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=== Loading Screens === | === Loading Screens === | ||
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| + | All of the various Petscop loading screens, and when they appear. This list might not be complete. | ||
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| + | Click on any of the images for the full size. The second image, if applicable, is a brightened version to make details visible. | ||
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| + | ==== Gift Plane ==== | ||
| + | [[File:LoadingGiftPlane.png|320px|Surprise!]] | ||
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| + | Pink "Loading!" text on a purple platform, with a [[Gift Plane]] gift box behind it. | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 1]], 0:49, after starting a game | ||
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| + | ==== Even Care ==== | ||
| + | [[File:LoadingEvenCare.png|320px|]] | ||
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| + | Pink "Loading" text on a checkerboard background, with a wavy filter applied. | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 1]], 1:46, when entering [[Even Care]] from the [[Gift Plane]] | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 9]], 10:09, when entering through the [[Even Care Back Door]] | ||
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| + | ==== Even Care (Demo) ==== | ||
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| + | [[File:LoadingEvenCareDemo.png|320px|Through the gates of Heaven]] | ||
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| + | Gray "Loading" text seen through the [[Gift Plane]] entry gates. | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 9]], 0:12, when the demo is entering the [[Even Care]] area | ||
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| + | ==== Newmaker Plane 1 ==== | ||
| + | [[File:LoadingEvenCareToNewmaker.png|320px|Hi there]] [[File:LoadingEvenCareToNewmakerBright.png|320px|Brightened for your viewing pleasure]] | ||
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| + | A very dark, partial image of the [[Quitter's Room]] character's face. | ||
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| + | * [[Petscop 1]], 7:22, when entering the [[Newmaker Plane]], by leaving [[Even Care]] after the [[Petscop#Cheat_Code|secret code]] | ||
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| + | ==== Newmaker Plane 2 ==== | ||
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| + | [[File:LoadingToWindmillArea.png|320px|Sure is dark down here]] [[File:LoadingToWindmillAreaBright.png|320px|The grass is always greener]] | ||
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| + | What appears to just be a picture of the [[Newmaker Plane]]. | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 2]], 11:24, when leaving the [[Under the Newmaker Plane]] for the [[Newmaker Plane/Windmill|Windmill]] area | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 6]], 4:21 | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 9]], 3:00, after a jump cut from [[Mike's Grave]] | ||
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| + | ==== Mike's Grave ==== | ||
| + | [[File:LoadingNewmakerToMikeGrave.png|320px|The basement?]] [[File:LoadingNewmakerToMikeGraveBright.png|320px|Not much light here]] | ||
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| + | A very dark descending path, with a door forward and a door to the right; the right door is emitting a very faint red light. It's possible this is a reference to the [[Shadow Monster Man]] "glitch" at [[Mike's Grave]]. | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 2]], 4:17, when entering [[Mike's Grave]] from [[Under the Newmaker Plane]] | ||
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| + | ==== Marvin Mode ==== | ||
| + | [[File:LoadingMarvinMode.png|320px|A PlayStation Disc as seen from below]] | ||
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| + | A very thick, black circle, on a bright pink background, somewhat resembling the bottom of a PlayStation™ disc. | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 6]], 1:54, when [[Marvin]] spins the [[Windmill|camera]] around and places graphic tiles everywhere | ||
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| + | ==== Quitter's Room ==== | ||
| + | [[File:LoadingToUnderNewmaker.png|320px|Hi there. Again.]] [[File:LoadingToUnderNewmakerBright.png|320px|At least it's visible now?]] | ||
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| + | A very dark picture of the [[Quitter's Room]] furniture, seen from the ''left'' (correct) half of the room. Interestingly, the [[Amber's Room]] icon cube from [[Petscop 10]] does not appear to be present. | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 2]], 1:02, when entering [[Under the Newmaker Plane]] from the [[Newmaker Plane]], after leaving [[Even Care]] | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 8]], 2:34, when entering the [[Newmaker Plane]] from [[Under the Newmaker Plane]] and chasing [[Marvin]] | ||
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| + | ==== Dinglebop ==== | ||
| + | [[File:LoadingBehindChildLibrary.png|320px|I know they're called pieces now.]] [[File:LoadingBehindChildLibraryBright.png|320px|I don't care. Dinglebop is funnier.]] | ||
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| + | A very large picture of the blue cone [[dinglebop]], bright enough to be somewhat visible without squinting. | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 9]], 7:17, when leaving "her" room in the [[Child Library]] for the [[Gray Party Room]] | ||
| + | * [[Petscop 10]], 1:20, when loading a saved game that starts in the [[Warp Room]] in the [[Gray Party Room]] | ||
Revision as of 17:42, 31 May 2017
Petscop is a faux-PlayStation exploration game, in a similar vein to Yume Nikki. When started, the game shows a splash screen for "Garalina". The copyright listing on the title screen also says "© 1997 Garalina".
Contents
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 — 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 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
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:
The note that I found with the game:
I WALKED DOWNSTAIRS AND WHEN I GOT TO THE BOTTOM, INSTEAD OF PROCEEDING, I TURNED THE RIGHT AND BECAME A SHADOW MONSTER MAN
6/13/97
For you:
Please go to my website on the sticker and also go to roneth's room and press start and press down down down down down right start
There was no website mentioned in the note.
Others
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
The pause menu shows a small screenshot of the in-game view, the number of 
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 Roneth's room while paused. Doing so causes the Even Care music to stop playing, and makes the exit to Even Care lead to the Newmaker Plane.
Interestingly, when the cheat code is enabled, the transitions in Even Care go from being fade-to-white and fast, to being fade-to-black and slow. When Even Care is revisited as part of Petscop 9, the transitions are fast and fade-to-white again.
Messages
The pause screen has a message in the top right. The message changes at various points in the game:
- Petscop 1, 4:00, 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: "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 Pen's room affected Care NLM in the daisy shack basement, or the appearance of multiple player characters in the world.
Loading Screens
All of the various Petscop loading screens, and when they appear. This list might not be complete.
Click on any of the images for the full size. The second image, if applicable, is a brightened version to make details visible.
Gift Plane
Pink "Loading!" text on a purple platform, with a Gift Plane gift box behind it.
- Petscop 1, 0:49, after starting a game
Even Care
Pink "Loading" text on a checkerboard background, with a wavy filter applied.
- Petscop 1, 1:46, when entering Even Care from the Gift Plane
- Petscop 9, 10:09, when entering through the Even Care Back Door
Even Care (Demo)
Gray "Loading" text seen through the Gift Plane entry gates.
Newmaker Plane 1
A very dark, partial image of the Quitter's Room character's face.
- Petscop 1, 7:22, when entering the Newmaker Plane, by leaving Even Care after the secret code
Newmaker Plane 2
What appears to just be a picture of the Newmaker Plane.
- Petscop 2, 11:24, when leaving the Under the Newmaker Plane for the Windmill area
- Petscop 6, 4:21
- Petscop 9, 3:00, after a jump cut from Mike's Grave
Mike's Grave
A very dark descending path, with a door forward and a door to the right; the right door is emitting a very faint red light. It's possible this is a reference to the Shadow Monster Man "glitch" at Mike's Grave.
- Petscop 2, 4:17, when entering Mike's Grave from Under the Newmaker Plane
Marvin Mode
A very thick, black circle, on a bright pink background, somewhat resembling the bottom of a PlayStation™ disc.
Quitter's Room
A very dark picture of the Quitter's Room furniture, seen from the left (correct) half of the room. Interestingly, the Amber's Room icon cube from Petscop 10 does not appear to be present.
- Petscop 2, 1:02, when entering Under the Newmaker Plane from the Newmaker Plane, after leaving Even Care
- Petscop 8, 2:34, when entering the Newmaker Plane from Under the Newmaker Plane and chasing Marvin
Dinglebop
A very large picture of the blue cone dinglebop, bright enough to be somewhat visible without squinting.
- Petscop 9, 7:17, when leaving "her" room in the Child Library for the Gray Party Room
- Petscop 10, 1:20, when loading a saved game that starts in the Warp Room in the Gray Party Room
