Player Comments on Wholesome Dog's Birthday Adventure

A week after reading it the first time, it's clear this story will retain a place of prominence in my heart as more than the sum of its parts. It's linked in with all the good vibes of the New Year's art stream from MHD, and having read it at 3am during that special stage of sleep deprivation that feels like being drunk.

The funny thing is that just like an hour before it was published I'd made a comment on how weird it was that Sherbet himself, Wholesomeness Personified, pretty much only wrote horror, I am pretty pleased with this method of being proved wrong.

A sugary sweet game bringing Wholesome Dog to a wider audience, if written by lesser mortals seems like it would be done ironically or at least be a little too referential and self aware. But aside from the obvious reference to Wholesome Dog that carries the whole plot, and the fact that Sherb is clearly having fun almost winking but not quite, everything in here seems sincere and (of course) wholesome. It even came with some good life lessons in there for the imaginary audience of five year olds. And the pictures are just icing.


It's still a shame the Censorship Board made you put gremlins in a role clearly written for goblins, but I suppose it makes sense that they'd consider goblins too scary for children. Some would complain and call this a kind of intentional gremlinwashing, but with the token inclusion of Other Wholesome Dog I think you're in the clear from these kind of allegations.


Anyway, this was a joy to read, so thank you for writing it.

short as af

This is so cute! I would highly recommend :D

It’s not a terribly complex story, but it doesn’t need to be. It’s a simple and sweet storygame that’s just meant to be silly and give you pleasant feelings. It’s a meme, but it’s a good one. I like the inclusion of the images on every single page, and each ending has thought put into it.

W game lolz;3

Ehh its was alr

This reminded me very much of the silliness of the earlier games on the site, before we got all incest-y and had wordcounts over 5000.

I liked it, it was very wholesome, would not expect anything less from Sherb.

I also loved opening up all the pictures and checking out the names of the funny hat dogs.

Recommended for a fun 5-10 minute story :)

Wholesomely spectacular

I don't know what I should rate this, but it was really cute

I love this story, but still a bit sad that Wholesome Dog didn’t get to his party after all.

Very wholesome.

I find it interesting that, as of the time of this comment, all 17 of the ratings given have been an even number, and all of the even numbers from 1-8 have been selected for a rating at least once, while there has not been a single odd-numbered rating. I also especially liked the shortness of this story.

Aww, Happy Birthday Wholesome Dog! Who's a good boy?? Yes, you are!!

Bad dog

It turns out that a wholesome dog being honored for putting out a fire and saving everyone was the hero we needed as this year begins. Anything other than wholehearted praise in the face of that cute dog wearing a red helmet would seem petty. That's a pretty smart way to avoid getting any negative comments

I deeply enjoyed the photoshopped hats.

I enjoyed this a lot, the only sour note was the wokey liberal agenda that kept censoring "stew goblins". It's just a word, people, and it has a definition that's difficult to duplicate. I mean, it's actually pretty racist treating "stew gremlins" like they're the same thing to begin with.

Best game in 2024 so far