Draw Something

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Draw Something

Draw Something logo in the App Store
Developer(s) Omgpop
Publisher(s) Omgpop
Platform(s) iOS, Android, Windows Phone
Distribution iTunes, Google Play, Windows Phone Store

Draw Something is a mobile app developed by Omgpop. It won a Flurry App Spotlight Award in 2012.[1] In the first five weeks after its launching, the game was downloaded 20 million times.[2] Fifty days after its release, it had been downloaded 50 million times.[3] In March 2012, both Draw Something and Omgpop were bought by the game giant Zynga for $180 million.[4]

On April 25, 2013, Draw Something 2 was released for iOS.

Gameplay

An image of a person drawing Germany in the app.

Two players alternate turns between drawing a picture to convey the guessword for his/her partner to guess. The person drawing is provided three random words, arbitrarily ranked by difficulty (a star is easier to draw than a lion), earning one to three coins if their partner guesses correctly.

After the player has finished drawing, the guesser will view a stroke by stroke replay of the drawing, without the pauses in between. The guesser is given a number of blank spaces representing the number of letters in the word, and a selection of scrambled letters, which include all the letters of the word plus some more letters which are not in the word. The guesser gets unlimited tries and time to use these letters and attempt enter the guess word. The drawer gets an opportunity to watch her partner guess the drawing as it is replayed.

Coins build up to eventually allow the player to purchase more shades of color for drawing or "bombs". The free version comes with a limited set of colors and bombs; coins can be purchased.

Tools

Each player is given a number of "bombs." As a guesser, the bomb eliminates letters which are not part of the answer; as a drawer, the bomb gives a new set of guess words to choose from. Without bombs the guesser can only forfeit (pass) the game if they cannot guess the word. This breaks the pair's winning streak. The drawer can restart the application to get new words.

Growth

Draw Something took advantage of viral growth through integration with Facebook accounts. Players could sign in with their Facebook accounts, and a list of all their friends playing could be seen. Challenging a friend playing involved only clicking on their name. If a user wished to invite a friend, they could easily do so from within the app.

A recent update allowed users to save and share their drawings with a single click from within the app.

Board game

In 2012, Zynga, in conjunction with Hasbro, released a physical board game version of Draw Something under the "Hasbro Gaming" imprint. This is one of several games in the Zynga game library to be released as physical board game versions. Others include Words with Friends, a CityVille edition of Monopoly and several kids' games based on FarmVille.[5]

See also

References list

  1. ↑ "Red Stamp, Fooducate and Draw Something Win Flurry 2012 App Spotlight Awards". Bradenton Herald. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Draw Something app surges to 20 million downloads". T3 magazine. Retrieved 14 March 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Draw Something is 'fastest growing' mobile game". BBC. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012. 
  4. ↑ "A Game Explodes and Changes Life Overnight at a Struggling Start-Up". New York Times. March 25, 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Zynga games page of HasbroToyShop.com. Retrieved October 17, 2012". Hasbrotoyshop.com. Retrieved 2013-01-28. 

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