This Doodle’s Key Themes
BOO-lieve it or not, the Great Ghoul Duel is back and spookier than ever!
There are even more unpredictable tricks and treats this time around—including new characters, game maps, special powers-ups, and more!
Exploring one of several spooky maps, players must collect as many wandering spirit flames as they can in two minutes and return them to their homebase. After time’s up, the team that has collected the most spirit flames wins. But beware! - Opponents can intercept spirits from one another as they bring them back to homebase.
Players can choose to host a game with up to seven friends and family via a custom invitation link OR just play with randomized players around the globe. The team built several systems to enable this multiplayer gaming, all running on the Google Cloud Platform, including integrating Open Match, a highly-scalable, open source matchmaking framework cofounded by Google Cloud and Unity.
It looks like the ghost is clear—LET’S GHOUL!
About the Halloween 2022 Doodle
This Halloween, we’re revisiting an old haunt, but with some extra flare. In this multiplayer interactive sequel to the 2018 Great Ghoul Duel Doodle, players around the world join a team of four to compete and collect the most wandering spirit flames before the moon is gone.
Early Drafts
Early Drafts
New character sketches
New character sketches
New corn maze game map sketches
Meet the Characters
Team Green
Team Purple
Bonus Character: Emerald
Bonus Character: Moss
Bonus Character: Mauve
Bonus Character: Amethyst
The Great Ghoul Duel Team
ART & UX DESIGN
Olivia When
Nate Swinehart
Ben Tobias
Emily Barrera
Anthony Irwin
| 2018 Doodle |
Diana Tran
ENGINEERING
Jacob Howcroft
Conner Lane
Daniel Hirsch
David Lu
Mark Ivey
Stephanie Gu
Jordan Thompson
Jonathan Shneier
Tom Tabanao
| 2018 Doodle |
Ben McMahan
Brian Murray
Brandon DeRosier
Monica Rodriguez
Katlyn Edwards
PRODUCTION
Producer | Brenna Fallon
Music/Sound | aivi & surasshu, Stemage, Conner Lane
Marketing | Perla Campos, Sierra Menzies
Business Affairs & Partnerships | Madeline Belliveau
Doodle Team Leads | Jessica Yu, Brian Kaas
| 2018 Doodle |
Producer | Colin Duffy, My-Linh Le
2018 GOOGLE CLOUD TEAM
Product Manager | Micah Baker
Solutions Architect | Joseph Holley
Marketing | Laith Massarweh, Shana Matthews
Professional Services | Nita Meng
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