChunkySalsaRule BFG 9000 + Demon = Ash]].
62	* ShownTheirWork: Stone and shell make limestone, cement is made of limestone, etc.
63	* TakeThat: Apple + Cellphone = Gold + Gold + Gold.
64	** On the Windows Phone version sex has been omitted, but the iPhone joke is intact. Either it slipped through, or the combination of the two was too important to leave out.
65	** Episode 3 changes this to Apple + Cellphone = Religion.
66	* TankGoodness: ''Doodle Tanks'' is entirely dedicated to it, as you get to combine elements to create tank components and eventually tanks from USSR and the Third Reich.
67	* TryEverything: Getting stumped is easier than you think.
68	* VideoGameDemake: ''Doodle God 8-Bit Mania'', which is practically the same game but with 8-bit style graphics and chiptune music.
69	* TheVitruvianPose: A simplified version of the Vitruvian Man is used as the icon for the human group of elements.
70	* WhenTreesAttack: Tree + Life = Treant.
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