Dog

## The Dog

The Dog, or referred to as Dog, is the main antagonist of Duck Season and appears many times in the game. Duck season is based of duck Hunt so the dogs from both games act similar until the horror kicks in.

## History

If you at any point SHOOT the Dog with your gun, the news channel will pop up, telling a tale of some very mysterious and sort of creepy murders in the neighborhood - families have been going missing, and some, later on, have been found dead in their homes or strange places they'd usually never dream of going.

But whatever happens in the news, this guy has now turned his sights on a different family... *your* family.

## Appearance

**The Dog** is a possessed entity of code who wears a lightish-brown dog costume, resembling a type of retriever breed called a Toller, with stains on its chest that looks ether like blood or sweat stains. Its muzzle is puffed out with a roundish, black nose and three freckles on each side. It has green eyes in its circular head and long, still ears. The costume appears to be made up of different parts as it can move its own body parts. The costume is inspired by this one: https://www.costume-shop.com/dogs/tan-dog-mascot-costume-thermolite/ .

      During the game, the Dog may change costumes from its original costume to an unclean and bloody costume, in addition to the lovely accessory or a long, straight knife. His eyes are white. For several of the endings, the costume will change between the original and the bloodier costume.

**The Dog** seems to appear outside of the game wanting to murder you or record you. The dog has seemingly killed 12 families as his "crimes" he's already committed. He appears in the TV screen in front of you, making hand gestures like pointing to the player, then at himself and making a cradle motion rocking a baby, theorized to mean "I am your father", however, Stress Level Zero posted a post saying that **The Dog** wasn't David's father, and that even when they planned to make another ending showing this, they couldn't make it because of lack of time during developpement.

The dog killing the 12 families is unclear and unexplained. Later on in the game it seems as if the dog wants somebody to take his place, mostly because he is fed up and wants to return to the real world. He tries to break the TV in level 8.

You can find other small Easter eggs that allow you to enter a room and the upstairs rooms of the house even allowing you to see a picture of your mum, you and The Dog. Later on in the game depending on the choices you make, the dog can get shot by the police, you killing him with the baseball bat, the dog killing your mother, you getting trapped inside the game for life, yourself dying.

## Gameplay

#### **Level One**

At the very start of the game, when you first play Duck Season, the Dog is seen to be cheerily dancing around. You are armed with a gun and CAN shoot him. When shot, he ragdolls, but is sped up and within less than a second he is reset to his dancing state. After shooting the 'START' target, he will pop down below the map. When you shoot the birds, Dog will catch them and stuff the bodies inside a chute, so that they drop into your truck. His dance consists of playing an air-guitar.

Once you complete the 'game', you will be brought back to your living room. The Duck Season's advertisement will be shown. The Dog and a family, a real human family and not just an animated one, will be playing on the TV. The Dog shoves a child's mother in the face and runs off, before switching back to the title screen of Duck Season.

#### **Level Two**

Your in-game TV enables you to play through the game again. The time changes every time you enter and exit the games, so that outside you can see the light changes and the clock's time is different than before.

After a minute in your home, everything suddenly turns high-contrast and vibrant. Your character is dreaming. Your world is changed very strangely - the TV is shown as a 'no-signal' screen with blocks of colour, there's a giant stuffed monkey outside the large window and a magnified face of your ticking cat wall clock. You will be floating around, not on any solid floor, water bubbles will issue randomly out the floor. Your toys all look even stranger than before, and also a little distorted. The Dog is seen dancing, with neon shades, on the couch head. As you float around, he's turned sideways and even upside-down. You can shoot with your play-gun, but it shoots neon plasma balls that just bounce off everything. The kid - you - is sleeping ON the sofa, and by shooting him with the gun you may wake him up. He gets up, looking disgusted. And, just like that, the world is back to normal again.

#### **Level Five**

After you complete the game and are set back in your house, you're met with your own face on the TV. It moves around like a security camera and zooms up on you. If you move your VR controllers, your hands and arms and head will all move in sync on the screen. It zooms back out again. You look out the window - and the Dog, gazing through a camera stolen from inside your home, quickly dips out of view, with a dramatic bass noise.

You're being watched.

## Shooting the Dog

If you shoot the dog at all throughout the playthrough, the dog will happening in the area, and later after midnight, the dog kills your mother.