This is the seventh and final in a string updates themed around major changes to the game. On September 22nd, 2016, we're releasing the 1.0 version of Dog Sled Saga to Steam, Google Play, and the Apple App Store!
The release date is the big news, but this final update has got some tricks up its sleeve as well.
What's coming in 1.0?
Lots of new features are already completed for the full release, plus a few that are still coming together...
The future
Version 1.0 won't be the last you'll hear of Dog Sled Saga! There are a number of ideas we had during our Kickstarter campaign that we would still like to develop as major post-release updates to the game.
We hope you're as excited as we are for the final release!
Let us know in the comments, forums, Twitter, or Facebook if you have any feedback on this update.
- Dan and Lisa
Heads up - raising the base price of Dog Sled Saga on Monday 8/29
We've decided to increase the base price of Dog Sled Saga to $9.99 USD on next Monday, August 29th around noon CST. Just two days after that, we'll have a big announcement.
Read more about our reasoning in this thread, and please feel free to continue letting us know what you think there or in the comments here.
Update July 23rd, 2016 - Star & Support Update
Road to Dog Sled Saga 1.0
This is the sixth of several upcoming updates themed around major changes to the game. We've mapped out the rest of the game's development looking towards exiting Early Access and releasing our mobile versions. We'd love your feedback as we go! Keep your eyes open for the rest of the final stretch.
We've always felt that some skills, especially those that provide a speed boost, overpower all of the other ones. We enacted a long-planned change to help bolster the other skills. Introducing Star & Support skill classes! Also introducing the German Shepherd breed!
This looks to be the last or second to last of these updates before the final release!
Let us know in the comments, forums, Twitter, or Facebook if you have any feedback on this update.
- Dan and Lisa
Update June 17th, 2016 - Employee Update
Road to Dog Sled Saga 1.0
This is the fifth of several upcoming updates themed around major changes to the game. We've mapped out the rest of the game's development looking towards exiting Early Access and releasing our mobile versions. We'd love your feedback as we go! Keep your eyes open for the rest of the final stretch.
Ever feel like you can't keep all your growing kennel of dogs practiced and rested? Now you can hire one or two extra pairs of hands! Employees can let you multitask (or just regimen more dogs,) and some of them have perks to do tasks better than you can. You'll have to pay for employees on hire and with your monthly expenses.
This is a smaller update post than the past few, but we're excited to release a nice new management feature and cool employee art that's been queued up for a while!
Let us know in the comments, forums, Twitter, or Facebook if you have any feedback on this update.
- Dan and Lisa
Update May 24th, 2016 - Informed Decisions Update
Road to Dog Sled Saga 1.0
This is the fourth of several upcoming updates themed around major changes to the game. We've mapped out the rest of the game's development looking towards exiting Early Access and releasing our mobile versions. We'd love your feedback as we go! Keep your eyes open for the rest of the final stretch.
This update is all about giving you better information about your team before you make decisions, and after the consequences of your decisions have occurred. We don't want you to need to jump in and out of different menu screens to answer the questions you might have about your situation in the game.
While this update is about improving and clarifying what's already in the game, the next ones are going to be more about new features. Keep an eye out! Let us know in the comments, forums, Twitter, or Facebook if you have any feedback on this update.
- Dan and Lisa
Update March 28th, 2016 - Sponsorship Update
Road to Dog Sled Saga 1.0
This is the third of several upcoming updates themed around major changes to the game. We've mapped out the rest of the game's development looking towards exiting Early Access and releasing our mobile versions. We'd love your feedback as we go! Keep your eyes open for the rest of the final stretch.
We've greatly changed the way sponsorships are offered to you and the rewards you'll get from them. Gone is the array of unceremonious, confusing checkboxes!
Have fun trying to score the best sponsorship configuration for your team!
Let us know in the comments, forums, Twitter or Facebook if you have any feedback on this update.
- Lisa & Dan
Update February 19th, 2016 - Operating Cost Update
Road to Dog Sled Saga 1.0
This is the second of several upcoming updates themed around major changes to the game. We've mapped out the rest of the game's development looking towards exiting Early Access and releasing our mobile versions. We'd love your feedback as we go! Keep your eyes open for the rest of the final stretch.
View this update on our website
Previously:
Major changes
This update is all about changing the way money works in Dog Sled Saga, and making it so mushers must be more selective with the dogs on their team.
Operating cost
Regimen system
Better error handling
Difficulty balance
Miscellaneous UI changes
We hope you like the new changes, and the next big update should be around the corner!
- Dan and Lisa
Update January 7th, 2016 - Dog Dynamics Update!
The road to Dog Sled Saga 1.0!
This is the first of several upcoming updates themed around major changes to the game. We've mapped out the rest of the game's development looking towards exiting Early Access. We'd love your feedback as we go! Keep your eyes open for the rest of the final stretch.
Major changes
Dog dynamics overhaul
We've made some changes to the ups and downs that your dogs will experience over the course of their career. Many stats have been altered to make managing your team more challenging and interesting.
Fatigue
Happiness
Skill
Off-day tasks
Instead of only waiting for the next race, you now must choose what to do with your dogs on off-days.
Currently, you may train or give care to as many of your dogs as you'd like per day. In a future update, you will be more limited, but you will be able to hire additional employees to help you...
Perfect catch changes
Perfectly timed catches are even more valuable now! Effects:
New dog breed - Samoyed
Another long-awaited sled-pulling dog added to the roster! Even fluffier than our Malamute, but with a smaller frame beneath the fur. Hire one for your team!
Thank you!
We can't say enough thanks to our players for checking out Dog Sled Saga. Your support and feedback are what pull us along the trail towards release. The game will be progressing fast now. Many elements that had not yet met our hopes for the games quality are coming together great in our eyes, and we hope it's a more fun, compelling game for you, too. Thanks for sticking with us!
- Dan & Lisa
Update October 10, 2015 - Fix crashes related to certain skills, improved fullscreen support, updated backend frameworks
If you've been unable to start the game
Give it another try - might just work now! Otherwise, please check your launch options and try the following:
Right click Dog Sled Saga in your Steam Library and choose "Properties"
In the "General" tab, click "Set Launch Options"
Type "-w" (for windowed) OR "-b" (for borderless windowed fullscreen) and hit ok
Close the window and try running the game
If the game has been crashing in the middle of races
I fixed an issue in the last build (long standing, now!) that will resolve that issue.
It has been a long time since we updated, but the project is picking up steam again! I experienced a long period of burnout that led to a fun side-project (FireWhip for iOS and Android) but also, unfortunately, an unproductive couple of months. Back on the horse, now - lots of substantial updates queued up!
Additionally, happy birthday to half of the Dog Sled Saga team - Lisa!
