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Run a cartoon studio from the 1920s and beyond.

Draw frames, build up a crew, and premiere real films from the dawn of animation, one tap at a time

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Draw 12 frames
Tappy, a cartoon fox in a red beret

TAPPY

Tap the paper! Every tap draws one frame.

Your studio

Start with a pencil. End with a premiere.

A line drawing of Gertie the Dinosaur

Draw every frame

Tap the paper and a drawing appears. Each one is a real frame from a real film.

Koko the Clown fishing, as a red pencil sketch that is being inked in black

Staff the desks

Hire Animators, Inbetweeners and Inkers. Pencil sketches go down the line and come back as finished drawings.

A wooden treasure chest with gold trim

Let it run

Upgrade your staff to improve output. Managers help keep earning while you're away.

The archive

Premiere the films that started it all

Finish a film and it plays on the big screen. Along the way, collect cards of the animators who made them, from Winsor McCay to Walt Disney.

  • Gertie the Dinosaur standing among rocks by a lake

    Gertie the Dinosaur

    1914

  • Koko the Clown crawling under a fishing hook

    Out of the Inkwell: Fishing

    1921

  • Felix the Cat pacing beside a piano

    Felix the Cat Kept on Walking

    1925

  • Oswald the Lucky Rabbit with his trolley at a station

    Trolley Troubles

    1927

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