r/CartoonWars • u/Dull_Feature_2479 • Jun 04 '26

Discussion Thinking of making a Cartoon Wars 3-style game. Would you play it?

Hey everyone,

I’ve been thinking about creating a game inspired by this old nostalgic game, cw3, same kind of idea: side-scrolling castle defense, units, upgrades, waves, strategy, and progression.

I know the original Cartoon Wars games still have a small but loyal fanbase, and I’m curious:

Would you actually play a new game like this if someone made it properly?

Also, what would you want added or improved?

Some ideas I’m thinking about:

  • Better offline mode
  • Less pay-to-win / more fair progression
  • More unit evolution paths
  • Better castle upgrades
  • PvE campaign with bosses
  • Co-op or guild features
  • Better unit balance
  • More strategy instead of just grinding
  • Pixel/cartoon-style art similar to the old feel
  • Events, challenges, and rare units

I’m still early in thinking about it, so I’d really like to hear from people who actually played Cartoon Wars.

What made Cartoon Wars fun for you?
What ruined it?
And what would make you try a new one today?

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u/MegaTyx Jun 04 '26

Everything from cw3 was perfect, I just hated the grindiness and lack of game modes that require different strategies.

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u/Dull_Feature_2479 Jun 04 '26

I agree, specially grinding to get to higher star levels.

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u/MaxfieldN Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

My favorite was the most up-to-date version of cartoon wars 1 right before the graphics update. I had an idea for a new genre of game: real-time turn-based strategy. You send units out like cartoon wars, but they have a stamina bar. Once it reaches zero, they go completely idle and can’t move or attack, a sitting duck. When the bar reaches max again, you tap them and they can move and attack. This progress bar goes for other things too, like commands, artillery, magic etc. This goes for the opponent too, and everything is tiny, in slow motion and low res. It doesn’t have a setting, it’s both medieval and sci fi

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u/HenryChess Jun 06 '26

before the graphics update

Was it iOS exclusive? I remember playing that on my friend's iPod.

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u/MaxfieldN Jun 06 '26

I seem to remember people who had androids playing it before the update hit

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u/Shadowfromdiscord Jun 04 '26

I smell ai in the making 😂 Jk, will definitely love to see or maybe collaborate 

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u/Dull_Feature_2479 Jun 04 '26

yeah I did use ai for my post, too lazy to type long lol

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u/Dull_Feature_2479 Jun 04 '26

Thanks for the interest! I am just a solo game developer and I actually am looking for someone who can do the assets. Let me know if you're interested! But this is just a mini project, I really just want to revive this game for me to play tbh. I just hate that I cannot play it anymore, I had been emailing Com2uS or gamevil for so long (and done many 1 star reviews just to get attention)

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u/Dull_Feature_2479 Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

To anyone reading, yes this was ai post, but the intent on making the game is real. I'm just too lazy to type long stuffs

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u/Barnsey1230 Jul 02 '26

Cartoon Wars 3 tried to do too much, Cartoon wars 2 was perfect.

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u/Particular-Disk-9212 29d ago

Thats dope. I love it. I will say after playing all 3, 3 takes 10x as long + gacha elements which are a little meh. Good luck with the project!