100% speedrun notes and useful info

Rough Game Notes

BackTracking: The Video Game
The Guide to Slaying Pussy


This guide is all the notes that Paulmall and AlecGW took whilst learning how to run this game. It is very rough and features many spelling mistakes, incorrect spelling of in-game characters and lots of inconsistencies in format. It is just intended to be a bit of help for new players :) Most info was gathered from playing or from this website  http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Petz:_Dogz_2_and_Catz_2
Good luck and have fun. (As much fun as you can have playing this anyway…)


The Run:
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Run Starts when you press “Start Adventure”
So you can spend time on character creation and settings adjustments
Set text speed to fastest in settings

List of locations with Abbreviation coz thats what speedruners do lol

SP	South Pawville
NP	North Pawville
LL	Lappy Lake
JF	Jade Fields
DC	Dolphin Coast
WW	Whisker Woods
TH	Tail Heights
SH	Sky Heights
MI	Monolith Isle
BC	Bubble Cave
CC	Crystal Caverns
IC	Inferno Cave
PF	Polar Fields
LP	Lonesome Park
GP	Gongoro Peak
Z	Zoo (We never go here)
DR	Dimension Rift

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-starting cutscenes unskippable, spam a

Tutorial
-run after victor in chasing thing
-fish tackle across sand in sticking out bit, bug cage to right of snake
-talk to him, then straight away again
-get white cabbage butterfly. They change locations, but there was one on the garden/farm patch behind you when i did it either on the side closest to you, or the other side. How bugs work- http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Petz:_Dogz_2_and_Catz_2/Bugs
-get sardine from pier. Only 4 fish obtainable at that location, not sure on actual chances
-chat with augustus skippable with ‘+’ button

Donuts
-Teleports after last person, so order with the furthest away person last,
	Fashion Shop, Zoo, Aquarium, Drug Store, Pawn Shop

Letting ivlet out
-leave house
-skip cutscene
-spam a through text
-skip 6 cutscenes in a row
-spam a for ages till game asks you to save

Cotton
-Talk to gertrude (outside of drug store) which fixes bridge to LL
-skip LL bridge cutscene
-go to LL
-cotton on middle island on flower patch nearest to snake
- teleports back to SP
-go to lone in your house
-skip repaired drug cartel store cutscene

Porn Store
-Talk to tom
-skip cutscene
-Talk to gertrude
-skip JF bridge cutscene
-Go to JF
-Walk across 2 bridges and to the left on end of the island to the left of the house island bridge
-teleport back
-skip cutscene
-spam a
-skip cutscene

Get Saul
-Go to WW via NP
-Cross bridge on right, then left through trees
-get cherries in the bush next to 2nd snake or right after bridge (can change places)
	Also can be found near fishing pier on far left of map if not other 2
-Teleports back to SP

Flower bed
-talk to clara
-skip cutscene
-walk to zoo
-go to JF
-cross bridge and between 2 snakes and a tree (on the tip of the left bump in the path)
-spam a for a bit
-skip flowerbed cutscene
-say no to saving

Finding Sia (he doesn’t spawn early)
-talk to fashion house person
-skip cutscene
-go to police in NP and talk to ada
-go DC and talk to augusta
-go LL and middle island
-get pear, between boulder and white flowers at front right(skips later)
	Also found at top island near pier
-teleports to SP
-talk to lone
(do this stuff if you didn’t get cherries earlier){
-go to WW
-cross bridge and near snake on left
-Go back to lone in SP
}
-skip cutscene
Aquarium
-talk to aquarium guy
-skip cutscene
-go to WW
-Cross bridges right, right, left to end of path in flowers
-skip cutscene

Sick beats
-got to windmill in NP
-talk to stanly who should be 10ish metres behind you
-back to windmill
-go talk to arvin at home in SP
-back to stanly in NP
-teleports to SP, go to DC
-talk to guy at fishing pier
-got to JF via SP
-find bug up th back with bears and logs
-teleports

Call me maybe
-Go to LL
-skip cutscene
-skip another cutscene after spamming a
-go to lone in home in SP
Do this if no pear skip earlier{
-go LL
-get pear, between boulder and white flowers at front right
}

Frozen river
-go to windmill in NP
-skip cutscene
-talk to dad in home in SP
-go to WW
-skip cutscene
-go to hot spring on far left of map, then up stairs
-skip cutscene
-skip more cutscene

-health regen

Farmville
-go augusta in DC
-bad motion control pushing block

50 shades of Grey
-go to zoo in SP
-skip cutscene
-go to stanly at top of LL
-go to warren at end of DC
-go to WW
-got tio hot spring, bug on left on orange flowers
-skip cutscene
-walk up bridge to TH
-skip cutscene

Warped
-go to dad
-go to JF
-catch pig 

Getting Stoned
-augusta at DC
-learn the super complicated process of throwing a rock
-go back to SP
-skip cutscene

Pussy getting wet
-talk to clara (she is a wet pussy btw)
-warren in DC
-fish for sardines (only if you dont have the one from the tutorial)
-go to dolphin
-Fish for sword Fish for later
-Get flower

Thyme Time
-go to TH via LL
-warp back to SP
-talk to gertrude behind you
-go to LL
-go to furthest island between middle and bridge
-dig up thyme in the middle patch of flowers

-health regen

Windmill
-go Neil at windmill through convoluted path, Left then right
-skip cutscene
-go to TH warp, warp to SP
-go to warren in DC
-go to SP warp and warp to TH
-get insect, walk straight at first intersection, turn left, at tip of end of path
-skip cutscene
-go left to SH
-skip 2 cutscenes

Get to the Pokemon centre before your pokemon faints from poison
-cross first bridge, then left after 2 bridges
-spam dat long cutscene

DarkHouse
-Go to boat in DC
-skip cutscene
-Go to sia in LL on big middle island
{get swordfish if not already gotten}
-skip cutscene
-yes on choice box
-skip cutscene
-spam a
-skip more cutscene



Mirror
-to the right, past the 3 birds in an awkward spot

-yes at choice box
-skip cutscene

Water temple
-right, left, straight
-skip cutscene
-teleports to SP
-go to CC via WW

Fire Temple
-push 2nd boulder
-run through cave to top left corner
-talk to percy
-meow the skin off the dragon at the entrance
- get brass from bottom left of cave, straight till bottom
-open menu, inventory, accessories, far right option
-go into IC
-can run the whole way through without water
-skip cutscene
-teleports back to SP

Ice Temple
-warp to IC, go to CC entrance
-push rock on far right
- go left then hug right wall to the top, then right
-talk to dude, then warp to SP
-go to DC
-pick up rock and throw it at end tree
-open menu, inventory, accessories, far right, warm clothes
-go PF
-run past all hot springs, can make it without them
-left, right, right, past crack, right, right, left
-skip cutscene

Finding his lil bro
-actually walk through maze (bridge 1, bridge 2, left, right, right) to TH warp, then warp to SP
-Go to LP via rock at top of JF(cut past big rock at top instead of taking path)
-Go to GP via North
-Go North West, straight, then left  to top left
-skip cutscene
-Do it backwards
-Throw 4 rock, yay RNG tornados
-skip cutscene (you miss the victory dance :[ )
-health regen
-skip cutscene

Boss FIGHTSS
Dragon
-has to be in air to hit
- try to fit striaght away while hovering in centre
-skip cutscene

Wolf
-he stays on ground after being hit, so get another rock and be ready to hit him straight away
-skip cutscene

Cutscenes
-spam A lots
-Time is the frame that “catz Now Loading” appears after Arvin puts the Magic Hat on your head






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Item locations
general guide - http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Petz:_Dogz_2_and_Catz_2/Places
how bugs work with locations - http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Petz:_Dogz_2_and_Catz_2/Bugs

Items in order (we need to check if any of these can be obtained early to remove a redundant trip to that area)

Cotton - Lappy Lake
Cammomile - Jade Fields
Get to saul - Whisker Woods
Clay - Jade Fields
Sai - Lappy Lake
Cherries  - Whisker Woods
Sign Wood - Whisker Woods
Orchestra Insect Male - Jade Fields
Pear - Lappy Lake
Drop warm stone in hot spring - Roaring Falls

Things to try:
Catching pig without talking to Ada
Go to the Dolphin Coast island without talking to Clara
Clip through all the boulders

Name	Author
100% speedrun notes and useful info	Winter_Doggo 3 years ago
Rough Game Notes	Paulmall 8 years ago