{"id":6791,"date":"2026-11-11T13:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T12:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/?post_type=portfolios&#038;p=6791"},"modified":"2026-11-11T13:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T12:22:08","slug":"the-irregular-game","status":"publish","type":"portfolios","link":"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/en\/portfolio\/the-irregular-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Irregular Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Press+Start+2P&display=swap');\n.gsg .wp-block-button__link,.gsg .gsg-btn2{font-family:'Press Start 2P',monospace!important;font-size:16px!important;line-height:24px!important;letter-spacing:0;text-transform:uppercase}\n.gsg .wp-block-button__link{padding:17px 26px!important}\n.gsg .gsg-btn2{padding:15px 24px!important}\n.gsg h2,.gsg-credits h3{font-family:'Press Start 2P',monospace!important;font-size:24px!important;line-height:40px!important;color:var(--acc)!important;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:400!important;-webkit-font-smoothing:none}\n.gsg-fact b{font-family:'Press Start 2P',monospace;font-size:40px;font-weight:400;line-height:48px}\n@media (max-width:767px){.gsg h2,.gsg-credits h3{font-size:16px!important;line-height:28px!important}.gsg-fact b{font-size:32px;line-height:40px}}\n\n.gsg{--acc:#ccff00;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:56px}\n.gsg>*{margin:0!important}\n.gsg figure{max-width:960px;width:100%;margin:0 auto!important}\n.gsg figure img{width:100%;height:auto;display:block;image-rendering:pixelated}\n@media (max-width:1000px){.gsg figure img{image-rendering:auto}}\n.gsg-intro{text-align:center;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:24px;align-items:center}\n.gsg-intro h3{margin:0!important}\n.gsg-cta{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:16px;justify-content:center;align-items:center}\n.gsg-cta .wp-block-buttons{margin:0!important}\n.gsg>.wp-block-buttons{justify-content:center!important;display:flex}\n.gsg-btn2{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;border:2px solid var(--acc);color:var(--acc)!important;border-radius:9999px;padding:12px 24px;font-size:24px;text-decoration:none!important;line-height:30px;box-sizing:border-box}\n.gsg-btn2:hover{background:var(--acc);color:#323639!important}\n.gsg-facts{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(4,1fr);gap:16px;max-width:960px;width:100%;margin:0 auto!important}\n.gsg-fact{border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);border-radius:20px;padding:22px 18px;text-align:center}\n.gsg-fact b{display:block;font-size:44px;line-height:1;color:var(--acc);margin-bottom:10px}\n.gsg-fact span{font-size:16px;line-height:1.35;color:rgba(255,250,250,.75)}\n.gsg-teaser video{width:100%;display:block;border-radius:16px;background:#000}\n.gsg-teaser figcaption{text-align:center;font-size:16px;margin-top:12px;color:rgba(255,250,250,.7)}\n.gsg-teaser figcaption a{color:var(--acc)}\n.gsg-sec{display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:28px;max-width:960px;width:100%;margin:0 auto!important}\n.gsg-sec>*{margin:0!important}\n.gsg-sec p{margin:0!important}\n.gsg-votes{list-style:none!important;padding:0!important;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px}\n.gsg-votes li{margin:0!important;border:1px solid var(--acc);border-radius:9999px;padding:8px 18px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.3}\n.gsg-credits{max-width:960px;width:100%;margin:0 auto!important;border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);border-radius:24px;padding:32px 36px}\n.gsg-credits h3{margin:0 0 16px!important;color:var(--acc)}\n.gsg-credits ul{margin:0!important;padding-left:1.1em!important}\n.gsg-credits li{font-size:18px;line-height:1.6}\n@media (max-width:767px){.gsg{gap:40px}.gsg-facts{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr)}.gsg-fact b{font-size:34px}.gsg-btn2{font-size:20px}.gsg-credits{padding:22px 20px}}\n\/* irr-banner: i personaggi nella testata *\/\n.elementor-element-6a07177,.elementor-element-6a07177 .elementor-motion-effects-layer{background-position:50% 74%!important}\n\/* \/irr-banner *\/\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"gsg\">\n<div class=\"gsg-intro\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Pixel Art &amp; Game Design<\/h3><div class=\"gsg-cta\"><div class=\"wp-block-buttons\"><div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-contrast-lower-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boing.es\/juegos\/the-irregular-show\" style=\"background-color:#ccff00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PLAY NOW<\/a><\/div><\/div><button class=\"gsg-btn2\" type=\"button\" disabled aria-disabled=\"true\" style=\"opacity:.55;cursor:not-allowed;background:transparent\">\u25b6 TRAILER \u00b7 COMING SOON<\/button><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsg-facts\"><div class=\"gsg-fact\"><b>7<\/b><span>levels<\/span><\/div><div class=\"gsg-fact\"><b>7<\/b><span>characters turned into spheres<\/span><\/div><div class=\"gsg-fact\"><b>4<\/b><span>difficulty modes<\/span><\/div><div class=\"gsg-fact\"><b>1<\/b><span>button to play<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsg-sec\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Irregular Game: how the idea was born<\/h2><p><strong>The Irregular Game<\/strong> 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.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-01-titolo-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"The Irregular Game pixel art title screen: Rigby and Mordecai on the couch in front of the TV with Pops, Benson, Skips, Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost\" class=\"wp-image-6809\" width=\"960\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-02-idea-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"Regular Show&#x27;s Rigby and Mordecai on the couch playing video games, the idea behind The Irregular Game\" class=\"wp-image-6811\" width=\"960\" height=\"708\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><p>The game starts in the show\u2019s living room: couch, TV, paintings and side tables, redrawn pixel by pixel. This is where it all begins.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-04-salotto-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"The Regular Show living room drawn in pixel art: couch, TV, paintings and side tables\" class=\"wp-image-6815\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsg-sec\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The characters become spheres<\/h2><p>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\u2019s colour.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-03-sfere-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"The seven Regular Show characters in pixel art, each with its own coloured game sphere\" class=\"wp-image-6813\" width=\"960\" height=\"836\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsg-sec\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to play The Irregular Game<\/h2><p>The menu is the living room TV: choose your sphere and the difficulty, from Easy to Hell.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-05-menu-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"The game menu inside the living room TV: choosing the sphere and the four difficulty modes\" class=\"wp-image-6817\" width=\"960\" height=\"836\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><p>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.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-06-un-tasto-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"One-button gameplay on TV, mobile and desktop: tap to jump, hold to fly\" class=\"wp-image-6819\" width=\"960\" height=\"588\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><p>Every level has coins and burgers to collect, and obstacles to avoid: spikes, blocks and holes in the floor.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-07-monete-e-ostacoli-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"Coins, burger and obstacles from The Irregular Game levels in pixel art\" class=\"wp-image-6821\" width=\"960\" height=\"536\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsg-sec\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seven levels, seven colours<\/h2><p>You start with Mordecai\u2019s blue and Rigby\u2019s brown, then come the double jump in Muscle Man\u2019s green and the block to clear in Pops\u2019 pink.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-09-livelli-0-1-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"Level 0 in Mordecai&#x27;s blue and level 1 in Rigby&#x27;s brown, spheres jumping over spikes and coins\" class=\"wp-image-6825\" width=\"960\" height=\"824\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-10-livelli-2-3-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"Level 2 in Muscle Man&#x27;s green with the double jump and level 3 in Pops&#x27; pink with a block to clear\" class=\"wp-image-6827\" width=\"960\" height=\"824\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><p>Benson\u2019s level has 25 coins, Hi Five Ghost\u2019s is full of spikes and the last one, Skips\u2019, has 200.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-11-livelli-4-5-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"Level 4 in Benson&#x27;s fuchsia with 25 coins and level 5 in Hi Five Ghost&#x27;s grey full of spikes\" class=\"wp-image-6829\" width=\"960\" height=\"824\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-12-livello-6-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"Level 6 in Skips&#x27; salmon with 200 coins\" class=\"wp-image-6831\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsg-sec\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The ending and Hell mode<\/h2><p>You reach the end and&#8230; surprise: you were inside the living room TV.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-13-dentro-la-tv-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"The ending: Rigby&#x27;s sphere was inside the living room TV all along, with the friends&#x27; spheres around it\" class=\"wp-image-6833\" width=\"960\" height=\"820\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><p>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\u2019ve never beaten it.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-14-infernale-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"Hell mode in The Irregular Game, the fastest and hardest difficulty\" class=\"wp-image-6835\" width=\"960\" height=\"772\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full gsg-pixel\" style=\"margin:0 auto;text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/the-irregular-game-15-crediti-the-oluk-en.gif\" alt=\"The Irregular Game credits: client Boing, May 2026, pixel art and gameplay by The_Oluk, development by Dinobros\" class=\"wp-image-6837\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsg-credits\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Client: Boing Italy and Boing Spain<\/li><li>Concept, game design and pixel art: Manolo Saviantoni \u2013 The_Oluk<\/li><li>Animation: Manolo Saviantoni \u2013 The_Oluk<\/li><li>Development: Dinobros<\/li><li>Platform: TV, mobile and desktop \u2013 on Boing Spain since May 2026, coming to Boing Italy and Cartoon Network UK<\/li><li>Tools: Adobe Photoshop<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsg-sec\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Irregular Game FAQ<\/h2><details class=\"wp-block-details gsg-faq\"><summary>What is The Irregular Game?<\/summary><p>It\u2019s 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.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"wp-block-details gsg-faq\"><summary>How do you play The Irregular Game?<\/summary><p>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.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"wp-block-details gsg-faq\"><summary>How many levels and characters are there?<\/summary><p>Seven levels, one per character: Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, Pops, Benson, Hi Five Ghost and Skips. Every level has its character\u2019s colour.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"wp-block-details gsg-faq\"><summary>What are the difficulty modes?<\/summary><p>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.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"wp-block-details gsg-faq\"><summary>Where can you play it and who made it?<\/summary><p>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.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"wp-block-details gsg-faq\"><summary>Are there other Boing games by The_Oluk?<\/summary><p>Yes, for example <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/en\/portfolio\/guai-in-soffitta\/\">Guai in soffitta!<\/a>, the Halloween game set in Gumball\u2019s world, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoluk.com\/en\/portfolio\/gumball-social-game\/\">Gumball Social Game<\/a>, with features voted by kids.<\/p><\/details><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What is The Irregular Game?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"It\u2019s 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.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"How do you play The Irregular Game?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"With one button: tap to jump, hold to make the sphere go up and let go to bring it down. 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