Toonsylvania

Description

Toonsylvania is based the cartoon series of the same name. The game is a platformer, of sorts, and stars Igor, the series' requisite hunchback. Igor's quest is to reassemble Toonsylvania's take on Frankenstein's monster, whose parts have been scattered throughout the game world as a result of a botched experiment.

As logic would dictate, the game's action revolves around Igor collecting the monster's scattered body parts through a series of platform levels. The levels aren't as linear as you'd expect; rather, they're fairly sprawling and allow for plenty of free roaming. Replete with ledges and pits, the environments are decorated quite richly, though many cosmetic objects often appear to be gameplay-related - you'll often find yourself trying to flick a switch that is, in actuality, part of the background.

Igor's goal in each stage is to collect a set number of quest objects (unique to each stage) in order to proceed. This involves loads of item fetching throughout the stages, which seem sprawling at first, but tend to feel rather cramped once you've bounced through them a dozen times. The switches that trigger the appearance of quest objects are also largely identical to the decor of the stages, so finding the correct object to flick is mostly a matter of trial and error. Once the correct switch is found and triggered, the game segues to the area where the quest object rests, which is usually indistinguishable from the rest of the stage. What results is a mad scramble through the indistinguishable areas that make up a stage, hoping that you'll stumble upon the all-important quest objects. At the end of each world, as per the formula, awaits a boss, whose defeat grants Igor a piece of the monster.