Scribblenauts, announced at E3 and scheduled to be released in the fall, is a much anticipated game from the small startup 5th Cell. The goal of the game is simple. You’re tasked with reaching a star on each level map, like in Crayon Physics. But instead of drawing ramps and boxes, you write. You can write any noun you think of and the item will materialize on screen to be used as a prop. The items even interact with each other.
Attempts to break the game by entering obscure words have been relatively unsuccessful. 5th Cell had 5 people going through encyclopedias and dictionaries for 6 months. There’s even a few meme cats in the game. The game is being released for the DS, but it’s interesting to speculate about how it could grow. It could be online and constantly updated with new objects, become multi-player or be adopted for other purposes.
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