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|title=<center>Toonstruck 2</center> | |||
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'''''Toonstruck 2''''' was a sequel to the 1996 video game ''Toonstruck''. Before the release, the game was split into two parts, but due to the commercial flop of the first game, the second part was never released. However, the game's music director stated in 2010 that he's still planning to release the game; as of | '''''Toonstruck 2''''' was a sequel to the 1996 video game ''Toonstruck''. Before the release, the game was split into two parts, but due to the commercial flop of the first game, the second part was never released. However, the game's music director Keith Arem stated in 2010 that he's still planning to release the game; as of 2021, however, its status remains unknown. In 2021, the game's animator Laura Janczewski put up some materials from the unreleased second part on YouTube; these materials can be viewed below. | ||
==Premise== | ==Premise== | ||
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If the first ''ToonStruck'' had been commercially successful, we would have used most of the content that had been cut from the first game and added in additional scenes to pad out the story. Drew Blanc would have been transformed into a "toon" at the outset of the game and would need to undo this by the end of the game. We also wanted to add in more physical-based puzzles, allowing Drew to physically push around objects in the scene and use them together to solve different problems". | If the first ''ToonStruck'' had been commercially successful, we would have used most of the content that had been cut from the first game and added in additional scenes to pad out the story. Drew Blanc would have been transformed into a "toon" at the outset of the game and would need to undo this by the end of the game. We also wanted to add in more physical-based puzzles, allowing Drew to physically push around objects in the scene and use them together to solve different problems". | ||
==Locations== | |||
Keith Arem published a list of music tracks for both ''Toonstruck'' and ''Toonstruck 2'', with each music track corresponding to a specific location. It is, therefore, possible to conclude which locations were to be in the second game; | In the words of cowriter and designer Jennifer McWilliams: | ||
"Toonstruck was meant to be a funny story about defeating some really weird bad guys, as it was when released, but originally it was also about defeating one’s own creative demons. It was a tribute to creative folks of all types and was meant to offer encouragement to any of them that had lost their way. So, the second part of the game had Drew venturing into his own psyche, facing his fears (like a psychotically overeager dentist), living out his fantasies (like meeting his hero, Vincent Van Gogh), and eventually finding a way to restore his creative spark". | |||
==Locations & Music== | |||
Keith Arem published a list of music tracks for both ''Toonstruck'' and ''Toonstruck 2'', with each music track corresponding to a specific location. It is, therefore, possible to conclude which locations were to be in the second game; some music tracks can also be identified with the use of the APM database. The table below only includes the locations which weren't present in the original game; the full music list can be downloaded using a link in the "Links" section. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Location !! Music | |||
|- | |||
| Swamp || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSYMLJ6vXTQ William Trytel - Saw Theme] | |||
|- | |||
| Cutopian Meadow || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzTQ9fjforY Peer Gynt Suite - Morning Mood] | |||
|- | |||
| Island in the Sky Crossroads || | |||
|- | |||
| Frank's Lab || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxkVC7vIDhM Richard Myhill - Armies on the Move]<br>Alternate: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmoiYotrzB4 The Dawn of Man - Richard Myhill] | |||
|- | |||
| Frank's Cryo Crypt || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxkVC7vIDhM Richard Myhill - Armies on the Move]<br>Alternate: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmoiYotrzB4 The Dawn of Man - Richard Myhill] | |||
|- | |||
| Fantasy World || | |||
|- | |||
| Wild West Street || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74qKWbQhYdg Dick Stephen Walter - Spaghetti Western]<br>Alternate: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnqLQRqNFw4 Dick Stephen Walter - Rodeo] | |||
|- | |||
| Wild West Overhead || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74qKWbQhYdg Dick Stephen Walter - Spaghetti Western] | |||
|- | |||
| Van Gogh's Studio || | |||
|- | |||
| Fearland || | |||
|- | |||
| Creepy, Buggy Attic || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSYMLJ6vXTQ William Trytel - Saw Theme]<br> | |||
Alternate: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhwm5u8Og2s Tchaikovsky - Marche Slave] | |||
|- | |||
| Dentist's Office || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-neC0564ulI Tchaikovsky - Francesca da Rimini] | |||
|- | |||
| Dark Bedroom || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kEomF4xe_U Steve Race - Whodunnit?] | |||
|- | |||
| Inhuman Robots Inc. Workshop || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNaWMq7WR3o Brian Laurence Bennett - Surveillance] | |||
|- | |||
| Castle Overlook || | |||
|- | |||
| Castle Ramparts || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BffjId8lXQ4 Richard Myhill - Benedictus] | |||
|- | |||
| Castle Courtyard || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BffjId8lXQ4 Richard Myhill - Benedictus] | |||
|- | |||
| PTP Headquarters Kitchen || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzZRP7KyfXY Sydney Crooke - March of the Ants] | |||
|- | |||
| PTP Headquarters Living Room || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzZRP7KyfXY Sydney Crooke - March of the Ants]<br>Alternate: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nemZGIU3gdQ Trevor Duncan - Smouldering Fury (A)] | |||
|- | |||
|PTP Headquarters Sleeping Quarters || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nemZGIU3gdQ Trevor Duncan - Smouldering Fury (A)] | |||
|- | |||
|Tower of Power || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnXRi6Me62s Richard Myhill - Gothic Tower] | |||
|- | |||
|Supply Center First Floor || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f-NEhj5oVk Johnny Pearson - Graveyard] | |||
|- | |||
|Supply Center Second Floor || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f-NEhj5oVk Johnny Pearson - Graveyard] | |||
|- | |||
|Supply Center Third Floor || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f-NEhj5oVk Johnny Pearson - Graveyard] | |||
|- | |||
|Thrown Room || | |||
|- | |||
|King's Office || | |||
|- | |||
|King's Office Balcony || | |||
|- | |||
|Frank's Lighthouse Top || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn2LMtVfZNQ Gerhard Trede - Wildwasserfahrt]<br>Alternate: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxkVC7vIDhM Richard Myhill - Armies on the Move] | |||
|- | |||
|Light Bedroom || | |||
|- | |||
|Interior house of Mirrors || | |||
|- | |||
|Conductor Column || | |||
|- | |||
|The Dentist || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C3UEwE2ZRM Henryk Kuzniak - Tango D'Amore] | |||
|- | |||
|Good Credits || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9v1qQOb6fQ Edvard Grieg - Allegro Moderato e Marcato] | |||
|- | |||
|Evil Credits || | |||
|} | |||
==Current Status== | ==Current Status== | ||
Since 2010, the game's musical director Keith Arem has been stating that he is interested in releasing the game; however, he needs to resolve the legal obstacles to do so. He is communicating news to the fans via a ''Toonstruck 2'' Facebook group; as of | [[File:Toonstruck VHS.jpg|thumb|Toonstruck VHS]] | ||
Since 2010, the game's musical director Keith Arem has been stating that he is interested in releasing the game; however, he needs to resolve the legal obstacles to do so. He is communicating news to the fans via a ''Toonstruck 2'' Facebook group; as of now, the status of the game is unclear. | |||
A lot of Toonstruck promo materials have been released in the 1990s, with some of them containing scenes from Toonstruck 2; from time to time, some of them resurface on the Web. In 2010, [https://www.adventure-treff.de/forum/5/15668?p=341580#p341580 an Adventure-Treff user "Hanuka" stated that he had a disk with Toonstruck 2 materials from Toonstruck designer Laura Janczewski]; however, there were no news about it since then. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/140186316013394/permalink/2427213870643949/ There were also reports about a Burst promotional disk] which allegedly came with Broken Sword and included scenes like Drew's Wild West showdown with a giant chicken and "Picasso" played by Jeff Bennett, and [https://www.facebook.com/groups/140186316013394/permalink/351693208196036/ a Toonstruck VHS cassette] which could also contain scenes from the unreleased sequel; unfortunately, none of these materials have been published online so far. | |||
==Cultural Impact== | ==Cultural Impact== | ||
The game and its unreleased sequel acquired a cult status among fans of classical point & click adventures. A number of them attempted to create a ''Toonstruck 2'' fangame based on the available materials from the original. Though the fangame itself is currently on hiatus, they published a ''Toonstruck'' launcher (a program which allows launching the first ''Toonstruck'' on modern PCs), and a ''Toonstruck'' extractor; with the use of the latter, they extracted a number of unused materials from the ''Toonstruck'' files, including some materials which were to be used in ''Toonstruck 2''. | The game and its unreleased sequel acquired a cult status among fans of classical point & click adventures. A number of them attempted to create a ''Toonstruck 2'' fangame based on the available materials from the original. Though the fangame itself is currently on hiatus, they published a ''Toonstruck'' launcher (a program which allows launching the first ''Toonstruck'' on modern PCs), and a ''Toonstruck'' extractor; with the use of the latter, they extracted a number of unused materials from the ''Toonstruck'' files, including some materials which were to be used in ''Toonstruck 2''. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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|description3 =Another promo with deleted materials, including a sketch of the crazy dentist. | |description3 =Another promo with deleted materials, including a sketch of the crazy dentist. | ||
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|description1 =Some animations from the game, including the scene from the creepy bedroom. | |||
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|description2 =Other deleted animations, including the Wild West scene and the cowboy. | |||
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|description3 =Unused animation from the first game (wolves' cave). | |||
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|description1 =Unused animations from Nefarious' castle. | |||
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|id2 =RpepjZhDhg8 | |||
|description2 =Unused animations from Nefarious' castle (part 2). | |||
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|id3 =Folta7YSeS0 | |||
|description3 =Unused animation from Nefarious' castle (part 3)+Van Gogh scene from Toonstruck 2. | |||
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|id1 =4Qpyrk94Qxc | |||
|description1 =Unused animations from Cutopia. | |||
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|id2 =8aNHoqd5RL8 | |||
|description2 =Unused animations from Cutopia (King Hugh's palace) | |||
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|id3 =72MsQBOgVqE | |||
|description3 =Unused animations from Zanydu | |||
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|id1 =HSqKflG0na0 | |||
|description1 =Unused animations from Malevolands. | |||
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|id2 =bQE9QYqvMqQ | |||
|description2 =Unused animations from the island in the sky. | |||
}} | }} | ||
===Screenshots=== | |||
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | <gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | ||
Toonstruck2_crossroads.png|The crossroads at the island in the sky | Toonstruck2_crossroads.png|The crossroads at the island in the sky. | ||
Toonstruck2_Van_Gogh.jpg|Drew and Van Gogh | Toonstruck2_bedroom.jpg|The creepy bedroom in the "evil" section of the island. | ||
Toonstruck2_Van_Gogh2.jpg|Drew and Van Gogh 2 | Mirror.jpg|The mirror that Drew faces. | ||
Mirror2.jpg|The broken version of the mirror. | |||
Toonstruck2_Van_Gogh.jpg|Drew and Van Gogh. | |||
Toonstruck2_Wild_West.jpg|Drew in the Wild West | Toonstruck2_Van_Gogh2.jpg|Drew and Van Gogh 2. | ||
Toonstruck2_dentist.jpg|Sketches of the evil dentist | Toonstruck2_castle.jpg|King Hugh's castle. | ||
Toonstruck2_knife.png| | Toonstruck2_castle2.jpg|King Hugh's castle 2. | ||
Toonstruck2_Wild_West.jpg|Drew in the Wild West. | |||
Toonstruck2_Swamp_Hen.jpg|The swamp hen puzzle removed from the final version of the game | |||
Toonstruck2_Wild_West2.jpg|Drew's shootout with a Wild West cowboy (low quality). | |||
Toonstruck2_Dentists_Office.jpg|Drew in the evil dentist's chair (low quality). | |||
Toonstruck2_Dentists_Office2.jpg|The evil dentist in his office. | |||
Toonstruck2_dentist.jpg|Sketches of the evil dentist. | |||
Toonstruck2_attic.jpg|The creepy old attic. | |||
Toonstruck2_knife.png|Cutopian army knife. | |||
Toonstruck2_swamphen_book.png|"Mating Habits of the Wild Swamphen" (replaced with the squirrel mating book in the final version of the game). | |||
Toonstruck2_King_Hugh_Safe.png|A portrait of King Hugh among the customers of WACME, holding the WACME Safe and Insane™ item and its combination. | |||
TS2_Cowboy.jpg|Sketches of the evil cowboy with whom Drew would have a showdown in the Wild West. | |||
TS2_Monsters.jpg|Sketches of monsters from the creepy bedroom. | |||
TS2_Juice.jpg|Sketches of Jolly Juice Delivery Hyenas. | |||
TS2_Hen.jpg|Sketches of the swamp hen ("a rather prissy hen who kept to her nest"). | |||
TS2_Kangaroo.jpg|Sketches of baby kangaroo. | |||
TS2_Various.jpg|Rat from the pencil test patrol, the cockroach (original idea for Ms. Fit from the costume shop), two early bartender concepts from the Cutopia tavern (bottom), and the original design for Seedy. | |||
TS2_Moose.jpg|The Timid Cheese-Eating Moose who hides in his moose hole. | |||
TS2_MsFortune.jpg|Early sketches of Ms. Fortune | |||
TS2_Zanydu_character.jpg|Some character from Zanydu | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Dialogue Icons=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Icon !! Description | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
[[File:TS2_Dialogue1.png]] | |||
|| Cutopian army knife | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Dialogue2.png]] || Glass jar/container? | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Dialogue3.png]] || A medical cot (possibly from the conversation with the dentist?) | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Dialogue4.png]] || ??? | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Dialogue5.png]] [[File:TS2_Dialogue6.png]] [[File:TS2_Dialogue7.png]] || From the conversation with Van Gogh | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Dialogue8.png]] || Drew as a toon | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Dialogue9.png]] || The lighthouse | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Dialogue10.png]] || The book "Mating Habits of the Wild Swamphen" | |||
|} | |||
===Inventory Items=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Item !! Description | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
[[File:TS2_Item1.png]] | |||
|| A beach ball | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item2.png]] || A bow | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item3.png]] || A fishing pole | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item5.png]] [[File:TS2_Item27.png]] || Cowboy's hats from the Wild West location | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item4.png]] || Deputy star | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item28.png]] || Gun & holster | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item29.png]] || Railroad crosing sign | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item6.png]] || "Exceptionally sweet candy" | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item7.png]] || "A wad of WACME Super Strength Bubble Putty. Yummy" | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item8.png]] || Lugnut's hearing aid (which Drew would have to steal from him and give to Van Gogh to replace his missing ear) | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item9.png]] || Feedback's mouthpiece | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item26.png]] || Goggles' glasses | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item10.png]] || Flux's glasses | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item11.png]] || Cutopian army knife | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item12.png]] || A burnt-out light bulb (maybe the one which represents Drew's creativity and needs to be replaced?) | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item13.png]] || Mailing cartridge | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item14.png]] || Reptile treats | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item15.png]] [[File:TS2_Item16.png]] || WACME Safe and Insane™ item (with and without the spark-plug inside) | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item17.png]] [[File:TS2_Item18.png]] || Spark-plug half | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item19.png]] || A bust of Nefarious (Drew would have to give it to Van Gogh as a reference for the portrait of Nefarious) | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item20.png]] || A teddy bear from the dark bedroom ("I don't go anywhere without my teddy bear. Especially not to a strange, cartoon world") | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item30.png]] || Bunny slippers | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item21.png]] [[File:TS2_Item22.png]] || A toaster and a "super-toaster" (the latter is probably the one from the robot shop in Malevolands) | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item23.png]] [[File:TS2_Item24.png]] || A rope and a rope+plunger (actually an unused puzzle from the '''first''' Toonstruck: originally, Drew had to use it to fly over an abyss to the Malevolator) | |||
|- | |||
| [[File:TS2_Item25.png]] || Bleach | |||
|} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* [https://spacequesthistorian.com/2016/12/01/whatever-happened-to-the-toonstruck-sequel/ A Space Quest Historian article on ''Toonstruck 2''.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | *[https://spacequesthistorian.com/2016/12/01/whatever-happened-to-the-toonstruck-sequel/ A Space Quest Historian article on ''Toonstruck 2''.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20031105230719/http://adventurecorner.adventureserver.de/interviews/hare_eng.php An interview with Richard Hare.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20031105230719/http://adventurecorner.adventureserver.de/interviews/hare_eng.php An interview with Richard Hare.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | ||
* [https://archive.org/details/TSMUSICLIST960911 The music track list for ''Toonstruck'' and ''Toonstruck 2''.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | *[https://archive.org/details/TSMUSICLIST960911 The music track list for ''Toonstruck'' and ''Toonstruck 2''.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/140186316013394 The Facebook group on ''Toonstruck | *[https://www.facebook.com/groups/140186316013394 The Facebook group on ''Toonstruck''.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm Webpage of ''Toonstruck'' designer Laura Janczewski with some unused art.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm Webpage of ''Toonstruck'' designer Laura Janczewski with some unused art.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | ||
* [http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html Materials extracted from ''Toonstruck'' files.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | *[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html Materials extracted from ''Toonstruck'' files.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | ||
* [https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck The Cutting Room floor page for ''Toonstruck''.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | *[https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck The Cutting Room floor page for ''Toonstruck''.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | ||
* [ | *[https://tcrf.net/Proto:Toonstruck The Cutting Room floor page for ''Toonstruck'' demo.] Retrieved 9 May '21 | ||
* [ | *[http://toonstruck2.games4um.de/ The ''Toonstruck 2'' fanproject.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | ||
* [https://archive.org/details/PAKReader PAK extractor for Toonstruck source files] Retrieved | *[https://archive.org/details/PAKReader PAK extractor for Toonstruck source files] Retrieved 01 May '19 | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/TSMUSICLIST960911 The music track list for ''Toonstruck'' and ''Toonstruck 2''.] Retrieved 18 Apr '19 | |||
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Latest revision as of 06:18, 30 November 2023
Toonstruck 2 was a sequel to the 1996 video game Toonstruck. Before the release, the game was split into two parts, but due to the commercial flop of the first game, the second part was never released. However, the game's music director Keith Arem stated in 2010 that he's still planning to release the game; as of 2021, however, its status remains unknown. In 2021, the game's animator Laura Janczewski put up some materials from the unreleased second part on YouTube; these materials can be viewed below.
Premise
According to the game's lead designer Richard Hare:
"In the original story, once Drew escaped from Nefarious's castle, he and Flux were supposed to ride a "Train of Thought" up to an island in the sky. Here, Drew explores his own fears and fantasies within a carnival setting (there was a Wild West shootout, an encounter with Drew's artist idol, Van Gogh, and a visit to a maniacal dentist). Finally, Drew needs to kick-start his imagination/creativity (represented by a huge lighthouse) and defeat both Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun and Nefarious in the process.
If the first ToonStruck had been commercially successful, we would have used most of the content that had been cut from the first game and added in additional scenes to pad out the story. Drew Blanc would have been transformed into a "toon" at the outset of the game and would need to undo this by the end of the game. We also wanted to add in more physical-based puzzles, allowing Drew to physically push around objects in the scene and use them together to solve different problems".
In the words of cowriter and designer Jennifer McWilliams:
"Toonstruck was meant to be a funny story about defeating some really weird bad guys, as it was when released, but originally it was also about defeating one’s own creative demons. It was a tribute to creative folks of all types and was meant to offer encouragement to any of them that had lost their way. So, the second part of the game had Drew venturing into his own psyche, facing his fears (like a psychotically overeager dentist), living out his fantasies (like meeting his hero, Vincent Van Gogh), and eventually finding a way to restore his creative spark".
Locations & Music
Keith Arem published a list of music tracks for both Toonstruck and Toonstruck 2, with each music track corresponding to a specific location. It is, therefore, possible to conclude which locations were to be in the second game; some music tracks can also be identified with the use of the APM database. The table below only includes the locations which weren't present in the original game; the full music list can be downloaded using a link in the "Links" section.
Current Status
Since 2010, the game's musical director Keith Arem has been stating that he is interested in releasing the game; however, he needs to resolve the legal obstacles to do so. He is communicating news to the fans via a Toonstruck 2 Facebook group; as of now, the status of the game is unclear.
A lot of Toonstruck promo materials have been released in the 1990s, with some of them containing scenes from Toonstruck 2; from time to time, some of them resurface on the Web. In 2010, an Adventure-Treff user "Hanuka" stated that he had a disk with Toonstruck 2 materials from Toonstruck designer Laura Janczewski; however, there were no news about it since then. There were also reports about a Burst promotional disk which allegedly came with Broken Sword and included scenes like Drew's Wild West showdown with a giant chicken and "Picasso" played by Jeff Bennett, and a Toonstruck VHS cassette which could also contain scenes from the unreleased sequel; unfortunately, none of these materials have been published online so far.
Cultural Impact
The game and its unreleased sequel acquired a cult status among fans of classical point & click adventures. A number of them attempted to create a Toonstruck 2 fangame based on the available materials from the original. Though the fangame itself is currently on hiatus, they published a Toonstruck launcher (a program which allows launching the first Toonstruck on modern PCs), and a Toonstruck extractor; with the use of the latter, they extracted a number of unused materials from the Toonstruck files, including some materials which were to be used in Toonstruck 2.
Gallery
Videos
Screenshots
Dialogue Icons
Inventory Items
References
- A Space Quest Historian article on Toonstruck 2. Retrieved 18 Apr '19
- An interview with Richard Hare. Retrieved 18 Apr '19
- The music track list for Toonstruck and Toonstruck 2. Retrieved 18 Apr '19
- The Facebook group on Toonstruck. Retrieved 18 Apr '19
- Webpage of Toonstruck designer Laura Janczewski with some unused art. Retrieved 18 Apr '19
- Materials extracted from Toonstruck files. Retrieved 18 Apr '19
- The Cutting Room floor page for Toonstruck. Retrieved 18 Apr '19
- The Cutting Room floor page for Toonstruck demo. Retrieved 9 May '21
- The Toonstruck 2 fanproject. Retrieved 18 Apr '19
- PAK extractor for Toonstruck source files Retrieved 01 May '19
- The music track list for Toonstruck and Toonstruck 2. Retrieved 18 Apr '19