Paladog is a game that is made by Jin Hyuk Kim in the game developing company named Fazecat. The full version is sold for $9.99 in the Korean App store. It had stayed in the app store’s best game for eight weeks. It is a very popular app in Korea, and it was also released on the T store and the KT holleh market.[1]
The goal of the game differs on the type of the game, but in general, the goal of the game is to defeat all of the enemy units without making Paladog/Darkdog die. Paladog and Darkdog are the main characters which give off the most damage and are the most controllable. In order to make the Paladog/Darkdog attack the enemy units, they must create their own units or use maces. In order to create their own units, Paladog/Darkdog must consume 'food.' In order to activate a mace or perform a sword attack, they must consume energy called 'mana.’ When Paladog or Darkdog uses their weapons When Paladog or Darkdog uses their weapons continuously or their units attack the enemy with brute force, the main character levels up with a new skill that can be upgraded.[2]
In the future, humans have devastated Earth, so the gods cast a deadly curse that destroyed the entire human species. But the gods gave special power to the animals so they could form their own civilization. The animals lived peacefully as the gods expected. However, the demons of the inferno lost their power. As a solution, the demons resurrected humans as deadly soldiers in order to demolish the animal civilization. The animals were helpless and most of them died. However, a hero emerged, with his unique name ‘Paladog’ an abbreviation for ‘Paladin’ and ‘dog.’ Now, Paladog must save the animals and destroy the demons to restore peace to Earth.[4]
A new character is released, and his name is Darkdog. Darkdog has different units and has more various upgrades compared to the original character ‘Paladog.’ Darkdog and Paladog can share their equipment (item). Also, a mode is added which is playing on Facebook with friends.[5]
Darkdog is a new character from the newest upgrade version of Paladog. You can use Darkdog if you clear three waves from the survival mode and win Darkdog. Paladog uses maces to fight, but Darkdog uses swords to fight. Also, Paladog uses rings, but Darkdog uses amulets. As a result, people say that Paladog is defensive, and Darkdog is offensive. [6]
There are four difficulty levels in this mode, which are easy, normal, hard, and hell. ‘Easy’ level has the weakest and least amount of enemies while ‘Hell’ level presents many and the strongest enemies. Also, the player can choose whether the graphics show blood and vivid violence or not. Depending on the type of game, the objective of the game changes, but the main, typical objective is eliminating all enemy units.[7]
The main goal of survival mode is to survive through many waves of enemies and bosses. The survival mode records can be posted on leader boards in online mode. The number of waves is unlimited and the time until the main character’s death is recorded and posted online.[8]
| Act Name | Middle Stage Boss(Stage 12) | Major Boss(Stage 24) |
|---|---|---|
| Mind Forest | Zombie King | Frog Witch |
| Forest of the Dead | Giant Soccer Skeleton | Mummy King |
| Ice Glen | Ghost King | Nomnom Duck |
| Dark Cave | Ghost Paladog | White Dragon |
| Forgotten Palace | Poison Emitting Witch | Dark Lord |
| Character | Role | Food Consumption | ATK | HP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouse the Street Fighter | Sword Attack | 10 | 10 | 15 |
| Hood the Rabbit | Arrow Attack | 20 | 200 | 100 |
| Bear the Royal Guard | Spear Attack | 30 | 400 | 1200 |
| Rooky the Kangaroo | Punch Attack | 40 | 200 | 1600 |
| Defensive Tortoise | Defense | 50 | 0 | 4000 |
| Monkey the Pirate | Bomb Attack | 70 | 600 | 320 |
| Elite Rhino | Self Destruction | 100 | 1200 | 7000 |
| Penguin the Wizard | Freeze-Spell Attack | 150 | 1500 | 1000 |
| The Pink Dragon | Fire Attack | 200 | 2000 | 5700 |
| Type of Mace | Mace Skill |
|---|---|
| Fist of Fury Mace | Emits fist like figure that gives serious damage to enemy units |
| Heal Mace | Heals units in the aura |
| Turn Undead Mace | Kills many enemies within a certain chance |
| Ice Mace | Freezes enemy units for a certain time |
| Fire Mace | Burns enemy units near paladog |
| Meteor Mace | Makes deadly meteors shoot down on enemy units |
| Wind Mace | Knocks down enemy by blowing them out with strong wind |
| Food Mace | Consumes mana to increase food |
| Lightning Mace | Electrifies enemies near paladog |
| Poison Mace | Forms a poison cloud around the enemy, giving damage to them constantly for a period of time |
| Money Mace | Uses money to attack enemies(only acceptable on survival mode) |
| Type of ring | ring Skill |
|---|---|
| The ring of Rebirth | Makess Paladog’s health regenerate faster |
| The ring of speed | Makes Paladog move faster |
| The ring of rich | Increases money gain |
| The ring of farmer | Makes food generation faster |
| The ring of experience | Increases experience gain |
| The ring of health | Increases the maximum amount of paladog’s health |
| The ring of mana | Increases the maximum amount of mana |
| The ring of magical powers | Makes mana generation faster |
| The ring of barn | Increase the maximum amount of food |
| Character | Role | Food Consumption | ATK/Heal/Stun | HP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Totem | Attack | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Warcry | Stun | 20 | 3 sec | 0 |
| Warrior Boar | Attack | 30 | 10 | 40 |
| Water Totem | Heal | 40 | 1400 | 100 |
| Summon Blade | Attack | 50 | 1000 | 0 |
| Earth Totem | Defense | 70 | 0 | 7000 |
| Fire Eagle | Attack | 100 | 1000 | 500 |
| Fire Totem | Attack | 150 | 1200 | 1300 |
| Devil Dog | Transformation Skill | 200 | 15%+ | 1%+ |
| Type of Weapon | Weapon Skill | Mana Used ( 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 ) |
|---|---|---|
| Dark Sword | Attacks short range targets | 4 / 3 / 3 / 2 |
| Wind Rapid | Fires projectile, hits 3 targets | 40 / 36 / 32 / 28 |
| Flame Sword | Causes burn status for 1 second on all enemies on forward aura range. | 80 / 72 / 64 / 56 |
| Poison dagger | Poisons for 5 seconds, 1 target | 40 / 36 / 32 / 28 |
| Dimension Hammer | Teleport units to another place in the map | 100 / 90 / 80 / 70 |
| Rock Sword | Chance of Knocking down enemies | 50 / 45 / 40 / 35 |
| Vampire Sword | Recovers HP for giving damage to enemies | 50 / 45 / 40 / 35 |
| Ice Sword | Freezes enemy units for a certain period of time | 60 / 54 / 48 / 42 |
| Mjollnir(Thor's Hammer) | Cone of Lightning in a wide area forward | 150 / 135 / 120 / 105 |
| Soul Hook | Generates Food for giving damage to enemies | 70 / 63 / 56 / 49 |
| Type of Amulet | Amulet Skill |
|---|---|
| The amulet of rebirth | Makes darkdog health regeneration faster |
| The amulet of speed | Makes darkdog move faster |
| The amulet of mana | Increases the maximum amount of mana |
| The amulet of rich | Increases money gain |
| The amulet of farmer | Makes food generation faster |
| The amulet of experience | Increases experience gain |
| The amulet of health | Increases the maximum amount of health |
| The amulet of luck | Increases chances of enemies dropping items(When enemies drop items, darkdog acquires them) |
| The amulet of prayer | Makes mana generation faster |
| The amulet of barn | Increases the maximum amount of food |