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There is a playground in each "neighborhood" of ''Toontown'': Toontown Central, Donald's Dock, Daisy Gardens, Minnie's Melodyland, The Brrrgh, Donald's Dreamland along with two special neighborhoods, Goofy's Speedway, and Chip n' Dale's Acorn Acres. Each playground and neighborhood share a unique theme. The themes are given with a character, and a theme to match the name of the neighborhood (for example, Minnie's Melodyland has a musical theme). Each playground (except for Goofy Speedway & Acorn Acres) connects to two or more neighborhood streets that contain Cogs and Cog buildings. The difficulty increases with each neighborhood..
There is a playground in each "neighborhood" of ''Toontown'': Toontown Central, Donald's Dock, Daisy Gardens, Minnie's Melodyland, The Brrrgh, Donald's Dreamland along with two special neighborhoods, Goofy's Speedway, and Chip n' Dale's Acorn Acres. Each playground and neighborhood share a unique theme. The themes are given with a character, and a theme to match the name of the neighborhood (for example, Minnie's Melodyland has a musical theme). Each playground (except for Goofy Speedway & Acorn Acres) connects to two or more neighborhood streets that contain Cogs and Cog buildings. The difficulty increases with each neighborhood..



===Cog Battles===

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During a Cog battle a Toon may select any 'gag' among the seven gag tracks. A gag is a funny object of hilarity, known in Toontown to be dangerous to Cogs. A Cog's health meter is displayed by the color of the light on the Cogs chest, ranging from green to blinking red. Cogs blow up at the lowest health level, being destroyed.
During a Cog battle a Toon may select any 'gag' among the seven gag tracks. A gag is a funny object of hilarity, known in Toontown to be dangerous to Cogs. A Cog's health meter is displayed by the color of the light on the Cogs chest, ranging from green to blinking red. Cogs blow up at the lowest health level, being destroyed.


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Toontown
Toontown Online Official Logo
Developer(s)Disney Interactive
Publisher(s)The Walt Disney Company
Designer(s)The Walt Disney Company
Composer(s)Jamie Christopherson
EnginePanda3D
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
ReleaseBeta: August 2001,
LE: October 4, 2002,
Official Launch: June 2, 2003
Genre(s)MMORPG
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Disney's Toontown Online (commonly known as simply Toontown) is a children's massively multiplayer online role-playing game created by The Walt Disney Company.[4] Toontown was founded in August 2001 and was officially released to the public in June 2003. Unfortunately the game has been heavily affected by hackers causing havoc to players and staff. The hacking caused every server to become overloaded on July 2011 and again in July 2013 making the game inaccessible, the game was forced to shut down temporarily whilst staff attempted to make the game accessible.

Background

According to the story of Toontown, the Cogs are joyless robots who only think of business and never of jokes, bent on forever changing Toontown to a boring place where no fun exists. Cogs come in four types: Bossbots, Lawbots, Cashbots, and Sellbots. Cogs come in varying strengths indicated by levels 1-12.

Gameplay

Playground

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The playground in Toontown Central.

Playgrounds are areas of Toontown that are permanently safe from Cogs. In a playground, Toons can receive new Toontasks, turn in completed tasks, purchase gags, play trolley games or go fishing. Each playground features one of Disney's classic animated characters (Mickey, Donald, Daisy, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy and Chip 'n Dale) as an NPC. In the middle of Toontown Central is Toon Hall, where the mayor of Toontown, Flippy, resides.

There is a playground in each "neighborhood" of Toontown: Toontown Central, Donald's Dock, Daisy Gardens, Minnie's Melodyland, The Brrrgh, Donald's Dreamland along with two special neighborhoods, Goofy's Speedway, and Chip n' Dale's Acorn Acres. Each playground and neighborhood share a unique theme. The themes are given with a character, and a theme to match the name of the neighborhood (for example, Minnie's Melodyland has a musical theme). Each playground (except for Goofy Speedway & Acorn Acres) connects to two or more neighborhood streets that contain Cogs and Cog buildings. The difficulty increases with each neighborhood..




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Cog Battles

During a Cog battle a Toon may select any 'gag' among the seven gag tracks. A gag is a funny object of hilarity, known in Toontown to be dangerous to Cogs. A Cog's health meter is displayed by the color of the light on the Cogs chest, ranging from green to blinking red. Cogs blow up at the lowest health level, being destroyed.

Cog Invasions

Cog invasions can also take place in which all Cogs in Toontown are replaced by only one type of cog for a period of time. An invasion is either randomly chosen or can be summoned by a Toon as a reward for defeating the C.J. When a Cog Invasion is in progress, toons will receive double gag points if they battle the invading cog, however, Cog Invasions do not apply in: Field Offices, Sellbot VP/Factory, Cashbot Mints/CFO, Lawbot District Attorney Offices/Chief Justice, Bossbot Golf Courses/CEO

Cog Buildings

Cog buildings are in Toontown where one to four toons work together to defeat a series of Cogs. These Cogs range in difficulty from level one to level twelve. Cog buildings are created when Cogs enter Toon buildings, located on streets, and take them over. After moving up floor by floor, with each floor becoming harder, the top floor is reached, and the Toon(s) face the "boss" of the building, which is generally the highest level Cog in the building. After all of the cogs on the final floor are defeated, the building is replaced by the old Toon building. The toon(s) who defeated the building will find their picture and toon name inside the toon building.

Field Offices

Field offices are toon buildings taken over by Cogs. The current type of Field Offices are Sellbot. Since Movers and Shakers "stole the most jokes from shopkeepers" during the Sellbot "Mega-Invasions", the Senior Vice President has given them a reward: the Sellbot Field Office. There are 2 floors: The Mover Maze and the Executive Suite. On the Mover Maze, you must throw water balloons that you grab from water coolers at all four Movers and Shakers (2 balloons) to defeat them and open the elevator doors. Cold Callers and Name Droppers try to take away your laff points and pop your balloons. If you throw a balloon at one, they drop the stolen jokes. Also, file cabinets are falling near the Movers and Shakers that try to pop your balloons. Once you defeat the cogs and enter the elevator, you earn a laff boost for the time boost and collecting the jokes. When you reach the Executive Suite, you are greeted by level 10-12 cogs, along with a shopkeeper in the cage. You do your average cog battle. Once you complete the battle, the shopkeeper is free and you receive an SOS card from one of the shokeeper's "friend", and you are back onto the street.

Cog HQs

As players reach the mid- to higher-level content in the game, they are assigned Toontasks related to the four 'Cog Headquarters' in the game. The HQs are large areas that are permanently controlled by Cogs and headed by a giant-sized Cog boss. Cog HQs also come with special battle areas where Toons venture though a large portion of a Cog HQ, battling large amounts of Cogs with increased requirement gain. Players must first collect Cog suit parts by completing various toontasks, or in the case of Sellbot HQ, run through the factory enough times. A player must also have enough requirements to earn a "promotion" by defeating Cogs of that type enough times. These requirements can be Merits, Cogbucks, Jury Notices and Stock Options.

Sellbot HQ
Sellbot HQ was released on December 19, 2003. It is controlled by the Senior Vice President (VP). The VP battle, consists of three rounds: Cogs, Skelecogs, and the Pie Round. For the first and second rounds, the Toons are split into two teams, and battle Cogs in which all toons cumulatively defeat. In the third round, the Toons work together to knock the VP off of the launch pad he is standing on using cream pies. After the VP is defeated, a Toon shopkeeper will be freed. The reward for defeating the VP are two "SOS cards", a one-time use special ability that can be summoned during a future Cog battle. In Operation: Storm Sellbot in 2010, non-members were able to battle the VP.[5] Originally, before Cashbot HQ, if you lost a battle, one of your cog suit parts would be taken away, causing you to have to do another factory run to continue doing the VP.[citation needed]

Cashbot HQ
It was released on February 17, 2005. It is controlled by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The CFO battle consists of a round of Cogs ranging from any Cashbot Cog. The Toons then battle the CFO in the main vault. The toons must stun the CFO by using goons the CFO produces to decrease the toons laff points and picking them up with a magnet. When the CFO is stunned, the toons can also pick up safes to help damage the CFO. If a toon uses a safe while he isn't stunned, he'll use the safe as a helmet which then has to be knocked off with another safe. The reward for defeating the CFO is a special Speedchat phrase that refills certain items, such as jellybeans, gags and Laff points.

Lawbot HQ
Lawbot HQ was released on April 25, 2006. It is controlled by a boss called the Chief Justice (CJ). The battle consists of a Cog round, consisting of Cogs levels 8-12, followed by a cannon round to seat Toons on a jury. The more Toons in the Jury stand when time runs out, the bigger the scale is tipped in your favor. It is then followed by a round to throw "evidence" books into a scale of justice while avoiding books being thrown by Cogs. You can also stun the prosecuting Cogs with evidence. The battle is over when The reward for defeating the CJ is an ability to summon a specific Cog, Cog building, or Cog invasion.

Bossbot HQ
Bossbot HQ was released on March 6, 2008. It is controlled by a boss called the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Bossbot HQ is the only location that houses Version 2.0 Cogs (cogs that become skeletons (skelecogs) when defeated). The battle consists of two Cog fighting rounds. After the first round of Cogs is defeated, the Toons must act as waiters in white Cog suits for the Cogs as a means of avoiding being caught. The Toons serve the "Corporate Raiders" or "Big Cheeses" oil cans three times, after which the Cogs explode. After the Toons are discovered by the CEO and stripped of their disguises, they must fight the second round of Cogs; the ones who did not explode during the meal. Should the Toons have successfully destroyed every Cog in the previous round, it only consist of one high level Cog. Afterward, they must water blast the CEO to cause damage or shoot golf balls at the CEO to slow him down. Defeating the CEO rewards the players with "Pink Slips," which "fires" Cogs and destroys them in one shot with a cannon, eliminating them completely. Rewards can range from 1–5 Pink Slips.

Non-combat activities

Toontown offers several non-combat activities for players. The activities allow players to earn jellybeans, additional laff points, and other bonuses to use in the main game.

Trolley games

Trolley games are short, arcade-like minigames that someone can play solo or with up to three other Toons. They are called trolley games because someone must hop on a trolley car in the playground to begin playing them. Toons earn jellybeans (the in-game currency of Toontown) based on how well they score in the games. Some games can played by two or more players only, such as the Tag Game. Each neighborhood (such as Donald's Dreamland) has a different difficulty level for the Trolley Games, from easy to hard, from Toontown Central to Donald's Dreamland respectively. Members have access to play Trolley Games in different places, while free players are only allowed to play Trolley Games in Toontown Central.

Fishing

There are fishing ponds in every playground, on every street of Toontown, and at every player's estate, with four docks at each pond for a max of four players to fish at once. Members have access to all fishing ponds, while free players can only access ponds in Toontown Central and at their estate. Toons can catch fish and then sell them for jellybeans to an NPC, either a Fisherman or Pet Shop Clerk. Seventy different species of fish currently exist in the game, and players earn a laff point and a trophy for each 10 new species that they catch (for a total of 7 Laff boosts and trophies). Several species are ultra-rare and/or can be found only in particular ponds. You start off with a wood fishing rod at the beginning, as you fish more and more you will be able to get a better quality fishing rod from Clarabelle.

Gardening

Toons can grow and maintain a garden of flowers, statues, and "gag trees" at their estates. The gags picked from gag trees have higher-than-normal damage capability. Different species of flowers can be grown by planting different combinations of jellybeans. There are forty types of flowers, and a player earns a laff point and a trophy for each ten species grown. Bloomed flowers can be sold at a nearby wheelbarrow for the same amount of jellybeans it took to plant them.

Kart Racing

Toons can race against each other in Goofy Speedway, an area that consists of six different race tracks (along with their reversed versions) plus a shop that sells cars and car accessories. Unlike most other purchases in the game, the Goofy Speedway shop requires the use of tickets, which are earned depending on a player's ending position in a race. Similar to Nintendo's Mario Kart games, racers can collect and use items (pies, anvils, speed-boost, banana peel) on each other during the race. Thirty racing trophies can also be earned, and for each ten the Toon earns another Laff point. Every Monday, the Grand Prix tournament is held, in which Toons can win many more tickets than usual as well as special trophies. There is also a triple-sided scoreboard featured showing the recent best time scores with the toons' names and their times.

Silly Saturdays

Every Saturday, Fish Bingo and the Grand Prix rotate every two hours for 24 hours. A message pop-up indicates players as to what activity is currently being hosted when they log in or switch districts. Trolley Tracks was removed by the Toontown administrators in 2012, this was likely a forced decision because of hacking.

Miniature Golf

Located at Chip 'n Dale's Mini Golf, members can play miniature golf to earn a total of thirty trophies (as well as three Laff boosts, one for each ten trophies). There are three courses with specific colors: "Walk in the Par", which is easy and only has three holes; "Hole Some Fun" which is of moderate difficulty and has six holes; and "The Hole Kit and Kaboodle" which is hard and has nine holes. The area also connects to Bossbot HQ.

Toon Parties

In 2009, Toontown introduced Toon Parties, a non-combatant gathering with friends. These half-hour parties can be public (anyone can come) or private (only invited Toons). Special effects for the party include a jukebox, Party Catch, a dance floor, trampolines, cannons, fireworks, decorations, Cog-o-War, and Tug-o-War, and other decorations. To host a party or go to a party, there are party gates in every playground except Goofy Speedway and Chip 'n Dale's. Parties cost at least a minimum of 100 Beans for a mandatory Party Clock, and Toons can add any other accessories to them for a certain amount of beans (a party with all the works can cost 3,400 Jellybeans).

Doodles

Doodles are pets in Toontown that a toon can buy at a Pet Shop using jellybeans (a max of six doodles are located in every estate, one for each Toon at the estate). They appear as cute little furry pets, and the player can buy new tricks for them in Clarabelle's Cattlelog. Players can train them at their estates to give them a refill of their Laff (see the list below). Doodles can also be summoned to perform the trick in battle at the cost of one turn. All doodles are different: some become bored, lonely, tired, or perhaps all three, and the severity of these ailments also fluctuates from "never" to "rarely" to "sometimes" to "always." Doodles purchased from more advanced playgrounds will usually have less severe ailments and will typically learn tricks faster, but will cost a lot more jellybeans.

Each trick gives a different amount of Laff refill, depending on which one is used and how well trained the doodle is with that trick. As a trick is trained, it increases in its Laff reward until it is maxed, when the original Laff reward is doubled.

Accessories

Accessories were released July 14, 2011. Accessories are items used to decorate a Toon, such as shoes, bows, glasses, backpacks, and hats. In July 2012, Toontown re-released the 'classic' accessories - the first Accessories ever to be released.

Online safety features

Because of Disney's focus on child safety, there are a number of safety restrictions in place.

Chatting features in the game are limited to settings set by the parent. The different chat settings are as follows:

The first of which is called Speedchat, which is a list of set approved phrases that a player can say. It includes general English phrases, in-game strategy communication phrases, non-combat related phrases and special seasonal phrases that can only be used at certain times of the year. Players can buy Speedchat phrases using the ingame currency jellybeans. Inside the Speedchat menu is also emotes, which cause a players toon to perform a certain action.[6]

Speedchat Plus is an alternative way to communicate, allowing players to type their own messages against a word filter. Obscenities are automatically replaced with an onomatopoeia of whatever that players' toon is.[6]

True Friends chat allows players to type their own messages without being filtered by the word filter. To communicate with True Friends chat, players must first exchange a "True Friends code" with each other and activate it.[6]

Connection Issues

On July 29, 2013, Disney issued a statement apologizing for the recent connection issues that have been occurring since July 25, 2013.[7] This is due to hackers resetting and also filling up the districts. This has also happened several times in the past.

Events

ToonFest

Disney Online organizes an annual real-life gathering for Toontown fans called ToonFest, not to be confused with an unrelated cartoon festival called Toonfest (officially "Walt Disney's Hometown Toonfest") held annually in Walt Disney's hometown of Marceline, Missouri.[8] Disney Online's ToonFest includes themed activities and games, trivia and costume contests, previews of upcoming features, and developer Q&A panels. The first gathering, ToonFest 2006, was held at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California, [9] while ToonFest 2007 was held at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.[10]

Awards

Toontown Online has won several awards, including:[11]

  • Computer Gaming World, 2003 MMORPG Game of the Year
  • Webby Awards, 2003 People's Voice Award, Kids Category
  • Parents' Choice Foundation, 2003 Silver Honor
  • Children's Software Review, 2003 All Star Software Award
  • WiredKids, 2005 Safe Gaming Award
  • 2008 Webby Awards "Webby Worthy Selection"

References

  1. ^ "ESRB Rating: Toontown Toons can participate (Sellbot VP, Cashbot CFO, etc.)". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ^ "Toontown FAQ (PC Requirements for Windows)". Disney. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Toontown FAQ (PC Requirements for Mac)". Disney. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Disney's Toontown Online To Launch June 2003" (Press release). The Walt Disney Company. 2007-05-08. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
  5. ^ "Operation: Storm Sellbot!". 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  6. ^ a b c "Parent Features". Disney. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Recent Connection Issues." What's New. Disney, 29 July 2013. Web. 30 July 2013. <http://toontown.go.com/blog/toontown/entry/recent_connection_issues>.
  8. ^ "Ziggy Artist, Other Cartoonists, Gather For Tribute at Disney Birthplace" (Press release). Walsh Public Relations. 2005-09-12. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  9. ^ "Thousands of 'Toons' to Gather at Disney Studios in Burbank for FirstEver 'ToonFest'; Disney Channel Stars Among Attendees at August 26th Fan Event Dedicated to Disney's Toontown Online" (Press release). Disney Online, a division of the Walt Disney Internet Group. 2006-08-25. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  10. ^ "Disney's Toontown Online Hosts ToonFest 2007" (Press release). Disney Online, a division of the Walt Disney Internet Group. 2007-08-04. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  11. ^ "Recognition - Toontown Website". Disney. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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