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What’s Updog? by Boyks

1 min
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Our hero Pup wakes up one day overhearing their human talking about Updog. What is Updog? Is it food? Is it a place? Pup has to know! Set out on a journey around town and find out the answer to this very mysterious question.
What’s Updog? is a point and click adventure with 2D overworld exploration made for the original Game Boy! This was made as a personal game jam over the course of 6 weeks and is my first completed game!
Features:

  • Short! Maybe 15-20 minutes.
  • Game Boy ROM. Tested and working on a REAL Game Boy.
  • Puns.
  • Hand drawn art.
  • Dedicated bark button.
  • Game Boy Color palettes.
  • Super Game Boy border.

Controls

  • D-Pad – Directional movement
  • B – Bark (On overworld)
  • A – Interact
  • Start – Inventory/pause

This game is SHORT!!!
Art and Programming: Derek Boyko (Boyks)
Music: Beatscribe
Made in GB Studio
Edit: Added a .pocket file for sideloading onto an Analogue Pocket.
Edit 4/30/2023: Updated the ROM files to reset values after credits if you start another playthrough.

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