Ghosts Stole My Puppy

Ghosts Stole My Puppy

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Ghosts Stole My Puppy
Information
Released	2010
Link(s)	Neutronized.com
Levels	18
Platform(s)	Browser
Genre	Platform
Control scheme	Keyboard and Mouse
Credits
Art	Gionathan Pesaresi
Code	Gionathan Pesaresi
Music	Filippo Vicarelli

Ghosts Stole My Puppy (known as Ghosts Stole My Dog on Miniclip), is Neutronized's first released game, in 2010. The player controls a dog owner in search of his pet puppy, who has been kidnapped by ghosts.

Controls

• Left, right - Move
• Up - Jump
• Mouse - Move to aim, click and hold to activate vacuum

Levels

Ghost Stole My Puppy has 16 levels and two bonus levels making a total of eighteen levels. The two bonus levels are granted accesses after the player goes through a special door that is sealed off and needs a gold key to be opened.

Level 1

Level 1 introduces pale ghosts, house items, and health items. To complete the level, the player should proceed forward, vacuuming or avoiding any enemies they encounter, jumping onto a credenza and a bookshelf to reach an upper platform, and walk into the exit.

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Level 2

Level 2 introduces keys and blue ghosts. To complete the level the player should go forward, vacuum or avoid any ghosts they encounter, and, when the path splits into two routes, takes the bottom route that contains stairs. After going down the stairs, the player should go down nearby staircase in a room that has a green brick wall. Located at the end of the room is a key but also, hidden amongst the boxes present, is a ghost that will dash at the player once they obtain the key. It is best to walk backwards, jump on top of the box at the very edge, then touch the key so that when the ghost dashes at the player, they can jump forward and over it then destroy it. After obtaining the key, the player should go back up the staircase to open a door on the right, then proceed down the staircase, continue forward and either avoid or attack the nearby ghosts, and then walk into the exit.

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Level 3

Level 3 introduces yellow ghosts and the skateboard as well as being the first of three to break from the established formula of completing levels via exploration. Level 3 is fast paced and consist of a long hallway which is navigated by the player on the skateboard that will accelerate their movements, allow them to jump high, but prevent the vacuum cleaner from being used. The yellow ghosts present within the level move up and down and must be avoided by either jumping over them or moving under.

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Level 4

Level 4 introduces red ghosts. To complete the level the player should go forward and follow the path while vacuuming or avoiding any ghosts they encounter. The player will eventually encounter two routes with a one being a locked door straight ahead, which leads to a room with a chocolate bar, and a staircase leading downward which should be taken to progress through the level. After taking the staircase, the player will again find two routes with a staircase going downwards, which should be taken to progress farther, and a room straight ahead containing a key which can open the locked door previously encountered.

After taking the downwards route, the player should continue to follow the path as well as avoid or defeat any enemies. Shortly the player will encounter two rooms with a high ceilings with the first containing one red ghost and the second two red ghosts, a locked door, and a light blue key on a ledge. Due to the placing of the key, the two red ghosts should be defeated to avoid killing the owner and after the key is obtained, the door unlocked will lead to a hallway with the exit at the end.

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Level 5

Level 5 introduces elevators. To complete the level the player should take the top left path, as the bottom left and upper right path are locked and the bottom right path will leads two a room with house items and a secret room with a health item, and vacuum or avoid any ghosts they encounter. After following the path, the player will encounter an elevator which they must board to gain accesses to the upper platform that contains a brown key at the back of the room.

After obtaining this key, the player should go back and take the top right path, unlock the door, board another elevator to go downwards, and they will arrive in a high-ceiling room with two red ghost, a health item, and a blue key located at the far back. After obtaining the key, the player should go back and take the bottom left path, avoid or destroy the ghosts encountered, jump across the book shelf to reach the raised platform, and walk into the exit.

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Level 6

Level 6 contains the first boss of Ghosts Stole My Puppy: the chef ghost. The chef ghost will throw frying pans at the player and later come out to drop wine bottles on them. To complete the level the player should avoid the frying pans thrown, of which there are three waves, and wait for the boss to come out whereupon, since the boss can now be attacked, they should avoid the wine bottles dropped and vacuum the chef ghost. The level will be complete upon defeating the chef ghost.

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Level 7

Level 7 introduces slime ghosts, slime, and purple slime creatures as well as presents a new scenario being less clean and consisting of green brick walls, objects that resemble office furniture and equipment, and slime appearing on the walls on certain occasions. To complete the level the player should follow the path forward, jump over any obstacles and either vacuum or avoid ghosts, take the first elevator downward, and go down the left path as the right path is locked.

After avoiding or destroying the ghosts encountered, the player will find a key at the end of the room and they should then go and unlock the door, proceed forward avoiding the lower path, and board the elevator the closest to the locked door. After getting off on the upper platform, the player should obtain the key at the end of the room, go back to unlock the door, and walk into the exit.

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Level 8

Level 8 introduces yellow slugs and moving platforms. To complete the level the player should follow the path an avoid or destroy any ghosts encountered. After going a short distance forward, the player will encounter a slime ghost whereupon they should notice a black pole sticking out of the ground, this is the upper part of an elevator, and jump over it. If the player so happens to miss jumping over the pole, they simply need to follow the path and either avoid or destroy the ghosts encountered, take the elevator found near the end upward, open the locked door with the nearby key, and proceed on their way. If the player has avoided falling down where the black pole is, they should also proceed forward and will then encounter several moving platform, which they should board, and ghosts. The player should then take the elevator downwards, follow the path, and enter the exit found at the very end.

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Level 9

Level 9 is a fast-paced level involving the skateboard. To complete the level, though there are many ways, it is best if the player stays crouches at the start of the level till after passing all the yellow ghosts, which will miss the player, and then jumps as early as after passing the third flight of stairs to avoid a slime vat. After the player goes through a long hallway, they should jump where the ceiling slants upwards and then slow the skate board by pressing the left arrow key which will help them judge better when to jump, which should be slightly at the end of the platforms to avoid the slime vats. When the player lands on the platform with two yellow ghosts, it is advisable to crouch to miss the first, jump to miss the second, and then jump again to vault over a slime vat.

After some distance forward, the player will encounter a sharp drop in the floor with the next platform's drop the player should jump to go on an upper platform to avoid two yellow ghosts. After more distance is passed, near where there is a sharp rise in the floor and two yellow ghosts, the player should slow down the skate board near the platform's end, jump onto the platform in the midst of a slime vat, and jump again to the the next platform. A fork in the road comes up shortly with the player having to take the upper route, as the lower route will kill them, and a certain time after, the player will be presented with the obstacle of several long platform in a slime vat. After these obstacles are avoided, the player will jump of the skate board where the floor rises and the exit can be found right ahead.

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Level 10

Level 10 is the first of two levels, the other being level 13, to have an alternate exit. The alternate exit is seen near the start of the level behind a locked door that needs a golden key to be unlocked. This key is found in a seemingly unreachable area of the floor located after the player has dismounted two elevators and taken the upper path. This key can be accessed by going to the platform above it via the nearby elevator, hopping on top of a desk and then a bookshelf located near the end of the platform, passing through the fake wall at the left side, keeping right while falling down the hidden shaft, and, once the player lands on the hidden platform, moving across it to get the key.

To complete the level normally the player should follow the path and take both elevators, take the upper path encountered (as the lower path is locked), proceed forward while either avoiding or defeating the ghosts encountered, and mounting the elevator to gain access to the upper platform. After moving to the end of the upper platform, and defeating or avoiding the slime ghosts there, the player should jump from the desk to the bookshelf to obtain the key, either go backtrack or jump upwards through the fake part of the wall, take the lower path, and open the door. The player should then follow the path, take the moving platforms across the slime vat, either avoid or destroy the ghosts encountered while proceeding forward, and take the elevator to the upper level. The player then simply needs to take a moving platform across a slime vat, climb a short flight of stairs, jump to reach the platform across, and proceed forward into the exit.

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Level 11

Level 11 contains the second boss of Ghosts Stole My Puppy: the giant slime. The giant slime attacks the player by splashing slime from the vat it resides in, signs of this appearing when it jumps upwards, and sending out three slime ghosts. To defeat the giant slime, the player has vacuum it while it is in its slime vat which will result in the boss changing colours, indicating it is losing health. After the boss is defeated, the level will be complete.

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Level 12

Level 12 introduces teleporting ghosts, hard floor, moving blocks, and turning boards as well as presents a different scenario of a more dilapidated haunted house than the first scenario from earlier levels. To complete the level the player should proceed forward, vacuum or avoid any ghosts encountered, take the stairs downward, jump through the false wall at the end of the room, and obtain a brown key found in the hidden room. The player should then take the stairs upward, proceed forward, jump over the turning boards, unlock the door, and board the elevator upward located at the end of the room. The player should then go right, avoid the moving blocks while proceeding forward, take the elevator downwards, obtain the light blue key at the back of the room, then go back and take the left route. The player should use the turning boards to cross over to the next platform, open the door, and walk into the exit.

Level 13

Level 13 is the last of fast-paced levels involving the skateboard and also has an alternate exit to bonus level 18. This alternate exit is found behind a locked door on a high platform accessed by jumping onto a turning board found near the middle of the level. The key to open the door is placed behind a fake wall that is only accessible after the first optional long stretch of turning boards.

To complete the level, it is best the player takes the upper hidden path found after the first instance they are given options of where to progress, jump when they reach the middle of turning boards, and near the end of platforms when they reach a section that is only hard floor between small sections of raised platforms. The first group of yellow ghosts can be easily evaded if the player jumps over the first one, then crouches upon landing to avoid the next two, and finally jumping near the third to evade it and the last yellow ghost. The yellow ghosts that are encountered shortly after a small set of stairs leading downwards can be easily avoided if the player jumps up near the moment that they reach the stairs. After a stretch containing two yellow ghosts moving up and down, the third turning board should be jumped of only when it tips downward.

Level 16

This level contains the last boss of the game, The baron. He attacks by throwing white spheres that will move across the floor and must be jumped over, or ones that must be crouched under, and ones that move up and down in a zig zag pattern. To defeat the baron suck up the blue orbs that are coming from around the shield that he is in. Once all those orbs have been sucked up the barons shield will be destroyed and he can now be vacuumed. He will try to ram into the player but this can be used against him as he comes closer and is easier to vacuum. Once the baron is in the vacuum the level will end and the ending can now be seen.

Level 17

Level 17 is a bonus level that the player is granted accesses to after they go through an alternative exit in level 10. The level contains several toy turtles on a toy island with the exit located at the back of the level.

Level 18

Level 18 is a bonus level accessed by going through a alternate exit in level 13. The level consists of a raised and lowered platform with a bookshelf in between, a few hamster toys scattered around the bookshelf, and the exit at the far back of the level.

Ending

	This box contains SPOILERS! Click [show] to reveal.
The picture shows the Owner stooping on the floor and petting his puppy.

Enemies

• Pale ghosts - Are usual ghost and will take away health if touched and attack by dashing at the player
• Blue ghosts - Act just like pale ghosts but are always found with a box over their heads that must be pulled off before they can be destroyed.
• Yellow ghosts - Have spikes all over themselves and they move up and down. They will only appear on levels with the skateboard.
• Red ghosts - Will grab items to throw at the player but will drop them if the player tries to destroy them.
• Slime ghosts - Will drop slime on floors and dash at the player.
• Purple slime creatures - Will spit purple slime at the player and leave a large amount of slime when destroyed.
• Yellow slugs - Crawl slowly across the floor and leaves yellow slime when destroyed.
• Teleporting ghosts - Will disappear and reappear near the player to cause a red ball, that is attracted to them, to hit the player.

Interactive objects

• Skateboard - Appear only in certain levels and, once touched, will allow the player to move faster then normal and jump higher but with the disadvantage of the vacuum cleaner rendered unusable.
• House items - Scattered around levels and grant points upon touch.
• Health items - Appears as food items and restore one bar of health.
• Keys - Open doors once they are collected and the player touches the door.
• Moving platforms - Move back and fourth over pools of slime.
• Turning boards - When the player jumps on one they will begin to tip to one side.

Hazards

• Slime - Seen in pools, dropped by slime ghosts, purple ghosts, yellow ghosts, and Giant slime and will harm the player upon contact. Slime dropped by enemies can be removed by the vacuum cleaner.
• Moving blocks - Will move apart and back together and crush the player if they are unable to get away.
• Hard floor - Often found beneath turning boards and will instantly kill the player upon contact.

Gallery

The menu as it appears if the player has not started playing Ghosts Stole my Puppy

The menu as it appears once the player has attempted to play the game note that the puppy is missing

The level select screen (click to enlarge), note that level 14 is not unlocked

Trivia

• Level 10 of Ghosts Stole My Puppy links to level 17. If the player goes through the alternate exit, and it is possible to complete skip fighting the second boss, the giant slime, because level 11 will not be unlocked since the exit in level 17 skips to level 12.
  • Likewise in level 13, which has the alternate exit to bonus level 18, completely skips level 14 and goes to level 15 if the player takes the alternate exit.
• The game's plot and gameplay are inspired by Luigi's Mansion.