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CHAD SHAKESPEARE LIVES [Expansion #11]

HELLO.IT'S BEEN THREE WEEKS, AND WE ADDED SO MUCH IN THIS BUILD, AND IT'S 3 AM.To summarize:- We basically doubled the amount of stores in the game, complete with new dogs and items.- More main story content! It's not locked off yet so that you experience them in order, so have fun figur...

THIS IS THE FOURTH ALPHA BUILD SHHHHHHH

WE ADDED SO MUCH.I'M SORRY IT'S BEEN THREE WEEKS SINCE THE LAST BUILD BUT WE ADDED SO MANY NEW SHOPS AND I HAD TO WRITE SO MANY NEW F*CKING DOGS AND I UNDERESTIMATED HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES TO WRITE THAT MANY NEW DOGS ON TOP OF ADDING THAT MUCH NEW CONTENT.Some things to keep in mind, whether...

COMIC RELEASE - Electric Smile!

Heya, folks!You know the drill. We've got a new comic short story--this time, exploring the consequences of a series of theme park murders, when their murderer is essentially cyberpunk Walt Disney.The art is cool as hell, and I hope you'll find both the finalized comic (as well as behind-the...

COMIC PREVIEW: Electric Smile

Heya, folks!Coming very soon is our next Strange Scaffold comic - Electric Smile. In a fusion of Disneyland and Westworld that spans half of the continental United States, a detective jumps between carefully-maintained arcologies to bring the founder of this fantasy empire to justice.With art by the...

ELF PLANET GLOW-UP [Expansion #10]

Hello, Dog Fans and Cat Conspirators!Remember how I was talking about how we needed to do a full prop pass on Elf Planet?We did a full prop pass on Elf Planet.It's frigging GORGEOUS, and the entire bottom level has a mushroom forest, so you can tell we're doing some next-level stuff these da...

THIS IS THE THIRD ALPHA BUILD SHHHHHHH

In this build, Elf Planet gets one of the most rad glow-ups you've ever seen. It's filled with trees, foliage, and gorgeous scenery, as well as the hut of the Babayadog - if you can find it.We also added a fully-formed Dog Park to Patsville, fixed a critical UI crash bug, put a unique, unusu...

THIS IS OUR SECOND ALPHA BUILD SHHHHH

We fixed several issues after the Alpha, found several more - and have a new build ready in a SINGLE WEEK after the last one, because our Alpha is that damn stable. It's rad to work on a modular game that functions between public releases, it turns out!Some things to keep in mind, whether you&#3...

Airport Polish - Complete! [Expansion #9]

Okay, that headline is partially true. We'll get into that in a moment.Hello, Dog Fans and Cat Conspirators!After the v1 pf Alpha, our first priority was tightening up the airports. We couldn't do a full prop pass on Elf Planet just yet, to add the range of vegetation and Chill Spots it dese...

SHERLOCK HOLMES HUNTS THE MOTH MAN is Complete (For Now)!

Heya, folks!A couple months ago, I started my comics career by launching a set of updating short stories. The first story, and the only one to receive multiple installments, is called Sherlock Holmes Hunts the Moth Man.This tale has been living in my brain and heart for years. There's so much le...

GRAND OPENING - BLASEBALL-SPONSORING ALPHA! [Expansion #8]

Hello, Dog Fans and Cat Conspirators!I think I've been awake for over 24 hours now, so I'm going to keep this short:1) Dog Airport Game is OFFICIALLY IN ALPHA! As of today, we are Airport Complete, with 6 stunning open-world venues to adventure through in your journey across the cosmos. And,...

THIS IS OUR FIRST ALPHA BUILD SHHHHHH

I HAVEN'T SLEPT IN OVER 24 HOURS AND THE ONLY THING DRIVING ME IS DOGS.As you'll see in our update, we're stoked to be sponsoring this season of internet super sport Blaseball - and Dog Airport Game has reached Alpha!We've got our full slate of six absurd open-world airports in the g...

WELCOME, BLASEBALLERS

I desperately need to sleep, so here are the four things you need to know about An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs and the people who make it, Blaseball fans:1) YOU CAN PET ANY DOG AT ANY TIME WITH AN INFINITE NUMBER OF HANDSWhy an infinite number of hands, you ask? Why does every press of ...

THIS IS THE BUILD BEFORE ALPHA SHHHH

As mentioned in the public announcement, there's still cleanup work to do across the worlds (especially Uranus). However, we've hit the point where our final slate of airports are all implemented in-game, in some form. If you'd like a more polished version of these things, look out for o...

Quiet Opening - Alpha Airports [Expansion #7]

Hello, Dog Fans and Cat Conspirators!If you check the Patreon front page, you'll notice the text and tiers have changed - which is a good thing! All of your benefits have been expanded, there's now space for more people to get their pets put into my projects (and for patrons to get their pet...

DOGVELOPMENT LOG #22: Update Preview!

I've spent days trying to come up with some lovely, concise way of showing just how big of a deal this new update is. Then I realized I could just make a video. So I did!In the video above, you'll watch me live-develop (alongside my co-developer and programmer Tom Vinita) one of the three ne...

DOGVELOPMENT LOG #21: New Build Poll!!

SEND ME THE PICTURES OF YOUR PETS.Wasn't expecting that, were ya?I am still hounding some of y'all for photos of pups, but it has taken on the air of a game, now. I have detached from reality. I have ascended to a new area of purgatory heretofore undiscovered. Asking for pet photos (if you i...

DOGVELOPMENT LOG #20: SCREAMING FOR YOUR DOG PICS

Heya folks!This update is a pretty short, as I am primarily, desperately begging for folks who haven't sent in their pet photos to send them in as soon as humanly possible.You can hear the final music track for Uranus above - which is one of the airports arriving in this month's update! I&#3...

DOGVELOPMENT LOG #19: SEND ME YOUR DOGS, PLEASE

Hello!Please, send me your pet photos, if you haven't already, and you're at that patron tier. Time is running out to do that. Thank you.Just a brief update, this time. Our next expansion is dropping very soon, and includes a bunch of improvements, including an options menu (with accessibili...

THIS IS THE FIANCEE FRIENDSHIP ADVENTURES BUILD SHHHH

You saw the public announcement, filled with HOPE and BELIEF despite the WORLD BEING ON FIRE.We've got a new build for y'all - and it's rad!Some things to keep in mind, whether you're a new player or a long-time Dog Fan:- Gates open about 90 minutes before boarding time. If your dogs...

GRAND OPENING - Fiancée Friendship Adventures! [Expansion #6]

Hello, Dog Fans and Cat Conspirators!I'll keep this short, even though the update is very large indeed.We've got more dogs for ya, as always. More shops. More items, and item effects. More conversations. More existential dread. A dog gives you a gun. However, perhaps the greatest milestone o...

DOGVELOPMENT LOG #18: CLOSING DOWN NEW PET PICTURES

In case the headline worries you - I'm not doing it immediately.To make sure each pup (and cat) gets the attention they deserve, I'm closing off all new applications to the Dog Devotee and Cat Conspirator tiers in two weeks. About 1 month after that, I won't be able to accept any further...

DOGVELOPMENT LOG #17: A New Challenger Approaches!!!

You know how the game is about the last two human beings in the galaxy, meeting and departing from each other like two generous, loving, orbiting stars as they pursue their individual lives in a universe of dogs?You, the player, are one of these beings....This is the other.This is the animation set ...

DOGVELOPMENT LOG #16: Day of the Devs!

Hiya, folks!I've been a bit more quiet here as I try to share progress more frequently via Discord (you can join the Discord here for exclusive updates and late-night questions about what I should name a dog or something!).Did you know we have a Safety Dog system now? Bring an illegal or dangero...

THIS IS THE MARINARA AIRPORT OPENING BUILD SHHHH

You saw the public announcement! We've got a new build ready for y'all, and, yet again, it's our biggest one yet.Some things to keep in mind for the awesomeness you're about to encounter:- Gates open about 90 minutes before boarding time. If your dogs aren't there, you need to be...

GRAND OPENING - Marinara Trench Airport! [Expansion #5]

Hello, Dog Fans and Cat Conspirators!In my biased opinion, the wait has been worth it.I am so, so delighted to say we're finally at the point where we can fully claim to have a simulated universe of airports. You can wait for a flight for eight hours, in real time, travel between a network of th...

SURPRISE - Exclusive Cellular Harvest Preview!

Hiya, folks!Thank you for your ongoing support of my work - in particular, An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs. We're right on track for the release of the next major expansion (a couple months in the making!) this week, complete with usable items, a new airport, oodles of neat features ...

(late-night preview build shenanigans)

okay, it is late at night, and i think the Marinara Trench airport is finally complete. also, you can drink sodas and stuff.that said, I do not trust mine own eyes to behold the game and say "okay yeah that's ready to shout about".if you want to bang on the build and let me know if anyth...

DOGVELOPMENT LOG #15: I BROKE SOME STUFF

So, you might have noticed that the link to download Pre-Alpha Build 7 is now broken. This is because I was so confident that I would have Pre-Alpha Build 8 finished by the end of today, that I cleared the Google Drive space in advance.That was a horrible mistake.See, I thought I found a way to buil...

DOGVELOPMENT LOG#14: LISTEN TO THIS DOG NOIR MUSIC

The world was already on fire when I wrote the last patron update. If possible, it has gotten even more on fire. That has slowed progress a bit.However, progress is still occurring in Dog Airport Game land, and I am therefore delighted to introduce you to the track for our in-development noir airpor...

DOGVELOPMENT LOG#13: DOG RENAISSANCE FAIRE VIBES

Heya! Above, you can listen to some extremely good vibes, courtesy of a preview of our Elf Planet music.A few pieces of big news:- The next airport is nearly ready! It's a flooded desert environment known as the Marinara Trench. You'll have to cross between the terminals using a regular netw...