The premise of this game has disaster written all over it. The first time you play it however, you’ll bow down to it.

Doodle God ($0.99)

Doodle God is about mixing elements both randomly and calculated. It doesn’t really sound fun does it? Once you play it, the game somehow enchants you like its name suggests. Soon you’ll find yourself discovering elements like there’s no tomorrow.

Presentation

The game is presented through doodle graphics obviously. The paper background looks good and is given a burnt papyrus like texture to it. The elements and simple animations are basic enough to complement the simple gameplay setup.

Controls

Tap one side to choose the first group. Tap the other side to choose another group. Tap first element you want to use. Tap the second element. Rinse and repeat.

Gameplay

Doodle God’s gameplay is in a sense a card matching game hidden through groups of elements instead of laid out in front you. Elements are hidden inside “groups” like water, fire, and energy. Inside these groups you’ll find “elements” related to their certain groups. For fire, it can be fire itself, lava, plasma or sulfur among others.

Combining elements do not only unlock new elements but rather new groups as well. There are currently a total of 140 elements divided into 15 groups. My tip is to focus on two groups at a time and try to combine their elements with each other.

Doodle God is kind enough to show you the elements you’ve created so far in case you remember a combination in your sleep. See the game is so addicting you’ll probably even have dreams of associating fire into sulfur or something like that. As a bonus, there’s even a “hints” tab to help you out with some elements.

Suggestions

My biggest request is for the game to go back to the elements you last chose AFTER the element is made. It’s a little mind boggling to try and remember what the last two groups you were working on. Maybe this is because to make the game more challenging and if so, I think we should have adjustable options.

Also, how’s this for SOME suggestion: survival mode. Start with 10 elements and try to combine elements until you MIS-combine wrong elements. Three strikes and you start from scratch. Add some leaderboards and voilah! Gameplay extended

Conclusion

Doodle God is a game I never thought in a million years, myself and the rest of the people that like it, would get addicted to. It’s gameplay is so nastily simple and yet it’ll get you hooked until you complete all 140 elements.

Doodle God is the name of the game, so I’ll rightfully call the developers geniuses. Geniuses for making a game so refreshing it now pays them dividends through its massive successes thus far.