List of Grabbed by the Ghoulies pre-release and unused content

This is a list of pre-release and unused content for Grabbed by the Ghoulies.

Early ideas

Players would have been given the option to play as either a boy or a girl, who would go and rescue their partner of the opposite gender within the mansion. In the retail game, Cooper is the main playable character, with Ma Soupswill being playable at the Front Gate during the end of Chapter 3, and Amber during the 21st Bonus Challenge: "Play it again, Son!".

Characters

• Cooper was originally named "Zak", also formatted "Zack".
• Babs Buffbrass was originally named "Mrs. Mopp".
• Ma Soupswill was originally named "Mrs. Kirby".
• Fiddlesworth Dunfiddlin was originally named "Mr. Brown".

Tweets

• October 19, 2020: Gregg Mayles announced on Twitter that he would reveal early concepts and designs of Grabbed by the Ghoulies to coincide with the "Spooky Month" of October.
• October 26, 2020: Gregg Mayles' and Rare Ltd.'s Twitter accounts each posted four images of design sheets of Grabbed by the Ghoulies.

Gallery

Concepts and designs

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  An early draft of the story, written on September 17, 1999.
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  An overview of the game, written in 2000.
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  "What do players expect?"
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  Pencil sketches detailing the start of the game.
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  Post-it notes of the game sequences
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  The cast list, many of whom . One of the characters, "Baroness Von Ghoul", would be scrapped from the final game.
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  Ideas for false endings, a few of which are checked to show that they have been incorporated.
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  Ideas for how Ghoulies would scare Cooper, written on July 18, 2002.
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  Early combat system ideas
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  Early combat system ideas
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  Weapons
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  Weapons
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  Ghoulies
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  Ghoulies
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  Character requirements
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  Another page of character requirements
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  A sheet describing Ghouly usage in-game, dated 2001
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  Another sheet describing Ghouly usage
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  Concept of Ghoulhaven Hall's ground floor and exterior grounds
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  Paths within Ghoulhaven Hall for each chapter
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  Notes for planned areas in Ghoulhaven Hall
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  Layout for "Cottage Garden", dated 2002
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  Layout for "Von Ghoul's Bedroom", dated 2003
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  Pencil sketches of various rooms
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  Layout for the "Snooker Room", dated 2001
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  Rough sketch of "area 13"
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  Considered ideas
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  Concept layout for the scrapped Museum room
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  Concept layout for the Rafters
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  Ideas for a possible sequel, "Ghoulies 2"
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  Concept sheet which describes various Ghoulies and has various doodles. The red marker indicates which ideas have been implemented
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  Another concept sheet which describes various Ghoulies and has various doodles
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  Another concept sheet which describes various Ghoulies and has various doodles
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  Details for encountering the Cursed Mummy
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  Concept layout for the Front Gate
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  Pencil sketches for the Front Gate
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  A sheet detailing the rooms and the start and end of each chapter
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  Concept layout for Chapter 5: Prisoners
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  Concept layout for the Gallery
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  Concept sheet describing "Version 4" of the game, dated March 22, 2001
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  Concept layout of the Library
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  Mad Franky
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  Concept layout for the scrapped "Security Room"
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  Pencil sketches for the scrapped "Security Room"
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  Concept of details for areas 17 and 18
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  A list of every area around Ghoulhaven Hall

References

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