Drawing Discoveries
{{Short description|1997 video game}}
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| platforms = Windows
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Drawing Discoveries is a 1997 video game from Brainstorm.{{cite web|first=Joanne|last=Troutner|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA30452707&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=1f3f6389|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122103740/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA30452707&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=1f3f6389|title=Software review|website=Emergency Librarian|archivedate=January 22, 2025|date=March 1997|accessdate=May 31, 2025|via=Gale Research|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Richard|last=Ryan|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance/163646593/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124122610/https://www.newspapers.com/article/staten-island-advance/163646593/|title=Football game learning math fun|newspaper=Staten Island Advance|page=76|archivedate=January 24, 2025|date=January 19, 1997|accessdate=May 31, 2025|via=Newspapers.com|url-status=live}} The game teaches about animals as well as drawing and is for ages 3 and up.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/MacAddict-008-199704/page/n83/mode/2up|title=Drawing Discoveries|magazine=MacAddict|page=82|date=April 1997|accessdate=May 31, 2025}}{{cite web|first=Nancy|last=Churnin|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-22-me-1162-story.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122131726/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-22-me-1162-story.html|title=Presents for Future|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|archivedate=January 22, 2025|date=December 22, 1997|accessdate=May 31, 2025|url-status=live}}
Gameplay
Drawing Discoveries is an interactive program designed to teach children how to draw while introducing them to the geography and culture of Africa. Through fifteen half-hour, step-by-step drawing lessons, kids learn how to sketch animals and people from three different African regions. The experience is enhanced with QuickTime movies, Swahili language, and a guide to different drawing styles and terminology.
Development
Drawing Discoveries was developed by Presage Software, a company founded in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.presage.com/overview.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970614015351/http://www.presage.com/overview.html|title=The Company|website=Presage Software|archivedate=June 14, 1997|accessdate=May 31, 2025}}
Reception
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Birmingham Post-Herald said "This has a very different feel to it from other art programs we've tried. I think it could definitely help a beginner learn a few basic drawing techniques".{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald/163646539/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506061931/https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-post-herald/163646539/|title=Computer program provides drawing adventure for children|newspaper=Birmingham Post-Herald|page=16|archivedate=May 6, 2025|date=April 12, 1997|accessdate=May 31, 2025|via=Newspapers.com|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/19970328005222/http://brainstormfun.com/drawing.html}} (archived)
Category:Interplay Entertainment games
Category:Presage Software games