Awesome stuff! Managed to snag the top score but only after several attempts, and still just short of 4k points. Really fun runner game, with a banger soundtrack and a ton of charm. I love all of the touches like the mustard all over the hands and the rat constellations, and just how much character is built into every little bit
There did definitely seem to be a specific strategy for success, though - just tapping instead of ever holding a direction. If you tap, you can keep moving mostly fast enough, but the hands barely move, which means you can maintain all 5 dogs for a lot longer, so long as you can still avoid everything.
I did come away feeling like my best scores had a lot to do with luck, though, outside of the tapping. It's kind of inevitable with a runner game with proper difficulty though in my opinion, but is also reinforced by the randomness of how the dogs fly when you get hit - sometimes you barely lose any, and sometimes it's instant death.
that said, I don't actually think that randomness takes away from the experience - I think it adds to it. The fact that you could instantly lose off any trash can just adds to the tension as you're getting driven forward faster and faster by that sick saxophone and I wouldn't have it any other way