Max & the Magic Marker is a puzzle platformer for Nintendo DS featuring a young boy named Max who receives a mysterious orange marker. Upon drawing a monster, Max discovers that his creations come to life, prompting him to enter his own illustrations to chase down the runaway creature. Players navigate through various hand-drawn environments, solving puzzles by utilizing Max's artistic abilities to progress.
Max is a young boy, and like most boys he loves to draw. One day he gets a mysterious marker in the mail. There is no letter attached - only the plain orange marker. Max decides to test it right away, sits down and starts drawing. He draws a monster but as soon as he finishes the lines on the paper start moving and to Max's great surprise the monster runs off the paper and into another drawing. Max realizes that he has to stop the monster. So he draws himself on the same drawing that the monster is in and immediately finds himself inside the drawing. The game begins.