Scribblenauts Mega Pack

Scribblenauts is a series of emergent puzzle games, where players primarily take control of a young boy named Maxwell, who has a magical notebook that summons anything he writes in it. Players are tasked with solving puzzles by summoning different objects with the notebook, which rewards the player with "Starites", a type of star. Puzzles in Scribblenauts typically have multiple different solutions, with players being encouraged to use out-of-the-box ideas. The original three games were divided into linear levels, whereas Scribblenauts Unlimited and Unmasked took a more open world-like approach, with individual levels featuring multiple different puzzles for the player to solve.

Summoning objects is done via a keyboard interface or a rotary wheel, where players type the object they wish to summon. Starting in Super Scribblenauts, players could also add adjectives to words to alter their appearance and properties. The games recognizes thousands of words, although it omits most profane words, gore, and copyrighted material. The games have, however, included some copyrighted characters, such as Nintendo's Mario and Link, among other characters, in the Wii U release of Scribblenauts Unlimited.

The first Scribblenauts game was first conceived by 5th Cell in spring 2007, around the same time as they had come up with their other title, Lock's Quest. The first idea for Scribblenauts named "Once Upon a Time" was inspired by Mad Libs; in it, a player could draw sentences on the bottom screen and the action would appear on the top screen. Jeremiah Slaczka said that it was a good idea but it was not a game. Later on Jeremiah had a dream where he was solving puzzles in an Aztec Temple.

He merged the two ideas together and made "Scribblenauts" (a portmanteau of Scribble Astronauts). The first story for the game was about an astronaut that went to different planets to help them out.

Reception of the Scribblenauts across its different installments has been mixed. According to review aggregator Metacritic, the first three installments of the series all received "generally favorable reviews" from critics, whereas the next three games received either "mixed" or "generally unfavorable" reviews.

The general concept of the series has been described as encouraging creativity from the player. Some reviewers have, however, felt that the player's creativity is limited by the lack of unique properties of objects. Ian Bonds of Destructoid, reviewing Scribblenauts Unmasked, wrote that the game promotes creativity, but only creativity that the game designers intended. The A.V. Club's John Teti, reviewing the original Scribblenauts game, felt that most objects are pointless, noting one scenario where a plumber with a wrench would not fix a leaking pipe.