earl productions industry interactive entertainment founded 1989 founder mark voorsanger greg johnson headquarters united states products video games toejam & earl website www.tjande.com toejam & earl productions inc. 1989 2003 was an american video game company founded by electronic arts developers mark voorsanger and greg johnson . their best known titles were orly s draw a story 1999 broderbund and three games in the toejam & earl series 1991 2003 sega . contents 1 history 2 disbandment 3 references 4 external links history edit initially the company was known simply as johnson voorsanger productions or just jvp as they were credited in the original toejam & earl and in its sequel panic on funkotron . after the success of the toejam & earl games the company was renamed to toejam & earl productions inc. . jvp introduced the toejam & earl series with the original toejam & earl followed by ready aim tomatoes a mini game for sega s light gun the menacer and the platformer sequel toejam & earl in panic on funkotron . each was developed exclusively for the mega drive genesis and published by sega . the third title in the series was toejam & earl iii mission to earth 2003 co developed by visual concepts for the original xbox . a fourth title toejam & earl back in the groove is in a kickstarter funding phase as of march 2015 through johnson s new company humanature studios . toejam & earl productions also created orly s draw a story a cd rom for kids ages 5 to 10 . orly s draw a story was designed for pcs and macs and was published by broderbund . disbandment edit after poor sales of toejam & earl iii the company disbanded in 2003 . 1 mark voorsanger went on to produce other electronic arts games for a few years and then left the game industry to run a coaching business skyward coaching out of the same building where toejam & earl productions was located . greg johnson continued as an independent game design consultant then started his own video game development studio called humanature studios and currently owns the toejam & earl intellectual property rights . his studio has developed and published multiple games such as 2014 s doki doki universe which resembles some elements from the toejam & earl series . 1 2 3 in february 2015 johnson announced a new title from humanature studios toejam & earl back in the groove which is being developed independently from sega and instead being funded by kickstarter . the game revisits the format of the original game featuring 2d character models on 3d worlds with overhead perspective and is planned to support online multiplayer . the game is seeking a funding target of 400 000 usd by march 27 2015 . 4 the funding campaign was successful and reached over its goal . references edit a b sega forum view single post toejam and earl fans unite . forums.sega.com . retrieved 2010 09 08 . about mark voorsanger . skywardcoaching.com . retrieved 2010 09 08 . about us . human nature studios . retrieved 2010 09 08 . toejam & earl back in the groove . kickstarter.com . retrieved march 21 2015 . external links edit official website v t e toejam & earl series main series games toejam & earl panic on funkotron iii mission to earth back in the groove cameo appearances art alive wacky worlds creativity studio related ready aim tomatoes toejam & earl productions this united states video game corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title toejam % 26 earl productions & oldid 727876975 categories companies established in 1989companies disestablished in 2003video game companies of the united statesvideo game development companiesunited states video game company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 july 2016 at 20 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view