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Play Drawn to Life (US edition · English / French) Online
Drawn to Life
Play Drawn to Life online. Draw your own hero, bring missing objects to life and explore platform stages to restore a village threatened by shadows.
Browser play
Nintendo DS (NDS) — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B / X / Y | Z / X / A / S |
| L / R | Q / E |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
| Microphone | Not assigned |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Drawn to Life
Quick start
Start New Game and draw the land, forests and a Raposa, finishing each canvas with Done. When Mari needs Jowee, tap his house three times to wake him; unseal the Creation Hall door and draw your hero. Follow the village events to the Snow Gate. In Snow Fields, practise A jumps, use the stylus to clear goo and break the Mayor's cage with three Y attacks.
Controls
DS: D-pad moves. In platform stages A jumps and Y attacks; jump, then press Down+A for Ground Bounce. Rub shadow goo away with the stylus and draw at the prompted canvases. In the village A interacts and B dashes. After acquiring the Snowshooter, B fires it in the snow stages and the D-pad aims. Drawing-mode buttons have different functions from field controls.
Drawn to Life — About this game
Drawn to Life gives you two connected roles: the Creator who draws new objects and the hero who uses them in a platform adventure. Your designs become characters, equipment and scenery, while familiar movement and attacks carry you through enemy-filled stages. The village provides conversations and new tasks, and rescued residents help its story unfold. In the field, the stylus also clears shadow goo from buildings and terrain, so progress involves cleaning as well as fighting. Early abilities arrive through the story; the Snowshooter is awarded after rescuing the Mayor rather than being available from the first step. Simple, readable drawings work well while you learn how each creation appears in motion.
Drawn to Life Game manuals
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nds
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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