Skippy!
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
[[we're working on a way to better compress the game and have it work in-browser, but since it is fmv, it has videos and has proven slightly difficult. thanks so much for putting up with a slightly larger filesize! (it's only ~500mb though) ]]
Hi!
This is me:
My name is:
I am cool and friendly, but I need a little help…. I’m here to learn about the world. But exploring is turning out a little bit harder than I thought…. Please help me! I need food and somewhere to sleep. But most importantly, I need cough drops! To go on adventures! Let’s explore everyday!
Meet skippy! 
Skippy is a very cute and awesome little thing coming from somewhere unknown. it’s very curious and can get into a bit of trouble…. but why's it at your front door?? oh well, its just too cute to not take it in!
Explore everywhere!
Take skippy out on fun fmv (full motion video) explorations! What will you find? What will Skippy learn? What will *you* learn? But what will happen when you finish exploring???!?!
Take care of skippy!
Skippy isn’t too high maintenance, and all you need to do is make sure it gets enough sleep and enough cough drops to eat by playing some short, simple mini games between explorations! What will happen when the mysterious, unnamed meter fills up?.... and of course, you can pet Skippy by clicking on it in the hub area!
Skippy is a short game made for the Virtual Pet Jam 2022 in just over 2 weeks. It features mainly digitized images and full motion video for its graphics, and is a simple gameplay-light experience, and is inspired by things like Moon anti-rpg, Petscop, and itemLabel!
Our interpretation of the Virtual Pet Jam’s secret theme, ‘In the Zone’, came from our writer and lead designer’s recent feelings of going out on walks to take breaks from studying and working as a student. Skippy! was our attempt to reframe the idea of being ‘in the zone’ to being able to enjoy our surroundings rather than just focusing on one task or thing at hand. To be ‘in the zone’, we gotta know where zone is, after all!
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hey........ whats that?!?!?!
If we were to work on this project a bit more, we were hoping to add a couple more explorations, some nicer animations, and some more dialogues/sounds, but nothing majorly game-changing, so we're all very proud of the project! Feedback is very much appreciated in the comments below, or reach out to me (dexter) on twitter !
We hope you have fun exploring with skippy, and thank you for playing!
Dexter McChesney – Lead design, writing, art, film, production, and programming
twitter / itch.io (under construction) / website to be made soon
Evan Samuel (of Heurlectic) – Lead programming, design, and sound/music
twitter / itch.io / website / steam games
Athena Chang – Sound/music, design
‘Lesbian Menace’ – sound/music
itch.io
Skippy - skippy, cough drop supplier
Special thanks to:
Ivery Chen, Elizabeth Xu, Diana Gong, Jazmyn Babler
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Hello! Skippy was the cutest thing!!!!
The exploration scene was a full movie, and it was great to feel like we were going out together, and it was so nice to pet Skippy in between and see how cute he was! And I can't believe it wasn't just cute, it was also so touching!
I also made a video!
I watched it over and over again while making the video, and I realized that the scene where Skippy looks at the graffiti on the wall was a foreshadowing of the last scene!Amazing:>>>>
Show post...
so sweet game ;D
very cute and incredibly charming!
This game is really cute. The up-beat music coupled with the wholesome adventures through town really sells it for me. I don't currently own a pet, but this reminds me of the time that I did.