Max & the Magic Marker is an indie developed by Press Play, released 22 January 2010 on PlayStation 3, Wii, iOS and Linux.
What Max & the Magic Marker is
Max & the Magic Marker is an indie game developed by Press Play and released in 2010. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii, iOS, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Something incredible is happening in this unique adventure! Max just drew a terrifying monster with his new marker and now it's alive and wreaking havoc in his drawings! He doesn't have any choice but to stop the monster if he wants to save his pictures. In a new kind of gaming style, Max & the Magic Marker combines tried-and-tested 2D jump n run feel with the innovative option of directly influencing the level design. Here, Max is able to change every level with his magic marker so that all obstacles can be overcome, traps avoided and puzzles solved in order to send the monster back to where it came from.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Max & the Magic Marker holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 55% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.6GHz, 512 MB of RAM and 64 MB. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Max & the Magic Marker launched on 22 January 2010, within three weeks of Mass Effect 2, BioShock 2, Gothic II: Gold Edition and Darksiders. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Mass Effect 2, BioShock 2, Gothic II: Gold Edition, Darksiders.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Max & the Magic Marker yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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