Hey, I know its a LONG time, but is there anyway I could get to play this game? Ive only just now logged in after 200 days, but i really like Null's stuff. Any chance? Will anyone ever see this?
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RUN RUN! Dog Park Fun!'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Kink | #11 | 4.071 | 4.071 |
| Novelty | #15 | 3.643 | 3.643 |
| Horny | #22 | 3.393 | 3.393 |
| Aesthetic | #26 | 3.643 | 3.643 |
| Harmony | #26 | 3.464 | 3.464 |
| Play | #31 | 3.179 | 3.179 |
| Overall | #31 | 3.036 | 3.036 |
| Sound | #34 | 2.929 | 2.929 |
| Ambition | #47 | 2.821 | 2.821 |
| Narrative | #70 | 1.679 | 1.679 |
| Stealth | #79 | 1.536 | 1.536 |
Ranked from 28 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Sounds are CC0 stuff from Freesound.
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I've got my stuff up on this shoddle made backrooms page. Gonna be working on something more Official (tm) Soon (tm). Also need to update it with a new project ( https://www.sheeeeeeeep.art/backrooms/drunken-stumble-html/ ). I won't be gotten ride of that easily.
https://www.sheeeeeeeep.art/backrooms/62b9ac97-37a1-4651-b0f9-1167549f667e.html
so, these kinks are definitely not for me. (although, i will say the infestation stuff is something i don't think i have really come across before and so i found it neat if unarousing).
this game is quite nice though. the graphics just look great & coherent, and the sound design goes a pretty long way (although i'm not sure the lack of music works as well for me as it does for some commenters--although this might be because i'm playing it late at night where the vibes of a silent park feel more creepy than usual).
from a mechanics perspective, i found my favorite moments in this game were when i had some people chasing me and i needed to quickly fuck an anthill to get them off of me. the mechanical execution of these kinds of key sequences is just kind of intrinsically fun and it works really well here.
i did eventually give up playing after reaching 69 as it didn't seem like the game was getting any harder.
First off, the presentation is very cool. It's very 90s cartoon-ish with the shaky lines and the bold colours. Also, the DDR style arrows but with no beatmatching is kinda genius, felt like codebreaking somehow. A lot to like here!
Lovely little game. Very cute and cohesive graphics with the bright colors and crayon line art. Controls and mechanics are great too, feels very good. Infestation is a new kink for me and unfortunately doesn’t immediately hit home, but the presentation is so damn charming it’s very palatable. Excellent job.
such a cute and funny game. an anthro running ahead to get a few plaps in on the next dog in his path while being chased by an angry mob is just incredibly comedic, at least to me. i only got a score of 34 on my run, sadly, but with a better understanding of the infestation mechanic i bet i could become an unstoppable public menace....
I had a lot more I wanted to do for the canines, but alas, I was racing to pull a game together from all the sprites I had drawn. I kinda did this one backwards where I got side tracked drawing art then went "shit, wait, I need a game for all this..." I was elated to have time for the infestation mechanic cause that really ties it all together.
(and RUN RUN! Dog Park Fun! isn't even the project I was working on at the start of the jam, lmao. I got knocked off that one pretty hard.)
I'll be honest, I'm not into these kinks at all (I didn't even know infestation kinks were a thing...). No shame, though! 😅
I mention this because, even though it's not my thing, I really enjoyed the game! The art is really cute, the walking sound effect (and the lack of music) creates such a chill vibe, and the overall gameplay is fun.
Simple, sweet, to the point - it's a great portrayal of the kinks at hand. Super replayable as well - though thats in part because the beginning is pretty unforgiving. My first 3-ish run-throughs were met with a score of 0 and no idea on how to stop the hoarde of people I'd pissed off stop following me . The use of infestation kink to divert said people though was fantastic!
I also think you really played to the strengths of your art style - the little run animations in particular are super cute, as is the game over screen. The sound effect choice was excellent as well!
It's short and fun, with enough variety and challenge to offer a bit of replayability. I think this is a game where lack of background music does not create a sense of something being absent because everything has an appropriate sound effect. The stealth mechanics are simple but interesting. I really like the chalky outlines and cartoony art style!
Danke! And yeah I was gonna add music, but nothing felt like it fit right. So, instead of forcing it and forcing myself into my weakest skill, I just gave everything nice sound effects instead. The interaction with then NPCs is probably my favorite part of the game, so I'm glad that was fun. I think next jam I'll lean into that. I was over the moon when I got them working.

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