Drawful (series)

* Drawful
* Drawful 2

### Platforms

PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series S & X, Android TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, PS3, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch.

### Release Date

* November 19, 2014
 **Drawful**
* June 21, 2016
 **Drawful 2**
* October 14, 2021
 **Drawful Animate**

### Number of Players

3-8 players (3-10 for Drawful Animate) + audience

### Voiced

* Catherine/Katie Rich
 **Drawful** and **Drawful Animate**
* Elizabeth Archer
 **Drawful 2**

### Languages

English, French, Italian, German, Spanish (Latin American, Castilian)

**Drawful** is a series of drawing games created by Jackbox Games. The name is a portmanteau of "draw" and "awful", which implies that the game will get crazy and the drawings will be bizarre. Players must draw an image for a strange prompt they are given, while also trying to guess what everyone else drew.

## Game Rules

The game follows a basic structure of players receiving prompts and having to draw said prompt on their devices. All players will then see the other players' drawings in turn and come up with a fake answer for that drawing. Afterwards, players then need to guess what the actual drawing is from the answers on screen. If they guess the correct prompt, both the player that drew the prompt and those that guessed it get points. If a player-suggested answer is chosen, only the person who wrote it will get points.

Depending on the number of players, the number of rounds will change. There is also no "Final Round," so after all drawings have been seen, the player with the highest score is crowned the winner.

The game draws many similarities with *Fibbage*, in that players come up with a fake response and then need to find the correct one. Also similar to *Fibbage* is the 'thumbs up' system, where after choosing what you think is the original prompt, you can then select your favorite responses.

## Miscellaneous

**Drawful** is second game in The Jackbox Party Pack.

### Drawful 2

**Drawful 2** is a stand-alone title, released on Steam on June 21, 2016.

* The game has the support of the audience.
* The game supports drawing with two colors.
* The game has a “Make Your Own” mode.
* Added the “Manual Censoring” mode.

A free update was released on May 6, 2020, which includes full localization of French, Italian, German and Spanish! This update is only available for Steam. Also in this update, was added:

* Closed captioning.
* Content moderation.
* Text filtering.

## Miscellaneous

**Drawful Animate** is the third game announced in The Jackbox Party Pack 8.

* Players can draw with 3 different colors.
* The singular drawings are replaced with two-frame animations.
* You can also now boost your score by doubling down on a guess. Be careful, though, because if you guess incorrectly, you’re giving another player twice the points.
* A "friend mode" which has all of the prompts personalized.
* A "featured content" option, where you can play timely or thematic custom games with prompts made by Jackbox.
* New things for the audience to mess around with while players are drawing/writing.
* An "infinity timers" option that removes the timer completely.

## Achievements

Drawful

Drawful 2

Drawful Animate

## Credits Song

Once you start to play, your drawings come alive
Try to fool your friends, the party never ends
The only limits: those you put on yourself!
Drawful Animate, is a game that’ll make you move
Swipe your finger ‘round and soon it’ll start to groove
Draw the first frame, then another (not the same)
That’s called animation, look at you go!
Drawful Animate, it’s kinetic levity
Just like cartoons that you might see on the TV
You don’t have to be, an artist with degrees
All you need’s a digit and an idea
Drawful Animate, well there’s not much left to say
Call up all your friends and then everyone can play
Jackbox dot TV, is the place you’ve gotta be
Don’t just stand there, why not start a game now?

## Trivia

* A running joke with the series is Jackbox Games' reluctance to add an eraser feature. This joke has been carried over into other drawing games in The Jackbox Party Pack series until Tee KO 2.
* Along with Pack 3 (Quiplash 2, TMP1 and Tee KO only tho), Drawful 2 is the first game that has "Post-Game Sharing" at the final scores and during the credits.
	+ It's was also the first Jackbox game that has Twitch Log-in.

* The owl mascot's canon name is simply known as Sexy Owl.
* The hostess is under house arrest, as she mentions that her ankle watch notifies authorities when she leaves her house¹.
* The fonts used in Drawful are American Typewriter, American Typewriter Bold & Supria Sans Heavy.
* A popular fan name given to the hostess(es) is Dot!. This, however, isn't their actual name, and are not referred to by anything in game.