Create a superhero - Magic Mask Games

Got a great idea for a character? Or a new vehicle? Or a planet? We're always happy to listen to suggestions for new heroes or enemies. Send us your ideas, with drawings if you like! Obviously, we can't promise that we'll turn every idea into reality, but we do promise to look at every single idea we receive. Note: the last thing that we want is for someone to submit an idea for a character and then get upset if we use it. This is just for fun!

Team M.A.S.K. Heroes

My name is Matthew Lee. I'm the captain of Team M.A.S.K. (the 'Mostly Altruistic Superhero Krew') - a brave bunch of super hero characters - and commander of a mighty vessel called E.A.R.T.H.W.O.R.M. Our double-edged mission consists of (1) developing fun, stylish, accessible games that anyone can pick up and play, and (2) to fight crime wherever injustice prevails. My crew and I are constantly on the move one hundred metres beneath the surface of the Earth in the world's only subterranean, tunneling, habitable, reticulating, warp-capable games development studio*. Below are details of the members of Team M.A.S.K., and of our numerous foes.

*as far as we know.

Brick Addiction

Our first game - Brick Addiction: The Sunken City - a fantastic breakout game - is on its way. Why is it causing such a fuss? Click here to find out.

Team M.A.S.K. Heroes

The Magic Mask
The Super hero with No Name
Tae-kwon Dog
Klaus - The Human Tool
E.A.R.T.H.W.O.R.M.

(New!)
U.G.L.Y. Supervillains

This collection of odd, generally quite ugly, characters are our sworn enemies:
Megamite (new!)
Silverback
Some geese
Poltergoose
The Sentient Tiramisu

Read about all the members of U.G.L.Y.!

The Magic Mask

The mask is the backbone of our team. I am the Mask and the Mask is me. The mask is a somewhat insignificant-looking thing made of crimson velvet, lined with polyester, and studded with tiny scarlet sequins. It looks like it was hand-stitched, and I often wonder who could have made such an article, and how it came to possess such power. I keep it here on my desk in the Development Chamber section of the worm, out of harm's way. I only dread to think what would happen if Silverback should get his claws on it.

When I don The Magic Mask, I inherit superhuman powers. It gives me the ability to defy gravity (I haven't yet mastered flight or the ability to hover, but I notice a drop in the Earth's gravitational pull), to bend steel, and to develop games single-handedly. Well, mostly. I say 'mostly' because it seems that my body is not yet ready to absorb the Majestic Power of Music. Fortunately the body of my brother The Superhero with no Name does not resist, and takes on the characteristics of an innate composer when he wears the Mask.

When we finish Brick Addiction, our fantastic breakout game, I'm going to take a holiday.

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Our Offices (E.A.R.T.H.W.O.R.M.)

E.A.R.T.H.W.O.R.M. - short for "Experimental All-Terrain Reticulating Tunneling Habitable Warp-capable Offensive Reconnaissance Module" - is basically our home, our office and where we relax over a game of pool. We adore The Worm, as we affectionately refer to it, and are eternally grateful for its existence. Without it, our double-edged mission would be impossible.

The Worm is capable of tunneling through solid granite and penetrates the softer superficial layers of the Earth like a hot knife through butter. We're careful to replant any trees or bushes that we uproot when we surface, to comfort any wild animals that have been distressed by our presence, and to report any damage to protected species of flora, such as orchids and violets, to the appropriate authorities.

The machine will be built in the year 3052. It will be conceived after The Earth befalls a cruel fate and living on the surface becomes impossible for humans. The Worm, although it will never be designed to travel through time, does just that - via a wormhole that it itself will create - at precisely 10.34am, October 12th 3052. An explanation still escapes us. Perhaps one day we will learn the truth.

The Superhero with No Name

My younger brother prefers anonymity to fame. Tight-fitting brightly-coloured Spandex is clearly not his thing, so he wears citizen's clothing inside and out of the Worm. He plays a number of vital functions to further our cause.

Firstly, he teleports five days a week from his quarters on board the E.A.R.T.H.W.O.R.M. to a University in the north of England where he uses his power of Innate Understanding of Networks and Stuff to perform complex and dangerous operations with their central data banks. It's extremely useful for us as he informs us of events on the surface such as tectonic activity, metrological conditions (every now and again we have to surface) and whether or not Newcastle United stand a chance of qualifying for the UEFA cup this season. Hey, even superheroes need hobbies.

Secondly, when he dons the mask, he readily absorbs some of the powers that my body is not capable of absorbing such as the Majestic Power of Music, the Power of Good Judgment, and the power of The Blue Flame. We don't know what that one does yet, but it sounds neat.

Klaus - The Human Tool

Klaus is half human, half tool. At will, he can adopt the form of handy tools such as Allan keys, spirit levels, plumb lines, and tape measures. It seems that he requires further development before he can adopt larger and more complex forms such as nail guns and bolt-cutters. However, a 6mm Allan key is just the job for basic maintenance of the Worm and as we are constantly attacked by Silverback and his goons we need a standby handyman.

We met Klaus after we accidentally surfaced in a public park in Copenhagen, Denmark (our map coordinates showed us that we were beneath the Royal Palace). As we surfaced, we noticed a man shouting and waving his arms around, standing between the crater we left by the lake and a burning wheelie-bin. We are forever grateful to Klaus, as his shouts scared off a flock of angry geese that were approaching to attack us. I hate geese. We took him on board as part of Team M.A.S.K. instantly.

Klaus (if that is his true name) speaks no English. Using the E.A.R.T.H.W.O.R.M.'s powerful computers, I installed the language of Danish in my brain in the hope that we could understand one another, but it seems that the language that Klaus speaks is neither Danish nor any of the other one hundred and fifty or so languages I installed before I finally gave up.

Klaus has been the victim of Silverback's powerful mind-ray device as he spends many of his waking hours in a semi-conscious state.

Tae-kwon Dog

We were rescued by a dog named "Puzzalente" after we were shut in Silvio's basement in Cefalu, Italy, (see log entry #7). He's a scruffy, fibrous, good-humoured young labrador with tufty black hair and a half-chewed ear who looks, at first sight, like an ordinary stray dog. He has sharp senses, sharper teeth, and a nose for trouble (and dog food).

After he rescued us, we renamed him Tae-kwon Dog and took him under Team M.A.S.K.'s wing. We've studied Bo-Di-Oh-Da, (the standard canine fighting technique that generally uses snarls and barking noises as intimidatory techniques, a quadrupedal posture with a low centre of gravity, and a range of fast biting attacks) and we've come to the conclusion that a dog that knew this particular style of martial arts would be more effective in a fight than an ordinary dog.

Teaching a dog martial arts is hard work. I read a book on taekwondo once so I teach him myself. His concentration span is pretty minimal which makes our life all the harder when we're trying to get him to adopt a bipedal L-stance. We shall persevere, and one day Tae-kwon Dog will be the undisputed King of the Canines.