By My Side · published
Hey everyone,
Quick but important update before the weekend.
📅 RELEASE DATE CORRECTION
The store page currently shows July 3 — that date is no longer accurate. Due to a Steam review process delay, the actual release is now planned for July 6. Sorry for any confusion if you were waiting for today! We'll update the store page date as soon as we can.
🐕 MULTIPLAYER
By My Side supports online co-op (2-8 players, P2P) — host from the main menu or invite friends via the Steam overlay. This isn't showing as an official store category yet while we finish additional testing with Steam, but it's fully playable right now, including in the demo.
🌲 A MORE LIVING WORLD
We rebuilt how the world generates vegetation. Instead of scattered trees and flat grass, the world now has real density — open meadows, transition zones, and genuinely dense forest you can lose yourself in, with landmark trees and rock formations to help you navigate. Fallen logs in the forest are now real, choppable resources, not just decoration.
🐾 DOG BREEDS
Simplified the breed pool to our two fully custom-modeled breeds — Beagle and Border Collie — for a more consistent, polished look. If you had a different breed in an existing save, don't worry: your dog keeps its name, trust, and everything else, just a new look.
🔧 SMALL FIXES
Various under-the-hood fixes, including a tilling/hoe input issue and cleaner dog spawning.
Updated demo is live now.
Thanks for your patience — see you on July 6. 🐕