The doodle honors Gerald “Jerry” Lawson, inventor of the video game cartridge
Today’s Google Doodle honors Gerald “Jerry” Lawson, inventor of the video game cartridge, with a fun experience that lets you play and create old school video games. Doodle includes five games that you can play right away on the homepage of the search engine, and it even has an editor to help you easily design your own game and share it with friends.
Developed in partnership with three artists and game designers, Davionne Gooden, Lauren Brown, and Momo Pixel, Doodle introduces players to Jerry Lawson through a short experience that also introduces you to key controls and editing features. Once you complete the tutorial, you are taken to one of five mini-games created by artists and game designers.
You can play these games as is or modify them to your liking by clicking on the pencil icon in the top left corner. Once you’re done tinkering, you can share your creation with friends using the share button. If you want to create something from scratch, you can go back to the main doodle screen and click on the empty cartridge with a plus sign.
The editor gives you access to various customizations, including different player models, building blocks, checkpoints and bonuses, enemies, modes, and more. You can create a wide variety of games with the editor and share them using the share button in the top right corner of the editor. Once you’re done, your creations will be available on the doodle home screen and everyone has access to the shared link.
We highly recommend checking it out, as it’s among the best doodles we’ve seen so far, and easily related Google Arts & Culture blog post Learn more about Jerry Lawson. If you’re thinking of creating your own mini game, be sure to drop the link in the comments. We’d like to check that out.
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