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Max and the Magic Marker

Innovative combination of arcade and logical game. As the title Max we are transferred to the world inside the notebook. Fun mechanics combines platform elements with ingenious riddles.

Arcade | logical elements | 2D | indie games | singleplayer

Max and the Magic Marker Release Date

22Jan2010

Wii

23Feb2010

PC

08Jul2011

NDS

28Sep2011

PS3

30Aug2017

iOS

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The Game

Max & the Magic Marker is a physics based 2D puzzle platformer, in which the player controls the boy Max and his Magic Marker. While Max enables good old platforming fun, the marker provides the game’s signature feature: the ability for the player to draw directly inside the game world where everything drawn becomes physical objects. This feature is used to complete levels and overcome challenges but it also provides the player with a unique tool that in itself is fun to play around with.

The Story

Max is a young boy, and like most boys he loves to draw. One day he gets a mysterious marker in the mail. There is no letter attached – only the plain orange marker. Max decides to test it right away, sits down and starts drawing. He draws a monster but as soon as he finishes the lines on the paper start moving and to Max’s great surprise the monster runs off the paper and into another drawing. Stunned Max now sees how the Monster messes around with his drawings. Max realizes that he has to stop the monster. So he draws himself on the same drawing that the monster is in and immediately finds himself inside the drawing. The game begins.

Last updated on 16 June 2010

Game mode: single player  

User score: 8 / 10 based on 97 votes.

PEGI rating Max and the Magic Marker

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. Game contains depictions of violence.

Max and the Magic Marker System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Recommended:
  • Pentium 4 2 GHz
  • 768 MB RAM
  • graphic card 128 MB
  • 5 GB HDD
  • Windows XP/Vista
Nintendo Wii

Nintendo Wii

  • Uses:
  • WiiWare
Sony PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3

  • Uses:
  • PlayStation Network
  • additionally (PS3): PlayStation Move
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