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[[Petscop]] is a faux-PlayStation exploration game, in a similar vein to ''[[wikipedia:Yume Nikki|Yume Nikki]]''. When started, the game shows a splash screen for "Garalina". The copyright listing on the title screen also says "&copy; 1997 Garalina".

<center>[[File:PetscopGaralinaSplash.png|320px|Garalina splash screen]] [[File:PetscopTitleScreen.png|320px|Petscop title screen]]</center>


== Reality ==

=== Real or fake? ===

Petscop is '''not''' a real PlayStation game. The game demonstrates capabilities far beyond what the original PlayStation was capable of, and an absence of its limitations. The game features very precise real-time lighting effects, and does not exhibit the problems that would manifest from the PlayStation's lack of floating-point precision or perspective correction. The color depth is also too high to exist without heavy dithering.

It is very likely, if it ''is'' a game, to be written in a modern engine (such as Unity), rendered at a low resolution with NTSC-like shaders.

The Sony and PlayStation logos in the beginning of [[Petscop 1]] were spliced in to help the illusion.


=== Twitter account @Petscop ===
The Twitter account is fake. Someone figured that Petscop was going to go viral, and squatted on the name. This is generally known as ''gamejacking'' &mdash; someone other than the storyteller attempting to interfere with the story. So far, there is only one tweet, though.


=== Origins ===
Petscop was originally posted to Reddit's [https://www.reddit.com/r/creepygaming/comments/6488lt/videos_of_a_mysterious_unfinished_psx_game_from/ creepygaming subreddit], by a user who had just registered and has not posted anything before or since. It is likely the author, "seeding" the story. There doesn't seem to be any other points to who is behind the story.

Some fans suggest that it might be "Night Mind", a YouTube commentator on horror/creepypasta games, who has said that they were "working on a project" and "wouldn't tell anyone they were behind it until it was over". Of course, this means absolutely nothing.


== In-universe ==

=== Origins ===
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Something about [[Paul]]'s mother having had it in her attic for years?

=== Note included with the game ===
[[Paul]] (or the uploader, in any case) included an annotation with the [[Petscop 1]] video, from a note supposedly included with the game:

<blockquote><poem>The note that I found with the game:

I WALKED [[Mike's Grave|DOWNSTAIRS]] AND WHEN I GOT TO THE BOTTOM, INSTEAD OF PROCEEDING, I TURNED THE RIGHT AND BECAME A [[Shadow Monster Man|SHADOW MONSTER MAN]]

6/13/97
For you:
Please go to my website on the sticker and also go to [[Gift Plane/Even Care/Roneth's Room|roneth's room]] and press start and press down down down down down right start</poem></blockquote>

There was no website mentioned in the note.

=== Others ===
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At least one other person has played Petscop. [[Paul]] is talking to them at the end of [[Petscop 8]], but we are only given one side of the conversation.

== In-game ==

=== Pause menu ===
The pause menu shows a small screenshot of the in-game view, the number of {{dinglebops|}} [[dinglebops]], one of many text messages, and several options.

==== Options ====
* '''Resume Game''': Unpauses.
* '''Options''': This option has not been used during a video yet.
* '''[[Pets]]''': View a list of pets, or when standing in front of the [[Child Library]], drop a pet.
* '''Book of Baby Names''': This option is shown to not do anything in [[Petscop 6]] at 8:40. [[Paul]] comments that it may have given suggestions for names, if you could rename pets.
* '''Quit Game''': First shown in [[Petscop 6]] at 8:38. Presents 3 further options, neither of which have been used during a video:
** '''Just Quit''': Assumedly would return to the title screen without saving.
** '''Save and Quit''': Would save and quit. How and what this game saves has not been explained.
** '''Don't Quit''': Would likely cancel out of the menu.

Given the strange wording of the ''Quit Game'' options, there may be some significance with the [[Quitter's Room]].

==== Cheat Code ====
The note reveals a secret code to be entered in [[Gift Plane/Even Care/Roneth's Room|Roneth's room]] while paused. Doing so causes the [[Gift Plane/Even Care|Even Care]] music to stop playing, and makes the exit to Even Care lead to the [[Newmaker Plane/Even Care Exit|Newmaker Plane]].

==== Messages ====
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The pause screen has a message in the top right. The message changes at various points in the game:

* [[Petscop 1]], 4:00, [[Gift Plane/Even Care/Roneth's Room|Roneth's room]]: "We hope you are enjoying the game."
* [[Petscop 6]], 5:42, by the [[Windmill]] camera: "Have you found anything weird lately? There is much to find in this place."
* [[Petscop 7]], 5:03, [[Child Library]]: "Take them home!"
* [[Petscop 9]], 12:53, [[Daisy Shack#Basement|Daisy Shack basement]]: "You're in the other place too!"
* [[Petscop 9]], 13:59, [[Child Library]]: "The pets really seem to like you. Thanks for playing Petscop."

The message "''You're in the other place too!''" may refer to how the actions in [[Gift Plane/Even Care/Pen's Room|Pen's room]] affected [[Care#Care NLM|Care NLM]] in the [[Daisy Shack#Basement|daisy shack basement]], or the appearance of multiple [[player]] characters in the world.

=== Loading Screens ===
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