Draw Something is a relatively recent addition to the Android gaming scene, but has been available on PC and iOS for some time. You may have heard recently that Zynga bought OMGPOP and Draw Something for $180 million US dollars. This was solely because Draw Something is so popular that it was beating Zynga's own games. There is a good reason for this - it's pretty darn fun.
Draw Something is a turn based game that is in a similar vein to the board game Pictionary or the web based iSketch. The main difference here is now that we have mobile devices with touchscreens, we can do it on the go. Another draw (sorry bad pun) is the fact that the game is cross-platform, meaning you get to play with all your iPhone toting buddies.
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| If only I was this good! |
- Draw Something Free is the basic ad supported version that has 900+ words to draw and has an initial 4 colours to draw with
- The paid version 'Draw Something by OMGPOP' costs $1.18 NZD and comes with 50 free coins and 2500 words to draw
The game is broken up into 3 parts for each round of the game:
1. Watch the other player guess your drawing (obviously not on the first round)
2. Guess the other player's drawing
3. Select a new word and create your drawing for the other player to guess
You win coins based on the difficulty of the word; easy yields one coin, medium two coins and hard words reward both players with three coins.
The drawing tool itself is quite simple, but using a touchscreen I have seen other players create fairly elaborate illustrations. Being artistically challenged I rely more on very basic stick figure drawings to get my point across.
Draw Something is not the sort of game you sit playing for hours, it is intended to be played for short bursts in between activities. For example you are sitting in a doctor's waiting room (sorry Murray) and have a couple of minutes to kill, why not whip out Draw Something and doodle on your phone.
On the bright side if you do want to play it quite a lot at once you can have multiple games running simultaneously that way you aren't kept waiting for the other player to have their turn. Sometimes it can take days for the other person to draw their next thing.
While I'm pretty terrible at drawing, Draw Something can be an entertaining distraction throughout the day. If you've got a spare second or two then I recommend giving it a go.
[Second opinion from the Ed: Draw Something is great, go get it now (and I don't just say that because my pictures all look better than yours on account of I own a Note). Oh, and be sure to check out the 20 best Draw Something pictures here, or don't if they're going to make you insecure]
2. Guess the other player's drawing
3. Select a new word and create your drawing for the other player to guess
You win coins based on the difficulty of the word; easy yields one coin, medium two coins and hard words reward both players with three coins.
The drawing tool itself is quite simple, but using a touchscreen I have seen other players create fairly elaborate illustrations. Being artistically challenged I rely more on very basic stick figure drawings to get my point across.
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| My attempts at drawing 'Pong' |
On the bright side if you do want to play it quite a lot at once you can have multiple games running simultaneously that way you aren't kept waiting for the other player to have their turn. Sometimes it can take days for the other person to draw their next thing.
While I'm pretty terrible at drawing, Draw Something can be an entertaining distraction throughout the day. If you've got a spare second or two then I recommend giving it a go.
[Second opinion from the Ed: Draw Something is great, go get it now (and I don't just say that because my pictures all look better than yours on account of I own a Note). Oh, and be sure to check out the 20 best Draw Something pictures here, or don't if they're going to make you insecure]
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