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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.

StatusReleased
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
AuthorBoyks
GenreAdventure
TagsDogs, Game Boy, Game Boy ROM, gbstudio, Pixel Art, Point & Click, Short, Top Down Adventure

Purchase

Buy Now$1.50 USD or more

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $1.50 USD. You will get access to the following files:

What's Updog.gb 256 kB
What's Updog.pocket 256 kB

Comments

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There's actually a totally different game called updog, these appeared simultaniously at fresh games-https://moonflowergames.itch.io/updog

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This game has a pun resolution of at least one per screen :D

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Thanks for providing your awesome music on itch!

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will there be a psychical version,since i don't want to pay for a digital file.

I am not currently planning a physical release at this time.

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Can you make this compatible with the Analogue Pocket? :) Should just be a quick export in gb studio

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Added!