Timeline

**Unorthodox Info**
***Follow the red arrow above my head. That will surely take you to them!*** - Bucky Beaver

This page fills in the blanks using outdated/unused information that does not contradict current information. New information takes priority.

**Reason:** Some Broadside employee birth/death dates are in SHIPWRECKED 64's game files

A chronological series of events. Events underlined like this don't have an exact date, but must've occurred after that earliest point. *Events italicized like this have been superseded by later information.*

## 1940s

* Rex Broadside creates a number of comics, none of which see any significant success.

## Before 1961

* Rex Broadside accidentally sells off his first character, Blot.
* Bucky Beaver is created by Rex Broadside in his first cartoon, Construction Destruction.
* Broadside Animation is founded by Rex Broadside.
* More Broadside characters are created, such as Olive Otter, Giovanni Goose, Walter Walrus, etc.
* Cryptic Tales from Crystal Creek airs.
* The Paper Pals airs.

## 1968

* *July 22nd: Rex Broadside passes away.*
* Broadside Beach opens up.

## 1984

* The Broadside Animation site's copyright date for Broadside Animation.

## Late 1980s

* Rex Broadside passes away under mysterious circumstances. (SHIPWRECKED 64)

## 1989

* Olivia Finch is murdered by Brandon Lester.
	+ Olivia is soon applied to be a Olive Otter Starling by Johnson.

## 1990

* January 3rd, 9:25PM: Gary Wilson is murdered by Brandon Lester.
	+ Gary is soon applied to be a Giovanni Goose Starling by Tiffany Waters.
* June 26th, 11:53PM: Nathan Stewart is murdered by Brandon Lester
	+ Nathan is soon applied to be a Walter Walrus Starling by Luis W.
* Rex Broadside is converted into a Blot Starling after the success of the previous generation.
* Broadside Beach is closed down.

## 1995

* Cogware Games is approached by Mark Mullins and commissioned to create a game based on the Bucky Beaver IP. This game becomes SHIPWRECKED.

## 1996

* The "great stampede" occurs at Studiogrounds, causing the park to close for many months.
* Studiogrounds reopens after that incident.

## 1997

* August 15: SHIPWRECKED receives a soft launch with only a small number of sales.
	+ The game is pulled from shelves just three days after release, after receiving many complaints from consumers.
* Connor Thomas, founder of Cogware Games, is found dead via suicide, via jumping.
* Studiogrounds closes.

## 2022

* Squeaks D'corgeh receives a copy of SHIPWRECKED from an Ebay seller named Daniel.
	+ *July 16th: SHIPWRECKED is emulated on PC and released on Game Jolt and itch.io.* (Legacy Edition)
* Squeaks D'Corgeh receives a project file for a game called "Blundercover".

## 2023

* Using a combination of original design documents and custom assets, Squeaks D'corgeh compiles a version of SHIPWRECKED that is as close to the original vision as is feasible, without the elements that led to its recall.

## 2024

* January 1: The recompilation of SHIPWRECKED, as well as the original ROM, are emulated on PC and released on Steam as "SHIPWRECKED 64".

## References

1. ↑ https://www.dropbox.com/s/2jfn4m4pv2qephs/7%20Fateful%20Years.mp3?dl=0
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/pznESUP2Omc?t=862