The Cruelbox: Evil Party

**The Cruelbox: Evil Party** (known simply as Evil Party) is a spin-off and retelling of The Toolbox Remastered. Instead of controlling Wilson and all of his friends, the game begins from Rich Man's perspective, and covers the events of him bringing together all of the villains before the boss rematch in the original game. The game did not cover an events during the post-game, following only the original game's events.

## Gameplay

Many fights in the game are unwinnable as the player needs to canonically win. The player is able to enter a secret evil lair hidden underneath the village, known as the Undertow. In the Undertow, the player can access the Dark Side, an evil realm underneath the overworld where all the monsters live, and randomly encounter Toolbox parties.

Unlike the original game, since you are playing enemies instead of heroes, you don't have any spell lists, and are limited to their usual 5 attack options. Since bosses didn't appear in random encounters, you could avoid them by having them in your party. A full party of monster characters were required to grind random encounters.

## Endings

In the Undertow, 4 banners can be unlocked, each indicating a different found ending. These banners transcend save files; the data is stored in the game's copy itself so they'll appear even if you start a new game.

### Evil Ending

The evil ending happens when you complete the game normally. After defeating Octored, the Evil Party finishes the game realizing there's nothing left. They sit on the moon, stuck there. They decide to create an evil lair on the moon and the end credits play.

### Normal Ending

The Normal Ending happens when you defeat the final boss using all monsters. The boss becomes offended, ending in a chaotic mess.

### Good Ending

After recruiting Owen, the player is given the option to get the “Good Ending” of the game. By confronting the Toolbox in Castle Keep with Owen in your party, the fight will be significantly harder, virtually unwinnable. Upon defeat, a cutscene plays of the Evil Party obliterated by the Toolbox. Because Owen was in the party, and he wasn’t considered a “protagonist” of this game, the Toolbox win and the Evil Party can’t respawn. So, they give up, going to the Pub and celebrating their new friendships. This is considered the canon ending of the game (at least to the original game’s continuity).

### 100% Ending

Due to the high amount of unlocks, there is an extra reward for 100%ing the game. Completing any ending with all characters unlocked and all side quests beaten will give you an extra banner in the Undertow.

## Playable Characters

*This list is incomplete.*

Evil Party boasted the highest character count of any Toolbox game, with nearly every boss and enemy from the original game being playable.

### Story Boss Characters

These characters were required to be unlocked to complete the game.

* Rich Man
* Rogue Dummy
* Keith's Dad
* Freddy Fazbear
* Flamer
* Suley
* Nog
* Plague Knight

### Optional Boss Characters

* The Aichomonster (all phases)
* Michael Rosen
* Owen the Owner
* Sorrow Knight

### Monsters

* Slime
* Snake
* Weaboo
* Gnomes
* Maxwell's Minion
* Maxwell's Baby Minion
* Wabbit
* Whack-O-Lantern
* inoffensive man
* Snowman
* Chocoman
* Ice Slime
* Dummy
* Minecraft Steve
* Knight
* Turret
* Normal Guy

## References

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvELWIBON-4&ab\_channel=TopTenTop