“This was the first time we looked at the homepage as being capable of something more than just clip art,” says Doodler Ryan Germick of this playable Doodle. “The designers worked tirelessly to capture every nuance of the game” Photograph: PR
“In a way, Robert Moog [who invented the musical synthesiser] combined technology and art and was the patron saint of nerds,” says Germick. “If he were still around today, we’d probably try to hire him!” Photograph: PR
One of Doodler Ryan Germick’s favourites. He explains: “I’d never heard of the ‘human calculator’ Shakuntala Devi before, even though my wife is Indian. But she inspired people to get involved in maths, and I thought the world needed to know more about her” Photograph: PR
“Turing was definitely a hero of mine,” says Doodler Corrie Scalisi of the mathematician, computer scientist and codebreaker. “I love that we had an opportunity to teach people a bit about computing with this Doodle, in which you create an algorithm by solving the little puzzles” Photograph: PR
Matt Cruikshank art-directed this one, but he says: “It was a team effort to boil down 50 years of a cultural phenomenon to a short animated video game. I particularly liked illustrating Tom Baker’s tiny scarf” Photograph: PR
