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|title=<center>Oobi's Day with Grampu</center>
|title=<center>Scribblevision</center>
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|imagecaption=A screenshot of the game's main menu.
|imagecaption=A screenshot of one of the games.
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span>
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Many online games based on the Noggin show ''Oobi'' were created during the original run of the series. One of these games was ''Oobi's Day with Grampu''. These games remained on the Noggin website until the website was shut down in November 2009.
In 2003, a company called Funny Garbage partnered with Noggin to create a game called '''''Scribblevision'''''. It was advertised as a "virtual coloring book" that allowed young players to color pictures and see their artwork become animated. The game remained on the Noggin and Nick Jr. websites until November 2009, when they were merged together and old webgames were removed.


==Description==
==Description==
''Oobi's Day with Grampu'' was designed and developed by Funny Garbage, and was made as part of the Noggin website's "Scribblevision" program, which was a series of online coloring books that allowed players to color in many different objects, and then watch them animate themselves. All of Oobi and Grampu's sprites for the game were cropped from promo photos, while the backgrounds were drawn specifically for the game.
The game was designed and developed by Funny Garbage.<ref>[http://staging.funnygarbage.com/case-study/noggin-scribblevision-app Funny Garbage's webpage detailing its work on the ''Scribblevision'' games.] Retrieved 12 Oct '19</ref> Thirteen different artboards were released in the series, including a ''Moose and Zee'' artboard, an ''Oobi'' artboard, a ''Franklin'' artboard, and generic Scribblevision coloring books for each of the four seasons.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030919183121/http://www.noggin.com/games/scribblevision/index.php The link to the inaccessible homepage for ''Scribblevision''.] Retrieved 12 Oct '19</ref>


In the game itself, Oobi and Grampu decide to spend the day together by going to the zoo, going fishing at a pond, and camping outdoors. Players could color in various animals, including a rooster, a lion, an elephant, a fish, and an owl.
According to Colin Holgate, a Funny Garbage ex-employee, the internal name for the game was ''Colormate'' because it was a trend around this time period to add "mate" as a suffix to the names of software utilities. The game won first place in the "Brand Image and Positioning" category at the 21st Annual Mark Awards.<ref>[https://www.multichannel.com/news/21st-annual-mark-awards-networks-and-content-providers-152586 List of 21st Annual Mark Awards winners.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref>


==Availability==
==Availability==
Although the Noggin website had been archived several times on Archive.org, ''Oobi's Day with Grampu'' is unplayable, due to the fact that it was a Shockwave DCR file.
Each artboard requires its own anim.dcr, splash.jpg and start.jpg files. None of these were saved by Wayback until 2011, by which point Noggin redirected to Nick Jr. The ''Scribblevision'' game resurfaced when it was included in [http://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint BlueMaxima's Flashpoint] starting with version 9.0. Although some files are missing, the game is partially playable.<ref>[https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/datahub/Game_Master_List BlueMaxima's Flashpoint's Game Master List.] Retrieved 30 Apr '21</ref>


==Photo Gallery==
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
OobiandGrampu2.png|A screenshot from the game, taken from the Funny Garbage website.
Scribblevision-plants.jpg|A screenshot of the springtime artboard.
OobiandGrampu3.png|A screenshot from the game, taken from the Funny Garbage website.
OobiandGrampu1.png|Homepage for the ''Oobi'' artboard.
</gallery>
</gallery>
==External Links==
==External Link==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20031125135014/http://www.noggin.com/games/scribblevision/index.php?modid=2 The link to the inaccessible game.] Retrieved 12 Oct '19
*[https://oobi.fandom.com/wiki/Oobi%27s_Day_with_Grampu Article on the Oobi Wiki for ''Scribblevision''.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19
*[http://staging.funnygarbage.com/case-study/noggin-scribblevision-app Funny Garbage's webpage detailing its' work on the Scribblevision games.] Retrieved 12 Oct '19
 
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Latest revision as of 15:38, 20 March 2023

Scribblevision.jpg

A screenshot of one of the games.

Status: Partially Lost

In 2003, a company called Funny Garbage partnered with Noggin to create a game called Scribblevision. It was advertised as a "virtual coloring book" that allowed young players to color pictures and see their artwork become animated. The game remained on the Noggin and Nick Jr. websites until November 2009, when they were merged together and old webgames were removed.

Description

The game was designed and developed by Funny Garbage.[1] Thirteen different artboards were released in the series, including a Moose and Zee artboard, an Oobi artboard, a Franklin artboard, and generic Scribblevision coloring books for each of the four seasons.[2]

According to Colin Holgate, a Funny Garbage ex-employee, the internal name for the game was Colormate because it was a trend around this time period to add "mate" as a suffix to the names of software utilities. The game won first place in the "Brand Image and Positioning" category at the 21st Annual Mark Awards.[3]

Availability

Each artboard requires its own anim.dcr, splash.jpg and start.jpg files. None of these were saved by Wayback until 2011, by which point Noggin redirected to Nick Jr. The Scribblevision game resurfaced when it was included in BlueMaxima's Flashpoint starting with version 9.0. Although some files are missing, the game is partially playable.[4]

Photo Gallery

External Link

References