I’m pretty sure that almost every child on this earth has at least once thought of having their own special marker that allows them to draw something and have it come to life in front of their eyes. Max and the Magic Marker gives you that exact ability.

Max and the Magic Marker is an almost self-explanatory game. You control a young boy named Max. While drawing pictures on the floor of his living room, Max receives a package containing an orange marker in the mail.

As soon as he opens the package and sees the marker, he decides to take it straight to the paper. After sketching a scary monster, Max notices the monster begins to move off of the paper.

Seeing that the monster is beginning to wreak havoc on the neighborhood he had just drawn, max decided he has to save the day.

 Max draws a replica of himself. Suddenly, he is shrunken down and is living inside his drawing.

The game begins with an Angry Birds like screen; three empty star shapes sit below level one while the other levels have a padlock on them.

Each star represents an objective that must be completed in each level. The first star represents the time limit for the level.

You are allowed an unlimited amount of time to complete a level, but if you reach the end of the level in the time specified by the game you obtain a star.

The other two stars for the level are earned if you collect a certain amount of items specified in that level.

Assuming you have to get through each level to complete it, obtaining three stars would presumably be considered the true goal to complete a level.

Level one begins with Max and the monster he just drew appears on screen. The level starts when the play button is pressed. Once the button is pressed, the chase begins! The monster begins to run away from Max, and it is Max’s objective to catch him and bring him to justice.

Level one is mainly a tutorial level and finally the magic marker is available to try out.

Marker works with the swipe of a finger making the marker move any which way you want because version 1 is played on the iPhone.

The controls to move Max, however, are a lot more difficult than swiping your finger to draw things.

Max is controlled with a left and a right arrow at the bottom left corner of the screen. A jump button is also available for Max to reach semi-high places located in the bottom right corner of the screen.

These controls are not as precise as the swipe of your finger. Max likes to move a little less or more depending on how the left, right or up button is pressed.

Aside from that, the game play in Max and the Magic Marker is quite amusing. The game has quite an interesting premise considering it gives one so much freedom to draw basically anything to get through each level.

It could be expected that a game like this would have amazing graphics since it has such an imaginative game play, right?

Max and the Magic Marker is pleasing with its graphics. The levels are two-dimensional and Max and the other characters are actually sort of three-dimensional, almost like the Donkey Kong series for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

With such great graphics being a big plus, and the kind of “wonky” controls, I give this game an 8 out of 10. I would definitely recommend purchasing the app if one would have about two dollars lying around.

That’s right, the app is $1.99 on iTunes. IPad users are better off not even purchasing this app though because the price is a whopping $4.99!

Whatever the price, the game has a great way of letting the imagination run wild for a person of any age.

For the Geekly Weekly, I’m Donny. Happy gaming fellow geeks!