An undo option or the ability to add color would allow for better drawing, but it would also break away from the idea that not only are these meant to be images drawn in a notebook, but it would probably shift the focus away from the fact these are meant to supplement the game’s humor rather than it serving as a real drawing platform. To that end, the moments the game prompts you to draw something don’t give you many tools, just a pencil for the purposes of a monochromatic image and an eraser to clear away any errors. I’m certainly no artist myself, but Doodle Date’s name gives away that you don’t really need to be excellent at art to do what’s asked of you in this game, as the idea is you’re doodling rather than trying to make something of decent quality.

The first thing that’s bound to come up in a game all about drawing is how well you can draw. While there only a few moments in total where you do draw the pictures in, Doodle Date bases itself around the idea that your drawings are pretty much creating your story, even though the narrative won’t really change based on what you draw. While in Mad Libs you are prompted to pick words to make a story sound silly, in Doodle Date you are handling the visual component, the player prompted to draw characters and objects to make the story being told fun for them to read.

Doodle Date is like a visual game of Mad Libs.

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