Google Doodle for Halloween Brings Back the 2016 "Magic Cat Academy" Game

Virtually celebrating Halloween, Google brought the iconic “Magic Cat Academy” doodle game back to its homepage. The game, which was originally released in 2016, stars a cat called Momo who is on his mission to "save his school of magic" from "malicious spirits". Besides the Doodle game, Google has brought in augmented reality (AR) Halloween characters. Google Assistant in the US is also getting a spooky themed puzzle room to make this Halloween fun for people to stay indoors due to the coronavirus outbreak.

With Magic Academy Doodle game, you can fight with spirits in the virtual world of Momo. The game is available in four distinct levels and is available for access through the Google homepage for the next 48 hours in regions such as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Russia, UK United and the United States, among other places where Halloween is widely celebrated.

You can use your finger on a touchscreen device or a mouse cursor on your laptop or desktop to draw symbols and defeat ghosts. The more ghosts you can kill in the game, the more success you will achieve. However, with each successive level, you will get more specters, including a vampire squid as well as a monkfish.

To bring some distinction from the 2016 version, the sequel to Magic Cat Academy comes with an underwater theme. Momo looks the same as before. However, you must "reach new depths in his adventure against the ghost Big Boss and his school of ghouls."

Google gave access to Magic Cat Academy through its dedicated Doodles webpage to make it playable in areas where people are not in the Halloween mood to a large extent.

You can also play the original version of Magic Cat Academy Doodle game from the Doodles webpage. This game also made a comeback as Google Doodle in May to help people limit their boredom while staying at home.

Along with the Magic Cat Academy game, Google introduced AR Halloween characters to the Google app and its mobile site. You can browse them by searching for terms such as Halloween, Jack-o-lantern, Human Skeleton, Cat, Dog, and German Shepherd.

Google has added new Halloween AR characters to its app and mobile site

Google Assistant also received a spooky themed puzzle room adventure for Americans. It can be experienced by saying, "Hey Google, tell me a riddle." You can also ask "Ok Google, sing the Halloween song" to hear about the Google Assistant helping a werewolf, ghost, and vampire prepare their haunting skills for Halloween. The song is available in Arabic, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Spanish, English across the world and Portuguese in Brazil.

Additionally, you can listen to Halloween sounds in your home or on your Assistant-compatible audio devices by saying, "Ok Google, haunt my house". The Google Assistant also helps you bring a Halloween touch to your room by flashing purple, green, and orange lights through your smart lights after you ask, “Hey Google, what should I be for Halloween? "

Google Nest Hello is also adding spooky black cat and werewolf doorbell sounds alongside last year's ghost, vampire, monster, and witch. These will be available worldwide until November 1.

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