Oct 24, 2024

Rise of the Half Moon

This interactive Doodle celebrates October's final Half Moon! This monthly recurring card game invites you to play against the moon to test your knowledge of the lunar cycle.

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Illustration of the letter G with stars around and two half Moon cards on the bottom.

About the Doodle

About the Rise of the Half Moon

You’ll be over the (half) moon about this new Doodle game series! Join the celestial card game where players must connect the phases of the lunar cycle to earn points and against the October Half Moon. If you’re skilled enough to beat the moon, you might just be rewarded.

Did you know that the half moon is scientifically known as the Quarter moon? People casually refer to the Quarter moon as half moon because it appears like half the moon is present but, in fact, only a quarter of the moon is illuminated. Following the first Quarter moon, the moon enters its Waxing Gibbous phase, becoming brighter and brighter until the next full moon. And following the last Quarter moon, the moon enters its Waning Gibbous phase, darkening into a New moon.

To keep track of the lunar cycle, download Doodle Half Moon Rises wallpaper here!

Behind the Doodle

Colorful illustrations of different Moons with cards

Exploration of Moon character

Four color and seven black and white rough illustrations of Moon character

Further exploration of Moon character

Side by side colorful and black and white illustrations of stars

Exploration of Stars

Illustration of Moon cards on black table

First paper prototype from playing cards

Rough illustration of half moon sketches

Early Doodle Sketches

Credits

🌓Team Credits 🌗

Art | Nate Sandhart, Helene Leroux

UX/Design | Nate Sandhart, Winnie Ma

Engineering | Daniel Dovali, Jonathan Shneier, Grant King

Music & Sound Design | Nick Zammuto

Marketing | Selly Sallah, Caroline Moran

Business Affairs | Madeline Belliveau

UX PgM | George Verno, Mark Krawczuk, Kelley Lay

Doodle Team Leads | Jessica Yu, Alyssa Winans, Nate Sandhart, Tom Tabanao, Jacob Howcroft

Where this Doodle appeared

The Doodle Rise of the Half Moon launched Oct 24, 2024

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