Timesplicers (Interactive game script)

SETUP


Educational interactive game. Uses time travel premise in
order to teach children


about the past.


CHARACTERS


Bogs: 14 year old male. Down to earth. Full of useful
information about the past.


Spikes: No age sidekick of Bogs. Yellow creature with
spikey hair. Makes scarcastic comments and stupid jokes
throughout the game.


INT.


SPIKES is working on a unseen object. The room is messy and
full of tools and mechanical objects. BOGS walks in.


BOGS
What are you doing Spikes


SPIKES
I’m working on a time machine


BOGS
Eh, why?


SPIKES
Why'd you think?


BOGS
The betterment of mankind?


SPIKES
Pfft, no. I’m doing it for Aztec
gold.


BOGS
No other reasons...like the
betterment of mankind or
anything?


SPIKES
Nope. Just Aztec Gold. Screw
mankind! I’m going to
Disneyworld. Matter of fact, I
could BUY Disneyworld.


BOGS
You suck.



2.
SPIKES
Flattery will get you nowhere.
AHA! I got it done!


BOGS
Why is it a gnome?


SPIKES
You have a problem with gnomes!?
Well shutup or you’ll hurt Mister
Shoelaces feelings.


Short silence


BOGS
Mister what?


SPIKES
Silence! I must test this thing
out.


Spikes presses a button on the gnome. Both he and Bogs
disappear into a large, glowing, circle-shaped portal.


TIME PORTAL


Bogs and Spikes are floating in the portal


BOGS
Well this is a fine mess you got
us into.


SPIKES
Hey shut your ya. I didn’t mean
too.


BOGS
Well we’re going to have to do
something. We can’t float around
for the remainder of our lives.


SPIKES
You’re right. We’ve got to go
somewhere. But were too...?


INTERACTIVE SECTION


The player gets to choose whether Bogs and Spikes go right
or left.
Right leads to Prehistoric Times
Left leads to Roman Times



3.
IF PLAYER CHOOSES ‘RIGHT’:


SPIKES
Okay buckaroo, we’re going this
way!


Bogs and Spikes both fly into the ‘right’ section.


PREHISTORIC TIMES


It is a prehistoric times scene Woth Volcanoes and jungle
in the backfround. Dinosaurs are also moving across the
background. A portal appears. Bogs and Spikes fall out of
it.


SPIKES
Where are we? This doesn’t look
like El Dorado!


BOGS
Well judging from all the
dinosaurs, I’d sat we’re not in
Kannas anymore Toto.


SPIKES
Well not for long...!


Spikes holds up the time-travel gnome. Dramatic music plays
but nothing happens.


SPIKES (CONT’D)
Oh yeah that’s right?


BOGS
What’s right? Why aren’t we
home!?


SPIKES
In order for us to get back into
the time stream, we have to input
information about what period
we’re in into the gnome.


Short Silence


BOGS
Spikes, that is the DUMBEST thing
I ever heard.


SPIKES
What do ya expect? This is a kids
game. And it ain’t no Cobrastrike
or Street Kombat either!


BOGS
So what are we gonna do?



4.
SPIKES
I guess we’re gonna have to look
around. Get info on our
surrounding and jazz.


BOGS
Aha! I’ve seen Jurassic Park!
This should be easy.


SPIKES
Did you know I actually wrote
that book but it was stolen when
I left the manuscript at McFried
Chicken.


Short Silence


BOGS
Shutup Spikes.


INTERACTIVE SECTION.


The player as the ability to move to different scenes left
or right to the current (Which will be dubbed ‘CRASH
SITE’). In this one, only a dinosaur egg is clickable.


DINOSAUR EGG ACTIONS


SPIKES
Oh boy! Look at the size of that
thing!


BOGS
I wouldn’t touch that if I were
you.


SPIKES
Wha?


BOGS
Looks like a T-rex egg. They’re
very protective of their young.
You mess with their eggs and
you’re a goner.


SPIKES
The hell we’re still standing
around here then!?!


Spikes turns to look at the player


SPIKES (CONT’D)
Hey you putz! Are ya trying to
kill us!? Get us outta here!



5.
IF PLAYER CHOOSES LEFT IN CRASH AREA


Bogs and Spikes are in a jungle, grassy area. There are
various creatures popping in and out of the area. The
creatures are selectable.


IF PLAYER SELECTS VELOCIRAPTOR


SPIKES
What the hell is that?


BOGS
That is a Velociraptor. A vicious
little bugger.


SPIKES
Wait, wasn’t that dinosaur in a
certain popular movie? I remember
it being much bigger.


BOGS
Well that movie only had them
human-sized to make them
threatening. Velociraptors are
actually turkey-sized.


SPIKES
HA! What a wimp.


BOGS
Don’t be fooled Spikes. These
“wimps” are vicious pack hunters.
A pack of these thing could take
down the biggest dinosaur.


SPIKES
Okay, I’m scared now. I wanna go
home!


IF PLAYER SELECTS DILOPHOSAURUS


SPIKES
What the hell is that thing?


BOGS
That ‘thing’ is a Dilophosaurus.


Spikes looks at the player.


SPIKES
Trying saying that a hundred
times fast


Drum solo plays.



6.
BOGS
Anyway...the Dilophosaurus is a
carnivore. But it wasn’t a pack
hunter like, say raptors. It
would only be able to hunt was
smaller than it. Or just scavenge
the dead carcasses of other
Dinosaurs.


SPIKES
That’s like...ewwww.


BOGS
Well with the way YOU eat your
food, you’re not really
dissimilar.


SPIKES
Quiet you.


IF THE PLAYER SELECTS TYRANNOSAURUS REX


BOGS
Now you HAVE to know what this
thing is.


SPIKES
Mariah Carey on a rampage?


BOGS
No you nit! It’s a Tyrannosaurus
Rex. Only like the most well-
known dinosaur on the planet.


SPIKES
Ahhhh, I don’t see the appeal.


BOGS
Well come on! It’s freaking huge!
Plus it’s like one of the most
vicious dinosaurs ever.


SPIKES
Go on.


BOGS
Well first of all, it’s name
should be a dead giveaway.
Tyrannosaurus Rex means ‘Tyrant
Lizard’.


SPIKES
Like Godziila?


BOGS
NO! The T. Rex was real.



7.
SPIKES
You mean Godziila’s not real!?!


Bogs gives Spikes an angry stare. Spikes smiles stupidly.


BOGS
Anyway...the T. Rex was both a
carnivore and a scavenger.
Imagine that thing going after
you Spikes. You’d be swallowed
whole.


SPIKES
Ahhh, it looks like a wuss.


BOGS
Really? Why don’t you go over and
say that to it’s face.


Spikes looks worried.


SPIKES
Ehhh, no. I’m grand here.


Player can go back to the CRASH SITE area where they have
entered or reselect the Dinosaurs if they so choose.


IF PLAYER CHOOSES RIGHT AT CRASH AREA


Bogs and Spikes are on the edge of a cliff. There is a nest
on the opposite cliff with a few eggs in it. The background
has a burning red sky and rocky mountains.


SPIKES
What is this? Virtual Cliff
Simulator? When are we gonna see
some action?


A Pteranodon flies onto the nest.


SPIKES (CONT’D)
That’s one weird Dinosaur.


BOGS
Actually Spikes, the Pterandon is
technically a reptile and not a
Dinosaur.


SPIKES
Ahhh, that’s what they say with
Squids not being fish.


BOGS
Squids aren’t fish



8.
SPIKES
Ahh, I’ll believe it when I see
it.


Bogs rolls his eyes.


SPIKES (CONT’D)
So what’s this things deal
anyways?


BOGS
Well the Pterandon only eats fish
so it won’t attack us.


SPIKES
Ha! Wimpy Dinosaur.


BOGS
Spikes, you’re heartless.


SPIKES
Why thank you.


Player can go back to the CRASH SITE area where they have
entered or select the Dinosaur if they so choose.


IF PLAYER CHOOSES SELECTS THE PTEREDON


Pteredon lets out loud screech. Bogs and Spikes cover their
ears until it stops.


SPIKES
You know what? I could have lived
a happy life without hearing
that.


CRASH SITE


Player can reselect the Dinosaur egg or select the Time
gnome.


IF PLAYER CHOOSES SELECTS TIME GNOME


BOGS
Okay Spikes, are you ready to do
this thing?


PLAYER CAN CHOOSE EITHER ‘YES’ OR ‘NO’



9.
IF PLAYER CHOOSES ‘NO’


SPIKES
Nah, I’m not ready yet. Lets look
around more.


IF PLAYER CHOOSES ‘YES’
SPIKES
Ready as I’ll ever be captain!


Lets do this thing!
INTERACTIVE SECTION
QUIZ
The player must answer all the questions correctly in order


to return to the timestream
Question 1: Which of the following have wings
A) Pteredons
B) Raptors
C) T. Rex
If the player chooses A), the next question appears. If


they choose B) or C), the quiz will quit and the player
will be brought back to the Crash Site scene.
Question 2: What food would a Velociraptor like to eat?
A) Chips
B) Meat


C) Chocolate Raisens
If the player chooses B), the next question appears. If
they choose A) or C), the quiz will quit and the player
will be brought back to the Crash Site scene.


Question 3: Which of the following have wings?
A) Pteredons
B) T. Rex
C) Eggs
If the player chooses A), the word ‘CONGRATULATIONS’ appear


on the screen. If they choose B) or C), the quiz will quit
and the player will be brought back to the Crash Site
scene.


IF THE PLAYER ANSWERS ALL QUESTIONS CORRECTLY:



10.
SPIKES (CONT’D)
Yes! I did it!


BOGS
“I”? What about me?


SPIKES
Don’t worry sweet cheeks, you
were just eye candy.


The large, glowing time portal appears above Bogs and
Spikes and sucks them in.


TIME PORTAL


Bogs and Spikes are floating in the portal


BOGS
Okay, where to now?


INTERACTIVE SECTION


The player gets to choose whether Bogs and Spikes go right
or left.
Right leads to Prehistoric Times
Left leads to Roman Times


IF PLAYER CHOOSES ‘LEFT’:


SPIKES
Okay Captian Courage, we’re going
this way!


Bogs and Spikes both fly into the ‘LEFT’ section.


ROMAN TIMES


It is a sunny afternoon. The area is a road surrounded by
grassy areas. There is a Roman helmet on the grass too. The
time portal appears and Bogs and Spikes fall out of it.


SPIKES
Ahhh, good to be home! Told ya
we’d get there.


BOGS
Spikes, we’re not home. Judging
from that helmet over there, I’d
say we’re in ancient Rome.


SPIKES
Home. Rome. What’s the
difference.



11.
BOGS
Well for one thing, home isn’t
two thousand years in the past.


Short silence.


SPIKES
Smartass.


INTERACTIVE SECTION.


The player as the ability to move to different scenes left
or right to the current (Which will be dubbed ‘CRASH
SITE’). In this one, only the Roman helmet is clickable.


IF PLAYER SELECTS THE HELMET


SPIKES
How did you know that was a Roman
helmet anyways?


BOGS
I watch alot of films and I read
alot of french comics. What’s it
to ya?


SPIKES
Oh nothing.


Spikes coughs and blurts out what sounds like ‘Nerd’ during
the cough.


IF PLAYER CHOOSES LEFT


SPIKES
This way my amigo!


The area is the city of Rome. The are people walking about
their daily lives. There are many buildings and statues in
the background including the Colosseum.


BOGS
Ahhh, ancient Rome. Can you smell
that Spikes? That’s the smell of
the greatest civilisation on
earth.


SPIKES
Funny, that smells like dung to
me.


INTERACTIVE SECTION.


The player as the ability to click either the Colosseum or
the statue of Julius Ceaser.



12.
IF PLAYER SELECTS THE COLOSSEUM


SPIKES
What the hell is that?


BOGS
That, my dear Spikes, is the
Colosseum. That is Rome’s main
source of entertainment.


SPIKES
Do they show movies there or
something.


BOGS
Nope. They have Gladiator
battles. Slaves and prisoners of
war would be made fight these
gladiators and even wild animals.


SPIKES
And THATS their idea of
entertainment?


BOGS
Pretty much yeah.


SPIKES
Wow. So it’s just like modern
television then.


IF PLAYER SELECTS JULIUS CEASER STATUE


SPIKES
Who’s that guy?


BOGS
That is Julius Ceaser. He’s like,
the dictator for life.


SPIKES
Wow, and he ruled all of this?


BOGS
Yep.


SPIKES
Well he didn’t do a very good
job. Least he could do was get
rid of the smell.


Player can go back to the CRASH SITE area where they have
entered or reselect the Colosseum or statue if they so
choose.



13.
IF PLAYER CHOOSES RIGHT ON CRASH SITE SCENE


Bogs and Spikes are on a grassy mold, which is over-looked
by the Aqueduct in the background.


BOGS
Wow Spikes. There it is. The
Aqueduct.


SPIKES
The what?


BOGS
Oh come on Spikes. That is what
the Romans used to transport
water from one area to another.
How amazing is that!?


SPIKES
Wow. That would be swell if it
wasn’t so boring.


Bogs gives Spikes an angry stare.


Player can go back to the CRASH SITE area where they have
entered or reselect the Aqueduct if they so choose.


CRASH SITE


Player can reselect the Roman helmet or select the Time
gnome.


IF PLAYER CHOOSES SELECTS TIME GNOME


BOGS
Okay Spikes, are you ready to do
this thing?


PLAYER CAN CHOOSE EITHER ‘YES’ OR ‘NO’


IF PLAYER CHOOSES ‘NO’


SPIKES
Nah, I’m not ready yet. Lets look
around more.


IF PLAYER CHOOSES ‘YES’


SPIKES
Ready as I’ll ever be captain!
Lets do this thing!



14.
INTERACTIVE SECTION
QUIZ
The player must answer all the questions correctly in order


to return to the timestream


Question 1: What did participants NOT fight in the
Colosseum
A) Gladiators
B) Flying Monkeys with tommy guns.
C) Wild animals
If the player chooses B), the next question appears. If


they choose A) or C), the quiz will quit and the player
will be brought back to the Crash Site scene.
Question 2: Who was Julius Ceasar?
A) The milkman
B) A dancing duck


C) Dictator for Life of Rome
If the player chooses C), the next question appears. If
they choose A) or B), the quiz will quit and the player
will be brought back to the Crash Site scene.


Question 3: What did the Aqueduct do?
A) Transport Water
B) Played movies
C) Sing ‘Barbie Girl’
If the player chooses A), the word ‘CONGRATULATIONS’ appear


on the screen. If they choose B) or C), the quiz will quit
and the player will be brought back to the Crash Site
scene.


IF THE PLAYER ANSWERS ALL QUESTIONS CORRECTLY:
SPIKES (CONT’D)
Yes! I did it!
BOGS
“I”? What about me?
SPIKES
Ahhh you’re not really an
interesting character anyway. I’m
the furry sidekick who everyone
loves



15.
The large, glowing time portal appears above Bogs and
Spikes and sucks them in.


WHEN BOTH THE PREHISTORIC AND ROMAN TIMES LEVELS HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED:


TIME PORTAL


Bogs and Spikes are floating in the time portal.


SPIKES
We did it! We can go home now!


BOGS
Woo Hoo!


The player now has the option to choose ‘UP’ which will
lead the two character “HOME”. The player can also choose
to go back into the previous area by selecting ‘LEFT’ or
‘RIGHT’.


IF PLAYER CHOOSES ‘UP’


SPIKES
LETS GO GO GO!!!


HOME


The time portal appears in the room from the first scene.
Bogs and Spikes fall through.


BOGS
Woo, we’re home!


SPIKES
What a borin-eh I mean, exciting
adventure.


Bogs stares at the window.


BOGS
Eh, Spikes...whats that out
there?


Bogs and Spikes both walk over to the window. There is a T.
Rex destroying the city, knocking over buildings and
stomping on cars. People are running around in panic.


BOGS AND SPIKES
AHHHH, FUDGECRACKERS


THE END


Credits roll.