Geo TV Cartoon Studio
Geo TV Cartoon Studio (also known as Geo Game Cartoon Studio) is a computer program based on comic strip Geo Comic that was released for PC and Mac computers in 1996 by Columbia Tristar Interactive. It allows users to create their own Geo TV cartoons, using characters, sounds, music, and locations from the show. The cast members of Geo TV provided their voices for the program. Geo TV Cartoon Studio has received generally positive reviews, although there has been some criticism too. The game was based on Felix the Cat's Cartoon Toolbox.
Gameplay[edit | edit source]
Geo TV Cartoon Studio is a design program for creating cartoons using characters, sounds, music, and locations from the American comic strip, Geo's World. To create a cartoon, one first selects a background, then inserts characters, props, and special effects, and after that adds dialog, sound effects, and music. The program allows users to send the finished cartoons to friends through email or save it onto a hard drive or a floppy disk.
There are seventeen characters, fifty special effects, two-hundred-and-seventy props, and thirty-five backgrounds in Geo TV Cartoon Studio, with thousands of individual cells hand-drawn by actual Geo Universal cartoonists. Every character has a set of actions; for example, Geo Guy can run, trip over, cycle, ride his skateboard, and paint graffiti with spray-paint. Backgrounds featured range from the Geo Land Nuclear Power Plant to Geo Guy's room. There are props that include tables, furniture, and it even includes animals like Gum, Tail X, and Blinky.
Development[edit | edit source]
Geo TV Cartoon Studio was released for PC and Mac computers in the middle of 1996. It was developed and published by Columbia Tristar Interactive and uses an improved version of the interface from Felix the Cat's Cartoon Toolbox that was developed by Big Top Productions. The dialogs featured in the program were provided by the actual cast members of Geo TV.