This timeline shows a list of events in Cracked Egg Studios history, or events that influenced studio history, occurring during calendar year 1998.
- January
- February
- March
- April
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- 1998
- Nick Phillips writes the a cappella song I Suck.
- Ted Phillips writes the children's story Rex and Bobby.
- Ted Phillips's Christmas story Rudolph Quits! is water damaged.
- Nick Phillips's children's story Kong of the Gong Go of One is water damaged.
- Ted Phillips produces the 3D version of The Glob.
- Ted Phillips reads the book Teach Yourself Game Programming in 21 Days by André LaMothe, but is unable to get the CDs with the compiler and game engine to work on the Aptiva computer.
- Ted Phillips reads the book HTML 4 for Dummies by Ed Tittel and Steve James.
- January
- John Phillips gifts Ted and Nick the Aptiva computer for project development.
- February
- March
- Ted Phillips abandons the prospect of using Visual Basic to program video games.
- Ted Phillips and Mike Berrios found the company TM.
- Ted Phillips trains Mike Berrios in BASIC programming.
- TM begins developing the video game Donkey Kong Country 4: The Kremian Wars Beneath Donkey Kong Country Isle.
- March 22
- Ted Phillips illustrates the Mr. Ant and the Pest comic.
- Ted Phillips launches Ted's Fun Site online.
- Ted's Fun Site announces development of the film Y3K.
- April
- Ted Phillips creates the rolling-paper theater animation The Return to Jurassic Park.
- Ted Phillips and Mike Berrios begin writing a novel called Dreamland.
- Ted Phillips begins acquiring materials to build the animatronic dinosaurs for his live-action The Return to the Lost World: Jurassic Park, and storing them at The Rectory.
- Ted and Nick Phillips meet Ryan.
- April 23
- Ted Phillips begins learning VRML to make internet-based 3D environments and games.
- June 8
- June 9
- Ted Phillips writes the computer game MASH.
- June 14
- Ted Phillips compiles The History of Teddy Phillips.
- Ted Phillips sprains his wrist at recess, and Fr. Ken Marks takes him to the emergency room.
- June 19
- John Phillips gifts Ted Phillips copies of the software Bryce 3D and 3D Movie Maker.
- June 20
- Ted Phillips begins programming the video game Tomb Raider IV using BASIC.
- June 21
- Ted Phillips begins updating Ted's Fun Site to 3D.
- June 25
- Ted's Fun Site introduces the concept of The Vault for publishing projects online, with its "Comic Vault."
- July
- July 4
- Ted Phillips films the infamous "Dr. Pepper Factory" scene for the film Y3K.
- July 5
- Ted Phillips writes the Train Problem.
- July 12
- Ted Phillips creates the Raptor comic.
- August
- Ted Phillips begins producing an extended version of Skelly 2.
- August 27
- Ted Phillips illustrates the Jaws comic.
- August 28
- Nick Phillips has his finger slammed in the bathroom door.
- The Phillips family attends a Phillips Family Reunion in Staten Island, New York.
- Ron Phillips records dialogue for the extended version of Skelly 2.
- September
- Ted Phillips draws new concept art for the Tomb Raider IV video game and rebrands it as The Lost Pyramid.
- Ted Phillips orders the software Nickelodeon Directors Lab through a Scholastic catalog.
- October
- Ted Phillips reprograms the video game The Lost Pyramid in 3D.
- Ted Phillips writes the historical fiction children's popup book Woody and Buzz Go to the Ancient Assyrian Empire.
- Ted Phillips draws concept art for film adaptation of Synonymous Botch Returns, called Thrice Upon a Time.
- Ted Phillips produces the animated version of The Glob.
- October 10
- Ted Phillips writes the horror short story Bloody Mary.
- October 22
- Ted Phillips allegedly encounters a UFO in Bicentennial Veterans Memorial Park.
- October 31
- The Phillips family adopts a kitten and names him Janya.
- November
- Ted Phillips begins building a 3D web site for St. Benedict Parish using VRML and photogrammetry.
- November 1
- Ted Phillips forms the Prominent Men to investigate UFOs, paranormal, and extraphysical phenomena in the area.
- November 5
- Ted Phillips writes his account about the UFO in Bicentennial Veterans Memorial Park from late October.
- November 17
- Ted Phillips writes the science-fiction short story USN 1156.
- November 27
- Ted Phillips writes the computer software T Alpha.
- December
- Ted Phillips illustrates the Merry Christmas comic.
- Ted Phillips illustrates the comic The Way It Is With Reindeer.