Pug Dealer : An Underdog Tail by robopossum

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made by robopossum for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

Pug Dealer : An Underdog Tail

Drug dealing meets doggos. Forge your path to a bright and short future by running about New Generic City as you pick up dogs from the various shelters and sell them to desperate addicts. Avoid your rival dealers and steer clear of the vicious loan sharks. Become the kingpin of the dog dealing world.

Controls: WASD / Joystick to move : Enter to Start Game / Continue : Esc to Close

Music Credits : "Fly" and "Okay" by 13Ounce https://soundcloud.com/13ounce

~~Unfortunately couldn't get Unity to build a working WebGL version, so you'll have to download the Windows/macOS/Linux build.~~

Got Unity to make a working version for WebGL, (stupid video players). Please play in full screen, you miss a lot of detail if not.

Ratings

Overall 371th 3.62⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Fun 139th 3.853⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 538th 3.19⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Theme 483th 3.402⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 685th 3.3⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Humor 8th 4.375⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Given 51🗳️ 45🗨️

Feedback

Ayxs
07. Oct 2019 · 20:17 UTC
This game is quite fun to play and the idea is really funny. I enjoyed myself with this game and you really did a great job. The animations fit the graphics really well and the style is pritty consistant, witch is a big plus in my eyes.

The money sharks feel a little bit too frequent though, in my first playthrough I only ever encountered Money Sharks and almost no dogs or addicts. I also feel like the money sharks have a way to big of an Collider since they always seem to hit me way before they actually touch me. (The hitting could really use some kind of feedback).

This game felt weird to me personally as I am not really a fan of the whole images/meme type games, but that is my personal opinion. Objectively this game is quite good!

Great job!
NachtWitch
07. Oct 2019 · 20:21 UTC
the game was really fun, would be really cool if it had an artist and play tester work on it for a week as well
aDeCon
07. Oct 2019 · 20:23 UTC
Good game. Буду писать на русском, ибо не знаю англиского. Игра хороша, как для JAM условий
DoctorTurbo
07. Oct 2019 · 20:30 UTC
Internet historian influence coming on strong here
IndieBin
07. Oct 2019 · 20:31 UTC
@doctorturbo Busted!
SSStormy
07. Oct 2019 · 20:56 UTC
Nice game! The intro hooked me. I wish there was a more obvious indicator for when the foes damaged you (It's kind of weird that something like that is even in this game now that I'm writing it all out but it's fine). The ending felt a bit abrupt.
Quandtm
07. Oct 2019 · 20:57 UTC
That was some experience, but I enjoyed it. The ratio of dogs to dog lovers was really high in my play-through so I ended up with a swarm of dogs before I noticed the enemies attack your health.
buoygames
07. Oct 2019 · 21:35 UTC
holy crap. Did not expect that intro. Great job guys!
🎤 robopossum
07. Oct 2019 · 21:39 UTC
Not sure if my edit is going to appear, but here is a working WebGL version on itch.io if you don't want to download.
https://robopossum.itch.io/ld45-pug-dealer-an-underdog-tail
HiveMinds
07. Oct 2019 · 22:26 UTC
Okay, this submission is so awesome.
Loved the opening, the art, the music is absolute banging :fire: and fits the asthetic and pacing well.
The controls and intuition on what to do was slightly awkward.

But awesome submission!
Catoblepa
07. Oct 2019 · 22:38 UTC
THIS IS INSANELY AWESOME OMG AHAHAHAHAH
Catoblepa
07. Oct 2019 · 22:40 UTC
I'm totally saving this to play with my friends ahahah
mikymod
07. Oct 2019 · 23:09 UTC
I'm rolling on the floor laughing! It was insane XD OMG that intro. Great submission
Moritz Jaeger
08. Oct 2019 · 00:46 UTC
Not the best gameplay, but nice memeage :D
Ambra
08. Oct 2019 · 07:55 UTC
What the hell I just saw??? Ahahah! This is amazing and absolutely insane at the same time! XD
Great job!
Skalex
08. Oct 2019 · 08:57 UTC
What was that? I don't know but I really enjoyed it! Great job!
Mikethehuman
08. Oct 2019 · 09:09 UTC
This game is epic! Really love the art style and humour.
CLVP
08. Oct 2019 · 18:06 UTC
Really fun expirience, but too hard for me :smile:! Nice job!
Monish Vyas
08. Oct 2019 · 18:29 UTC
Full marks for fun and innovation. I laughed through out the game while playing it.
Black Flag
08. Oct 2019 · 19:45 UTC
Hi could you please re rate my game =, the link now works- I will also rate your game, sorry for this very forward sounding message!
revx
08. Oct 2019 · 19:57 UTC
Absolutely hilarious! Our dog loved the soundtrack! 😅
JaspyGames
08. Oct 2019 · 20:39 UTC
Very fun game! I loved the gameplay, the story, and the music. Played many times but still haven't beat it :laughing:
Its_Jackal
08. Oct 2019 · 20:43 UTC
How can we compete with this? Tremendous
🎤 robopossum
08. Oct 2019 · 20:48 UTC
@jaspygames I appreciate you trying to beat it, there is an ending cutscene when you finally clear yourself of your debt which would hopefully make the attempts worth it!
Alek Kef
08. Oct 2019 · 20:50 UTC
Great sense of humor!:laughing: Well done! The game is very fun overall with nice music! Unfortunately the dogs sometimes get stuck while you move with them but otherwise the game plays nicely! Good job!
SheepDog123
08. Oct 2019 · 21:32 UTC
Nice! Not enough people to buy dogs, though. :slight_frown:
🎤 robopossum
08. Oct 2019 · 21:41 UTC
@sheepdog123 There are 8 dog addicts dotted around the map, which I thought was enough, but I have had a few others say a similar thing. Thanks for the feedback!
Ithildin
08. Oct 2019 · 22:04 UTC
This was amazing :joy: :joy: :joy:

A really funny take on the theme... with doggos! How not to like it? :dog:

Gameplay itself works well, although I agree with other comments that sometimes the collision areas for the loan sharks are a bit too big. Also, the positions and roles of the characters are more or less fixed, so eventually you can just memorise a safe path from a dog shelter to the dog addicts and grind your way out of debt.

In any case, I've had a good laugh. Awesome job!

PS: Playing the HTML5 version I decided to reload the tab to watch the intro once again (:rofl:) and now it gets stuck right after the Unity logo.
NachtWitch
09. Oct 2019 · 00:53 UTC
Definitely fits the theme, 10/10 work my guy
MaxyMax
09. Oct 2019 · 16:54 UTC
BEST MEME GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED!
changemewtf
09. Oct 2019 · 18:45 UTC
Hilarious!
ropedog
10. Oct 2019 · 02:17 UTC
Fantastic work of art you've got here! This game had me laughing right from the beginning. The intro was amazing as was the concept. The movement, enemy, and dog collection mechanics were all done well. I also like the larger dogs you used to keep the player from leaving the play-area.
Thanks for this!
CG_Fred
10. Oct 2019 · 20:59 UTC
Seriously this is one weird puppy game. I did like the intro but the main game was a bit too weird :)
suVrik
10. Oct 2019 · 23:31 UTC
This made me laugh. Great sense of humor. The voice over is great. It was quite easy to understand the controls and the rules of the game. The need to start over from scratch is a bit upsetting though. Gave up on another death. Great job overall!
Mijdax
11. Oct 2019 · 20:23 UTC
Humor is absolutely perfect. 10 out of 5 :D The gameplay needs a bit more work and the "art direction" is well fitting :D Good Job
Tebrik
13. Oct 2019 · 15:14 UTC
Humor and soundtrack got me very excited!
Tebrik
13. Oct 2019 · 15:14 UTC
Humor and soundtrack got me very excited!
D5R
16. Oct 2019 · 23:22 UTC
Hilarious. The intro scene didn't load right for me in the HTML5 version but was smooth sailing when I downloaded the windows exe instead. The lack of Snoop Dogg in this game is criminal.
Jupiter_Hadley
22. Oct 2019 · 14:57 UTC
Strange game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 45 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/zqhSjSyg75I