Oh, so you say you love dogs? Well PROVE IT by taking pictures of them. Lots and lots of pictures, of dogs bouncing around a beach, of dogs having a dance party, of dogs wearing hats, of dogs in space. Yes, youโ€™re allowed to pet them too. In a world populated entirely by various breeds of pups, you are given assignments like โ€œfind me the dog with the freshest fashionโ€ and set loose in a park with a camera. Wonderful. As you complete your assignments, you level up with fancy gear โ€” a lens that allows you to slow down time, filters to get ~artsy~, and so on. Iโ€™m a sucker for any game that has a take-pictures mechanic, and in fact will usually abandon the main quest in favor of photography โ€” so itโ€™s a pleasure to see games in which photos ARE the main quest. What bliss. Now I want a sequel where you are a dog and you have to find photographers and pose for them.

Release date: Jan 20, 2022.

Platforms: Itch.io and Steam.

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Matt Baume covered geek culture, queer news, and city infrastructure, and would leap at the flimsiest of excuses to write about furries. A writer, podcaster, and videomaker, he resides on Capitol Hill...