THE CHEZ THE STRIPE HYPOTHESIS

A tiny car. A corgi-sized epic.

A hypothesis, a clipboard, a very slow car.

Doc Leo, PhD, swears racing stripes make his tomato-red CitiCar go faster. THE CHEZ tops out at 25 mph. Teddy rides in the front seat with a clipboard and some doubts. Gwinn is not taking notes. Run the experiment one trial at a time and see what the speedometer says.

Start the experiment Three levels so far
THE CHEZ, a bare red CitiCar
Doc LeoDOC LEO
PhD
TeddyTEDDY
front seat
GwinnGWINN
unconvinced
1976½ · tomato red · ready for adventure

01 / THE GAME

The Stripe Hypothesis

Fetch the clipboard on foot, then drive the control run with no stripes at all.

CHAPTERThe Hypothesis
THINGS FETCHED0 / 2
STATUSReady to roll

THE CHEZ PRESENTS

Ready, Doc Leo?

Play as Teddy, then as THE CHEZ. Fetch Doc Leo’s clipboard and stopwatch, then drive the control run and wait for the turtle.

Fetch the clipboard and the stopwatch, then walk into the garage.

←→↑↓Move Teddy
SpaceBark
F1Instructions
The experiment log Two trials so far

    02 / THE CREW

    Everybody has a job.

    01

    Teddy

    Front-seat observer, clipboard fetcher, and the first to say “it’s a hill.”

    02

    Gwinn

    Official suspicious-leaf inspector. Her bark can probably be heard from the moon.

    03

    Doc Leo

    Doc Leo, PhD (Comedic Science): driver, hypothesis author, and proud owner of the stripes.

    03 / TEDDY’S LAB NOTEBOOK

    How does the speedometer work?

    Open a page after you play.

    These are the actual tricks inside The Stripe Hypothesis, with real game files to inspect.

    The speedometer that is part of the car

    Each speed is its own native character file. Pressing Right moves the car a fixed number of pixels every tick: 4, 5 or 6 for 20, 25 or 30 mph. The speedometer is the top block of that same character, so its number can never disagree with the car. A scene link on a hilltop swaps in the next speed’s car.

    Teddy’s lesson: a number you can’t change is a number you can trust.

    Look in scripts/hypo-car.ts and scripts/check-speed.ts

    The stripes are a palette swap

    The car is one picture. Its stripes use three palette slots, so each trial’s palette turns them from bare red to one stripe, both stripes and finally the white pinstripe, without redrawing anything.

    Teddy’s lesson: change the paint, not the car.

    Look in scripts/hypo-art.ts

    The turtle with a countdown

    The barrier, the turtle and the countdown sign are twelve block variants that change together every nine ticks: six of WAIT with the bar draining, then six of GO. Only the closed ones are solid, so holding Right is safe and waiting wins.

    Teddy’s lesson: some things just take their time.

    Look in scripts/hypo-street.ts

    Teddy, four ways

    On foot in the driveway Teddy faces up, down, left and right. The side pose is mirrored by the frame, and Space barks with his real bark. The garage door counts the clipboard and the stopwatch, then opens.

    Teddy’s lesson: always check behind the hedge.

    Look in scripts/hypo-driveway.ts

    The demonstration with invisible paws

    “Watch Teddy” replays a recording of keys and their timing through the same engine you play. A headless script plays the game with arrows only and saves the recording.

    Teddy’s lesson: slow, steady hands can win.

    Look in scripts/record-demo.ts

    The downloads are original-format game data, meant for inspecting with Game-Maker tools. To run them, keep the complete game folder together. The project repository contains the builders and the full public/game/ folder. Both levels run in the @lewismoten/gamemaker-sandbox-engine package.

    04 / THE ORIGINAL ENGINE

    More Game-Maker games,
    same engine.

    The Stripe Hypothesis runs on the browser port of the original RSD Game-Maker engine. Download the complete adventure as one ZIP, or choose a DOS game folder or ZIP of your own to play here. Your files stay in this browser.

    Download The Stripe Hypothesis (.ZIP)

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