‘Hello Goodboy’ Heads to the Afterlife With a Dog

Hello Goodboy is a narrative sport about navigating the afterlife when you could have little or no reminiscence of who you’re. But you’ve obtained a beautiful canine to information you.

I obtained the probability to check out a few of Hello Goodboy at EGX this 12 months, the place I used to be interested in the forged of characters I met and about the little boy I used to be taking part in as. You don’t really bear in mind who you’re if you meet this canine; a canine who claims they had been beforehand a wolf. They train you the way to work together with objects and provide you with a voice so you possibly can discuss a bit and work together. It’s a beautiful begin to your journey the place you possibly can decide the place to go and what to do. At first, I didn’t consider this canine. There was one thing about the writing that felt like this canine may not be an precise good soul, but it surely seems I used to be flawed.

As you’re employed your approach via your journey to the afterlife, you’ll be discovering different individuals who need assistance. You try this via discovering objects they want or protecting them firm and consuming some yummy meals. Some need assistance constructing issues and others need assistance with small mini-games that act like puzzles. As you assist folks and discover, additionally, you will study why you could have entered this world and about the life you left behind.

The sport itself is non-linear, so you possibly can decide the place you go and who you need to assist to progress the story in your personal approach. The characters themselves have a number of backstories, too, and totally different personalities for you to expertise. All of your decisions have that means and assist form your story; some folks will solely be pals with you if you weren’t pals with others, main you in the direction of totally different endings. 

Hello Goodboy is at present in improvement, however in the meantime, you possibly can add it to your Steam Wishlist.

Jupiter Hadley

Jupiter is a prolific indie sport journalist, writing for Metro UK, Big Boss Battle, AlphaBetaGamer, and plenty of extra, all with a concentrate on smaller indie gems. She covers 1000’s of sport jams and indie video games on her YouTube channel, letting each sport have a second in the highlight. She runs indiegamejams.com, a calendar of all of the sport jams happening in the world, judges many jams and occasions. Jupiter can also be the Adept Games Wizard at Armor Games.