Dog Runner

Your dog is off and running. Jump over crates, logs and hydrants, grab every bone you can, and see how far you can get before the pace gets too quick.

Easy difficultyDog Running GamesEndless runner

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Controls

Keyboard & mouse

Space, ↑ or W	Jump (hold for a higher jump)
Mouse click on the game	Jump
P or Esc	Pause

Touch screen

Tap the game or the Jump button	Jump (hold for a higher jump)
Pause button below the game	Pause

How to Play

Choose Easy, Medium or Hard and press Play.
Your dog runs on its own. Jump just before each obstacle reaches it.
Tap lightly for a short hop or hold the jump for a higher one.
Run under bees that buzz at jump height instead of jumping into them.
Collect bones and the occasional blue shield, which blocks one hit.
Each hit costs a life. When you run out, the run ends and your best score is saved on this device.

Game Tips

Short hops land sooner, which leaves you ready for the next obstacle. Save full jumps for stacked crates.
When two obstacles come close together, land from the first jump and hop again straight away rather than trying to clear both at once.
A bee means stay on the ground. Let it pass overhead, then jump whatever follows.
Bone arcs sit above obstacles, so a well-timed full jump often collects the whole arc.
The speed goes up every few seconds and there is a banner every 500 m. Look further ahead as the pace rises.
Pick up a shield before a tricky stretch. It absorbs one hit without costing a life.

About This Game

Dog Runner is our take on the classic endless runner. Your dog runs across a scrolling park, and the obstacles are spaced by distance rather than time, so the gaps stay fair as the speed rises. Early on you mostly get single hydrants, crates, logs, rocks and cones. Further along you start to see pairs of obstacles, stacked crates that need an early full jump, and bees flying at head height that you have to run underneath.

Your score has three parts: one point for every metre you run, 10 points for each bone, and 5 bonus points for every obstacle you clear. The difficulty setting changes the starting speed, how fast the speed rises, how close together obstacles appear and how many lives you get (three on Easy, two on Medium, one on Hard). Bees only appear on Medium and Hard.

The jump uses variable height. A quick tap gives a short hop and holding gives a full jump, and there is a small grace window that still lets you jump just after running off a ledge or just before landing. Your best score is saved separately for each difficulty in your browser. No account is needed.