
The player designs a hero for them, and then runs into Wilfre, a corrupted Raposa that dabbled in creation, and spawned a legion of evil shadow-like creatures. These characters are the last remaining villagers. Along the way, the player meets her best friend, Jowee, and her father, the Mayor. The story begins with a Raposa named Mari crying out to the player, the Creator, to help save the village she lives in.

They were drawn by the Creator, who also drew their world and everything upon it, but is believed to have abandoned the Raposa long ago. The main "race" of creatures inhabiting the universe of Drawn to Life are anthropomorphic fox-like beings known as the "Raposa" ( raposa meaning "fox" in Portuguese). Players can trade their drawn heroes and other objects via local Wi-Fi only. The game's title screen can be drawn and saved, so players can make their own title screen. Character creation also features 15 pre-made character templates which can be traced, or have their body parts used for those who are less artistic. The player can design up to three different humanoid heroes using a variety of colors, patterns, and stamps. Once drawn, objects and the hero will animate. This is done through the stylus and touchscreen. Once drawn, the player goes back to Adventure Mode and can then interact with the newly-drawn object.ĭraw Mode - The tool through which players create new objects, weapons, and their hero. In each section of the levels, players tap on an easel icon to enable Draw Mode, which tells the player to draw a new type of platform or object. Players can also collect secret orbs that will then unlock and be purchasable in the item shop.

Players are tasked with rescuing three Raposa and four pieces of a page from the Book of Life, which has to be used to create a new village object. The levels exist in one of four different worlds: Ice, Forest, Tropical, and City, each with its own boss. Players draw platforms that allow them to progress through the level. Here, the player battles enemies, rescues Raposa, and collects items. The 10,000 rapo-coin grand prize is Developer's Grove, where the Hero can meet sprites of the game's developers.Īdventure Mode - A side-scrolling platformer with 16 levels. Also, there is a wishing well in which players can dump rapo-coins to get prizes. There are three main buildings in this mode - Creation Hall, where players can edit their previous creations, and the item shop, where players can purchase songs, patterns, stamps, and even new abilities for their hero. A third installment in the series, titled Drawn to Life: Two Realms, developed by Digital Continue and published by 505 Games, was released on Decemfor Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows. A spin-off title, Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition (based on the SpongeBob SquarePants episode " Frankendoodle"), was developed by Altron for the DS. Two sequels followed, both under the title Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, for release on the DS and Wii. It features numerous platforming levels, a top-down central village, and other elements such as vehicles, weapons, and platforms, which are drawn or colored by the player using the stylus.

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The game was ported to iOS by WayForward Technologies and released by 505 Games on May 21, 2014.ĭrawn to Life requires the player to create a hero in order to free a cursed village from an encroaching darkness. In the game, the player creates their own playable characters, level objects, and accessories by drawing them using the DS's stylus and touchscreen. It was later published by Agatsuma Entertainment in Japan in 2008 under the name Drawn to Life: God's Marionette ( ドローン トゥ ライフ 〜神様のマリオネット〜, Dorōn tu Raifu: 〜Kami-sama no Marionetto〜), and in Korea under the title Geuryeora, Touch! Naega Mandeuneun Sesang. Drawn to Life is an action-adventure platform video game for the Nintendo DS developed by 5th Cell and published by THQ in 2007.
