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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Janice Ritter, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Peter Maciver, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Gary Collins, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Brian Yu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Janice Ritter, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Peter Maciver, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Gary Collins, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Brian Yu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of playing drawings games incorporating novel steps and electronic game systems configured for use with a video display and adapted to interactively provide novel methods of playing drawing games. Novel steps of the methods include: providing an award based at least in part on the number of continuous lines used by a player in the drawing of clues; erasing a player's drawing after a predetermined time in sequence to how the drawing was sketched; providing an initial image to a player who sketches clues incorporating the initial image to create a drawing; limiting a player's sketch to a combination of a predetermined set of shapes; limiting a player's sketch to clues not depicting the physical manifestation of the word provided; manipulating a hand, wrist, or arm of a player to sketch clues to a word; requiring the player sketching clues to continuously produce verbal sound; requiring the player sketching clues to continuously keep his/her feet off the floor; and requiring the player sketching the clues to sketch upside-down.