Toonstruck

Toonstruck is a classic point-and- click adventure game that was released in 1996 by Virgin Interactive. The main character, time block, played by Christopher Lloyd.

Action

The cartoonist time block asleep while working on a new cartoon and a seemingly awakens in a cartoon world. There, he is asked by the king of Niedlingen to hold the counts Widerlus them to transform Niedlingen in a dark place. He receives help from Flux W. Wild, a cartoon character created by him.

Together they create to create it an apparatus which Niedlingen transformed back into a cheerful place. Finally, however, it is captured by Count Widerlus ' henchmen and taken to his castle.

A liquid, where it is injected by Count Widerlus that will turn him into a cartoon character. Finally, it is possible to him free himself and return home in the real world. The game ends with a video sequence at the end of block a call for help from Flux W. Wild gets under which he lands back in the comic book world.

Gameplay

Toonstruck follows the usual gameplay of a classic point - and-click adventure games. The game takes place in a two-dimensional, cartoon- like design environment. The figures shown are cartoon characters. An exception is the protagonist time block, played by Christopher Lloyd, whose real character moves in the drawn pictures. In two of the intermediate video sequences also occurs even block employers Sam Schmaltz, played by Ben Stein, as a real person on. During the game, it is necessary to solve genre-typical puzzle, this includes object -, combination and dialogue puzzles.

Development

Toonstruck was among the first development of burst, an internal development studio by Virgin Interactive Entertainment, headquartered in Irvine (California), later better known as Westwood Pacific. Since February 2011, the game is supported by the interpreter software ScummVM.

Voice Actors

Reception

Toonstruck was well received by the press in many parts.

So the Coming Soon Magazine praised example of humor and action, but also technical elements such as graphics or soundtrack, and Toonstruck finally declared a model for other games. The German gaming magazine PC Games classified mainly dialogues and animated scenes as a success. The Journal Quandary again highlighted in particular in their opinion, successful performance Christopher Lloyd, as well as the English synchronizers. The German magazine PC Player also found the German synchronization excellent. Critical voices, such as those from the magazine Just Adventure, the panelist both dialogues and action to be deficient, however, were rare.

" Toonstruck is seeking a well-crafted game it's hard not to enjoy yourself. The voice work is excellent and the story is amusing enough to get you through the slow parts. In the end, though, it's the puzzles did make the game so great, and finishing Toonstruck only made ​​me wish there was a sequel looming on the horizon. "

" Toonstruck is such a well-made game that it is difficult to have no joy in it. The voice acting is excellent and the story amusing enough to accommodate a through the slower sections. But in the end it's the puzzles that make the game so great, and the end of Toonstruck made ​​me just wish that a successor may appear on the horizon. "

Petra Schlunk of the Computer Gaming World awarded the game the best score of five points, describing the game as " probably the funniest adventure game since Day of the Tentacle ".

Continuation

Originally a much longer action was planned. Because of the then high cost of storage media, and due to the tight schedule, it was decided to divide the plot into two different publications. To ultimately publish the first part of a new ending sequence was produced. Lack of commercial success of the first part was to dispense with the completion of the sequel, although many graphics and the game engine had already been completed and the overall story was clear.

Since the fall of 2009 a project by fans of the game with the aim to collect and assemble the remaining fragments as well as the gaps with their own ideas exist fill to still finish the second part.

Keith Arem, who holds the rights to Toonstruck, took position in 2010 to an online petition, which demanded the release of Toonstruck 2. He testified that he both Toonstruck for modern operating systems as if port - finish also Toonstruck 2. However, for this was a significant support of the fan base necessary.

779800
de