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Art Academy is a creative painting game for Nintendo systems, that leads children through step-by-step art lessons. An in-game tutor teaches you to develop basic art skills and techniques. Along with the lessons, there's a free paint mode with all the tools are unlocked. Artwork you create can be displayed in the built-in gallery and exported to SD card.
Unfortunately, Art Academy is not available on Android, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:
Release Date: 25/12/2009, updated in 2016
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, DS and Wii U
Players: 1
Genres: Creative
Accessibility: 10 features
Components: 2D Side-On
Developer: Headstrong Games (@HeadstrongGames)
Costs: Purchase cost
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Scribble It is a digital take on the classic board game Pictionary. You take turns drawing a word as the other players try to be the first one to guess it.
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Colors! is a painting game for handheld gaming devices.
Colors! is a painting game for handheld gaming devices. It introduces concepts of creating digital art in an easy and accessible way.
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Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure where you play an everyday dog thrust into the role of wielding a magic brush.
Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure where you play an everyday dog thrust into the role of wielding a magic brush. The world starts black and white but you colour it in with your paintbrush to solve puzzles and help your animal friends.
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Sticky Business is a cosy creative game about running a business selling stickers.
Sticky Business is a cosy creative game about running a business selling stickers. Play is simply creating stickers by combining small designs such as plants or animals into a single image, then printing and packing them for customers.
Tint is a puzzle game you solve by painting.
Tint is a puzzle game you solve by painting. You mix watercolours to match the colour of the origami.
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Dordogne is a narrative adventure where you play as Mimi, a 32-year-old woman who returns to the house of her recently deceased grandmother.
Dordogne is a narrative adventure where you play as Mimi, a 32-year-old woman who returns to the house of her recently deceased grandmother. You explore the house and area to find letters and puzzles that bring back memories of the past.
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Tearaway Unfolded is an adventure game where you explore a folklore-filled fantasy world that's made entirely of paper.
Tearaway Unfolded is an adventure game where you explore a folklore-filled fantasy world that's made entirely of paper. You play by moving around the world, running, jumping and collecting items to unlock doors and fight enemies.
Out Now: PS Vita and PS4
Eastshade is a slow exploration game in a world you explore by walking around.
Eastshade is a slow exploration game in a world you explore by walking around. Here, though, you play as a painter of landscapes rather than typical hero.
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Concrete Genie is a running and jumping game about a young boy, who is isolated and bullied, in this exploration platform game with a twist.
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Downpour is a quick and creative way to make games on your phone.
Downpour is a quick and creative way to make games on your phone. You collage photos, drawings and text into branching narratives.
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Telestrations is a drawing, guessing party game that combines Catchphrase and Chinese Whispers.
Telestrations is a drawing, guessing party game that combines Catchphrase and Chinese Whispers. Using a wipeable game book, players work in series to sketch a secret word, guess the word, turn the page and sketch again.
Canvas is a creative collecting game where you layer transparent cards and backgrounds to make unique pictures.
Canvas is a creative collecting game where you layer transparent cards and backgrounds to make unique pictures. The aim is to match your art to the target style each round, indicated by icons on the cards.
Diatoms is a tile-placement puzzle game where you create a microscopic mosaic from single-cell algae.
Diatoms is a tile-placement puzzle game where you create a microscopic mosaic from single-cell algae. Your goal is to create a pattern that scores the most at the end of the game based on colours, shapes, and symmetry.
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Swift Playgrounds (iPad and Mac) is a game where you learn to code.
Swift Playgrounds (iPad and Mac) is a game where you learn to code. Three characters, Byte, Blu, and Hopper take young coders through the steps of making a game.
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If you like the sound of Art Academy but it doesn’t offer the accessibility you require, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with more Accessibility Features. You can view a full breakdown in our Art Academy Accessibility Report.
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