CSSCGC - Dr Robbie Pssst, The Real Adventures Of

NOTE: This is an entry for the  Crap Game Competition CSSCGC2023

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Real Adventures of Dr Robbie Pssst

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Story So Far

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 Welcome to the Chronicles of Doctor Robbie Pssst!

 Doctor Robbie Pssst was a strange man! He looked and dressed like a robot! This was strange since robots didn't exists the time period he lived and noone knew what that word meant! He was also the first man that invented robot moves in dancing! In all the formal dance events he attented he used his amazing dance techniques to dazzle royals! Robbie Pssst died alone & unmarried in his private mansion!

 There are many history books that talk about the real job and life work of Doctor Pssst : History recorded that he was a famous gardener! 

He liked taking care of gardens. Many royal families trusted him to handle all their gardening issues! He helped save famous gardens all over the world. People still use his name when they describe how to use a spray can for incencts*! 

 During his travels he helped with the restoration of an ancient Mayan garden. Deep inside the garden there was the entrance of a prehistoric cave! Deep in the cave - after a giant room that seemed to be a prehistoric kitchen- he discovered a prehistoric drawing. Near the drawing he discovered some human bones that was later examined by archaelogist and decided to name the owner of the bones "Cookie Man". The drawing was actually an insciption in caveman fonts**. Robbie spended many years trying to decipher the text that he thought was talking about a secret unknown hidden secret (the double use of the word secret was intentional)! 

 After restoring and searching many Mayan gardens for clues, he discoved that one particular garden contained statues of secret and unknown gods! There he found half map that seemed like a treasure map that could led to the secret secret! He was immidiately intrigued! He started searching the world for the other half of the map! From the information he gathered he understood that the map had something to do with an ancient graveyard that was haunted! The ghost there were protecting a long lost secret!

His quest eventually led him to the gardens of a scary castle. This is the story of the gardens of the Count Dracula Castle!!!

The previous unsuccesful attempt to a biography game can be found here : https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=PSSST+zx+spectrum

Gameplay

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In case you haven't heard about Dr Pssst check some videos here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=PSSST+zx+spectrum 

The game starts after you found a clue for the second half of the map.You begin your journey in an Airport and you must locate the first garden that will lead you to the secret secret! You must use your mind to protect the gardens you visit from deadly incencts. Time is critical since you have limited moves in each garden!

Controls

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The game has adapted to the keyboard all the usual actions that a gardener might need to do. 

The game supports QWERT,AZERTY and DVORAK keyboard setups. Most people that reached the 5th level of the "Cocaine Bear Teaches DVORAK keyboard" kindergarten educational series program*** will have no issue with the game controls!

The game understands advanced english sentence structure. Eg "kill orc with club" will kill an orc with the club! Also, you can use commands like "give apple to monkey" , "open door six" , "get bottle", "drop banana" and much more!

Usually when you move between places you move using compass directions - West,East,North and EaSt. To honor all the garden archaelogists the game implemented their way of movement named G.C.D.R.C.(c)(TM) (Gardener Compass Direction Replacement Controls) . All the famous gardeners move between gardens not using the obsolete compass directions, they use level direction! 

If you want to move from a simple garden to a more advanced one you need to go "Up" . For worst gardens you just go "down". 

You can have a look at the scenery with the "lookgfx" command!

Vocabulary

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verbs: 

kill,attack,use,spray,open,pssst,get,take,grab,pick up,drop,examine,x,look at,close,

Example sentences:

"use red can on male spider"

"kill cyan worm with blue can"

"open door two"

"drop blue can"

"spray female bee with yellow can"

Features

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- Introducing the "lookgfx" command! This is a powerful command that shows current room graphics!

- Amazing introduction lasting more than 10 minutes on a real spectrum.

- REAL action adventure typing action! If you are slow ,you start again!

- Featuring G.C.D.R.C. (Gardener Compass Direction Replacement Controls). You do not just move North and South, you move Up or Down!

- Featuring mythical gardens!

- Enviroment friendly : you can use the same spray can to kill many incects

- Historically correct game story. The game released in the 80s did not succeed to transfer the thrills of gardening.

- More than 137457 bytes were used for the whole game!

NOTES

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* The word PSSST does not come from the sound a spray can does. It actually comes from the surname or Dr Robbie!

** That inscription was studied in great extend by the famous French explorer "Ultimat Play da Gam"

*** You can see a poster of the goverment campaing**** for the "Cocaine Bear Teaches DVORAK keyboard" kindergarten educational series program  here : 

Cocaine bear was a very succesful kid character in the start of 2023. It even got a Universal movie and a ZX Spectrum Game! Former US President Donald Trump tried to compete with the famous Mascott by launching his own educational series "Donald Trump Twitter Typing Tutor".

**** The original goverment campaign poster was this:

but it was changed becaused people thought it was racist to show a poster of a white bear to kindergarten kids!

FAQ (Frequently asked questions)

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- Why is the sky blue?

- Who am I?

- Why can't I have a super model girlfriend?

- How can I be rich?

- How to lose weight fast?

- Mommy, why is dad handcuffed naked in the bedroom?

General Information

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This is the sequel of the prequel of the prequel of the prequel of an amazing trilogy!

ACTUAL Credits:

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Images: Some images were taken from "Ultimate Play The Game" game screenshots

Tools used: ZX Paintbrush, Basin, Lantern Adventure System

Fonts : https://damieng.com/typography/zx-origins/inkscript/ (not used in the end)

(c)Real Adventures of Dr Robbie Pssst Crap Games Competition 2023 (CSSCGC 2023) entry

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Official game Review Of CSSCGC 2023 :

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By Firelord Quality Games!

* You will need a spectrum emulator to run this game! Just open the TAP/SNA/Z80/TZX file from within the emulator. (Eg. You can visit http://torinak.com/qaop press F9 and then select OPEN)

** This is a Crap Games Competition entry.It was never meant to be a serious game! You were warned! :)

*** You can find the source code for free in many ways!