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My name is Josh. In January 2017, I quit my office job to pursue my childhood dreams of becoming an independent video game developer. It’s equal parts terrifying and exhilarating. This is WARP DOGS. It’s my site, my “company”, and it’s probably all about video games. With WARP DOGS, I plan to celebrate the joy of video games & create many strange and wonderful things

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Building a Village: A Portrait is Worth a Thousand Words

Building a Village: A Portrait is Worth a Thousand Words

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It's been awhile since I've done a proper devlog, so I want to start with something small. So small, in fact, that it's only 48x48 pixels: today I'm talking...

Village Monsters v0.90.0: The Living Lands Update + The Lunar New Year Sale!

Village Monsters v0.90.0: The Living Lands Update + The Lunar New Year Sale!

Village Monsters

Village Monsters receives its biggest update yet - and its biggest discount! The Year of the Monster is finally upon us.

New Major Update: Part 1 of the Village Restoration Project (V0.80.0)

New Major Update: Part 1 of the Village Restoration Project (V0.80.0)

Village Monsters

It’s time for another major update! Welcome to Village Monsters v0.80, also known as Part 1 of the Village Restoration Project. This release is all...

Building a Village - Village Restoration Project

Building a Village - Village Restoration Project

Village Monsters

It's finally time to revitalize your community! Let's take a look at the new features coming in Village Monsters v0.80.

New Major Update: Early Access v0.72.5b!

New Major Update: Early Access v0.72.5b!

Village Monsters

Village Monsters v0.72.5b is now available on all platforms. Home improvements! Town improvements! Code improvements...?!

Village Monsters: Gardening Update (v0.70) OUT NOW + 10% off!

Village Monsters: Gardening Update (v0.70) OUT NOW + 10% off!

Village Monsters

Village Monsters v.0.70 is out now for all platforms. I had one main goal with this update: completely overhauling the gardening hobby. To celebrate the...

New Major Update: Early Access v0.65.0!

New Major Update: Early Access v0.65.0!

Village Monsters

Village Monsters update v0.65.0 is out now on all platforms! I think a cozy and comfortable game about chilling with your monster friends in a cool village...

New Major Patch: Early Access 0.60.0

New Major Patch: Early Access 0.60.0

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Happy Day-After-Valentine's-Day, villagers! This is one of the best days around if you like discounted chocolate and red-and-pink colored tchotchkes...

Building a Village – My Cozy Valentine

Building a Village – My Cozy Valentine

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It's been a long time since I've written a dev log for Village Monsters, and it's been *even longer* since I've made a Blingee So I've decided to rectify...

Village Monsters - Out Now!

Village Monsters - Out Now!

Village Monsters

Hiya, indieDB! It's been awhile, huh? I took a hiatus from updating a few places as I was stretched pretty thin, but I'm back now with good reason: Village...

Village Monsters gets a new trailer!

Village Monsters gets a new trailer!

Village Monsters

Well! It's been *checks watch* hmm *checks calendar* hmmmmm *consults star maps* ah yes! As I was saying, it's been two years since the last trailer...

Building a Village, 6/29/2019 - Making of Monsters

Building a Village, 6/29/2019 - Making of Monsters

Village Monsters

A long-form discussion of the design behind the many monsters you can meet and befriend in Village Monsters.

Building a Village, 5/19/2019 – Treasure Mainland

Building a Village, 5/19/2019 – Treasure Mainland

Village Monsters

There are many hobbies to pursue in your time in the village, but if you like making money and learning lore there’s really only one hobby for you...

Building a Village, 04/03/2019 – Spring Cleaning

Building a Village, 04/03/2019 – Spring Cleaning

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I’m trying something a little different with today’s dev diary. Instead of featuring things I’ve added or improved I’ll be talking about things...

Release: Village Monsters Beta 3 (Pumpkin Pie) is now available!

Release: Village Monsters Beta 3 (Pumpkin Pie) is now available!

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Villagers! A new demo is now available and it's free for everyone! It's a substantial release and I'm real proud of it. Check out the release notes to...

Building a Village, 11/24/2018 – Clash of the Cods

Building a Village, 11/24/2018 – Clash of the Cods

Village Monsters

There’s no way to actually prove this, but I’m pretty sure more people have played fishing mini-games than have actually gone fishing. So as you can...

Building a Village, 08/25/2018 – Trash Hog

Building a Village, 08/25/2018 – Trash Hog

Village Monsters

You’ll notice a definite trend in what I’ve been working on this week: villager interactions. This’ll remain a major priority for probably the next...

Release: Summer Sherbert Demo is now available!

Release: Summer Sherbert Demo is now available!

Village Monsters

Hello Villagers! I'm very excited to announce that the latest Village Monsters demo – code named Summer Sherbert – has been released.

Building a Village, 07/20/2018 – Words Words Words

Building a Village, 07/20/2018 – Words Words Words

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I’ve got big news to share! The next demo of Village Monsters – code name Summer Sherbet – is coming out on July 30th. And for the first time since...

Building a Village, 07/11/2018 – Invading Privacy

Building a Village, 07/11/2018 – Invading Privacy

Village Monsters

Hello Villagers! Welcome to another (slightly late) weekly developer diary of Village Monsters! Another productive week is under the belt and we’ve...

Building a Village, 07/01/2018 – Fishtincts

Building a Village, 07/01/2018 – Fishtincts

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Welcome to another weekly developer diary of Village Monsters. It’s been a productive week over here at Village Monsters HQ. Maybe it’s because my...

Building a Village, 06/22/2018 – New / Improved

Building a Village, 06/22/2018 – New / Improved

Village Monsters

It’s a partly sunny / partly cloudy day here at Village Monsters HQ, and it’s perfect weather to reflect back on a productive week of work. I’m...

Building a Village – 06/17/2018 - New Furnishings

Building a Village – 06/17/2018 - New Furnishings

Village Monsters

The days are getting longer and hotter here at Village Monsters HQ, and that makes it easy to tell I’m a game developer: all I want to do is spend my...

Building a Village – 05/28/2018

Building a Village – 05/28/2018

Village Monsters

The latest Village Monsters dev log is up! In today's update I discuss walls of text, Zelda-style item usage, and reveal more details about the end of...