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Magic Touch
- Arcade
- Drawing
Mouse
Flash
Magic Touch is an arcade-drawing Flash game released on August 31st, 2007[1] by Nitrome. It is the first installment of the Magic Touch series. The game was one of the twelve games made available when the Distributable games page was launched on August 25th, 2011, and it was made Nitrome Touchy compatible as one of the 10 launch games when the app was released on iOS on October 31st, 2012.
The player takes control of a wizard trying to stop knights from reaching a castle.
An expanded version of the game named Magic Touch: Wizard for Hire was released on February 25th, 2015.
Descriptions[edit | edit source]
Nitrome.com 1.2
Defend the castle from the knights by drawing magic to pop balloons![2]
Nitrome.com 2.0
Draw the symbols to pop the balloons and stop the beetleknights from landing.
Nitrome Touchy
This game was born to be played on a touch screen! Frantically draw your way through this dextrous action title. Draw on the screen and it will magically recognise the shape and pop the corresponding balloons. Can you beat the rest and reach the top of the leader boards?[3]
Controls[edit | edit source]
Mouse - Draw lines
Gameplay[edit | edit source]
The player must prevent the knights that are descending from the top of the screen from touching the roof of the castle by drawing the various shapes that are present on each knight's balloons. Drawing is limited to the amount of magic available, which is displayed on a bar in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Knights will progressively have more balloons as the game goes on, and they can have up to five balloons attached to them. Failing to prevent any knight from touching the castle will result in a game over.
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Components[edit | edit source]
- Knights - Knights will descend from the sky with a balloon tied to them, and they must be prevented from reaching the ground.
- Balloons - Each knight is attached to a balloon of a certain colour with a shape on it. The balloons act like parachutes to guide the knight down to the ground. When the balloons are popped, the knight crashes.
Development[edit | edit source]
The game was being developed in late June 2007[4].
Credits[edit | edit source]
| Design | |
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| Programming | |
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Glitches[edit | edit source]
- When drawing the shape for
or 
, the game will sometimes think that the player is drawing the shape for 
.
Music[edit | edit source]
The music for Magic Touch is credited to Shockwave-Sound.com, and the game features one track that loops throughout the game. Although not credited directly, the track used in this game is an original MIDI track called "Retro Electro", which was composed by Bjorn Lynne[5].
| File | Reused in |
|---|---|
| Magic Touch: Wizard for Hire |
Cameos and references[edit | edit source]
Nitrome cameos[edit | edit source]
- Feed Me - Some vegetation from Feed Me was reused on the menu of Magic Touch.
Cameos in other Nitrome games[edit | edit source]
-
Magic Touch is not featured in other Nitrome games.
Cameos outside Nitrome games[edit | edit source]
- Retro - The wizard and two knights with blank balloons make an appearance in the skin.
- Party - The wizard and a knight make an appearance in the skin.
- Touchy - A Cuboy wearing the wizard's hat makes an appearance in the skin.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Logos[edit | edit source]
Logo as seen on the menu
Logo as seen on the menu in the Nitrome Touchy version
Icons[edit | edit source]
Nitrome 1.2 icon
Nitrome 1.5 icon
Nitrome 2.0 icon
Search engine thumbnail
Screenshots[edit | edit source]
Menu (with Nitrome Touchy logo)
Slider animation
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ RobotAcid: Magic Touch, 31 Aug 07, retrieved 29 Dec 16.
- ↑ Internet Archive Wayback Machine: Nitrome - Play Free Online Games, 20 November, 2007, retrieved 5 February, 2025.
- ↑ Internet Archive Wayback Machine: Games | Touchy, 23 June, 2012, retrieved 5 February, 2025.
- ↑ Robotacid: Gesture Shmesture, 23 Jun 7, retrieved 27 Mar 22.
- ↑ Lynnemusic.com: The Music of Bjorn Lynne, retrieved 17 November, 2019.
| v • d • eMagic Touch series | |
|---|---|
| General | Magic Touch (Nintendo DS version) • Magic Touch: Wizard for Hire • Castle • Wizard • Wizards • Knights • Magic Touch series • Backgrounds |
| Interactive objects | Balloons • Treasure chests • Potions • Bubbles • Fairies |
| Spells | Hourglass • Lightning • Fire • Cannons • Frog spell • Fast forward • Balloon Nuke • Dragon • Gun hat • Unicorn |