There are a lot of different things you can do in your Toy Box Worlds. This section is designed to give you some quick tips to help you create your own worlds from scratch as well as games you can play against your friends. These focus on the basics of design to help you get started with some of the more difficult aspects of creating in the Toy Box. However, once you have mastered these tips, feel free to continue adding to your world to make them even more cool and exciting.
Open World Builder
This part covers the steps for building in an open world and helps you avoid some pitfalls and mistakes made by new players.
1. The Terrain
When you are starting from scratch in a world of your own, you must first be sure you have enough land on which to build and that there are no obstacles in your way. Depending on which prebuilt world you choose, you may need to add more large terrain blocks to make it large enough or clear out hills and plants that might be in your way.
2. Structures
Next, start building your buildings. The Building Sets and Set Pieces are usually the largest toys, and you want to place them down on your world before adding anything else. Some of them are very large and you need to be sure you have space. Once you have the big structures in place, add other buildings.
3. Track Pieces
After you get your structures in place, put in any track pieces you want. Remember that with a Magic Wand in the hand of your character, you can change the theme of the track pieces. While they default as the slot track, you can change that to any of the themes you have already unlocked to make your track look like roads or trails. Roads are important for cities and towns since they add to the look and feel of these types of worlds.
4. Plants and Decorations
Now that you have the main part of the world completed, go in and fill it out with lots of plants and decorations. These may be small—or large in some cases—but they really add to a world. They are the details that help complete the look. In addition, you may also want to use some more terrain to finish off the land. Rather than leaving your world with square corners at the edge of the landmass, put in some edge pieces to soften the borders of your land and accent them with more plants and decorations. Adding some slopes or higher levels of terrain at the edges can give the illusion that the land goes on further but you can’t see it because of the higher terrain.
5. Populate the World
The final step is to populate the world you have created. You can use enemies, townspeople, and cast members. Don’t forget to throw in some vehicles or mounts for helping players get around the world quickly. This final step is another important part of a world. By adding people, you will feel like you are in a realistic world where people are going about their business instead of having players feel like they are all alone. Now that you have completed your world, play in it and have fun. Don’t forget to invite some friends over to see the efforts of your labor.
Racing Game
Do you want to create the most awesome race track in the world? If so, you have come to the right place. Racing games are really quite easy to make. Just follow the step-by-step instructions included here.
1. Get the Race Track Start Toy
If you want to create a racing game, you have to have the Race Track Start track piece. It is the key to starting a race. It can be found in the Disney Infinity Vault. Save up at least 16 Spins before visiting the vault. Then shuffle the selections until you see the Race Track Start toy (and hopefully some other track pieces as well) as one of the 16. Start spending your Spins without shuffling again until you get it.
2. Lay Down Some Track
Place the Race Track Start toy down on your world. Then select other track pieces and begin connecting them. It is important that you line up the ends of the track pieces so they fit together exactly. Change the angle of your view around so you can see the track pieces from all sides to ensure they are connected. Add loops, curves, and ramps to make your track as easy or challenging as you want. You can even add some shortcuts.
3. Complete the Circuit
As your track continues to grow, make sure you end up at the opposite side of the Race Track Start. Again, be sure to line up the track carefully. Only when you have made a complete circuit of track connecting the two ends of the Race Track Start toy can you have a race on your track. If you added shortcuts, make sure your main track is a complete circuit.
4. Add Barriers or Decorations
While the track is completed, add some barriers to the turns to prevent cars from driving off the road if you want and place some plants and decorations to make the race track more exciting and visually pleasing. If you want to turn this race into a battle race, be sure to include Vehicle Weapon Generators to the track to add some firepower. Try to place objects or decorations on the track that are destructible to hide or disguise your shortcuts.
5. Start Your Engines
When you are ready, drive a vehicle or ride a mount up onto the Race Track Start and a button will appear. Follow the on-screen instructions to start a race. Three opponents will automatically be provided and a three-lap race is ready to begin.
Action and Platformer Games
There are lots of action toys you can use to create some fun games. Be sure to use different cameras to provide different effects for the game.
1. Planning
The first step in creating this type of game is planning out what you want to do. Figure out where you want to start, where you want to end, and what you want players to accomplish along the way.
2. Build the Course
Once you know what you want to do, start putting together the course. Use blocks or action toys to create the level and then add more action toys as obstacles or challenges that players must get past. As you are building it, use your character to try it out and make sure it is possible to jump across gaps or up to higher blocks.
3. Set up a Timer
Place Triggers or Trigger Areas at the start and finish of the course. Connect them to a Timer so that the Timer starts when the player goes through the starting trigger and ends when he or she passes through the end trigger. You can also connect other toys such as Party Cannons to shoot out fireworks when the player gets to the end. Try setting Triggers along the way and connect them to Sound Effects to help cheer the player on in the middle of the game.
4. Cameras
Depending on the type of game, you may want to include a specific camera angle. For example, when making a platform game, put a Side-Step Camera to the side of the course and position it so it is facing the course. Program it to follow the player. Connect it to the start and end triggers so the camera starts up as the game starts. Or you may even want to have a starting trigger somewhere before the start so the player can get used to the camera angle before the game and timer begins.
5. Test It
As with any games, once you are done, test it out. If something is not working correctly, whip out the Magic Wand and make some corrections. Keep trying and fixing until you have everything working perfectly.
Sports Games
Sports games are a lot of fun—especially in the Toy Box Worlds. There are several different types of balls and goals that you can use to re-create real sports games or create games of your own.
1. Determine the Type of Game
The entire design of a sports game depends on what type of game you want to do. Do you want players to try to push a soccer ball into a goal, shoot basketballs, or put a football through the goal post? There is even a hockey puck. Don’t feel constrained to re-create a real sport. This is your world so you can come up with the most outrageous sports you can think of.
2. Build the Stadium
The balls and puck are physics toys, so they will keep moving for a bit after you push or run into them. Therefore, it is usually a good idea to build some boundaries for your game. You can build a stadium with the Building Sets toys or just use some barriers from the Track Pieces. The goal is to keep the ball or puck in play.
3. Goals
Once the stadium or playing area is set up, you need to place goals. The ESPN Soccer Goal works great for soccer or hockey. If you are using the ESPN Basketball Hoop or ESPN Goal Post, you will also need to provide a way to get the ball up into or through the goals. Try placing a Super Cannon on the field in line with the goals so players can move the balls to the cannon, which then launches them up into the air. Or you can even put several Toy Box Townspeople in the world and then drop kick them over the goals to score points.
4. Scoring
You can’t have a sports game with a score. Place a Scoreboard toy from the Creativi-Toy category. Then link it to one of the goals (with the goal as the trigger and the Scoreboard as the behavior) and determine which of four possible teams gets the score. Under Properties in the Scoreboard menu, you can choose the victory requirements for the game.
5. Effects
Finally, to make the game more exciting, link a Sound Effects toy to the goal so that you get cheering or other sounds when a goal is scored. Then link a Boom Box and/or Party Cannons to the Scoreboard. Use the Scoreboard as a trigger when one of the players wins to set off music or effects to show the end of the game. Once you have everything in place, be sure to test out your game to make sure it works how you want it to.
Combat or Fighting Games
Combat games can be a lot of fun. It is easy to create one that even sets teams so you can have several enemies on your team to fight against your opponent and his or her team of enemies.
1. Build the Arena
While you can just fight out in the open world, it is usually more fun to have some type of battle arena. Again, you can use the stadium toys to create a large stadium complete with a crowd or you can make your own area out of blocks. Place blocks or other objects in the arena to provide cover or to add to the challenge—especially if you will be using Blasters or other ranged weapons.
2. Weapons
If you want to use weapons, place some Object Generators around the arena and set them to spawn the tools or packs of your choice. It is a good idea to have a variety of weapon types unless you want to focus on a single type. For example, if you want a paintball match, only have the Object Generators spawn Paintball Guns.
3. Enemies
If you want to play a game where you have to defeat enemies, then you will need an Enemy Generator. Set these to spawn a specific type of enemy. You can even have several different triggers connected to one Enemy Generator to spawn different types of enemies depending on the triggering action. If playing a two-player team combat match, you can even set the enemies spawned to either a blue or orange team in the properties. Be sure to place Orange and Blue Team Activators that players can move through to designate their team color. Then enemies of your same color will not attack you, but attack other players and enemies of the opposing team’s color.
4. Keeping Score
Since combat games do not have physical goals like sports games, you need to use a Victory Tracker. This acts as a trigger that you can set for a variety of actions, such as defeating an enemy, defeating another player, being defeated, or taking a hit. Connect the Victory Tracker to a Scoreboard to then keep track of the score.
5. Effects
Once you have the combat game all set up, then it is time to add the effects. As with other games, you can set sounds, music, or visual effects to occur for various aspects of the game to add more flavor and fun.
Multiplayer Games
Any type of game you create can be played multiplayer. You can play split screen on a single console or invite up to three other friends to join you in your world and challenge them to try out the games you have created. It is usually a good idea to create a separate world for each game so that you do not have too many toys in one world, which can slow down your connection to other players. Play through the Adventures and Character Adventures to get a feel for the various types of games you can create for multiplayer games, since all of those can be played against other players.