Tootsville.com is gone\u2026 But that’s not the end!<\/h1>\n
Tootsville is returning in a new community-led effort. Scroll down to learn more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Res Interactive, the company behind Tootsville.com, is out of business.<\/h2>\n
When Res Interactive, LLC, was dissolved, the Tootsville game was shut down, apparently forever. The web site is gone, Toots Square is lost in a million pieces, and the whole Island of Tootanga is unreachable.<\/p>\n
Tootsville provided a valuable, family-friendly, non-violent place where kids could explore, learn, and make friends in a safe environment. With the dedicated efforts of dozens of people \u2014 programmers, lifeguards, artists, musicians \u2014 Tootsville was an impressive achievement.<\/p>\n
The pre-2014 Tootsville is lost.<\/h3>\n
While we have tried to recover some of the data, much of it was destroyed when Res Interactive went out of business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
But the idea is alive<\/h3>\n
The former Chief Engineer who built Tootsville in its heydey is still out there and ready to Keep watching this spot, because beyond the elephant graveyard is something new and exciting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It’s not There’s a whole new world and so many new adventures, just around the corner. Keep your eyes peeled for news about the next generation of fun, non-violent, whole-family gaming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n We’re a bit sorry that Res Interactive, LLC, had to be shut down. But that’s all in the world of Let’s focus on the fun, the learning, and the friendship, instead. All of the great technology and amazing family values that Tootsville was made of can still exist, even if the former officers of Res Interactive can’t release the characters to us.<\/p>\n Since 2014, the former Chief Engineer of Res Interactive \u2014 the man whose Keep watching this space, or send an e-mail, if you want to be the first to know about the new adventures that are in the making.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Do you remember The Neverending Story<\/i>? Bastien saved Phantasia, but nearly everything was destroyed. With Bastien’s new stories, though, Phantasia was recreated and better than before.<\/p>\n Join us and create adventures that will last a lifetime.<\/p>\n This new game will run on<\/p>\n through your HTML5-enabled web browser, like Mozilla Firefox<\/a> or Google Chrome.<\/p>\n Adults will want to have a Google account<\/a> to sign in with. Kids can be signed in with their parent’s permission (and some supervision).<\/p>\n You’ll be able to enjoy playing on most devices, but having a full keyboard and mouse or touchscreen will make a more enjoyable experience. You might also want to have a game pad that works with your device’s web apps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Quick: Name me one other non-violent, family-friendly, free-to-play game where parents and kids can have fun, interact with others, build their own homes, and dress up their characters, and explore a giant game world? No? That’s why I want Tootsville back online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n We’ve been some pretty amazing places!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In 2008, Res Interactive, LLC, was founded based on the vision of Mark Mc Corkle, its first Chief Engineer, and Louis Pecci, the creative director. Their idea was to create an on-line In 2008 and 2009, Tootsville was put together and quickly went through three major revisions. The fourth version of Tootsville, code-named Project Osiris and Project Persephone, was built on an open-source game server and a proprietary Adobe Flash game client, along with some web-based tools for membership and billing.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, by 2012, Res was in trouble, and in 2014, the corporation was In its best times, back in 2010-2011, Tootsville had tens of thousands of players, and an exciting world with many locations, special enchanted items, and amazing adventures for kids ages 9-12. Some older (and younger) players also joined in the fun.<\/p>\n With the encouragement of some of the former officers and key staff from Res Interactive, the Chief Engineer from 2010 (Bruce-Robert Fenn Pocock) has been working diligently (in his spare time) to recover the full range of features that once made Tootsville great.<\/p>\n Coming back to you in time for 2017!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The thing that really did it for me, were the e-mails after it shut down. So many kids were heartbroken. Here, we had a safe outlet for them to be as creative as they wanted. Nobody could tell if they were rich or poor, red, yellow, black, or white, a boy or a girl; in Tootsville, they were a purple elephant with orange flowers who liked to dress in blue jumpsuits and mined asteroids around the moon. And that was awesome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Tootsville is returning in a new community-led effort. Scroll down to learn more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Three years of redevelopment work, over seven years of server software development, and the support and efforts of dozens of people have led up to this.<\/p>\n Tootanga will be rediscovered.<\/p>\nMake Some Noise<\/q> in entirely new ways.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
It’s Gonna Be Awesome<\/h3>\n
The Whole Family This Time<\/h3>\n
just<\/q> for kids any more. The ever-growing adventure will have something for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The resurrection is happening.<\/h2>\n
business,<\/q> and sometimes business isn’t so fun.<\/p>\n
Builder Toots<\/q> put together the technology that made Tootsville
tick<\/q> \u2014 has been working to put together a new adventure.<\/p>\n
Tootsville will rise again.<\/h2>\n
It’s always dark, in the beginning<\/q><\/h4>\n
Help Us Rebuild<\/h4>\n
Gather your tools<\/h4>\n
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Past<\/h1>\n
A Brief History of Tootsville<\/h1>\n
A Brief History of Tootsville<\/h2>\n
theme park<\/q> where kids could learn and play.<\/p>\n
administratively dissolved<\/q>, left owing back taxes, and never properly
wound up its business.<\/q><\/p>\n
A New Beginning<\/h2>\n
2011 Best Virtual World for Kids<\/h3>\n
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Future<\/h1>\n
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<\/h1>\nDo You Remember Tootsville?<\/h2>\n