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As you probably remember, Toonstruck was cut in two parts before the release, and part 2 has never been released. Well, now it probably will be!
Keith Arem, a member of Toonstruck team who now owns the rights to it, is considering the re-release of Toonstruck which would include Toonstruck 2, but he needs "tremendous fan support" to justify its release and raise the capital. There's a fan petition which has already reached the point of 2000 signatures.
A quote from Mr. Arem (you can read his letter here (http://toonstruck2.games4um.de/f29t251-very-exciting-news.html)):
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While the game was internationally critically acclaimed, the game did
not receive the sales we hoped, and the second half was never released.
Now that my career has developed, I would like to re-release an updated
version of Toonstruck to include the 2nd half of the game (iPad, online,
etc), but I would need tremendous fan support to justify its release. I
am looking for someone to help organize a fan petition to help us raise
the capital to finance the game, so if you know anyone who could help
with this, I would appreciate the assistance.
Online Petition:
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/toonstrucktwo/
Official Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=140186316013394
Twitter Page:
http://twitter.com/ToonstruckTwo
Livejournal Community:
http://community.livejournal.com/toonstruck2
This is utterly amazing and I intend to do everything I can to make sure it happens.
EDIT - Posted to Reddit. (http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/cxt9k/toonstruck_to_be_rereleased_with_previously/) If there are any redditors present, GET IN THERE AND UPBOAT.
DOUBLE EDIT (whoa) - Also now on Digg. (http://digg.com/pc_games/Toonstruck_to_be_re_released_if_support_is_strong_enough)
How long will this petition last? (how long until the petition succeeds ;D, or fails :'()
PS. I'm sure you won't mind If I spread this info onto other forums sites right? Maybe this has a chance!
UPDATE: Reached the point of 2000 signatures!!!
Quote from: Cyrus on Sun 29/08/2010 18:11:28
UPDATE: Reached the point of 2000 signatures!!!
Unfortunately though, we need 50,000 signatures. I really hope he reconsiders how many signatures he needs. Only 2,000 have signed, but remember that toonstruck 1 didn't sell well. I think that advertisement is needed. If people knew how good the game was\is, more people would buy it.
yes, yes, YES!
News from Lucas forums: now there's a livejournal community (http://community.livejournal.com/toonstruck2) too! ;D
Now there are 3000 signatures!
Response from Keith Arem (http://www.facebook.com/hardydev#!/group.php?gid=140186316013394) on the petition's facebook page. :D
Oh by the way... They've posted links to some New Year goodies (http://community.livejournal.com/toonstruck2/3226.html#cutid1), made by the TS2 fanproject.
Bumping for a couple of updates from Keith Arem on the group's wall:
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'We're currently working on an enhanced re-release of TS1, but we may add some of the TS2 content if we can afford to do it. We'll likely re-build our fanbase, and then move onto TS2 next.
More to come!'
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Hey all -
We're still quite a ways off, but I'm hoping we can make an official announcement by Comic Con or later this summer!
We appreciate your enthusiasm! Keep the dream alive! :-)
So now we finally have a date!
That does seem pretty promising. I'm impressed that this project has gotten enough attention to warrant this kind of thing. I'll try to stay optimistic.
And some more news from Trevor Greer who's involved in the project:
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Well Ladies and Gentlemen, I have good news for those of you who are looking forward to the re-enhanced version of Toonstruck.
My father and Keith both worked at Virgin (Interactive?) and they are overseeing the project. As well as this, I play a part of this project.
The re-enhanced version is beginning to gain momentum and we are in the process of gathering all the old data from the original source code.
We hope to have stuff for Comicon this July, so check out the PCB Productions booth at the convention!
Answers to some questions:
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1. I believe our current goal lies with a handheld version of the game. But, depending on its success, repackaging it back for PC and Mac isn't too far off.
2. What I mean by "Re-enhanced" is that we are taking all the old backgrounds and sound files and upping their resolution to match the ratio of iPad, iPhone etc.
3. We don't have any current plans to send it off for a windows platform at the moment.
4. While it may be going for Apple products, im not sure if we will have it for Android. Time will tell.
5. Once I find out our booth number for Comicon, I will be sure to let you guys know so you can come on by! I will probably be there helping out all (5?) days of the Convention at the booth.
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By the way, another piece of news: the Toonstruck 2 fanproject has released a PAK extractor (http://toonstruck2.games4um.de/f21t325-pak-reader-released.html), with which you can find some interesting Toonstruck 2 materials ;D
Thanks for posting a link to that extractor, Cyrus. I did a little poking around in Toonstruck's files, and I think I found a couple of unused animations. Remember how you have to damage the robot in Nefarious' kitchen by
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pouring a watering can full of water on it?
Well, I found an animation of Drew stopping it by simply pressing its Off button (though the robot's animation isn't finished).