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Dogworld

Shoot, jump, and slide your way through a ruined, mysterious, dog-filled world as you fight to save humanity from the clutches of a rogue AI named Daddy.

18 March 2021

Dogworld is an adventure developed by Lateralis, released 18 March 2021 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dogworld is

Dogworld is an adventure game developed by Lateralis and released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker Studio 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After a catastrophic event on Earth, humanity is directed underground and into pods for their safety. You are told that the surface world is dangerous and uninhabitable, and inside the pods is the only safe place to be. But when you are launched from the underground in a freak accident, you realize that the surface is just fine and there's more to this world than you thought. The surface is teeming with life, except... they all seem to be dogs. And some of them talk.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Dogworld launched on 18 March 2021, within three weeks of It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut and Monster Hunter Rise. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Monster Hunter Rise.

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When did Dogworld come out?
Dogworld was released on 18 March 2021 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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