Talking Ben the Dog is a virtual pet game focused on caring for and interacting with a dog named Ben. Players can speak with him, use touch gestures to trigger reactions, provide food and drinks, read with him, and switch between everyday interactions and his laboratory.
Conversation and touch interactions
To begin a conversation, poke Ben's newspaper until he folds it. Once he is engaged, he listens and repeats the player's words in a dog-like voice. The game also responds to gestures such as poking, slapping, and tickling Ben's face, belly, hands, or feet with different reactions.
Ben can take part in telephone conversations, and the game includes an option to record these exchanges as videos for sharing with friends. His reactions are presented through colorful, lively graphics and sounds.
Daily care and activities
Players can feed Ben canned food, give him orange juice, and hear his stomach growl when he is hungry. After eating, he may burp or throw things around. These care interactions are part of the game's humorous virtual-pet presentation.
Other activities include reading books with Ben and allowing him to rest without distractions. While reading, he can laugh at something interesting, frown when disturbed, or fall asleep. The description also mentions training, mini-games, and buying food and clothes as part of looking after him.
Laboratory experiments
The chemistry button takes Ben to his laboratory. There, players mix two different test tubes and watch the resulting humorous chemical reactions. The laboratory provides a separate interaction area from Ben's ordinary pet activities, with experiments described as simple combinations of substances.
Clothing and game content
A customization feature allows players to dress Ben in different outfits. Ben is also described as a retired chemistry professor, connecting his character and laboratory setting to the experiment interactions. The source notes that advertisements and in-app purchases are present.