Playful Pursuit

Playful Pursuit is a colorful 3D adventure platformer set in California’s High Desert. You play as Eddy, a young boy on a neighborhood quest to rescue his beloved stuffed teddy bear, FooFoo, after a bully steals him. You run, jump, climb, dodge, solve puzzles, collect items and battle through goofy, locally inspired levels.

Explore the High Desert

The levels reimagine real places across the Victor Valley region as colorful spaces filled with obstacles, secrets, collectibles and platforming challenges. Locations include parks, Hesperia Civic Center, Mojave River Walk and Hook Park.

Platform, puzzle and fight

Levels combine platforming, puzzles, combat and exploration. You leap across moving platforms, solve sliding-block puzzles, activate memory sequences and ride rotating or expanding platforms. Some platforms are pushed around by the High Desert winds.

Combat uses foam-style blasters, different ammunition types, throwable donuts, melee attacks, slow motion and a silly ability that can throw enemies into chaos. You face enemies such as rabid toddlers, exploding teddy bears and kids obsessed with their favorite animals. If you try to run too far away from a level, your mom might have something to say about it.

Find tapes and face bosses

Ned Peter Calhoun, an NPC, needs help recovering his missing VHS tapes. Collect enough tapes in each level to unlock the boss fight blocking your way forward. Exploring brings you closer to finding FooFoo.

Make friends

Between levels, you return to a donut shop, where you can give gifts to friends and improve your friendship levels. Stronger friendships make allies more helpful in combat, providing extra support in tougher encounters. Trying to keep everyone happy at once can cause trouble of its own.

Play with your audience

Streamer Mode lets a Twitch streamer’s chat trigger extra enemy spawns during gameplay. The game also features family-friendly humor, with later levels offering a real challenge.