Dogpile News

[p]Hello I'm VERY excited to spoil more Dogpile stuff for you here today. Dogpile is such a treat to design for, it's very fun to come up with different gameplay effects that push players to explore new corners of the game, and change their perspective on different mechanics.

For the decks, holistically we wanted them to act as a starter-culture for the yoghurt your deck becomes (???). They are a slight nudge, or set up to take advantage of synergies. AND, primarily, they are just meant to be a bit of fun. They aren't 100% balanced, but they are made with 100% farm-to-table love.

I don't know exactly how many we will launch with, but safe to say it's well over 10.



OKAY first up we have a weird one. The Pedigree deck is actually going to start unlocked, and is going to be a "pure" stripped back version of Dogpile. It's our "Suika Mode" where you can just get in the flow, play Dogs and not worry about all the hubub of Bones, Money, Shops and Goals. Just some good old fashioned Dog Merging.

This is the mode my mum and nephew will play.

[/p][p]Misfits randomly gives you a bunch of bad Dogs, but sets you up to grab a few expensive Tags for free. In the full launch of the game we have a bunch of tags that synergise with Bad Traits, like Crated and Timid so this Deck is a great place to see those archetypes soar.

[/p][p]No more passive money gain, but Showdogs are massively buffed. Get the money flowing, lock in an econ-deck and go to the moon.[/p][p][/p][p]We were playing this deck yesterday and it's wild, basically you get sprees of chain drawing your whole deck and it's very fun, but sometimes you just play a single Dog and your Hand is over.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Thanks again for reading, I'll try and be back next week for more spoilers. Plz tell everyone you've ever met to wishlist our game. Love you all xxxx


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[p]Hello explicitly to the Pilers of Dogs and nobody else.[/p][p]
We've been working very hard on a bunch of cool stuff including a Glossary, Controller Support, Trailers, the filthy flea... and some Press Beats and more. BUT today we want to talk to you about Tags. In an upcoming update Tags will be getting a shiny new treatment, we hope you like it.

[/p][p][/p][p]Tags make the world go round, they are the synergies that make the Dogs do what they do best.. merge. A thing we love about Dogpile is this suite of Tags like Jupiter and Roll Over that are almost more fun than helpful. In a similar vein, introducing... CHASE TAIL! Chase Tail is a simple Tag that helps you jostle your Dogs around.[/p][p][/p][p]If you were craving more Barky synergy, we got you. Chit Chat with Supersonic and go to the moon.[/p][p][/p][p]If you're a high performing businessperson (like us) then perhaps the CEO tag is for you. CEO synergises with all Yard-Promotion Tags so you can skip whole ranks and maybe even steal out an early win...[/p][p][/p][p]Raise the power level of your whole deck with Over K-9000. \[WARNING: DANGEROUSLY GOOD WITH A THIN DECK][/p][p][/p][p]Outlaw is a high risk high reward card that can yield serious payoffs and also is a bit of a Crated enabler, which is a synergy that might be getting some more love soon...[/p][p][/p][p]And finally, SEVEN DID WHAT??? Helps you manage the clutter. Keep in mind that the resulting Merge is always from the highest ranked Dog, so a 7 Merging with an 8 will provide a 9.
[/p][p][/p][p]That's it folks! I hope you like what we've been cooking up. We have about 40+ more Tags working internally that we're hype to show you soon. In the meantime if you have any balance thoughts on the current suite please let us know. Is anything OP? Is anything unusable?

Bring your hot takes to the forums OR bring it to our Discord. Oh and also tell everyone you've ever met to wishlist Dogpile, we need the clicks so badly, the data overlords are going to claim our souls.[/p]

[p]It’s been about three weeks since we announced Dogpile and released our demo here on Steam.[/p][p][/p][p]While our numbers are still small and we’ve only just begun, we wanted to say a massive thank you for all the bug reports, feedback, and, most importantly, the dog pictures on our Discord (well mostly dog pictures).[/p][p][/p][p]We also wanted to share a little behind the scenes. So, what is Dogpile? It’s a weird mix of Sukia and Balatro — a funny, addictive roguelike deck-builder where you merge cute dogs into even bigger dogs.[/p][p][/p][p]Fun fact of the week (we’re hoping to make this a weekly devlog — but don’t blame us if we don’t!): one of our color palettes was directly inspired by Berghain. One of our friends went there (for those who don’t know, it’s a popular club in Berlin where you stand in line way too long), and we asked her what the colors looked like inside. She described them, and we turned that into an actual palette for the game.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Game dev inspiration can come from anywhere.
[/p][p]We’ve actually only been working on Dogpile for about five months. If you’re a fellow dev, you know that’s not a lot of time to announce a demo, release it, and already be part of Steam Next Fest. Let’s just say we’re on an insane quest to make Dogpile your most-wanted game.[/p][p][/p][p]For now, please keep posting those bugs and feedback, it’s incredibly helpful for us.[/p][p]
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Hello I'm Darcy Smith, one of the people behind Dogpile![/p][p][/p][p]I'm so glad you're here. We've been working hard on this silly game and we're excited for you to play it. Earlier this year we set out to make a game that was like the Suika Watermelon game, but a roguelike deckbuilder with dogs and I think we did a good job.[/p][p][/p][p]When I say we, I should clarify that Dogpile is a collaboration between two studios in Melbourne, Studio Folly (Gubbins, Real Bird Fake Bird) and Toot Games (My Arms are Longer Now). We have this sick sound team from Vancouver on board called A Shell in the Pit and a phenomenal team is helping co-publish, WINGS. Huge thank you to the core team who I'm lucky to work with every day, Jessica Shipard, Matthew Jackson, Matthew Horton, Georgia Kriss and Mickie Rubock. You'll defo hear from some of them as we go![/p][p][/p][p]We've had a blast making this thing and we're hype to actually show you, and chat it out. We would absolutely love to hear what you think, if you have any questions, if anything is unclear, if you have any feedback, if you have funky Tag ideas or cool mechanical ideas please just reach out! If you find any bugs that's 100% your fault and not our fault (please report them, thank you kindly for your patience).[/p][p][/p][p]We will be keeping an eye on the Steam Forums here but we've also set up a Discord Server[/p][p]We're going to be posting a bunch of stuff on the Folly Tiktok, Insta and Bluesky, and Matthew from Toot will keep you updated from the Toot Tiktok and Insta!

Happy merging, friends![/p]