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Octodad: Dadliest Catch

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Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game where you play as a loving husband and father who is also an octopus. Everything checks out here.

Prototype Info Prerelease Info Unused ModelsTons of models from the prototype only still remain in the files.

Debug Mode#

Pressing Left Shift + Right Shift + Pause Break enables/disables debug mode

  • Display hitboxes (J)
  • Next checkpoint (P)
  • Previous checkpoint (O)
  • End level (`)
  • Load wedding bells (1)
  • Load home, sweet home (2)
  • Load gervason's grocery (3)
  • Load aquatic fun center (4)
  • Load world of kelp (5)
  • Load the deep sea (6)
  • Load amazon arcade (7)
  • Load sea legs (8)
  • Load toilet and trouble (9)
  • Load shark naked (0)
  • Load silent but dadly (-)
  • Load hot concessions (=)
  • Reload level (F1)
  • Display PhysX debug menu (F6)
  • Hide UI (F7)
  • Open command bar, type in level file name (F8)
  • Freecam (F9)
  • Anchor camera (F11)
  • Take damage (F12)
  • Teleport player to camera (End)
  • Freeze game for a second, unknown (Home)
  • Vignette changes?, unknown (Delete)

Unused Music#

SongOpeningCreditsJP SongEndCreditsJP Japanese version of Octodad (Nobody Suspects a Thing) found In music.fsb

Unused Textures#

Present in the files for the Aquarium levels is a placeholder graphic of the Florida Aquarium, which the developers used as a placeholder until their Texture had been finished.

The grocery level, at one point, was likely originally going to have the sweepstakes part. The sign for this can still be found however.

Demo Mode#

The Entirety of Demo Mode is left over in the final game, this can be activated by setting the Demo Modes variable from False, to True, in the games .INI file.

Gameplay#

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Thanks for Playing Screen#

Unused Modes#

Sandbox#

  • According to the Devs, Sandbox would have just been the normal game, but without any way to get caught, This is completely unused in the final game, the only thing that still exists, is two icons showcasing the gamemodes.

Anti-Piracy#

If you either play the game without running it through Steam or buying it, parts of the pause menu functionality won't work. Even worse, you can't exit out of the menu, with the only way for you to exit the game is by closing the application.