Control an abandoned dog in the city in action-RPG Home Free

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The first few moments of the Kickstarter trailer for bring up sad memories of the Futurama episode “Jurassic Bark,” which I apparently cannot even read the for without getting misty-eyed. Dogs, man. Dogs are the best people.

Thankfully, Home Free isn’t all heartwrenching. Eventually, the pit bull in the video realizes it needs to learn to fend for itself, striking out into the unknown city full of other stray dogs, scavenged food, and dangerous traffic. Maybe the doggy even finds a new home.

Home Free‘s city is procedurally generated, so it should really give the feeling of being lost, even on repeat play throughs.

This is one of those Kickstarter projects that makes me wish I were independently wealthy. Sure, I want to play this game when it releases, but more than that I’d love to see in it as a playable pup. Alas, that’d cost me almost a thousand bucks.

The crowdfunding campaign for Home Free launched today and is currently over 25 percent of the way to its $50,000 base funding goal. Certain Destructoid readers might be happy to see the stretch goal if that total is doubled; the “Tiny Legs Dog Pack” adds corgis to the city.


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Darren is a scientist during the day. He has been a jbsgame.community member since 2006, joining the front page as a contributor in 2011. While he enjoys shooters, RPGs, platformers, strategy, and rhythm games, he takes particular interest in independent games. He produced the Zero Cool Podcast for about four years, and he plays board games quite a bit when he can find willing companions.