Run-and-gun Metroidvania shooter Dogworld announced for Switch

Lateralis has announced that Dogworld, a run-and-gun Metroidvania shooter, is on the way to Switch. The game should appear on Nintendo’s console later in 2021.

Here’s an overview of Dogworld plus a trailer:

Shoot, jump, and slide your way through a ruined, mysterious, dog-filled world as you fight to save humanity from the clutches of a rogue AI named Daddy. Acquire new weapons, upgrade them to be more powerful, collect secrets, meet bizarre characters, and explore the ruins of a destroyed world.

After a catastrophic event on Earth, humanity is directed underground and into pods for their safety. You are told that the surface world is dangerous and uninhabitable, and inside the pods is the only safe place to be. But when you are launched from the underground in a freak accident, you realize that the surface is just fine and there’s more to this world than you thought. The surface is teeming with life, except… they all seem to be dogs. And some of them talk.

Key Features

Explore a world where all the living creatures seem to be some variety of dog

Slide to dodge through enemies and projectiles

Uncover secrets and abilities to help you on your journey

Traverse difficult platforming and combat challenges

Collect and upgrade various powerful weapons

Take on a multitude of powerful bosses

Pet dogs

Stark 1bit pixel art

Full original chiptune score

Dogworld will be sold digitally for Switch as an eShop download.

Source: Lateralis PR