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Game Overview

Magic Crayon was one of those weird little MS-DOS games that just stuck with me. You play as this little guy—no idea what he was supposed to be, honestly—armed with a crayon that actually works. Like, you'd press a button and just start drawing platforms, ladders, whatever you needed right onto the screen. Messy, wobbly lines became real objects. Felt like cheating at first, but then the puzzles got trickier.

Some levels had me stuck for ages because I kept trying to brute-force my way through instead of thinking sideways. That one ice level? Absolute nightmare until I realized I could just scribble a bunch of tiny bumps to stop sliding. Graphics were basic even for the time, but there was something magical about watching your janky doodles become part of the world. Still remember the sound that crayon made—this weird digital skritch skritch noise.

Honestly, half the fun was failing spectacularly. Draw a bridge too short? Watch your guy faceplant into the abyss. Too steep? He'd slide right off. It had that perfect balance of simplicity and "wait, why didn't I think of that sooner?" moments. Definitely a product of its era, but in the best way.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".