For example, to construct the Cutifier, the player must collect 12 other objects to match the 12 objects from the blueprint in the most bizarre ways possible. For example, when a character gets a bump on the head, the player is supposed to collect the stars around it and then use them as an inventory item. Some are quite logical, while others are totally absurd.

The puzzles in Toonstruck are a mixed bag. When all the dialog topics are finished, the ice turns into water and becomes non-clickable. As the player clicks on it, new topics appear and the cube begins to melt. While the game has a traditional inventory (coyly named The Bottomless Bag), the dialog interface it features is quite unusual: instead of dialog branches from which the player can choose, the player is shown. The player control Drew's actions using the mouse and click on the screen to interact with the surrounding environment. This special effect is the hard work of animators who have painstakingly worked to combine these distinct graphical styles into a single look.Д«eyond the distinctive graphics, Toonstuck plays very similarly to other graphical adventure games of its time. In fact, the physical reality of Drew's world is mostly confined to Drew himself, who is the only 'living' inhabitant of Cutopia. The game uses a combination of live action video and traditional animation, effectively drawing influence from both styles of the genre: the older cartoonish style that is a representation of Cutopia's animated world, and the newer live action style that is a representation Drew's real world. To accomplish their mission, Drew and Flux will need to travel to Zanydu, the birthplace of Flux where everyone is wacky or insane, and even Malevolands itself, a land of evil and darkness.ДЄlthough Toonstruck appears to be a typical old school adventure game, it has elements that distinguish it from the other classics. The only way to stop him is to develop the Cutifier, a device that is the opposite of the Malevolator and the only hope of restoring peace in cartoon reality.

The count's plan is simple: to conquer Cutopia and annex it to Malevolands, where he himself will be the sole ruler. The evil Count Nefarious has created the Malevolator, a horrible UFO like device that can turn the childish and peaceful denizens of Cutopia into the dark, gloomy doppelgangers of themselves. Apparently, Cutopia is not as idyllic as it appears to be. Suspending his disbelief, Drew agrees to travel with Flux to see King Hugh, ruler of Cutopia, who tells them of great trouble in Drew's cartoon land. In a freak accident, Drew is mysteriously teleported into his own television cartoon show, where he meets his own cartoon character Flux. It is morning already, and the television is turned on with an announcement of The Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show. Suddenly, Drew wakes up from a loud sound. Feeling fatigued after vain attempts to satisfy his boss' demand, Drew falls asleep at his own study, not knowing what great surprise awaits him. Sam only wants money, and more rabbits mean more money. Drew is tired of drawing endless cutesy rabbits, but his frustration means little to Sam. His boss Sam Schmaltz, who has previously canceled Drew's other show, sets him instead the task of creating a new character for his show. This is because even though Drew's show has been a great success for the company where he works, in reality Drew despises the show's cutesy characters and prefers his more sarcastic cartoon creation. However, unlike the film, the story of Toonstruck is more similar to the 1997 Compedia game The Quest for the Unfinished Movie. He is also the creator of Flux Wildly, another cartoon character who is a wise-cracking purple animal that bears a great resemblance to Roger Rabbit from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The protagonist of Toonstruck is Drew Blank (pun intended!), a dejected animator and creator of The Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show. Toonstruck is an example of adventure games that take on both of these styles of the genre. Many fans, however, were still loyal to the earlier style that defined the genre.

When 3D graphics and live action video came into vogue, some critics complained that these older games were rather dull when compared to the later style of their modern counterparts. Earlier adventure games introduced 2D graphics with an animated cartoonish style. Till this date, the adventure genre had taken on itself to evolve in long strides.

The game heralded the arrival of interactive fiction that was the forefather of adventure games. The history of adventure games began in 1975 when Will Crowther, programmer and speleologist, wrote Colossal Cave Adventure.

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