Pirate Doodle-Doo

Designed by Helen Kwok & Chad Toprak.

Made for the 2024 Global Game Jam, to the theme Make Me Laugh.

Pirate Doodle-Doo is a piratey co-op drawing game for 2–5 players.

You and your crew of illiterate pirates are in search of legendary treasure, and its map is guarded by a ferocious but sleeping dragon. You find the treasure map, but wear and tear has made the map quite cryptic and puzzling to decipher. You all have differing opinions on how to get to the treasure chest, so the best way to solve this confusing situation without waking the dragon? Draw your thoughts out!

But there's a catch! Each player must draw their words adopting the pirate character that's assigned to them. If you get Two-Hooks Tilda, it means you gotta draw with your feet. Polly the Parrot? Draw with the marker in your mouth. Monkey Le Chucky? Draw your picture upside-down. Just try not to get The Mighty Captain.

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Get a whiteboard and marker (or paper and pen).
2. Each player takes turns drawing as many object words as they can within 30 seconds, using the actions from their assigned pirate card.
3. After each player has had two turns, the game ends.
4. Your team score determines the outcome of the story.

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We acknowledge the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, on whose unceded lands we work and play. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend our respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider community and beyond.