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Where's My Perry?

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This page details one or more prototype versions of Where's My Perry?.

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  • Differences between this version and 1.0.1 (the first released version).
  • Unused levels. Levels that are in the game files, but are not playable in-game.
  • Unused assets
  • Early music
  • Compare First Boil to the version used in the free version
  • Other differences such as menu and Story differences.

A prototype of Where's My Perry? was found on the iOS App Store by downgrading the app with the version id 8149240 with the version name 0.9 (although the App Store says 1.0.0, because apps have to start at 1.0.0 on the first upload, and it's the wrong version that they picked!). This version seems to be the one showcased at E3 20121, due to the similarities, and the level file E3_ice_waterfall. Since the final released version is very different from the first released version, all comparisons will be comparing the prototype and version 1.0.1, with a few exceptions, which will be noted as they occur.

Graphical Differences#

  • The gnome icons were different.
  • The heatinator had different graphics.
    • The beam that the laser shoots is also different.
      • The same applies for the coolinator having a different beam.
  • Water, Sludge, Hot Sludge, Cold Sludge, Steam, Ice, Dirt, and Rock use different graphics/materials.
  • Water tubes and Taps uses different graphics.
  • The pad features a different design.
  • The app icon has a grey background instead of the final yellow background. The art of Perry also lacks shading.

Proto

1.0.1

Where's_My_Perry?_0.9_prototype_app_icon.png
Where's_My_Perry?_1.0.1_app_icon.png

Levels#

Only 20 levels are accessible normally, but there are 84 additional unused levels in the files (though some are alternate versions of the same levels). Most of the levels are unfinished versions of levels found in the final game. Their internal names indicate that they are earlier versions of the levels dating back to pre-0.9 builds of the game, which had a different level order.

Used levels#

These levels are directly accessible in the prototype, under the first (and only) level pack "An Agent I Can Trust".

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Water Powered (First Perry)

Power to the Tube

Level number

1-1

1-1

File name

01_first_perry

01_power_to_the_tube

Originally named First Perry, and level number 01.

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Filling (Subtle Puddle)

Unification Day

Level number

1-2

1-3

File name

03_subtle_puddle

03_unification_day

Originally, the level was named "Subtle Puddle" and would be 03 instead of 02.

Proto

Free

Screenshot

Level name

Ouch That's Hot! (First Boil)

Boiling Point

Level number

1-3

1-6

File name

12_first_boil

This level was named "First Boil" and was initially level 12. This level became a level in the free version, in which it was called "Boiling Point"2.

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Honeycomb (Duckycomb)

Pool Party

Level number

1-4

1-15

File name

19_duckycomb

15_pool_party

The level's file name (19_duckycomb) references ducks, implying that this level may have been designed for Where's My Water? initially before being repurposed for the spin-off. The level number was 19.

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Too Hot To Touch (Bad Laser)

Warning: Lasers Convert Water

Level number

1-5

1-10

File name

14_bad_laser

10_warning_lasers_convert_water

Originally Bad Laser, and level number 14.

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Aim The Steam

Steamed Up

Level number

1-6

1-14

File name

aim_the_steam

14_steamed_up

Proto

Screenshot

Level name

Sacrificial Lambdrop

Level number

1-7

File name

sacrificial_lambdrop

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Don't Stop Moving

Warning: Don't Chill Out

Level number

1-8

2-5

File name

05_dont_stop_moving

05_warning_dont_chill_out

The water starts out touching the ice in the prototype, so it will start freezing immediately unless you dig. In the final, dirt was added to prevent this. The path to the goal and the dead end were also swapped. This was originally level number 05.

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Coolinator Debut (Blue Laser)

Cold Fusion

Level number

1-9

2-2

File name

01_blue_laser

02_cold_fusion

Two stone barriers were added in the final to prevent the level from being cheesed. According to its internal name, the level number was 01, which implies that it will start out at 2-1.

Proto (used)

Proto (unused)

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Ice Waterfall

N/A

Frozen Waterfall

Level number

1-10

N/A

2-4

File name

E3_ice_waterfall

04_ice_waterfall

04_frozen_waterfall

The used version in the prototype has the bottom left filled in with stone, and the Heatinator placed above it at an angle. The unused version more closely matches the final version of the level, as it does not have the stone there, and places the Heatinator opposite the Coolinator, facing almost straight up. This level's file name also suggests that it was designed to be shown off at E3, likely making this prototype the one demoed at E3 2012. Additionally, Ice Waterfall was 04 instead of 1-10, indicating the developers were in the process of finalizing the stage.

Proto

Screenshot

Level name

Condenser Ray

Level number

1-11

File name

12_condenser_ray

Condenser ray was originally 12, but instead it's 1-11.

Proto

Screenshot

Level name

Melt The Ice (Grow and Burn)

Level number

1-12

File name

grow_and_burn

Originally Grow and Burn

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Cold As Sludge (Blue Intro)

Ice Maker

Level number

1-13

3-5

File name

blue_intro

05_ice_maker

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Around And Over

Around And Over

Level number

1-14

4-3

File name

around_and_over

03_around_and_over

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Freeze Grown (Absorb it!)

Meltdown

Level number

1-15

4-2

File name

absorb_it

02_meltdown

Proto

Screenshot

Level name

Water On A Ledge

Level number

1-16

File name

water_on_a_ledge

Proto

Screenshot

Level name

Safe Houses

Level number

1-17

File name

safe_houses

The hot sludge does not flow over the grates properly, preventing the level from working as intended.

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Freedom Reigns

Freedom Reigns

Level number

1-18

4-16

File name

freedom_reigns

16_free_the_stream

Strangely, the file name matches the level's name in the prototype, but has an unrelated name in the final, despite the level name not actually changing.

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Down Up Down

Down Up Down

Level number

1-19

3-16

File name

down_up_down

16_down_up_down

Proto

Final

Screenshot

Level name

Tag Team

The Amazing Flying Sludge

Level number

1-20

4-11

File name

tag_team

11_the_amazing_flying_sludge

Unused levels#

These levels are not referenced in the game's database and therefore do not have confirmed level numbers or names. The following screenshots come from a modified version of the prototype with all levels made accessible, and as such, the level numbers seen in them are entirely arbitrary, and the level names are purely speculative based on the file names (though some do correspond to actual strings, but there's no guarantee that they would've been the one used).

References#


  1. 1, shown at 1:56↩︎
  2. https://wheresmywater.fandom.com/wiki/Boiling_Point_(Perry%27s_Story)↩︎