A Dog's Dinner

One hob, one freezer. Biscuit has questions.

You start in a flat with a garage: one hob, one chest freezer and a border terrier called Biscuit who has opinions about everything, especially you. A Dog's Dinner is a cosy tycoon about cooking fresh dog food to order, hiring a team, and growing from a kitchen table to a warehouse, one nervous order at a time. Every box follows the same honest chain: cook it, portion it, freeze it, pack it. The van leaves at 14:00. The van does not wait.

Day one: a hob, a crate of carrots, a very small kitchen

Day one is a tour of your kitchen: order crates at the desk, register with the council, and cook your first batch. Pots can overcook, and they burn if you wander off. Biscuit will notice.

Cook it, portion it, freeze it, pack it (the van does not wait)

Every order follows the same honest chain. Prep and cook, portion into tubs on the kitchen table, freeze the tubs in a chest freezer, then pack each box to order before the 14:00 van. Boxes never go in the freezer. The van does not wait.

Biscuit tastes every recipe (his verdict is final)

Design recipes in the editor, watch the nutrition bands, and let a dog give his verdict (hearts, and a score out of ten). Along the way you pick up plain-spoken notes on what goes into dog food and why it matters.

You're going to need a bigger freezer

At 300 customers you move to a warehouse: rooms and walls, cold rooms, a QC lab, a test kitchen with research points, and loans, investors and a board to keep happy. Next door, you push towards a full year and 18,000 customers.

Hire a chef. Hats are not optional.

Hire a chef (proper hat, doesn't share), keep an eye on who is busy, and find the slowest stage of your line. Councils inspect, rivals copy your best seller, and the Daily Bark prints the gossip.

Build it, and watch it thump into place

Place freezers, benches and bins, and watch each one thump into the room. Weather, seasons, dog walkers in the street and a founder maker with seven backstories make every career a bit different.

Early Access: what is in, and what is not yet

A Dog's Dinner is coming to Early Access with the flat, the warehouse and the next-door chapter playable from the start. The production facility is coming in an update. See the Early Access answers below for what is planned.