Russian Subway Dogs is a kind of little indie ardour tasks I observe like a hawk. The newest from They Bleed Pixels creators Spooky Squid, it’s a cute little point-hunting recreation concerning the (very real) canine that scavenge for meals day-after-day on Moscow’s metro system. There’s bears, elk, surly outdated grandmas and a complete lot of vodka concerned, and for these missing the requisite canine kinship, sure, you possibly can play because the Proletaricat, plus visitor characters/pups from throughout the indie improvement sphere. After years in improvement, it’s out immediately.
While there’s operating and leaping and cute 16-bit styled sprites right here, it appears unsuitable to explain Russian Subway Dogs as a platformer. That mentioned, it’s set solely on a set of platforms, however they’re the flat practice selection. Playing as a canine (or one thing else) in a jaunty hat, you bark at commuters, hoping to frighten them out of their foods and drinks, all whereas making an attempt to finish side-missions handed down by the Proletaricat. Juggle vodka bottles for factors, chain issues into combos, set bears on fireplace (sadly it doesn’t trigger screen-shake), and apparently combat Baba Yaga?
As you possibly can see within the trailer, there’s a ton of visitor characters, together with KC Green’s famed ‘This Is Fine‘ canine, used with full permission. The Clawed Girl from They Bleed Pixels is now a pet (and has introduced a few of her eldritch foes along with her), the cyberpunk Shiba Inu from VA-11 Hall-A is right here, as is mystical goat Uay Chivo from Guacamelee who’s a goat and never a canine. Spooky Squid have spent a superb chunk of the previous couple years asking cool folks in the event that they needed to be bizarre Russian canine in a recreation, and (naturally) everybody mentioned sure. I imply, who wouldn’t?
Russian Subway Dogs is out now on Steam and Itch.io for round £10.25/11.24/$13.49.
