The Story

What has happened

T(r)oy (you can call him 'Troy', 'T-Roy' or - as he prefers - 'Toy with an R') is one of those little puppets who live in Toyland. The souls of those funny little fellows (a mystery yet to solve is whether females exist in this world - rumors say there is a queen) are strings which hold their wooden limbs together. When they took a trip to the Virtual Reality state of Toyland - which is close to the border to the human world - a major blast from a little kid playing a computer game and mistaken the puppets for imps hit them. While this did not kill them it took their souls and the limbs disappeared all over the country.

So all the puppets are gone! All the puppets? No - one little guy missed the trip to VR. T(r)oy was always late and everybody told him that this would lead to no good - now he (or rather fate) proved them wrong.

To rescue his friends T(r)oy has to search all the states of Toyland. He has to find the limbs and take them to the altar of lost souls...

The States of Toyland

Toyland is divided into several states. Each states has its own special features and rules.

HOPS (Home of the Puppets State) is the place where the puppets live. It is a rather dry and sunny place. The puppets are made of wood so they try to avoid getting wet. On rainy they usually stay home but when the sun comes out they love to play around and wander through the other states. While the puppets are toys themselves they love to play in the other states. For human eyes the puppets look very much alike - on the other hand humans look all the same in their eyes. The internal structure of HOPS is not known - rumors say they have a strange form of tree religion and have a queen. However human eyes have never seen her. If there is one she either prefers to stay in HOPS or human eyes just don't recognize her.

VRS (Virtual Reality state) is the youngest state of Toyland. It is a high-tech state and lies close to the border to the human world. It is said that sometimes humans and puppets meet in this place. Sometimes they both won't recognize since both sides are in a state of ecstatic phantasy when meeting. VRS is the place where it all began. A buggy gateway made it possible that phantasy became real and the puppets got hit by a major blast. (Note: The gateway is currently being fixed - but please make sure you won't hit any outside objects in certain games)

HOBBES (Holes or Balls Being Everywhere State) is a state which is full of balls. This state is very close to HOPS (actually travellers tend to mix them up). No life forms can be found here but there are many funny games to play for those who like playing ball games. All different kind of ball games have been made up by the puppets of HOPS. In most of them players score by getting the balls in the holes that can be found everywhere around in HOBBES. Many ways of playing have been found - with the feet, the head, using clubs, etc. If there wasn't that much water around - and if those doors wouldn't be locked all the time - HOBBES would be a perfect gaming place.

CHESS (Chess Has Everyone Stimulated State) is a more serious place. The visitors here are much more intellectual (they pretend they are more intelligent as well). CHESS is a small monarchy within the federal country of Toyland (in the human world it could be compared to the German Freistaat Bavaria in Germany). The rulers of CHESS don't accept all of the rules of Toyland and tend to make their own laws. Once upon a time there was one king who ruled CHESS. After a short while more privileged inhabitants called themselves kings. All of these kings believe that everybodies property is their own property - since they are the rulers. Foreigners visiting CHESS should be very careful not to loose items.

CPU had been the most modern state of Toyland until VRS was founded. This is the state of electronic equipment and toys. It is a great place for those who are interested in computers and electronic. However one drawback has to be mentioned: The great ammount of hard- and software attracks bugs - so these ugly creatures can be found everywhere around CPU.

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