Puppy Luv: A New Breed screenshots

The game does take a while to load

These are the available dogs. Each has its own traits and characteristics

The player must then enter their name and the name of their dog. There's an 8 character limit to both names

These are the game configuration options. They're really quite simple as befits the target audience.

The game starts with a help screen. The fire hydrant icon indicates the state of his/her bladder. Thoughtful. Thankfully this is the extent to which the game replicates bodily functions

The game is menu driven. Here it starts with a hungry puppy....

The gamer goes to the Care menu. Food is there on the top of the new list

There is some food in stock so this can be selected. If there were no food available the player would be prompted to go to the pet store

By selecting the food the puppy is fed, and by feeding him the player is rewarded by the unlocking of the frisbee toy and the rubber brush.

Just because the brush is unlocked it does not mean it becomes available automatically. So it's off to the shops

At the store about to buy the rubber brush. Water and food are available from the start but other toys and treats must be unlocked by playing the game

Here the dog is being brushed. This is done by holding down the left mouse button and moving the cursor all over the dog

From the 'Go Out' icon a list of available locations can be accessed. Competition is greyed out as the puppy is not old enough yet

From the Toys menu the puppy's ball has been selected. The ball is thrown by a left mouse click and always seems to follow the same trajectory

Here we are at East Bay Park

York Park is pretty similar

At Big Leaf park there's a chance to really exercise the puppy with some long throws. At present he's too young and won't chase a long throw

When the Tricks option is accessed the game explains how a simple mouse stroke becomes a command

To train a puppy the gamer must have an adequate supply of bribes / treats.

The instruction to sit i a straight line from the forehead downwards while in teaching mode. This shot shows the remnants of the cursor's track for such a command

After each successful command the puppy is rewarded

After five successful performances the puppy has learned the trick and the player is rewarded with another unlocked item - in this case a dog house.

Buying the dog house at the pet store. Just enough money

The log out screen. There is no save slot, the game saves automatically

The final exit screen

Puppy Luv: A New Breed

Windows screenshots