Doodle Tower: Draw and Stack

How to play Doodle Tower

Doodle Tower is a drawing and stacking game with real physics. Every block in the tower is one you drew yourself. Sketch a shape above the base, let go and it drops with its own weight and wobble. Your job is to build a tower tall enough to pass the dashed goal line and keep it standing for three whole seconds, while the levels throw icy blocks, gusts of wind and a see-sawing base at you.

1. Look at the base and the dashed goal line. The counter at the bottom shows how many shapes you may draw.
2. Draw a closed outline anywhere in the light blue area above the tower.
3. Let go: your shape becomes a solid block and falls onto the stack.
4. Keep drawing until the top of your tower is past the line.
5. Hold it there for three seconds without anything falling off to win.

Tips for tall towers

• Draw flat bottoms. A block with a flat underside sits on the one below. Round blobs roll off.
• Drop low. You can draw right above the top of the tower. A short drop bounces less and lands where you aimed.
• Wide at the bottom, narrow at the top. A pyramid shape keeps the centre of mass low, which is what keeps towers upright in the wind.
• Centre everything on the wobbly base. The see-saw base tips towards the heavier side. Keep the stack in the middle and it stays level.
• Tall and thin saves ink. Ink is spent on the outline. A tall, narrow rectangle reaches higher for less ink than a big square, but it topples more easily.
• Watch the gusts. Wind changes strength and direction. The arrows show it. Wait for a calm moment before dropping your top block.

Twelve towers to build

The first levels teach the basics on a wide, steady base. Then the goal line climbs higher, the base gets narrower and the ink bar gets tighter, so every outline has to count. Icy blocks arrive in level six and slide on each other like soap. From level seven the base sits on a spring pivot and tips whenever the weight is off centre. Wind blows from level eight, with strong gusts in level ten, and the final towers mix wobble, wind and ice together.

Why stacking your own drawings is so satisfying

Block-stacking games are a classic because they are easy to understand and hard to master. Drawing the blocks yourself adds a fresh twist: no two towers are ever the same, and a slightly crooked line really does make a crooked block. You quickly develop a feel for balance, centre of mass and friction, which are the same ideas engineers use to keep real buildings standing. A level takes about a minute, failures are funny, and the stars give you a reason to come back and build a leaner, smarter tower.

Shapes, ink and weight

All blocks are made of the same material, so a block's weight depends only on its area. A big square is heavy and steady but eats ink. A slim pillar is light and cheap but catches the wind. Triangles make great tops because their point keeps the tower narrow, while a wide slab at the bottom acts like a foundation. If your outline crosses itself, the game smooths it into a solid shape around the outside, so even quick scribbles turn into usable blocks. Mixing big and small shapes is the key to the higher levels.

More games you might like

Try the slingshot side of physics in Doodle Slingshot, where your drawing is the ammunition, build a crossing with one line in Draw the Bridge, or relax with the brain teasers in Draw Puzzle.