In the Dog House

"Doghouse" redirects here. For the Silly Sausage in Meat Land interactive object, see Doghouses (Silly Sausage in Meat Land).

In the Dog House

Description

Slide the rooms into place and guide the dog to find his dinner.

Information

Developer

Nitrome

No. of players

1

Total levels

40

Genre

• Puzzle

Control scheme

•  Mouse

Series

In the Dog House series

Released

Flash

18 September 2008

App Store

7 June 2018

Google Play

7 June 2018

Links

App Store

Google Play

Nitrome.com

HTML5

Order

Mallet Mania

In the Dog House

Numbskull

In the Dog House, also known as Dog House, is a puzzle game released on September 18th, 2008 as a browser game, and on June 7, 2018 on the App Store and Google Play. The player must guide a dog to the bone by moving the pieces of the house.

Controls

Click and hold mouse - Move bone or house piece

Levels

Level one

The player has to guide a dog through a house, which is broken into chunks, by sliding the chunks around so the dog can go into them. The player has to guide the dog to the kitchen in the house so he can get his supper.

The player does this by placing a bone in places in the house where the dog can get it. It is almost similar to a sliding number puzzle game, of which the player slides the pieces of the house to help make a pathway for the dog to the kitchen using its bone.

Level 1

"Drag the rooms to form a path from left to right. Then pick up the bone and put it on the other side!"

First, drag the bone to the kitchen. Move the room with the anywhere wallpaper to the right of the left and right only room. The player has completed level 1.

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 2

"You don't need a complete path from start to finish. Get the puppy as far as to the sofa, and then make the path to the kitchen."

First, drag the bone to the kitchen. Move the room that can go anywhere to the right of the room with the dog. The dog will take a ride on the elevator and walk to the room with the chair. Then, move both rooms with the anywhere wallpaper above the elevator. The dog will take a ride on a different elevator straight to the kitchen. The player has completed level 2.

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 3

"Complete the set of stairs to reach the kitchen. Some turn and others slide."

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 4

"Beware of the cat! He will try to get near you and block your path. If you get stuck, press the reset button in the corner of the screen."

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 5

"To use the doors, get the puppy to the first door, put the bone by the second door, and the puppy will walk through."

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 6

"Connect the power box to the gate with the cable, and the gate will open!"

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 7

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 8

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 9

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 10

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 11

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 12

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 13

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 14

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 15

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 16

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 17

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 18

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 19

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 20

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 21

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 22

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 23

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 24

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 25

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 26

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 27

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 28

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 29

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 30

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 31

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 32

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 33

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 34

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 35

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 36

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 37

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 38

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 39

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 40

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Ending

This collapsible box contains a spoiler! Use [show] to reveal.

Interactive objects

• Lifts - The dog can move up and down floors by them.
• Power boxes, cables, and gates - When the power box and the powered gate are connected by cable, the gate will open.

Pieces

• Anywhere wallpaper - Wallpaper that makes pieces move freely
• Horizontal wallpaper Wallpaper that makes pieces move left and right
• Vertical wallpaper Wallpaper that makes pieces move up and down
• Rotation wallpaper - Wallpaper that makes pieces rotate instead of move
• Inert wallpaper - Wallpaper that restricts movement
• Hallway pieces - Pieces that the dog can use to travel forwards
• Lift pieces - Pieces that the dog can use to travel up and down
• Stair pieces - Pieces that the dog can use to travel diagonally
• Fireplace - The piece where the dog spawns in

Hazards

• Cats - Prevent the dog from moving farther.

Scoring

Players are scored by the number of moves they take to complete each level (the less moves, the more points are earned).

Glitches

• Sometimes if the player moves the floor rapidly when the elevator is moving, the elevator can become stuck and the dog will float in the air. When this happens, dropping the bone will cause it to fall through spots where there are no room blocks. Placing a vertical room block beneath the elevator makes both elevator and the dog teleport into exact spot. The block above the elevator cannot be moved, since game thinks the dog/elevator is there.

• 

  The elevator glitch

• Avatars are located in incorrect places in two levels: in level 16, it is found on the right side of the house and in level 17 it is found on the black brick block.

• 

  The avatar egg appearing in the wrong place

• In level 28, if the player causes both the dog and the cat to move when adding the door, the dog will stop moving with the cat in the first door since the second cat is blocking the second door.
• Level 20 is broken and shows level 5 instead of level 20.
• If the level is restarted when the dog reaches his food bowl, the "Level completed" screen will stay during any level. The screen disappears when going back to menu.

Mobile port version

App icon for the mobile port

On June 6, 2018, Nitrome released a remake of In the Dog House on the App Store for $2.99 and Google Play for $3.99. The game features fifty levels, including the majority of the original forty with additional levels. It also features six unlockable dogs and six unlockable toys, which replace the dog and bone from the browser version when selected on the title screen. One of the unlockable dogs is a cameo of the guard dog featured in Slime Pizza.

The mobile port also contains three new backgrounds and a new type of tile that weighs itself down.

Levels

The port features 37 levels from the browser version and 13 exclusive levels. The levels absent from the browser version are Level 1, Level 10 and Level 33

Levels present in the browser version

Level in browser	Equivalent level in mobile	Prize
Level 2	Level 6
Level 3	Level 8
Level 4	Level 9
Level 5	Level 11
Level 6	Level 16
Level 7	Level 10
Level 8	Level 13
Level 9	Level 12
Level 11	Level 14
Level 12	Level 17
Level 13	Level 18
Level 14	Level 19
Level 15	Level 20
Level 16	Level 21
Level 17	Level 22
Level 18	Level 23
Level 19	Level 25
Level 20	Level 26
Level 21	Level 27
Level 22	Level 28
Level 23	Level 29
Level 24	Level 31
Level 25	Level 32
Level 26	Level 33
Level 27	Level 34
Level 28	Level 35
Level 29	Level 37
Level 30	Level 38
Level 31	Level 39
Level 32	Level 40
Level 34	Level 43
Level 35	Level 44
Level 36	Level 45
Level 37	Level 46
Level 38	Level 47
Level 39	Level 49
Level 40	Level 50

Additional levels

Level 1

Just drag the bone to the kitchen and the level will be completed.

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 2

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 3

Prize

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 4

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 5

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 7

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 15

Prize

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 24

Prize

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 30

Prize

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 36

Prize

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 41

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 42

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Level 48

Video
Provided ID could not be validated.

Ending

This collapsible box contains a spoiler! Use [show] to reveal.

After completing level 50, this screen appears:

The screen reads "Congratulations", with the letters going up and down while the dogs are walking together endlessly in a random background. The dogs start appearing as you complete the final level with every of them, for example, if you complete level 50 for the first time with the guard dog, it will appear alone, then, if you complete it again with the main dog, he will appear with the guard dog.

File:Nitrome - In The Dog House mobile Level 50 + Ending

Gallery

Unlockable dogs

• 

  The main dog

• 

  The Saint Bernard

• 

  The pug

• 

  The doggo

• 

  The dobermann

• 

  The poodle

• 

  The chihuahua

Unlockable toys

• 

  The bone

• 

  The tennis ball

• 

  The rubber duck

• 

  The newspaper

• 

  The pig slipper

• 

  The stick

• 

  The Teddy bear

Gallery

• 

  The menu of the mobile version

• 

  Nitrome's old Facebook banner promoting the mobile port

Credits

Mobile

CEO	Mat Annal
COO	Jon Annal
Artwork	Markus Heinel
Programming	Chris Burt-Brown
Music	Lee Nicklen
Audio	Markus Heinel Chris Burt-Brown
Level design	Chris Burt-Brown Simon Hunter
Publishing	Nathan Pragasam Gwilym Hughes
Marketing	Markus Heinel
Original game and concept	Mat Annal Chris Burt-Brown Simon Hunter

Browser

Artwork (browser)	Simon Hunter
Programming (browser)	Chris Burt-Brown
Music (browser)	Lee Nicklen

Unused content

Unused

Content in this section is not used at all in the game.

Symbols

Present in the game's files are unused images of a plus sign (+) and a question mark (?). Although these seem as though they are the only unused text, there is actually a lot more that do not have images but Action Script associated with them.

The Action Script for the unused text that have no image appear all the same, with the exception that the word occurrence after None_ but before extends is replaced with, in all caps, the name of the symbol.

Below are collapsible boxes that contain the source, raw, and P code for all unused symbols. Click [show] to collapse the box.

Text_None_APOSTROPHE (Apostrophe (') )

Source code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_APOSTROPHE extends Sprite { public function Text_None_APOSTROPHE() { return; }// end function } } P-code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_APOSTROPHE extends Sprite { public function Text_None_APOSTROPHE() { _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_pushscope _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) _as3_returnvoid }// end function } } Raw Data { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_APOSTROPHE extends Sprite { public function Text_None_APOSTROPHE() { //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //30 _as3_pushscope //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //49 00 _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) //47 _as3_returnvoid }// end function } }

Text_None_COLON (Colon (:) )

Source code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_COLON extends Sprite { public function Text_None_COLON() { return; }// end function } } P-code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_COLON extends Sprite { public function Text_None_COLON() { _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_pushscope _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) _as3_returnvoid }// end function } } Raw Data { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_COLON extends Sprite { public function Text_None_COLON() { //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //30 _as3_pushscope //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //49 00 _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) //47 _as3_returnvoid }// end function } }

Text_None_COMMA (Comma (,) )

Source code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_COMMA extends Sprite { public function Text_None_COMMA() { return; }// end function } } P-code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_COMMA extends Sprite { public function Text_None_COMMA() { _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_pushscope _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) _as3_returnvoid }// end function } } Raw Data { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_COMMA extends Sprite { public function Text_None_COMMA() { //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //30 _as3_pushscope //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //49 00 _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) //47 _as3_returnvoid }// end function } }

Text_None_EQUALS (Equal sign (=) )

Source code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_EQUALS extends Sprite { public function Text_None_EQUALS() { return; }// end function } } P-code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_EQUALS extends Sprite { public function Text_None_EQUALS() { _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_pushscope _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) _as3_returnvoid }// end function } } Raw Data { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_EQUALS extends Sprite { public function Text_None_EQUALS() { //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //30 _as3_pushscope //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //49 00 _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) //47 _as3_returnvoid }// end function } }

Text_None_EXCLAMATION (Exclamation mark (!) )

Source code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_EXCLAMATION extends Sprite { public function Text_None_EXCLAMATION() { return; }// end function } } P-code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_EXCLAMATION extends Sprite { public function Text_None_EXCLAMATION() { _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_pushscope _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) _as3_returnvoid }// end function } } Raw Data { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_EXCLAMATION extends Sprite { public function Text_None_EXCLAMATION() { //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //30 _as3_pushscope //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //49 00 _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) //47 _as3_returnvoid }// end function } }

Text_None_HYPHEN (Hyphen (-) )

Source code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_HYPHEN extends Sprite { public function Text_None_HYPHEN() { return; }// end function } } P-code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_HYPHEN extends Sprite { public function Text_None_HYPHEN() { _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_pushscope _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) _as3_returnvoid }// end function } } Raw Data { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_HYPHEN extends Sprite { public function Text_None_HYPHEN() { //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //30 _as3_pushscope //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //49 00 _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) //47 _as3_returnvoid }// end function } }

Text_None_PLUS (Plus sign (+) )

Source code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_PLUS extends Sprite { public function Text_None_PLUS() { return; }// end function } } P-code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_PLUS extends Sprite { public function Text_None_PLUS() { _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_pushscope _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) _as3_returnvoid }// end function } } Raw Data { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_PLUS extends Sprite { public function Text_None_PLUS() { //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //30 _as3_pushscope //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //49 00 _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) //47 _as3_returnvoid }// end function } }

• 

  Unused plus sign

Text_None_QUESTION (Question mark (?) )

Source code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_QUESTION extends Sprite { public function Text_None_QUESTION() { return; }// end function } } P-code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_QUESTION extends Sprite { public function Text_None_QUESTION() { _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_pushscope _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) _as3_returnvoid }// end function } } Raw Data { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_QUESTION extends Sprite { public function Text_None_QUESTION() { //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //30 _as3_pushscope //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //49 00 _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) //47 _as3_returnvoid }// end function } }

• 

  Unused question mark

Text_None_STOP (Period (.). A period is called a fullstop in the UK, where Nitrome is from )

Source code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_STOP extends Sprite { public function Text_None_STOP() { return; }// end function } } P-code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_STOP extends Sprite { public function Text_None_STOP() { _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_pushscope _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) _as3_returnvoid }// end function } } Raw Data { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_STOP extends Sprite { public function Text_None_STOP() { //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //30 _as3_pushscope //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //49 00 _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) //47 _as3_returnvoid }// end function } }

Text_None_UNDERSCORE (Underscore (_) )

Source code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_UNDERSCORE extends Sprite { public function Text_None_UNDERSCORE() { return; }// end function } } P-code { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_UNDERSCORE extends Sprite { public function Text_None_UNDERSCORE() { _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_pushscope _as3_getlocal <0> _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) _as3_returnvoid }// end function } } Raw Data { import flash.display.*; dynamic public class Text_None_UNDERSCORE extends Sprite { public function Text_None_UNDERSCORE() { //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //30 _as3_pushscope //d0 _as3_getlocal <0> //49 00 _as3_constructsuper (param count:0) //47 _as3_returnvoid }// end function } }

Sprites

A brown box is present in the game, a box that has a brown outline and transparent inside. It is possibly early dimensions for the general size of each room in In the Dog House.

• 

  The brown box

Rooms

Found on Simon Hunter's website is a large image of various backgrounds for rooms in Dog House, including some backgrounds that go unused in the final game.

• 

  The image

Beta

Content in this section had their sprite superseded by another sprite.

Cursors and general room shape

Present in the game are very early images of the general shape of rooms and how the cursor would react to being on that room. Notably, the cursor on the image has been drawn on to the image, instead of being an alternate image. Along with this, there are beta images of the cursor.

Rooms appear light blue in colour, with the cursor on them appearing dark blue. The regular level cursor that is not on any room appears light blue.

• 

  A room that cannot be moved

• 

  A room that can be moved horizontally

• 

  A room that can be flipped

• 

  A room that be moved vertically

• 

  A room that can be moved in any direction

• 

  A long room that can be moved in any direction

• 

  A long room that can be flipped

• 

  A very long room that can be moved in any direction

• 

  A big room that can be moved in any direction

• 

  A ¬ shaped room that can be moved in any direction

• 

  A tall room that can be moved in any direction

• 

  A cursor. This cursor is an SVG in the game, while all other images are PNG

• 

  A sideways cursor, possibly used for scrolling the screen. Like the previous cursor, this cursor is a SVG in the game, while all other images are PNG

Award

Site/Event	Year	Contest	Prize	Outcome
Jay is Games	2009	Best of Casual Gameplay 2008	Best Puzzle (Browser games) game of 2008 - Audience Award	Nominated - Second place (10.3% of all votes)
Jay is Games	2009	Best of Casual Gameplay 2008	Best Puzzle (Browser games) game of 2008	Nominated

Trivia

• While In the Dog House was released in September 2008, it had actually been finished back in May 2008.
• This is the only premium Nitrome game that did not receive a website upon its release.
  • This is also the second premium game that did not receive a site skin commemorating its release. The first one was 8bit Doves.