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Bluey: The Videogame is a video game based on the hit TV series. Released on November 17, 2023, it is developed by Artax Games and published by Outright Games for all major 8th and 9th gen platforms: Microsoft Windows (Steam), PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, and Nintendo Switch.[1][2]
Furthermore, to celebrate the game's launch, Xbox introduced a special Bluey Xbox Series X console, which fans had the chance to win by tweeting with the hashtag #BlueyXboxSweepstake. The sweepstake ended on December 13, 2023.
Gameplay[]
The game has been described by IGN as an "interactive sandbox", which allows players to free-roam Bluey's Brisbane and play the Heelers favourite games while featuring a four-part story which entices players to play through to gain in-game rewards. The game features the series' original voice talent.[3]
Collectables are stored in the sticker book. To get them, you must either find a certain object, like a toy, or water plants. The toys that have been found can always be selected from the toy basket to play with.
By finding collectibles, you can earn XP, which can unlock hats.
The PlayStation 4 version features double entitlement for the PlayStation 5 edition, with Smart Delivery on offer for the Xbox One and Series X/S. The Nintendo Switch version runs at only 30 FPS at 1080p when docked and 720p in portable mode, with the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC versions running at a max resolution of 4K and 60 FPS and the Xbox Series S version running at 1440p and 60 FPS. Theoretically, this would make this the first official Bluey content to run in 4K.[4] The game runs on Unity.
Synopsis[]
Join the fun with Bluey and her family in Bluey: The Videogame!
Play a brand-new story set across 4 interactive adventures. For the first time ever, explore iconic locations such as the Heeler House, Playgrounds, Creek and a bonus beach location. Play your favourite games from the TV show, including Keepy Uppy, Chattermax Chase, and more!
The fun doesn't stop there! This game won't be trifficult, just a lot of fun. Experience the joy and wonder of Bluey's world, with local multiplayer you can play with friends and family in story mode and free play!
Explore and collect items for your sticker book, unlock outfits and uncover the many secrets and hidden references throughout each location. Recreate iconic scenes or create your very own Bluey inspired adventures and games.
Play time - Play as Bluey and her family including Chilli, Bingo and Bandit.
Co-op play - Play with your family and friends in a variety of exciting games and challenges.
Explore - Recreate iconic moments from the TV series and immerse yourself in Bluey’s world
Outright Games, in partnership with BBC Studios, is opening up the world of the beloved animated preschool series and inviting you to join Bluey and her buddies in an all-new interactive sandbox adventure, aptly titled Bluey: The Videogame, that will give players free rein to explore Bluey's house and several other iconic locations.
Become immersed in the world of Bluey in this interactive sandbox adventure as players navigate faithfully recreated and iconic locations including Bluey’s home – fully explorable for the first time. Embrace your inner Bluey with minigames and activities to earn in-game rewards including new costumes, stickers, playable episodes, and locations.
Pre-Release[]
Follow the Heeler family on a holiday adventure to find a treasure hidden by Bandit and his brothers many years ago. The game takes place in 5 iconic show locations, and its story mode tells a family-friendly adventure about creating your own cherished memories with your family.
Play a brand-new story set across 4 interactive adventures, explore iconic locations, play your favourite games from the TV show and also play with your friends and family in local multiplayer.
Plot Recap[]
Before the game begins, the player is given the opportunity to choose between the four nuclear Heeler family members. Episodes in the game can be replayed in any order after completion.
Warning - spoilers!
It's another morning at the Heeler House. Bandit and Chilli get some shuteye as the kids walk up to them. They're ready for a fun holiday! Bluey shows the parents a sticker book she's made for the occasion. This holiday, the Heelers plan to meet Muffin at the playground, talk with Granddad, and go to the beach! The girls are soon about to play Mermaids, but Chilli tells them to tidy up the house - they've practically turned it into a zoo with all the animal toys lying around.
Episode One - "Holidays!"[]
The Heelers are soon at work helping tidy up the house. After all the animal toys are cleaned up, Bingo directs Bluey's attention to the Last Balloon. Perhaps it's time for some good-ol' Keepy Uppy! After a quick bounce in the play room, they move the game outside. Bandit gives the balloon a bit of help, but it flies into the spare bedroom. The girls retrieve the balloon, with Bluey finding what seems to be a map drawn on the back of an old picture of Bandit in the 80's. This spurs the family into a new objective: find the treasure.
Finishing this episode allows you to play Keepy Uppy.
Episode Two - "Rescue!"[]
The Heelers are going to visit Uncle Stripe and Muffin at the park, hoping to ask Stripe about his map piece. After setting up a stand to catch Gecky, the four head to the park, where they find Stripe and Muffin after some searching around. Muffin insists on everyone playing dress up as well, and they then play a game of Ground's Lava and rescue Muffin, who is pretending to be a princess. Following the game, Stripe surrenders his map piece before heading home with Muffin for lunch.
Finishing this episode allows you to play Ground's Lava.
Episode Three - "Chattermax!"[]
The Heeler kids colour with a sense of patience within; still waiting for Gecky. Just then, the bell rings; the kids demand Bandit not to open the door, so he hollers for the Heeler outside. It's Radley - Bandit tells him to instead go through the back. However, the pathway to the back is occupado by active sprinklers. After the Heelers turn off the haywire sprinklers, Radley shows the kids their late Christmas present; a Chattermax.
Immediately, the Chattermax demands food of numerous kinds, and soon goes haywire. The Heelers are forced to chase Chattermax through the house as it goes thrashing about the place, with the toy even hurting Radley and stealing his wallet (and map piece). Soon, the cunning Chattermax is completely contained, and Radley hands the Heeler kids his map piece.
Finishing this episode allows you to play Chattermax Chase.
Episode Four - "Treasure!"[]
Grandad is now in the house as the kids come over with the Magic Xylophone. After a good few tests with the other family members, the Heelers convene and obtain supplies for their journey to the creek. After rock hopping and saving Mort from mozzies, the Heelers find that the creek is in less-than-satisfactory shape, so they put the supplies to good use. After cleaning up the creek, the kids finally arrive at the place where Bandit had buried the treasure.
Said treasure is an Action Lad doll- er, action figure. The reason why it's hidden? Bandit and bros brawled over the doll, so their father told them to put it away. The brothers decide to bury it so no more arguments ensue.
Finishing this episode allows you to play Magic Xylophone.
Epilogue[]
Bingo enjoys her new 80's toy, while Bluey remains despondent. Chilli rallies Bingo, as it's time to go to the beach! However, Bluey voices her disappointment to her father, who decides to show her the sticker book and all the memories she and her family has made throughout the holidays. Reassured, Bluey hugs her father as Gecky finally falls.
However, no one catches it - even Bandit, who's last out the door.
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Characters in bold can be selectable by the player
Other characters[]
Locations[]
As shown in-game:
- The Heeler's House
- The Playground
- The Backyard (also part of the house)
- The Creek
- The Beach
Games[]
As part of the story:
- Keepy Uppy
- Ground is Lava
- Chattermax Chase
- Magic Xylophone
Played separately:
- Sticky Gecko[5]
Collectibles[]
Collectibles[]
There are 4 different types of collecticbles: Newspapers, Pavlova, Leaf Bugs and Ice Hockey Sticks.
Each of them can be found 3 times on each area. After you found all three of a collectible in one area, it will turn into a piece of a picture in the Sticker Book.
Stickers[]
Stickers can be collected when finding toys or water plants and will be visible in the Sticker Book.After collecting a toy sticker, you can go to the toy basket located in various spots throughout the areas to play with them. While the plants are stickers too, they are not available in the toy basket.
Two toys, the red balloon and the striped ball, are already available in the toy basket from the beginning, and you don't need to find them first.
Toy Basket
The two already available toys
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Unknown Plush with party hat | Plushie |
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Unknown pink bunny plush | Plushie |
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Unknown purple cat plush | Plushie |
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Unicorse | Plushie |
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Greydancer | Plushie |
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Unknown seagull or pelican plush | Plushie |
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Unknown monkey plush | Plushie |
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Polly Puppy | Plushie |
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Unknown frog plush | Plushie |
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Floppy | Plushie |
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Unknown cloud plush | Plushie |
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Unknown golden teddy | Plushie |
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Jump Ball | Ball |
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Football | Ball |
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Volleyball | Ball |
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Power Bloke Basketball | Ball |
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Trampoline | Trampoline |
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Beach Ball | Ball |
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Purple Flowers | Plant |
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Tree 1 | Plant |
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Blue Flowers 1 | Plant |
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Bush with White Flowers | Plant |
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Green Plants | Plant |
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Bush with Pink and Purple Flowers | Plant |
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Purple Bush | Plant |
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Bush with Yellow Flowers | Plant |
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Blue Flowers 2 | Plant |
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White Flowers | Plant |
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Pink Plants | Plant |
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Tree 2 | Plant |
Hats[]
Hats can be worn and changed by all playable characters. To change a hat, the player must visit the Hat Basket, which can be found in various locations throughout each area.
Hat Basket
Certain hats are accessible from the beginning of the game, while others become available after playing Rescue. The other hats can be unlocked by earning enough XP and achieving the next level. Later instead of hats, players will be get ribbons. These ribbons will show a number in the upper left corner of the screen, indicating the total ribbons collected.
Note: "Butterfly Wings" aren't actual hats, they are worn on the back.
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No hat | Standart |
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Normal Cap | Available |
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Camouflage Cap | Available |
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Beach Hat | Available |
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Explorer Hat | Available |
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Summer Hat | Available |
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Paper Crown | Available |
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Campaign Hat | Available |
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Gnome Hat | Available |
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Camouflage Hat | Available after playing "Rescue" |
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Tiara | Available after playing "Rescue" |
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Elegant Hat (pink) | Available after playing "Rescue" |
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Baby Hat | Available after playing "Rescue" |
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Branches Headdress | Level unlockable |
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Chef Hat | Level unlockable |
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Chekered Red Hat | Level unlockable |
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Heart Boppers | Level unlockable |
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Cowboy Hat | Level unlockable |
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Elegant Hat | Level unlockable |
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Train Driver Hat | Level unlockable |
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Farmer Hat | Level unlockable |
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Flower Crown | Level unlockable |
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Butterfly Wings | Level unlockable |
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Magician Hat | Level unlockable |
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Nurse Cap | Level unlockable |
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Police Cap | Level unlockable |
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Princess Tiara | Level unlockable |
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Raindeer Ears | Level unlockable |
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Crown | Level unlockable |
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Bike Helmet | Level unlockable |
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Party Hat 1 | Level unlockable |
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Captain's Hat | Level unlockable |
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Viking Helm | Level unlockable |
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Pirate Hat | Level unlockable |
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Royal Crown | Level unlockable |
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Prize Ribbon | Level unlockable |
Achievements[]
There are 22 achievements available for Steam and Xbox, and 23 achievements for PlayStation. While some achievements lack descriptions on how to obtain them, they are easy to acquire. The Nintendo Switch version does not feature any achievements.
The PlayStation version offers 6 bronze, 8 silver, 8 gold, and 1 platinum trophies. Xbox achievements will grant 1,000 gamerscore points.
| Icon | Name | Description | Gamerscore | Trophy | Method |
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It's like a zoo down here! | Round up all the animals | 15 
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 Bronze |
Clean up all the required animals in the house (this is part of the start of the game). |
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Flamingo Queen | Rescue Muffin | 15
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Bronze |
Rescue Muffin by climbing up the playground (required for story progress). |
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Give me squeaky! | Feed Chattermax | 15
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Bronze |
Feed Chattermax with Strawberries (required for story progress). |
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Freeze! | Freeze Mort Two Times | 15
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Bronze |
Chase Mort and freeze him twice (this is required to progress through the story). |
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Gone With The Wind! | Finish Episode 1 | 30
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 Silver |
Finish the first episode. |
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Classic Stripe | Finish Episode 2 | 30
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Silver |
Finish the second episode. |
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Gotcha | Finish Episode 3 | 30
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Silver |
Finish the third episode. |
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The Creek is beautiful! | Finish Episode 4 | 30
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Silver |
Finish the story. |
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Family Matters | Play as all four members of the Heeler Family | 15
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Bronze |
Play as Bluey, Bingo, Chilli and Bandit at least once. |
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All the things! | Unlock all Collectibles | 90
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 Gold |
Collect all 60 collectibles. |
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Sticky Situations | Collect all the Stickers | 90
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Gold |
Collect all the Stickers/Toys. |
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Fancy Ladies! | Unlock all the Costumes | 90
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Gold |
You'll get XP for collecting Stickers and completing tasks, which will unlock costumes. |
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Holidays! | Complete the Sticker Book | 100
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Gold |
Collect all collectibles & stickers, and water all unknown plants. |
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Keepie Uppie Expert | Hit the balloon 25 times before it hits the ground | 75
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Gold |
In a game of Keepie Uppie, hit the balloon 25 times without it hitting the ground. |
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The only way to travel on lava | Win 5 games of Ground is lava | 75
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Gold |
Play Ground is Lava 5 times without losing. |
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Don't Let Go | Win 5 games of Chattermax Chase | 75
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Gold |
Play Chattermax Chase 5 times without losing. |
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Island Rhythms! | Freeze Everyone in less than 30 seconds | 75
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Gold |
In a game of Magic Xylophone, chase and freeze all the other players in less than 30 seconds. |
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Pretty cool leaves | (none) | 15
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Bronze |
Find a watering can, fill it with water and grow a plant to its final stage. |
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Bouncy house | (none) | 30
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Silver |
Go to the backyard, find the trampoline and jump as high as you can (hold the jump button to jump higher). |
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Toast is ready | (none) | 30
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Silver |
Catapult someone off of the seesaw. |
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Slide, Slide, Slide | (none) | 30
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Silver |
Go to the 3 slides on the hill at the playground and slide off all of them without touching the ground until the end. |
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Hattrick | (none) | 30
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Silver |
Go to the backyard and score 3 goals. |
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Double Hooray! (PlayStation only) |
Unlock all other Trophies | (none) |  Platinum |
Get every other Trophy. |
System Requirements[]
Minimum:
OS: Windows 10, 64-Bit
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 1200/Intel Core i3-7100
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB / GeForce GTX 1630
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 7 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
Recommended:
OS: Windows 10, 64-Bit
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2500X / Intel Core i5-8400
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 280 / Nvidia GTX 960
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 10 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
Trivia[]
- This is the first Bluey video game released on consoles.
- This is the second official Bluey video game after Bluey: Let's Play! - also released in 2023.
- The game features the younger versions of Bandit, his brothers and Bob Heeler, all of which were first seen in Fairytale.
- Bluey and Jean-Luc's tent from Camping can be found at the Creek.
- An image of Bluey riding her bike from the titular episode also hangs on the wall of the Heeler house.
- This game shares the same release date (17th November 2023) as the Super Mario RPG remake and the reboot of 2017 Star Wars Battlefront II.
- Some of the trophies and/or Achievements are references to Bluey episodes.
- The game contains some assets that are low quality, most notably Bandit's muzzle.
- Unlike most games, Bluey: The Videogame's PC version stores its save files in the Windows Registry.
- The location varies on the game verison. On 1.0, the game stores it's files to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DefaultCompany\Project biscuits], while more recent versions save the files to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DefaultCompany\Project biscuits ], only varying with a space.
Glitches[]
- Performance varies on the base eighth-generation consoles (non-Pro).
- Sometimes, in the "Chattermax!" episode, prior to a post-launch update, Bandit will repeatedly say "C'mon, squirts, let's go meet Rad in the backyard!"
- When something is collected, the collected item and some other item will trigger an "item has been collected" animation, even though only one item was collected.
- In the beach, if the player goes underneath the umbrella, the player will be stuck and will only be able to select a character or quit the game.
- In the creek, there is a rare instance where Bluey, Bingo, and Chilli will repeatedly walk over the waterfall.
- If the player jumps in the "Rescue!" episode, there is a chance they could get frozen in mid-air.
- If the player touches lava after returning to the safe spot, the player will repeatedly hop on their legs, even if on the safe spot.
- Bandit is missing half of his hair on the black area throughout the game, even when he's younger.
- Stickerbook Storage: You can store the stickerbook by picking up an object, then going to the stickerbook. When you're at the stickerbook, drop the object. As it falls, open the games menu and select any game. The menu will open, and you can select any episode or travel to any other location.
- This allows you to skip a checkpoint in any episode by doing this glitch, then selecting an episode. After that, end the game or disconnect your controller. You can open the stickerbook at any point during the episode to skip a checkpoint. This can lead to a softlock and a broken save file depending on where you activate the glitch in the episode.
- This can also lead to another softlock in which the game over sequence for Keepy Uppy would play repeatedly until restarting the game. This can be achieved by doing stickerbook storage with Keepy Uppy, and either traveling to another location that is not a part of the heeler house, or by doing Episode 2 as fast as you can so that the timer runs out while at the Playground. Make sure the timer runs out while away from the Heelers' house.
- You can do a softlock by reloading your save file at any point after finishing episode 2, requiring you to restart. This happens once per save file, and will no longer happen if you restart the game at any point. This softlock only happens on the Nintendo Switch version.
References[]
- ↑ https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/bluey-the-videogame-rated-australian-classification-2624159/
- ↑ https://www.vooks.net/bluey-is-getting-her-very-own-videogame/
- ↑ IGN Article
- ↑ https://www.nintendolife.com/features/hands-on-bluey-the-videogame-in-real-life
- ↑ https://www.thegamer.com/bluey-the-videogame-preview-aw-biscuits-really-like-game-made-for-kids/
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