Toonstruck

Toonstruck is a 1996 point-and-click adventure game in which, although all the imagery is drawn and scanned into the game, the protagonist Drew Blanc (played and voiced by Christopher Lloyd) is an actual video-captured representation of the actor (the name is probably a homage to Mel Blanc or is a sort of pun, Drew Blank.) Drew's sidekick, crudely named Flux Wildly, is a drawn character voiced by Dan Castellaneta. Toonstruck also features scan-line compressed FMV.

Game Features

Story

In Toonstruck, Drew Blanc is an animator and original creator of the Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show, but in reality the many cute talking rabbits that star in the show sicken him. His self-revered creation, Flux Wildly, a wise-talking and sarcastic purple animal, has been denied the chance of starring in his own show. Drew's boss, Sam Schmaitz (played by Ben Stein), sets him the task of coming up with an idea of a new character to star in the Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show by the next morning. The depressed animator nods off before coming up with this new character, suffering from an acute lack of inspiration. Waking up early in the morning by his television coming on, Drew is "sucked" into the television as it displays the Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show, the cartoon world he created becoming his reality.

Related Topics:
Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show - Sam Schmaitz - Ben Stein

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Gameplay

Toonstruck is a point-and-click adventure game. The game uses extensive minimalism in its design, with only an inventory icon (represented by a "Bottomless Bag") as an omnipresent HUD. The pointer key, represented by an animated white-gloved hand, changes situationally depending on what it is rolled over.

Related Topics:
Minimalism - Omnipresent - HUD

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