The Steam Winter Sale has started! Fire Dogs will be discounted 33% for the duration of the sale (December 21nd through January 4th). To celebrate the Steam Winter Sale, we've activated limited time content to make the game more festive. In addition to the world feeling slightly more festive, there is a single Christmas present hidden in the world waiting for you to find! If you manage to find it (there is a hint in the images of this post), you will be able to unlock one of four new items that can customize the appearance of your Fire Dog. Each time you play the game, you can find a new present with the chance to unlock more of the items. If you weren't able to unlock all of the items during the event, you can trade with friends to complete your collection.

Winter Holiday Items:

• Santa's Hat
• Elf Hat
• Reindeer Antlers
• Rudolph Nose

The Steam Winter Sale has started! Fire Dogs will be discounted 33% for the duration of the sale (December 22nd through January 5th). To celebrate the Steam Winter Sale, we've activated limited time content to make the game more festive. In addition to the world feeling slightly more festive, there is a single Christmas present hidden in the world waiting for you to find! If you manage to find it (there is a hint in the images of this post), you will be able to unlock one of four new items that can customize the appearance of your Fire Dog. Each time you play the game, you can find a new present with the chance to unlock more of the items. If you weren't able to unlock all of the items during the event, you can trade with friends to complete your collection.

Winter Holiday Items:

• Santa's Hat
• Elf Hat
• Reindeer Antlers
• Rudolph Nose

To celebrate Halloween and Steam Screamfest, we've released a small update for the season. This will be available only during Steam Screamfest from October 25th to November 1st. The shrines have been temporarily updated to have pumpkins surrounding them. Additionally, there is a Jack-o-Lantern hidden in the game that will unlock a new Scarecrow hat if you can find it! Additionally, the one year anniversary of the game's release is on October 28th. To celebrate, any players that launch the game on the 28th will unlock a special birthday hat or birthday cupcake hat item. Thanks so much for your support! New Customization Items:

• [Birthday] Birthday Hat
• [Birthday] Cupcake Hat
• [Halloween] Scarecrow Hat

• Added content for Halloween event ( pumpkin shrines, Jack-o-lantern, and a scarecrow hat ).
• Added birthday celebration items ( birthday hat and cupcake hat ).
• Bug fixes for UI controls.

To celebrate the Lunar New Year, we've released a small update for the season. The shrines have been temporarily updated to resemble traditional Korean bonfires, Daljip (literal. "Moon House"). Additionally, the King's shrine has a fireworks stand setup giving out free fireworks to anyone that visits! Make sure to stop by to get your limited time item from the fireworks stand. New Seasonal Customization Item:
Changelist

• Added content for Lunar New Year (new Shrine theme, fireworks, and a special rocket item)
• More bug fixes for animal pathfinding
• Small tweaks to the orb tracking in Multiplayer
• Continued work on new story content to supplement the game

The Steam Winter Sale has started! Fire Dogs will be discounted 20% for the duration of the sale (December 22nd through January 5th). To celebrate the Steam Winter Sale, we've added some additional limited time content to make the game more festive. In addition to the world feeling slightly more festive, there is a single Christmas present hidden in the world waiting for you to find! If you manage to find it (there is a hint in the images of this post), you will be able to unlock one of four new items that can customize the appearance of your Fire Dog. Each time you play the game, you can find a new present with the chance to unlock more of the items. If you weren't able to unlock all of the items during the event, you can trade with friends to complete your collection.

New Winter Holiday Items:

• Santa's Hat
• Elf Hat
• Reindeer Antlers
• Rudolph Nose

This patch introduces the much needed save files so that game progress can be persisted across multiple game sessions. In addition to game save files, game settings are also now saved to file so changes to music volume, controller sensitivity, and other settings will be the same every time the game is launched. All save files are persisted to Steam Cloud so you can resume your game progress on any computer. Additional small tweaks have been applied to the game to make the user experience easier and more intuitive. Previously, all orbs/shrines shared the same color so it was non-intuitive which orb corresponded with a shrine. Now, all orbs/shrines have a unique color per area so it is more obvious which shrine an orb will provide its power to. Small changes have been applied to the flower area to make it easier to jump on and between the rocks. Lastly, a new UI element has been added to the escape menu in game showing the amount of time played for your current game save. All development effort is now focused on getting the Christmas update ready for release and to bring a little bit of holiday cheer and festive spirit to Fire Dogs. Changelog:

• Feature: Game settings (volume, control sensitivity, etc) are saved and persist across game sessions.
• Feature: Game progress is saved and persists across game sessions.
• Feature: All save files are stored in Steam Cloud Saves so your progress can be resumed on any computer.
• Feature: Changed orb/shrine colors to be unique for each area.
• Feature: Added a UI timer for how long your current save has been played in the escape menu.
• Feature: Added additional Steam Friends metadata to indicate who you are playing with.
• Feature: Small tweak to areas of the flower zone to be easier to jump on.
• Bug: Fixed rare issue with the "Join Game" menu option that appears in the Steam Friends list.
• Bug: Fixed issue with player fur colors being incorrect for non-host players.

The Power Orb update is the first major patch of Fire Dogs. In this update, we have added additional incentives for the player to explore the world, collect hidden or out of reach Orbs, and power up each of the 7 shrines within the game. The Power Orbs can also be collected cooperatively with other players in a multiplayer game, allowing for each player to contribute to the progress of the game. In playtesting, we saw the average playtime roughly triple compared to the previous version of the game. This brings the average playtime for a new player to around 60-80 minutes. Additionally, animal wildlife has been added to the game to make the world feel more dynamic even when playing in single player mode. Right now the animals only have a minor role within the game, but they will be expanded to have a more important role in a future update. Future Work: This update introduced a significant amount of change so we expect there will be additional bugs to discover and fix. However, the most immediate new feature update will be the introduction of save files to the game using Steam Cloud Save. As the game length has become over one hour, it becomes problematic to lose all progress when leaving a game so this will be the primary development priority and will hopefully be released within the next two weeks. After cloud saves have been implemented, polishing each of the areas and tweaking the game to be more challenging/engaging will be the next priority. A Christmas holiday event is planned and most of the features are ready to be released. Player feedback on any of the new mechanics is greatly welcomed! Please reach out on the Steam Discussions for Fire Dogs. Changelog:

• Feature: Updated each shrine to include seven Power Orbs
• Feature: Added exploration, digging, and jumping puzzles to acquire the Power Orbs
• Feature: Added a UI element to the escape menu displaying the player's current collection progress
• Feature: Added animals into the game for the player to interact with
• Feature: Separated the 'Eclipsed' Leaderboard into Singleplayer and Multiplayer
• Feature: Added netcode for cooperative collection of Power Orbs for multiplayer games
• Bug: Fixed issue with inconsistent game loading for computers with slower hard drives
• Bug: Fixed camera going underwater causing the character to appear to fly
• Bug: Added safety check to prevent/rescue the player if they fell through the world

Changes:

• Feature: Began adding content to prepare for Christmas holiday event
• Bug: Fixed bug with incorrect player count displayed in Steam Friends
• Bug: Fixed UI resizing issues
• Bug: Fixed 3D audio issues - Water splashes could be heard from too far away - Howling had directional sound issues