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Google Technology Halloween

Google’s Halloween doodle is an addictive ghostbusting game

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By John McCarthy, Opinion Editor

October 31, 2016 | 2 min read

Google has, as is tradition, rolled out a new Halloween Doodle on its homepage, this time an addictive spell casting game in which a sorcerer cat looks to hold of waves of ghosts.

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The Magic Cat Academy

The mobile-friendly game sits on the Google homepage and is best played on mobile devices due to its optimization for touchscreens.

The Magic Cat Academy was reportedly inspired Google Doodler’s Juliana Chen’s own black cat Momo, with the game starting life as a potion brewing puzzler.

The Doodle team created all the art and assets for the game which was coded largely in house by the engineering team and beyond.

It’s a step forward from previous Halloween Doodles which have become progressively more sophisticated to reflect advancements in the company’s offering.

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Google has launched gamified projects before, several years ago it turned Google Maps into a personalised version of PacMan.

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