Lost and Hound
Release date: Aug 16, 2022
Developers: Daisy Ale Soundworks
Publishers: Daisy Ale Soundworks
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie
Categories: Single-player, Partial Controller Support, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English

Move over, Scooby Doo! Epic Games MegaGrant recipient, Australian Game Developer Award winner and lauded for its innovation in gameplay and blind accessibility, Lost and Hound is a fresh twist on the mystery adventure genre: heightened hearing and sense of smell will guide your paws as you work towards your goals - finding and saving people in trouble, catching criminals and unravelling the truth of seemingly impossible situations. As Biscuit your hearing will allow you to access information that’s inaccessible to humans. Pause and look around to hear in a straight line for a very large distance. Move, and you'll be able to hear what's around you in very sharp detail. Hear through walls, hear people's heartbeats, you'll be able to sense both danger and the people you're tracking from very far away. Using your superior sense of smell you’ll be able to scent track your way into your role as the world's first doggo detective. Scent in Lost and Hound is represented by a low, pleasant humming sound. Similar to making your way through a maze where the way out would be invisible under normal circumstances, subtle sound or scent cues will guide you to your query. As Biscuit you’ll travel around the world taking on many of the roles of real-world working dogs. From working in a hospital to assist with seizure detection and detecting cancer to herding sheep in the rough, Australian outback. Your work as a K9 tracker will take you to Japan, the Swiss Alps, the American wilderness, and many other locales. In between each mission, you’ll have the option to complete mini levels to earn extra money and travel to more exotic locations. Features: Travel around the world working as the strong-willed Corgi Biscuit. Solve crimes, track down missing people, and assist those in need. Use your superior hearing to listen for accelerated heartbeats, hear through walls, and more to piece together clues. Follow subtle scent clues with your heightened sense of smell represented by sound queues to track leads. Take on the roles of real-world working dogs; assist with seizure detection, be an emotional support for zoo animals, and more. Complete mini levels to earn extra money to fund your K9 travels. Meet new animal friends throughout your travels. Fully blind-accessible. 

Press reviews: “A great little dog simulator that shifted the way I approach gameplay and provided just enough of a challenge that it kept me engaged without frustrating me.” Kotaku “Lost and Hound is a game that embraces players like no other, that is welcoming like few others... the game is simple, it’s endearing, and it’s thought-provoking.” Player 2 “Pretty interesting storyline... Lost and Hound has it all.” Tech Raptor