Second Paw

Second Paw

You got a second-hand keychain pet. The last owner's dog never left.

A stranger hands you an old virtual-pet keychain. Their dog, Rex, used to live in it. Rex died, and they can't bear to look at it anymore. So now it's yours: a brand-new puppy to feed, clean, play with and put to bed for 7 days.

The device only gives you 4 meals and 2 snacks a day, but something else in there is hungry too.

🐶 Raise your pup: feed it, play fetch, clean up after it, turn off the lights at night, give medicine when it's sick.

👻 Share with the ghost: every meal you give Rex is a meal your pup doesn't get. Ignore him and things start to break.

❓ Answer his riddles: get them right and Rex calms down. Get them wrong and he steals your pup's food.

⏱ Your pace: click the clock to switch between real time, x2, x4, or JAM speed (a day in about 2.5 minutes).

🪦 Three endings: how it ends depends on what you're willing to sacrifice.

CONTROLS

A: Z / Left arrow

B: X / Space

C: C / Right arrow

Pause: P / Esc

Music on/off: M

You can also click the three buttons on the keychain.

MADE FOR V3EXPOS WORLD FAMOUS GAME JAM 2

Theme, The Ghost in the Machine: a dead pet still living inside the device.

Settings Not Fit For Horror: a cute, chirpy keychain toy.

Sacrifice Mechanics: every meal for the ghost is taken from your puppy.

Riddles: the ghost asks them, and they get harder each day.

CREDITS

Built with Godot 4.7

Graphics: hand-sketched by me

Music and SFX: ZapSplat (https://www.zapsplat.com)

Font: Patrick Hand by Patrick Wagesreiter (SIL Open Font License)

AI assistance: Claude Code (code, riddles, in-game text and this description)