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key: mechanic/drawing--family-g12
type: mechanic
id: drawing--family-g12
lang: en
title: 'Signs, magic and recognition'
summary: >-
The game interprets what is drawn as a sign, an object, or a sequence of
commands.
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- Drawing
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preview:
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
title: 'Signs, magic and recognition'
description: >-
The game interprets what is drawn as a sign, an object, or a sequence of
commands.
image:
src: images/mechanics/interface-draw-a-stickman2-03.webp
width: 1440
height: 810
game: 'Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2'
sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/403180/'
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https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/403180/ss_f903431eb49c29d9e86eaf6349b275b89aea07fe.1920x1080.jpg?t=1792634488
credit: Hitcents / Hitcents
rights: >-
© Hitcents / Hitcents. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY
4.0.
caption: 'Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2: saved drawings of usable items'
alt: 'Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2: saved drawings of usable items'
markers:
- x: 40
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label: Drawn items are saved in the book
tips:
- 'Explain whether the player chooses a symbol’s meaning, shape or both.'
examples:
- title: 'Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2'
url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/403180/'
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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.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/drawing
---
# Signs, magic and recognition
id: drawing--family-g12
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/drawing--family-g12
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/drawing--family-g12/
The game interprets what is drawn as a sign, an object, or a sequence of commands.
## At a glance
[Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/403180/) · © Hitcents / Hitcents. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
1. Drawn items are saved in the book
- Explain whether the player chooses a symbol’s meaning, shape or both.
- [Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/403180/)
## How it works
The game interprets what is drawn as a sign, an object, or a sequence of commands.
## Variants
### Variants and applications
- Drawing a recognizable rune. Rule: Play a character that the game recognizes as a command or spell. Criteria: Character class. Example status: Design pattern.
- Casting a spell. Rule: Draw a sequence of characters that combines effects. Criterion: Composition and order. Example status: Design pattern.
- Magic gesture in context. Rule: Draw a sign over a suitable object to apply an action to it. Criteria: Sign and context. Example status: Design pattern.
- Summoning an object with a drawing. Rule: Draw an object, after which the game recognizes its class and creates the corresponding entity. Criterion: Object class. Example status: Design pattern.
- Drawing an elemental effect. Rule: Draw a fire, cloud or other intended image to change the situation. Criterion: The meaning of the image. Example status: With example.
- Drawing for the recognizer. Rule: Depict a given concept so that the recognition system can recognize it. Criterion: Machine recognizability. Example status: With example.
## 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.
- [Draw a Stickman: EPIC](https://store.steampowered.com/app/248650/Draw_a_Stickman_EPIC/) (id: source-46d3299b79dc627d)
- [Quick, Draw!](https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/) (id: source-4f23a4331f9f8f41)
- [Draw a Stickman: EPIC 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/403180/) (id: source-6a56f78d560a809b)
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