#puppergeist

Serenity Forge has announced rhythm visual novel Puppergeist For Xbox Series and PC (Steam, Microsoft Store). A release date was not announced.

This game is developed in-house by Serenity Forge, with creative direction and art led by NomnomNami, creator of BAD END THEATER. It will also include guest composers like Kris Wilson, co-creator of Cyanide & Happiness, as well as additional unannounced collaborators.

Here is an overview of the game, via Serenity Forge:

About

Journey through the Doggie Underworld in this heartwarming rhythm visual novel. Reunite with your lost Pup by connecting with other dog spirits, learning their stories, and lifting their moods through rhythm games full of charm and challenges!

Doggie Underworld: A Rhythmic Journey

Play as Claire, a witch who journeys into the mysterious Doggie Underworld with one simple goal: Finding her lost Pup! As you travel through Doggie Underworld, you’ll encounter countless souls, each with a story to tell. Share moments with them, play together, and listen to their heartfelt tales. Use your sense of rhythm to lift their spirits and ease their troubles, bringing you one beat closer to reuniting with your own lost Pup.

The Heart of the Game

As a visual novel with rhythm mechanics, the story moves forward as you succeed in rhythm challenges. Alongside her new demon friend, Lunne, Claire learns to deepen her connection with doggie spirits, uncovering stories of friendship, love, and loss. Every rhythm challenge is unique, along with remixes and bonus features.

Watch the announcement trailer below.

Announce Trailer

Normally they fill me with nothing but joy but I literally CRIED upon seeing the ending part of the demo for Puppergeist...

It's basically All Dogs Go To Heaven except it's spesfically Rhythm Heaven, okay, time for my unfiltered thoughts on the game so far, which includes spoilers for that final demo cutscene:

I feel like people are definitely gonna be shipping Claire (the main character) with the demon person (forgot the name) she met, but my first thoughts when it comes to writing her in my Rhythm Heaven comics was "Relationship between her and Scott" (Scott is the Wizard Waltz wizard btw), although I'm not entirely sure if Claire also sucks at magic, or is actually good at it, I could see writing potential if she also sucked at magic, but she clearly used it to get to the doggy underworld in the first place, I'm pretty sure that would be a high level wizard spell, so what do I do, writing convenience, or lore-accurate?

Poor Fido, he had no idea... I'm tearing up just trying to think of words to describe it for this post... He and his owner, BFFs, and I expected that Fido died from being hit by a car or something, but he just died of old age, reminds me of my childhood chihuahua, Chieco, who had died of old age himself, fairly recently too, in like August or September of 2025, days beforehand he even started having slight seizures, and he had already had lost vision and had achy bones for a while, and... I'm crying... I want to just imagine him in this doggy afterlife living his best life in a better place... This got emotional, which I guess was the game's intention, but I didn't expect it to hit this deep :(

Speaking of which, my prediction for the story, I think it'll be about Claire having to just accept the fact her pup is dead and she'll just have to deal with it, why else is her pup down here, but I do expect her to find him, realize she can't bring him back, and actually have a heartfelt goodbye together, since we don't currently know the outcome, when I include her in my Rhythm Heaven comics I'll have it be BEFORE the pup is actually dead, and than when the full game comes out, THAN it'll be in the continuity.

I know it's great to be thinking about Rhythm Heaven again and balancing out my hyperfixations... But I don't feel like grieving, can I go back to watching Cyberchase now DX

Pokemon Prompt 21: Puppergeist

Ghost, Puppy, Many-eyes, Enthusiastic

(CN: Dead puppy.

Also I kinda forgot the enthusiasm part of it while I was drawing and writing this one, but still managed to work it into the fluff. Sorry that it's a bit sadder than probably intended)