Drawception
{{short description|Web-based game}}
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| logo_caption = The game's mascot, known as Drawception D, D, DC D, or Big D.
| screenshot = Home Page of "Drawception".png
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| url = {{URL|www.drawception.com}}
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| type = Web Game
| registration = Required, Free
| language = English
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| programming_language = HTML and JavaScript
| owner = Blue Flame Labs
| launch_date = March 26, 2012
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| current_status = Active
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Drawception is a multiplayer web-based drawing and guessing game. Considered similar to the telephone game, it was created by Jeremiah Freyholtz (aka "Reed") and released as an early beta on March 26, 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://drawception.com/game/RBR3K66ARw/a-princess-in-a-castle/|title=A princess in a castle - Drawception|website=Drawception|language=en|access-date=2018-09-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://drawception.com/about/|title=About Drawception|website=Drawception|language=en|access-date=2018-09-26}}
Gameplay
Drawception combines drawing with telephone game rules played by 12, 15, or 24 random players, with some exceptions. (With specific settings, a player can create 6-player games; in the past, there used to be glitched games with hundreds of players.) A game begins with a phrase, which a player then draws. Another player then describes that drawing. This process repeats until all players have taken their turn. Players are notified once a game has been completed and can view the resulting chain of drawings and descriptions. Games typically transform unexpectedly and end completely differently from where they began.
Players can optionally purchase cosmetic color palettes and tools from the game's virtual store. They can purchase with ducks, a virtual currency that they get from other players, or with microtransactions, which, once made, gives the player access to Drawception Gold,{{Cite web|url=https://drawception.com/forums/general/47130/what-can-i-do-with-drawception-gold/|title=What can I do with Drawception Gold? - Drawception Forums|website=Drawception|language=en|access-date=2018-09-26}} which offers the ability to award ducks to others as a way to reward helpful players.{{Cite web|url=https://drawception.com/forums/general/46771/new-feature-give-a-duck/?page=1|title=New Feature: Give a Duck! - Drawception Forums|website=Drawception|language=en|access-date=2018-09-25}}
Reception
Drawception has often been compared to games like Draw Something or Draw My Thing and is noted to "combine the weird Pictionary-style guessing of Draw Something with the weird-to-weirder design of a game of Telephone."{{Cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/5896961/forget-draw-something-check-out-the-madness-of-drawception |title=Forget Draw Something, Check Out the Madness of Drawception |last=Hamilton |first=Kirk |website=Kotaku |date=28 March 2012 |language=en-US |access-date=2016-04-07}} It has also been compared to Broken Picture Telephone, an earlier online game.{{Cite web|url=http://www.instantfundas.com/2012/04/drawception-humorous-game-based-on.html|title = Drawception: Humorous Game Based on Broken Picture Telephone | Instant Fundas|date = 3 April 2012}}
The game has been recommended by publications such as Rock Paper Shotgun,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/27/artistic-communication-breakdown-drawception/|title=Artistic Communication Breakdown: Drawception|journal=Rock Paper Shotgun|date=27 March 2012|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-21|last1=Smith|first1=Adam}} Kotaku, PC Gamer{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/pcgamer/status/184637309558337536 |title=Hey, stop procrastinating and play Drawception |date=2012-03-27 |website=Twitter |publisher=PC Gamer |language=en |access-date=2018-12-21}} and personalities such as Felicia Day,{{Citation |last=Geek & Sundry |title=Felicia Day with a Chainsaw! Plus, adorable baby animals! - The Flog, Ep 5 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y--eKkMYlM&t=1m38s |access-date=2018-12-21}} Harry Partridge{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/HappyHarryToons/status/199267330008690689 |title=So @JohnnyUtah_NG showed me Drawception. Looks like my life's over... |last=Partridge |first=Harry |date=2012-05-06 |website=Twitter |language=en |access-date=2018-12-21}} and Jazza.{{Citation |author=Jazza |title=The RETURN to DRAWCEPTION! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP5yZ9A_spA |access-date=2018-12-21}}
It received an honorable mention by Rock Paper Shotgun{{Cite web |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/12/26/love-everything-our-honorable-mentions-of-2012/ |title=Love Everything: Our Honorable Mentions Of 2012 |journal=Rock Paper Shotgun |date=26 December 2012 |language=en-US |access-date=2018-12-07}} in its yearly roundup of video games.
References
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- {{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Adam|title=Artistic Communication Breakdown: Drawception|url=http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/27/artistic-communication-breakdown-drawception/|journal=Rock Paper Shotgun|date=27 March 2012|access-date=19 January 2016}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://drawception.com/}}