🐰Pet Store Escape is a 3-player cooperative puzzle game, where three animals work together to escape the confines of their box in the store. 

This game is made by two students and their teacher for the Bad Ideas Game Jam 2026. Our bad idea was to make a game that expects gamers to have friends.

If you do have friends, grab them and plug in a controller and see how far you can get!

If you don't have friends nearby, activate singleplayer mode in the settings - but we highly recommend playing with friends. 

Don't forget to check out the speedrunning leaderboard [H], and try to beat the best times!

🕹️🧑‍🤝‍🧑CONTROLS

⌨️ Player 1 (keyboard)

• [A]/[D] to move left/right.

🖱️ Player 2 (mouse)

• Move mouse - click to pick up items
• Scroll to rotate held item

🎮 Player 3 (controller)

• Left Stick to aim
• LB/RB to change colour
• (X)/(A) to shoot (HOLD to charge up)

🕹️🧍SINGLEPLAYER (activate in settings)

• [A]/[D] : move left/right
• Move mouse to move bat
• Left Mouseclick to grab items
• [SPACE] : Shoot (hold to charge)
• [C] : Change shot colour

Other

• [ESC] to pause and open settings
• [R] to respawn at checkpoint
• [H] to open speedrun leaderboard

Hints

• Use shooting recoil if you get stuck (or for extra jump boost!)
• Activate friendless/singleplayer mode in settings [ESC]
• Place boxes halfway on yourself to get on top of the box
  
  

• Web  version only
  • Lagspike when triggering first color wall
  • Skybox too dark

Target🎯

Hit a target to open doors or to start a moving platform

Moving platform🚡

Some platform run automatically, others you have to shoot a target to start. Stand on top of the moving platforms.

Color walls🟥

Shoot colored walls with a ball of a matching color to remove it - shoot it again to get it back.

Box📦

You can grab the box with your mouse and move the box where you want. You need to use it to patch holes with or cover spikes.

Bouncer🛡️

You have to take the bouncer and use it to get the ball behind things. You can also rotate the bouncer while holding, to reach tricky angles.

Checkpoint🚩

Checkpoint saves your location. You will respawn at the last checkpoint if you die or press [R].

Spikes🌵

Spikes will kill you. RIP.

Teleporter 🌀

If you enter the portal you will be teleported somewhere. Teleporting will cause the bat the let go of held items.

UFO🛸

UFOs can levitate stuff. (currently only found in the end-credit playground)

🦾Credits

Level Designer: Severin

3D modeller: Bananv2

Team Leader: AEPSchmitt

🤝Thanks to our playtesters!

• Johannes
• Viggo
• Elias

Thanks to Jonny RaZeR for hosting the jam

Thanks to CheddaBoards for providing leaderboard database

Thanks to Quaternius for the bat model

Thanks to J0Y for the cardboard box model