基本プレイ無料Sill Dogsは買い？
Sill Dogsは、こんな人なら買い
- you want a little life on your desktop without giving it any attention
- you like watching animals more than commanding them
- you work or study long hours and want something calm in the corner of the screen
- you can't keep a real dog but miss having one around
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Dogs that live on your screen, not in a window
Sill Dogs is a desktop pet app: the dogs walk directly over whatever you have open, no window around them. Up to two can be out at once, and with two they notice each other, wander over, say hello and start a game of chase while your spreadsheets sit underneath.
The pixel art comes from the artist girlypixels, all rounded shapes and bright color.
Put out the beagle in the morning and it trots across your browser tabs while your coffee cools. That is more or less the whole job.
A day that follows yours
The dogs keep dog hours. Their activity peaks in the morning and evening, the daytime passes in short rests between strolls, and late at night they sleep soundly instead of tearing around the way a cat would. Now and then one breaks into a run at dawn or dusk for no reason at all, which every dog owner will recognize.
Their feelings show in their tails. A wag while sitting, a wag while lying down, faster when excited, and the hardest wagging of all saved for a reunion. The same wag looks different depending on the moment, so after a while you start reading them like a real dog.
Company without the pressure
There are no goals, timers or tasks here, nothing to fail at.
They stay out of your way too. Reactions to the cursor and to clicks can each be turned down or off, so the dogs won't come begging while you type. You can keep them off the front of the display during full-screen games or video, and drag a dog aside when it wanders somewhere you need.
What should you know before trying it?
Can you play it solo?
It is singleplayer by nature: the dogs live on your own desktop, and everything happens locally on your screen. There is nothing to connect to and nobody else to play with. If two dogs feel like company enough, the app supports having two out at once, and they entertain each other with a game of chase so you don't have to.
Is there anything to do besides watching?
Very little, and that is the honest trade-off. You can drag the dogs around, adjust how strongly they react to your cursor and clicks, change breeds, and pick which screen they appear on. Beyond that it is an idle companion: the fun is in watching their routines and tail language, not in gameplay with goals or progress. If you want commands, petting or a care system, this isn't built for that.
