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Gravity Falls: Postcard Creator

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It's just a simple postcard creator with the show's assets for showing your friends and family. Nothing else to say except some promo art not seen in the show is here.

Unused Material#

game_config.xml lists asset SWFs used by the game, some are not referenced yet are on the server.

Characters#

Grunkle Stan sitting down.

Robbie with his hands outside his pockets.

Development Timestamp#

Two of the character texture files are used by the game, but the file names reveal this timestamp from a development environment.

2012-04-30-at-6.01

Changes in Final#

The game got an update est 6 days later.

  • The music played in the background was changed from a whistled version of the Main Theme to The Whole Town's Out Here.
  • The printed postcard frame uses a slightly altered layout, notably adding a Disney Channel bump and using a darker color palette, probably to save on printer ink for users printing them.

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  • References to assets related to Gideon were commented, making them unusable.