Platform(s) Browser Publisher Google | Initial release date 30 October 2016 Mode Single-player video game | |
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Genres Adventure game, Strategy video game | ||
Google s 2016 halloween doodle magic cat academy
Magic Cat Academy is a browser game created as a Google Doodle and released on October 30, 2016. The game, made playable in place of the logo on the Google website, was created in celebration of Halloween.
Contents
Story and gameplay
Players control Momo, a sorcerer cat in a wizard school, who summons a ghost that steals a spellbook. Momo fights ghosts and bosses throughout five levels, taking place in the school's library, a cafeteria, a classroom, a gymnasium, and on the rooftop. Ghosts are defeated by clicking and swiping the mouse in certain directions, pertaining to the symbol atop the ghosts' heads. The swiping directions include an horizontal line, a vertical line, a "v" shape, a "ĘŚ" shape, and a lightning bolt, the latter-most of which summons lightning that destroys onscreen enemies. On occasion, the player will be allowed to swipe in a heart-like shape to regain health.
Development
The creation of the game was coordinated amongst four different design groups, relating to art design, engineering, production, and music. The original concept for the game involved Momo making soup that resurrects dead spirits. The game's development involved many rejected concepts and ideas, including elaborate symbols to draw (such as a "Cat Hat" spell), as well as boss enemies like a chef ghost and a Venn diagram ghost.
The character of Momo was based on a real-life cat belonging to Google Doodler Juliana Chen.
