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title: Precision and reproduction
summary: 'The game checks whether a stroke, shape or design matches a given pattern.'
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updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
title: Precision and reproduction
description: 'The game checks whether a stroke, shape or design matches a given pattern.'
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https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/
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credit: Duolingo
rights: © Duolingo. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
caption: 'Duolingo: a guide for the missing stroke'
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label: The arrow shows the stroke direction
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- >-
Show the required precision and distinguish shape, direction and stroke
order.
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https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/
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Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on
2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are
preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire
classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and
editorial review.
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# Precision and reproduction
id: drawing--family-g02
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/drawing--family-g02
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/drawing--family-g02/
The game checks whether a stroke, shape or design matches a given pattern.
## At a glance
[Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/) · © Duolingo. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
1. The arrow shows the stroke direction
- Show the required precision and distinguish shape, direction and stroke order.
- [Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/)
## How it works
The game checks whether a stroke, shape or design matches a given pattern.
## Variants
### Variants and applications
- Outline outline. Rule: Draw a line along the visible contour with a permissible deviation. Criterion: Accuracy. Example status: Design pattern.
- Copying a sample. Rule: Repeat the visible pattern on a separate section of the canvas. Criterion: Similarity. Example status: Design pattern.
- Drawing from memory. Rule: Reproduce the image after the sample is hidden. Criterion: Similarity. Example status: Design pattern.
- Drawing from observation. Rule: Convey the observed object or scene by selecting essential features. Criterion: Similarity. Example status: Design pattern.
- Connecting the dots. Rule: Connect the reference points in a given order and get an image. Criterion: Order and shape. Example status: Design pattern.
- Calligraphy. Rule: Reproduce the sign with the given proportions, direction and order of strokes. Criterion: Accuracy. Example status: Design pattern.
- Pressure control. Rule: Change the pressure or its equivalent to maintain a given thickness or saturation of the line. Criterion: Stroke profile. Example status: Design pattern.
- Stroke speed control. Rule: Maintain the pace on which the score or the result of the drawing depends. Criterion: Time and movement. Example status: Design pattern.
- Reproducing rhythm with strokes. Rule: Start, lead and complete strokes at given moments. Criterion: Rhythm. Example status: Design pattern.
## Context and limits
The author's working classification of mechanics in which the player creates or changes an image, line, outline or stroke, and the game uses the result. Does not claim to be a closed universal list. Catalog unit: player action, drawing interpretation and result. Related options are separated when the rule or outcome criterion changes. A design pattern means that the specific game example in that directory is untested; This is not a statement about the primacy, prevalence or absence of such games.
## Connected materials
## Sources and provenance
Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.
- [Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/duolingo-101-how-to-learn-a-language-on-duolingo/) (id: source-872a30e434db6d16)
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