Pupperazzi (NSP, XCI) ROM

Pupperazzi Are you ready to put your love for pups to the ultimate test? In this game, dog photography game, you’ll have the chance to photograph and catalog a bunch of the finest and derpiest dogs, building your career, upgrading your camera, and discovering new canines along the way. Woof! The world needs you to be the one to pet, photograph, and tell these dogs they’re good boys and girls in Pupperazzi. Snap photos of dogs while maintaining your social media presence.

This is a photography game developed by Sundae Month and published by Kitfox Games. The game was released on January 20, 2022, for macOS, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.  A Nintendo Switch port was released on April 6, 2023. Players control a humanoid camera, earning followers by taking photos and sharing them on the in-game social media site, dogNET. Pupperazzi received mixed reviews upon release.

GAMEPLAY

Pupperazzi is a photography game played in a first-person view. Players control a humanoid camera, earning followers by taking photos and sharing them on the in-game social media site, dogNET. Players get feedback on photos that they share on dogNET, receiving comments from their followers. Photos can be shared as many times as the player wants, but sharing too many results in followers calling them spam.

To progress through the game, the player needs to earn followers, which unlocks upgrades, locations, and different times of the day. Players can accept photo requests, which are rewarded with golden bones and followers upon completion. Golden bones are used to buy upgrades from vending machines, enabling the player to complete more complex photo requests.

PUT YOUR LOVE FOR PUPS TO THE TEST

We have a bunch of dogs that need their photos taken, doggone it! Photograph and catalog the finest (and derpiest) dogs to build your career, upgrade your camera, and discover new canines. WOOF! Who will photograph, pet, and tell these dogs they’re good boys and girls if you don’t?? The world NEEDS you in Pupperazzi, the dog photography game! Snap photos of dogs while maintaining your social media presence. Will you hound for stardom in public, or would you rather be taken seriously as an artist?

Perhaps you just want to show your friends the cute dog you saw while you were out. It’s your choice which direction your career goes – just don’t forget to pet the dogs along the way. Dodge between people and obstacles as you try to capture canine beauty in everlasting digital photos. Double jump across buildings to get that lucrative shot of a local dog celebrity just trying to live their life. Slow-motion zooming helps capture mid-air moments that make you feel something. It’s a rough world out there and it’s up to you to document it.

DEVELOPMENT AND RELEASE

Pupperazzi was developed by indie studio Sundae Month. The idea of the game was created during an internal game jam as an arcade-style photography game. Development lasted from late 2018 to 2019, but the project was later scrapped. The team liked the game’s concept and revived the project in 2019 to work more on it. Lead developer Isobel Shasha stated that the team wanted to preserve multiplayer, but it became “too complicated” and “just ultimately wasn’t possible”.

The game was announced by a trailer on May 24, 2019, with a later release date on Steam that same year. On August 25, 2020, Kitfox Games was announced as the publisher of Pupperazzi during the Wholesome Snack showcase of the Wholesome Games event. On June 12, 2021, a trailer was released during the Wholesome Direct of E3 2021, showing off a location called Muttropolis. On August 10, 2021, the game was confirmed to launch on Xbox One and be available for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. The game was released for macOS, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on January 20, 2022. It was released for Nintendo Switch in April 2023.