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Scribble Shield: draw fast, bounce the blobs
Scribble Shield is the quickest game on the shelf. Penny the doodle sits in the middle of a notebook page, ink blobs fly in from the edges, and your only defense is a pencil. Rounds are short, and the blobs keep speeding up until something goes wrong.
How to play
- Drag with a mouse or finger to draw lines. Blobs bounce off them.
- Lines fade after 2 seconds. Drawing uses ink from the pencil meter, which refills over time.
- You can't draw inside the dashed bubble around Penny, so wrapping her in a tiny circle won't work.
- Penny has 3 hearts. Hearts sometimes appear when you've been hit.
Where the points come from
A blob you bounce turns yellow and stops being a threat. If it then hits incoming blobs, it pops them, for 3 points, then 6, then 9, and so on along the chain. Scribble through a passing star, or hit one with a yellow blob, for 5 points and half a tank of ink.
| Blob | Shows up | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
| Ink (black) | Right away | The standard blob |
| Zip (blue) | After 20 seconds | Small and about 1.45 times as fast |
| Glob (purple) | After 45 seconds | Big and slow, and splits into two yellow drops when bounced |
Tips
- Short, angled strokes save ink. Aim to send each blob back across the page, where it can hit others.
- A bounced Glob gives you two yellow drops, so it's a free combo starter.
- Grab stars when your ink is low. Half a tank can save a run.
- After about 30 seconds, blobs sometimes arrive in pairs. Draw lines a little longer than feels necessary.
On a keyboard, P or Esc pauses, M toggles sound, and Enter or Space starts a round.
Release log
- First release.