Toontown Rewritten

Toontown Rewritten, commonly abbreviated as TTR, is a fan revival MMORPG based on Disney's defunct Toontown Online. The game is not affiliated with The Walt Disney Company but instead developed by a team of passionate volunteers who revived Toontown Online. The game is entirely free and does not contain subscriptions, advertisements, donations, or any other forms of revenue.

The game takes place in Toontown, a wacky and colorful world where cartoon characters known as Toons call home. Players create their own Toons to join the never-ending battle against a band of corporate robot Cogs who want to convert Toontown into a corporate metropolis. Luckily, the Cogs cannot take a joke and Toons can use their arsenal of gags to defeat them.

History

Announcement

Prior to Disney's announcement on August 20, 2013, that Toontown Online was near its end, co-founder Joey discussed with former co-founder jjkoletar about a potential revival of the game and "ToonPulse" became the internal name for the project. Moments after Toontown Online closed the same year on September 19th, the project was announced via MMO Central Forums as the official title Toontown Rewritten. On October 3rd, a contest was introduced where players could submit their best knock-knock jokes for a chance to win an Alpha key. The Toontown Rewritten Team's seemingly impossible task of reviving Toontown soon became a reality.

Alpha and Beta

Main pages: Alpha and Beta

On October 28, 2013, Toontown Rewritten had its Alpha release and allowed a small number of Alpha testers to enter the game. Players who had an Alpha key could enter the game. The game eventually moved into Beta on May 17, 2014, but players who either obtained an Alpha key or a Beta key were able to play.

Semi-Open Beta and Open Beta

On June 2, 2014, Toontown Rewritten had its Semi-Open Beta release, which was announced in celebration of the 11th anniversary of Toontown Online. Semi-Open Beta allowed all players to enter the game, but players who did not have a Beta key were restricted to playtime, as they would also have to use the PlayLine or schedule PlayTime sessions to play the game. Limited-time Beta key ToonTasks were available that would award a Beta key sent straight to a player's account page on Toontown Rewritten's website upon completion.

On August 20, 2014, one year after the initial announcement from Disney about Toontown Online's closure, Toontown Rewritten announced the release of Open Beta and their first-anniversary celebration with the arrival of ToonFest 2014, both of which occurred on September 19th.

ToonFest

On April 18, 2015, it was announced that in celebration of Toontown Online's 12th anniversary, Toontown Rewritten would host their first real world ToonFest event at OMG!Con in Owensboro, Kentucky. ToonFest became a tradition for players to meet the Toontown Rewritten Team and celebrate Toontown with events, activities, merchandise, and more.

End of Beta

Main page: Live

After dedicating several years of development while transitioning from Alpha to Beta, Toontown Rewritten moved into Live by releasing the 2.0.0 update on September 1, 2017. From that point forward, plenty of major updates have been released in an effort to improve the game.

Game content

Toons

Main page: Toons

Toons are the main protagonists of Toontown Rewritten. They are cartoon characters who enjoy having fun and use their arsenal of gags to stop Cogs from converting Toontown into a corporate metropolis, while they visit playgrounds, gain laff, complete ToonTasks, and participate in activities. When a player creates their Toon, they can choose style, color, and clothing. The player's Toon visits Tutorial Terrace to begin the Toontorial process after being created. Along with players creating their own Toons, there are also residents of Toontown who appear as NPCs.

Cogs

Main page: Cogs

Cogs are the main antagonists of Toontown Rewritten. They are corporate robots wanting to convert Toontown into a corporate metropolis. Cogs use a set of attacks to drain Toons' laff and sadden them; stronger Cogs tend to have higher health and stronger attacks. However, Cogs cannot take a joke, so they explode when they laugh upon being affected by Toons' gags. There are four departments of Cogs known as Sellbots, Cashbots, Lawbots, and Bossbots. There are Supervisor Cogs and Boss Cogs that are the higher-ups in these departments.

Gags

Main page: Gags

Gags are hilarious jokes used by Toons to defeat the Cogs. Beginner Toons start off with Cupcake and Squirting Flower from the Throw and Squirt tracks but can obtain high-level gags by earning skill points and unlock new gag tracks by completing ToonTasks. Toons can purchase gags from Goofy's Gag Shop for a single jellybean each, excluding level 7 gags. There are ToonTasks that grant upgraded gag pouches, allowing Toons to carry up to a total of 80 gags after completing every ToonTask.

Playgrounds

Main page: Playground

Playgrounds are the central, safe area of neighborhoods. There are tunnels in them that lead to streets, which lead to different neighborhoods and potentially a Cog headquarters.

Cog headquarters

Main page: Cog headquarters

Cog headquarters are the main bases of operation belonging to the four departments of Cogs and their respective Supervisor Cogs and Boss Cogs. Goons, Skelecogs, Virtual Skelecogs, and Version 2.0 Cogs are found in certain areas of a Cog headquarters. As Toons progress further, they are assigned ToonTasks related to every Cog headquarters.

ToonTasks

Main page: ToonTask

A ToonTask is a quest offered by NPCs for Toons to complete. Toons are assigned ToonTasks so that they can earn additional laff points, unlock several gag tracks, increase the number of gags they can carry through gag pouches, increase the number of jellybeans they can carry through jellybean pouches, and receive teleport access to the neighborhoods. ToonTasks can consist of many different objectives like defeating Cogs, delivering items or gags to shopkeepers, or going fishing.

Activities

Main page: Activities

Activities are many pursuits that Toons can do in Toontown. There are four activities that allow Toons to earn additional laff points, while other activities are purely for fun and ways to earn jellybeans or Cartoonival tokens.

Estate

Main page: Estate

An estate is a Toon's land property consisting of six houses, a fishing pond, and a fishing bucket. A Toon's house is where they live, which has their name displayed above the house's front door.

Doodles

Main page: Doodles

Doodles are pets for Toons. They are similarly shaped to jellybeans and have eyes, a nose, ears, and feet, along with an array of possible unique features such as fur patterns, tails, horns, and antennae. Toons can adopt them from Pet Shops.