The Dog Island (Patreon)

Ah, The Dog Island or THE DOG Island: Hitotsu no Hana no Monogatari  (The story of the One Flower) which really is quite a nice title, makes it sound like the title of a manga.

A game that released for both the PS2 and the Wii in 2007 and 2008 and is a licenced tie in game to those calendars you'd see with super fish eye lens pictures of dogs. Yup! This is a game that is based (in both definitions) off of those.

I would have loved to have seen how the game was pitched because the game is quite fascinating. An E for Everyone game that deals with a younger sibling dying, a quest line involving a doctor struggling with that they had shortened the lifespan of a dying friend. Truly, some pretty broad and mature themes in a game with a big headed beagle wearing glasses.

But ah video games, they are a fascinating beast, no?

If there's one thing I'm happy with in this demake, it's how I pushed myself to try the more dioramatic angle for the inside of the house, as opposed to the usual fair like the bottom right screen of a more general top down view (which no shade against, it's very tile conscious and makes sense!)

If all this sounds absolutely ludicrous/interesting, maybe give The Dog Island a check out. Even if you don't end up liking it, every game is a learning experience.