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Google’s latest Doodle lets you create your own mini arcade game • TechCrunch

Google’s latest Doodle lets you create your own mini arcade game • TechCrunch

Today’s Google Doodle lets you make, play and share your own mini arcade game to honor the memory of videogame pioneer Jerry Lawson. Lawson led the team that developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable game cartridges. Today would have been his 82nd birthday. The interactive Doodle starts off by taking you through a short experience that introduces you to Lawson and his legacy. The first part of the experience is a tutorial that teaches you… Source link

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Google gets into the Halloween spirit with a ghostly multiplayer interactive Doodle • TechCrunch

Google gets into the Halloween spirit with a ghostly multiplayer interactive Doodle • TechCrunch

If you want to take a break from work or the never-ending news cycle, Google is here to give you an escape. The search giant has launched a new Halloween-themed playable Doodle that opens up to a Snake-like game that you can play with your friends or random players from around the world. The goal of the game is to collect as many wandering spirit flames as you can in two minutes and return them to their homebase. After time’s up, the team that has collected the… Source link

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Inside Google’s Halloween Doodle, inspired by Splatoon and LoL

Inside Google’s Halloween Doodle, inspired by Splatoon and LoL

Comment on this story Comment When people open Google.com, the tech company’s Doodle team has a few seconds to hook a visitor into engaging with their games, illustrations or historical facts. This Halloween, Google is inviting people to play an online multiplayer game akin to arcade and classic phone game “Snake.” Like “Snake,” the new Google Doodle lets players move across a map, amassing pixels that follow their character and grow longer. To join, anyone can click on the Doodle to… Source link

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Google Doodle contest victor transforms mom’s support into winning art

STUART, Florida – A Martin County High School student’s artwork – a drawing of her hugging her mother – is now displayed on Google’s homepage for hundreds of millions to see. Sophie Araque-Liu, a 16-year-old senior from Stuart, Florida, won this year’s Doodle for Google contest, an annual competition for K-12 students to create their own versions of the Google logo. A nominee was selected from each state and U.S. territory, and a panel of judges determined the winner. Araque-Liu… Source link

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Doodle for Google 2022 winner has been chosen

Doodle for Google 2022 winner has been chosen

After multiple rounds of judging, including a public vote, the winning artwork for the Doodle for Google 2022 contest is now live on the Google.com homepage and in Chrome. Every year, Google allows students across the United States to submit Google Doodle artwork suited to a particular theme. This year’s theme was “I care for myself by…” and encouraged students to reflect on the positive ways to renew their mental and emotional health. Google’s panel of judges, which… Source link

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Google’s latest multiplayer Doodle lets you play a round of pétanque with your friends

Google’s latest multiplayer Doodle lets you play a round of pétanque with your friends

Google has a delightful new multiplayer Doodle that lets you play a game of pétanque online. If you haven’t heard of pétanque — I hadn’t before writing this article — it’s a game that’s kind of like bocce ball. The goal of pétanque is to throw your ball (the boule) as close as you can to a little ball (the cochonnet) on the playing field in front of you. On your computer, you’ll “throw” the ball by clicking on the boule and dragging back with your mouse to slingshot… Source link

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10-year-old Uvalde shooting victim gets Google Doodle ‘in memoriam’ page

10-year-old Uvalde shooting victim gets Google Doodle ‘in memoriam’ page

Google is obliging. Earlier this year, the search giant asked students to submit entries for its Doodle for Google contest. The winner will take home some big prizes and see their artwork atop Google.com for 24 hours. The Doodle for Google contest, now in its 14th year, allows kids “to display their own Doodle creativity on Google.com and win some awesome prizes while doing it!” the company says. This year’s theme is self-care. Alithia entered her drawing ahead of the March deadline: a girl… Source link

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