Pixel Art & Game Design
The Irregular Game: how the idea was born
The Irregular Game is the Regular Show video game I designed and drew in pixel art for Boing. Rigby and Mordecai spend their days on the couch playing video games, so I wondered: what if they played as themselves? The title and the whole gameplay came from that question.
The game starts in the show’s living room: couch, TV, paintings and side tables, redrawn pixel by pixel. This is where it all begins.
The characters become spheres
I chose seven characters from the gang and turned each one into a sphere: Rigby, Mordecai, Muscle Man, Pops, Benson, Hi Five Ghost and Skips. Every level has its character’s colour.
How to play The Irregular Game
The menu is the living room TV: choose your sphere and the difficulty, from Easy to Hell.
One button to play, on TV, phone and PC. On the ground a tap makes the sphere jump; in the flying sections you hold to go up and let go to come down.
Every level has coins and burgers to collect, and obstacles to avoid: spikes, blocks and holes in the floor.
Seven levels, seven colours
You start with Mordecai’s blue and Rigby’s brown, then come the double jump in Muscle Man’s green and the block to clear in Pops’ pink.
Benson’s level has 25 coins, Hi Five Ghost’s is full of spikes and the last one, Skips’, has 200.
The ending and Hell mode
You reach the end and… surprise: you were inside the living room TV.
I wanted a tough game, but maybe I overdid it. The higher the difficulty, the faster it goes. On Easy you restart from checkpoints, from Normal up you start from scratch. Hell mode? I’ve never beaten it.
Credits
- Client: Boing Italy and Boing Spain
- Concept, game design and pixel art: Manolo Saviantoni – The_Oluk
- Animation: Manolo Saviantoni – The_Oluk
- Development: Dinobros
- Platform: TV, mobile and desktop – on Boing Spain since May 2026, coming to Boing Italy and Cartoon Network UK
- Tools: Adobe Photoshop
The Irregular Game FAQ
What is The Irregular Game?
It’s a Regular Show video game designed and drawn in pixel art by The_Oluk for Boing: Rigby and Mordecai play a video game starring themselves and their friends, turned into spheres.
How do you play The Irregular Game?
With one button: tap to jump, hold to make the sphere go up and let go to bring it down. You collect coins and burgers while avoiding spikes, blocks and holes.
How many levels and characters are there?
Seven levels, one per character: Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, Pops, Benson, Hi Five Ghost and Skips. Every level has its character’s colour.
What are the difficulty modes?
Four: Easy, Normal, Hard and Hell. The higher the difficulty, the faster the game; on Easy you restart from checkpoints, from Normal up from scratch.
Where can you play it and who made it?
It came out on Boing Spain in May 2026 and is coming to Boing Italy and Cartoon Network UK. You can play on TV, phone and PC. Concept, game design and pixel art by The_Oluk, development by Dinobros, all drawn and animated in Adobe Photoshop.
Are there other Boing games by The_Oluk?
Yes, for example Guai in soffitta!, the Halloween game set in Gumball’s world, and the Gumball Social Game, with features voted by kids.
