My Muppets Show

This page details one or more prototype versions of My Muppets Show.

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Included in the scraping of archived TestFlight CDNs is a near-final build of My Muppets Show (originally called "My Singing Muppets" in the app name and "The Muppets Show" in text strings) from March 16, 2013, nearly two months before the final version was built. This build includes many differences from the final game, like early Muppet designs, animations, and early vocal Muppet sounds that are placeholder recordings by composer Dave Kerr and his wife Maggie Park.

App Icon and Opening Image#

Prototype	Final

The icon of the prototype is based on the Mammott app icon used in older versions of MSM, with the background being changed to green and Mammott being replaced by Animal. The final icon uses a different background, this time yellow, a different image of Animal, and a blue border with the Disney logo in the top right corner.

Prototype	Final

When opening the app, an image briefly appears for a second while the app loads. In the prototype, this is a black background with what seems to be an earlier design of Kermit in the bottom right corner. In the final game, this was changed to be a large image of Animal wearing headphones with a red shine coming from behind him.

Graphical Differences#

Muppets#

Basically every Muppet in this prototype differs in design from the final release of the game. This prototype seems to have been a point where they were changing the designs of every Muppet to how they are seen in the final game, as the more generally known and popular Muppets such as Animal, Kermit, Fozzie, Miss Piggy, and Floyd are very similar to their final designs, with just a few aspects being different or unfinished. The icons used on HARV-E (originally the Computer in the prototype) are also styled differently from the final icons, being mostly flat-shaded with a black outline. The early icon for Sweetums actually ended up making it into the final release unchanged.

Animal#

Prototype	Final

In this prototype, Animal's design is almost the same as the final release, but with unfinished sprites for his drumkit, seat, and shadows.

Rowlf#

Prototype	Final

Rowlf has a different design in this prototype, having a black upright piano and seat instead of a wooden piano and seat, and having early, less polished art.

Sam Eagle#

Prototype	Final

Sam Eagle's early design, using a brighter blue with less detail. His upper body is also larger, his head is taller, and his lower legs have feathers.

Like the final design, Sam Eagle's early design also has an unused separated eyebrow sprite.

This design, or at least a later iteration of it, can actually be seen in the final game on the Presidential Pennant decoration.

Floyd#

Prototype	Final

Floyd's sprites are generally similar between the prototype and final game, with a few notable differences like his shoulder pads and shadow. He also became bigger in the final animations, got a ponytail, and had his body split into two separate sprites. His shadow sprite in the prototype has a different size than the final design, but when changing it, the developers forgot to update its anchor point in his animations, causing it to be off-center.

Durwood Clapper / Mr. Clapper#

Prototype	Final

Durwood Clapper, along with every other original Muppet in this game, have completely different designs in the prototype, seemingly being based more on human puppets than actual Muppets. His name was also originally Mr. Clapper, which was likely a placeholder.

A placeholder sprite for Durwood Clapper also exists, which is used in his Alley animations. This design is used in his icon in the prototype.

Big Mo / Mr. Pots and Pans#

Prototype	Final

Big Mo's early design, when he was originally named Mr. Pots and Pans. He was changed from a man with ginger hair to having brown fur, and he was also made larger in his final design. The pots and pans remained basically the same in the final design, aside from them being split into multiple sprites for animation purposes, and the spoons were changed to be yellow.

Rats#

Prototype	Final

The early design of the Rats, featuring a different head shape with their eyes on the top of their heads. They were both brown, with the left rat having its fur changed to be gray in the final design, and their vests were gray instead of blue. The angle of the book that the right rat stands on was also changed, along with its color being changed to a brighter purple. A remnant of this early design could be found in the final game in version 1.0.2, as its placeholder bin for the Alley featured the rig of the prototype design, which appeared corrupted as it used the sprites of the final Rats design.

Jax Strumley / Mr. Guitar#

Prototype	Final

Jax Strumley's early design, when he was originally called Mr. Guitar, which retains many aspects from his final design aside from the skin color and sprite polish. The early design also has glasses, while the final design does not, and the final design was made slightly bigger.

Snowth#

Prototype	Final

Snowth's early design, which is darker than the final design and isn't as polished.

A placeholder sprite for Snowth also exists, which is used in its Alley animations. This design is used in Snowth's icon in the prototype.

The Divettes / The Twins#

Prototype	Final

The early design for the Divettes, who were originally called the Twins and were young girls instead of adults.

Zoot#

Prototype	Final

Zoot's early design, which could actually be seen in a few clips from the trailer for My Muppets Show. There are also clips in that trailer that use the final Zoot design, suggesting that his design was changed shortly before the trailer was made. This design can also be seen in the final game in the Muppets shop icon.

Miss Piggy#

Prototype	Final

Miss Piggy, uh... seems to have had a wardrobe malfunction, as her dress is completely missing. This was likely due to the animations for it not being complete. Aside from the missing dress, her design here is almost identical to the final game, though the color of her gloves and shoes are different, being purple instead of pink, and the puffs on her dress's shoulders don't exist. Her early gloves can be seen in the final game in the Muppets shop icon. She was also made much larger in the final game. Her icon could possibly be the design that her placeholder Alley animations are supposed to use.

The sprites for her dress actually do exist in this beta, but are unfinished.

Gonzo#

Prototype	Final

Gonzo's early design, which similar to Zoot and Miss Piggy, can be seen in the Muppets shop icon in the final game.

Mahna Mahna#

Prototype	Final (1.0.0)

Mahna Mahna's early design, where he was shorter and had more vibrant colors (at least compared to his design in release 1.0.0), and his hair was seemingly misinterpreted to be more like a lion's mane.

Jim Henson's Fantastic World Mahna Mahna photo.jpg — Jim_Henson's_Fantastic_World_Mahna_Mahna_photo.jpg

The design seems to specifically be based off this photo of Mahna Mahna used as a promotional image for the Jim Henson's Fantastic World touring exhibit, down to the colors and the shape of his hair.

Kermit#

Prototype	Final

Kermit's design here is very similar to in the final game, with the only differences being the brighter greens and less drastic shading. His rig is also a little different, with his arms and legs being positioned differently, almost as if he was originally facing towards the camera, and his mouth being slightly lower.

Fozzie#

Prototype	Final (1.0.0 - 1.1.0)	Final (1.1.1)

Fozzie is also very similar to his final design, interestingly not having increased saturation like his design in version 1.1.1. Aside from that, his body is thinner in the beta and he was made much larger in the final game, with the part of his tie around his neck also being made longer. The early design can be seen in the Muppets shop icon in the final game.

Swedish Chef#

Prototype	Final

Swedish Chef's early design notably has a red and white pattern at the bottom of his apron that was removed in his final design. A few other aspects of this design, like his arms and spoon, are unfinished and use solid colors. Just like every other Muppet that appears in the final game's Muppets shop icon, this design can be seen there too.

My Muppets Show Swedish Chef Whisk Beta.png My Muppets Show Swedish Chef Spatula Beta.png

Sprites for Swedish Chef's whisk and spatula can also be found in this beta, where they aren't used. Like with the spoon, they use solid colors as a placeholder. The whisk would later end up being used in Swedish Chef's Big House animations in the final game, while the spatula wouldn't be used at all.

Beaker#

Prototype	Final (1.0.0)

Beaker's early design, where he is much shorter than his final design and has softer shading.

Stages#

Every stage in this version of the game is different in one way or another. The first stage is almost identical to the release version, just with a different, unfinished shading style, alongside slightly different parts of the stage, like the curtains. Meanwhile, the other two stages are almost completely different from their release versions, with Kitchen being slightly different, though still bearing resemblance to its release version, while the Alley (now known as Rooftop) stage is a completely different stage altogether.

Muppet Theater#

Prototype	Final

The early design of the Muppet Theater stage, featuring an entirely different lighting and shading style, with some of the sprites also being slightly different. The stage's backdrop is also different, featuring a fire exit door in the center of the stage, rather than just the posters on the wall as seen in the final version. Most notably, the sprites for the curtains are different, with everything else just being slight differences.

Kitchen#

Prototype	Final

The early design of the Kitchen stage, featuring an early sketch-like appearance, with only half of the stage truly being colored. Instead of a wall being behind the stage, it originally had a large array of windows, which you would be able to look through to see the backdrop for the stage. All 3 of its backdrops are sprites from Big Blue Bubble's other game, Fling a Thing.

Big House (Alley)#

Prototype	Final

The original concept for what would later turn into the Big House, the Alley. It is almost a completely different stage as to what it turned out to be, with every aspect of it being different, leaning more towards, as the name suggests, an alley look rather than the gulag theme it ended up turning into.

MSM Breeding Portrait Sheet#

A breeding portrait sprite sheet from My Singing Monsters exists leftover in the files of this prototype. The latest monster here is Yool, suggesting that My Muppets Show started development some time in December 2012 or January 2013.

Sound Differences#