Hello, and Welcome!

Niko’s Pawsome Adventure is a 3D creature-collecting game that takes place in a fantastical world who’s inhabited by puppies that need your help to conquer their negative or pessimistic thoughts.

In our game, which was created in collaboration with Sheridan College’s Child & Youth Care Program, kids will learn how to manage negative thoughts by helping these adorable puppies in the world through unique physical controllers.

Important Note (Please Read)

We are unable to get a new build of the game that reflects our current development progress, so attached below is our MVP build, feel free to give feedback on that experience! (For the MVP build, press J to skip the black screen and enter the game world. There is a point in the game where you will be unable to progress since you don't have access to any alternative controller.)

For a feel of the more recent changes, watch this video, it's of our new washing system! Our main goals of this system are to teach players how to recognize cognitive distortions in their thoughts, and to keep washing engaging for the players :) Any feedback from the observations would be greatly appreciated! (Note that this is just a snippet of our game and this level does not reflect our final level layouts, it's mainly used for testing purposes).

Controls (Keyboard)

• WASD to move
• Left Click to cart the fishing rod to fetch puppies
• Scroll Wheel to zoom in and out
• E key to interact when the “Interact” prompt appears
• Q key to drop held objects
• [ Cycle Inventory - Left
• ] Cycle Inventory - Right
• Left Ctrl Open/Close Inventory
• Arrow Keys to navigate opened Inventory and wash puppies in tub 
• J to bypass black screen at beginning where it prompts you to place the Tree of Life. 

Controls (Gamepad)

• L Stick to move
• R Stick to look around with the camera
• Right Trigger (RT) to fetch a thought puppy
• Click R Stick to zoom in and out
• A button to interact when the “A” prompt appears
• B button to drop held objects
• L Bumper - Cycle Inventory - Left
• R Bumper - Cycle Inventory - Right
• Y Open/Close Inventory
• R Stick to navigate opened Inventory and wash puppies in tub

Team Members

Thank you to the wonderful people who helped make this project come to reality!

 Kien Ho - Producer, Technical Artist, Game Designer

 Lucas Zakaria - Programmer

Zachary Taylor - Programmer, 3D Prop Artist

 Mikey Wesley - 3D Artist, Narrative Designer

 Michael Poulos - UI/UX Designer, Level Designer

 Adrian Vilela - Project Manager, Level Designer

 Matt Kwan - Music Composer

Griffin Hook - Music Composer

Very Special Thanks to Prof. Kristena Arena and Prof. Sharon Hall for helping us throughout the development process!

Disclaimer
This game is being developed for our 2025 Capstone Project in the Honours Bachelor of Game Design Program at Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.