Later Alligator

In Later Alligator, players control an unnamed individual who is hired by Pat, an anxious and paranoid alligator. The player can travel to different areas of Alligator New York City to locate various members of Pat's family, asking each of them questions about themselves and the nature of a mysterious "Event" being held that night. To gain more information, the player must complete requests or challenges offered by each character, which take the form of different mini-games. These mini-games feature objectives such as achieving a set score on a pinball machine, solving a sliding puzzle, or completing a Tower of Hanoi-inspired game about stacking pancakes.

Some mini-games feature alternate reality game components, such as sending the player to an external website where the solution can be found. Players will be awarded a badge bearing a family member's likeness upon completing their associated mini-game; up to 33 total badges can be earned. There are also 48 collectible puzzle pieces that can be found scattered around the different environments, which are used in a later mini-game.

The game begins with the player character meeting an anxious alligator named Pat in a hotel restaurant. Pat believes his family is going to murder him that night at 8:00 PM during something called "the Event", and asks for help in finding out their plans. The player agrees and begins moving between the various districts of Alligator New York City, interviewing Pat's family and friends to learn about their relationships with Pat, and assists them with different tasks in order to coerce more information about the Event out of them. At various points during the day, Pat calls the player back to the hotel to assist him with some other trouble.

At 8:00 PM, the player returns to the hotel and guides Pat upstairs to the Event, revealed to be his birthday party. All the characters whose badges the player obtained are shown to be in attendance, who explain that Pat mistakes his surprise party for a murder attempt every year. The player is then given the option to customize their character's appearance and join everyone for a group photograph. The story then restarts from the beginning, and the player is encouraged to find and help the remaining family members.

Later Alligator was announced on November 29, 2018, with a set release date of Spring 2019. The game began as a collaboration between SmallBü Animation and Pillow Fight. The developers had met previously, where the idea of creating a game had been mentioned. A few months later, SmallBü pitched the idea for Later Alligator to Pillow Fight, and work on the game was started.

SmallBü would animate, pitch ideas and write, and Pillow Fight would build prototypes and program the game. The mini-games were created to use simple concepts, in order to be easier to code and design.

Later Alligator received positive reviews from critics who praised its animation and humor, but criticized some of its mini games as being repetitive. Polygon's Jeff Ramos praised the character interactions as being filled with charming animation and dialogue. Bryce O'Connor, writing for Adventure Gamers, liked the game's locations, saying "Exploring Alligator New York City is a joy, with each screen—from a dusty antique shop to the dark alley in the “unsavory part of town” to an Alligator Memorial Park—featuring fun details and things to interact with".

CGM's Kris Goorhuis liked the game's atmosphere, saying that "The game feels a certain way to look at – classy coffee counters and seedy bars more akin to small-town diners with colourful faces poised to say goofy things".