Putt-Putt Joins the Circus

Putt-Putt apparently ranked in enough pennies from mowing lawns and recycling bottles to buy a ticket to the circus, but when a goat eats it, it seems all hope is lost...until it turns out that he just so happens to arrive a little too early to find everything in a complete mess. The owner of the circus, against all odds and probability, offers free tickets for life if he can help fix it. Once that happens, Putt-Putt Joins the Circus. And by that, we mean he just gets to participate in completely forgettable minigames, once the player realizes they just finished a cheap attempt to clone Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo's formula, what with having to help talking animals out of tight situations.

Unused Text#

Most Humongous games have inaccessible subtitles, and this one is no exception. To activate them, add the setting

TextOn=1

to either hegames.ini or scummvm.ini.

Debug Mode#

Adding the following line

SputmDebug=60500

to hegames.ini or scummvm.ini enables debug mode for this game.

Room Debug#

This is the room debug screen, which gives a map that allows you to access any location in the game. Press Shift-G, or type room 6 in ScummVM's debugger or 6 on the room goto window to access it.

Item Debug#

This is the item debug screen, which gives a picture of every item in the game. Clicking on one places an "X" over it, indicating it's in your inventory. Press Shift-I or type room 38 in ScummVM's debugger, or 38 on the room goto window to access it.

Fast Mode#

The combination Ctrl-F enables a turbo mode that makes all animations run much faster.

Object Pickup#

Ctrl-O prompts the user for an object number to pick up.

Go To Room#

Ctrl-G brings up a prompt for a room number to go to.

Change Variable#

Pressing Ctrl-E first asks for a variable number to change, then gives the value of that variable and prompts the user for a new value to set it to.

Unused Graphics#

Graphic	Notes
	Placeholder image for the load/save screen. Similar images exist in most Humongous games.
	A rough sketch of an early title screen, showing the game was originally going to be called "Putt-Putt Saves the Circus".
	Room 2, which is where all the dashboard sounds are stored, contains two placeholder graphics that are displayed upon warping there, the handwritten words "in-your-face" overlapping "interface".
	A storyboard sequence of Francine performing her dive.
	A storyboard sequence for returning the fleas.
	A closeup sketch of Lester's badge, something that doesn't appear in the final game.
	A sketch of a Lester holding a photo of him and Phillipe, something else that doesn't appear in the final game.

Unused Cutscenes#

Watch on YouTubeNormally it is impossible to put the trampoline in the chasm from the left, but there is still an animation for Putt-Putt setting the trampoline up from that side anyway. Setting the trampoline up still functions as intended, though Putt-Putt will jump from the right no matter what. This is only possible to do using debug rooms.

Unused Dialogue#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: I haven't checked the HE2 file yet so there could potentially be more of this.

Unused Music#

References#