You Can Pet the Dog VR cover
You Can Pet the Dog VR screenshot
PC Steam
Genre: Simulator, Indie

You Can Pet the Dog VR

Pupdate #1 is LIVE!
Good morning and happy Tuesday!

We've just launched our first big update to You Can Pet The Dog VR, which includes a slew of bugfixes and quality of life changes.

Here's everything we've tackled:

  • The dog now has a maximum velocity, making it harder for it to misbehave (in a technical sense; it is a Very Good Dog otherwise!).
  • The area now has an out-of-bounds, so if you throw something over the fence or on top of the roof, it re-appears in the center. This sometimes did not work correctly.
  • The dog now reappears in the center if it happens to move out of bounds.
  • Made some adjustments that makes the dog flying less common (it is caused by objects going underneath the dog at certain angles and "lifting" and throwing it into the air).
  • Frisbee now flies straight and much farther.
  • Added some variation to petting the dog, sometimes it now puts its head down.
  • Fixed an issue where Sandbox mode was inverted and the timer wouldn't start.
  • Increased the grab-size of the hands, so it should be easier to grab things from the floor or pet the dog when needed.
  • If teleporting when the dog is retrieving a toy, the dog should now adjust its path to follow you based on your new location.


This patch officially retires Rocket Dog, and we greatly appreciate the laughs. 🚀🐶 We hope to honor Rocket Dog in a way in the future, so know that their service is not forgotten.

Some general notes:


  • We experimented with fixes to make picking up the frisbee easier, but ultimately it is largely reliant on your floor level. Please make sure to reset your floor level in your VR device settings before playing!


Thanks to all of your feedback and suggestions! Now go pet that dog!!!!!

-The Raconteur Team


Thanks for a great launch + what's next!
Hi!

Thanks for helping us have a great launch. We're so excited to finally be able to share You Can Pet The Dog VR and all its beautiful, dog-filled goodness with you!

It's not every day that an indie game gets to premiere alongside AAA games, and be introduced by Solid Snake (David Hayter)!

We've had some great feedback so far, as well as some unexpected boosts.

A brief look at what's ahead in an update next week:

  • The dog will no longer be able to achieve orbit if the player grabs a toy at the same time the dog picks it up. Thank you to our #dogstronauts who helped us nail down the bug.
  • Minor quality of life update including general stability and bugfixes.
  • Exploring the possibility of additional animations to have the dog express maximum happiness when petting it.


To set expectations, we don't anticipate bringing major content additions to the game, but anything is possible if the game keeps momentum and is a success.

Thanks again to everyone who showed up for us. We can't wait to see what the future holds!

Now go pet that dog!!!

- The Raconteur Games Team