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Cartoon Network Block Party

This is a GBA-only game that we did (Monkeystone) for Majesco using several Cartoon Network licenses. Lucas Davis was the main coder and this was his first game. What's really cool is that Majesco kept us all out of the credits in the game and manual! So classy.

This game was the hump on the back of Monkeystone for 3 years. When we finally just gave the entire thing back to Majesco it was like slicing open the hump and having three sick fifty-eyed butterflies fluttering away...
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  • The original name we came up with for this game was Cartoon Carnival. Sounded pretty boring and sleepytime so we then came up with Cartoon Cartoon Chaos which Majesco liked. So most of our documents and filenames had CCC in front of them. About 6 months before we stopped working on the game Majesco decided to call it Cartoon Network Block Party to make sure the licensed brand was front and center to sell more units.

    The original name we came up with for this game was Cartoon Carnival. Sounded pretty boring and sleepytime so we then came up with Cartoon Cartoon Chaos which Majesco liked. So most of our documents and filenames had CCC in front of them. About 6 months before we stopped working on the game Majesco decided to call it Cartoon Network Block Party to make sure the licensed brand was front and center to sell more units.

  • This is Tom Hall's first scribble for the world layout of the game. LOLZ!

    This is Tom Hall's first scribble for the world layout of the game. LOLZ!

  • And this is a little more refined version of the world layout.

    And this is a little more refined version of the world layout.

  • This is my technical design of some of the parts of the game. I did this in SmartDraw, an awesome Visio replacement.

    This is my technical design of some of the parts of the game. I did this in SmartDraw, an awesome Visio replacement.

  • These are some notes i wrote down for the BED tool we needed to write to layout the moveable areas on each game board. One of the early names was Cartoon Cartoon Chaos.

    These are some notes i wrote down for the BED tool we needed to write to layout the moveable areas on each game board. One of the early names was Cartoon Cartoon Chaos.

  • This is the final retail box front

    This is the final retail box front

  • After a certain period of time Majesco decided to combine the two games into one blockbuster powerhouse of fun!

    After a certain period of time Majesco decided to combine the two games into one blockbuster powerhouse of fun!

  • Here's a sell sheet for these two games

    Here's a sell sheet for these two games

  • Evidently they made a series of comics after the game came out! IT WAS JUST THAT POWERFUL A CONCEPT!

    Evidently they made a series of comics after the game came out! IT WAS JUST THAT POWERFUL A CONCEPT!

  • One of the minigames......fishing. Hey, don't knock it - World of Warcarft has fishing! LOL.

    One of the minigames......fishing. Hey, don't knock it - World of Warcarft has fishing! LOL.

  • Knock the nubs off the fence with water balloons......minigame.

    Knock the nubs off the fence with water balloons......minigame.

  • Another tantalizing minigame!

    Another tantalizing minigame!

  • One of the game boards. Love the alpha text we put on the screen "Not Final Art".

    One of the game boards. Love the alpha text we put on the screen "Not Final Art".

  • Another fun minigame where you run around picking up pigs and taking them out of the area. Most pigs wins.

    Another fun minigame where you run around picking up pigs and taking them out of the area. Most pigs wins.

  • I love the udders!

    I love the udders!

  • Another fun minigame.

    Another fun minigame.

  • Crazy minigame in the castle!

    Crazy minigame in the castle!

  • Blah blah blah! Blah!

    Blah blah blah! Blah!

  • Castle creepiness!

    Castle creepiness!

  • Avoid the lawn mowers! Heh....too bad the dog isn't named Melvin.

    Avoid the lawn mowers! Heh....too bad the dog isn't named Melvin.

  • As you can guess, all the fun takes place in the minigames.

    As you can guess, all the fun takes place in the minigames.

  • Hey! Let's rip off Mario Party X!

    Hey! Let's rip off Mario Party X!

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    Here's a sell sheet for these two games
    Evidently they made a series of comics after the game came out! IT WAS JUST THAT POWERFUL A CONCEPT!
    One of the minigames......fishing. Hey, don't knock it - World of Warcarft has fishing! LOL.