- Collie Companion Update, TRUE DESKTOP MODE - 25 September 2026
🐾 Collie Companion Update!The game now has TRUE Desktop Mode!Previously, I was kind of cheating. The game would grab your desktop resolution, create a 220px-tall transparent window, and use that to give the illusion that your Collie was actually on your desktop.Getting true desktop mode working has actually been one of the more difficult changes I've made to Collie Companion. It's taken a lot of time, testing and head-scratching to get everything working properly, but I'm really happy with where it's ended up.No more pretending!You can now play with your Collie while still interacting with your entire desktop normally. No more needing to right-click along the bottom of the screen just to interact with things.With all that extra space, I've also scaled up and cleaned up most of the UI, making everything much easier to see and interact with.I've also added scaling and position offsets, s…
- Update 1.19 - Challenges - 30 August 2026
Collie Companion - Update 1.19Hello Herders! I am back with some fresh content, quality of life improvements and more! check them out below.📦 New ContentAdded daily challenges featuring simple activities such as washing your collie, feeding specific foods, playing with toys, and herding small groups of sheep.Added weekly challenges with three larger goals that reward gold and bond.Added daily challenge streaks for completing all daily goals.Added collie wishes. Your collie may occasionally request a specific food or toy, awarding bonus Bond when fulfilled.Added occasional friendly compliments after caring for or playing with your collie.📊 StatsAdded favorite food tracking.Added favorite toy tracking.Added current and best daily challenge streak statistics.Expanded the friends stats screen with field, stamina, resting, and assignment information.🛠️ UI ChangesCleaned up alot of the UI,…
- Auto Season is here 1.18.1 - 18 July 2026
📦 New Content - Added Auto Season, That will cycle through each season. Each Season lasts 15 mins ✨ Improvements - You can now purchase your favorite Season in the upgrade store, to keep it active for as long as you want - Reworked parts of UI, so it will organise itself when enabling/disabling UI elements 🐛 Bug Fixes -Fixed crashes related to season changes
- Update 1.18 - Seasons - 28 June 2026
Hello Herders !Welcome to update 1.18, it features seasons, music and more! Check it out below!📦 New Content-Added 4 different seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn and WinterSpring - More sheep spawnsSummer - Gives more goldAutumn - Gives more bondWinter - Slower food / hunger drain-Added new music button to menu-Added 5 new relaxing music tracks-Added 4 new events-Added 15+ new decorations-Added 4 new Steam Achievements, related to seasons update-Added two new upgrades for sheep spawn, 3x sheep spawn and 4x sheep spawn-Added upgrades for washing dog-Added a new windowed and full screen modes to the game if you are not a fan of the taskbar clamp-Added wind effects -Added falling leaves effect and scatter when dog runs through them-Added a cute label when friends enter/exit field-Doubled the max amount of sheep on screen from 500 to 1000✨ Improvements-Added subtle animations when navigating…
- Even more new content?!? - 12 June 2026
Hello Herders ! Back again with more cool updates this time with more of the friend system! 📦 New Content - You can now have your friends roam about the field along with your Collie - Added a whole new upgrade section for friends along with 4 unique upgrades ✨ Improvements - Added new UI element when your Collie is to dirty - Improved UI clarity when assigning friends to field 🐛 Bug Fixes - Fixed some issues with the auto herd pathing - Fixed issues with dog scaling incorrect after bath - Fixed a bug where the tutorial wont progress
- Friends update, follow up! - 12 June 2026
✨ Improvements - You can now assign the friends you unlock to auto herd a type of sheep!
- Update 1.17 - Collie Companion and Friends - 11 June 2026
Hello Herders! I have released the free Collie Companion and Friends content update! Here is what it includes📦 New ContentAdded 10 new breeds of dog, each with their own skins! - Chihuahua: 6 skins- Chow: 5 skins- Corgi: 4 skins- Dalmatian: 2 skins- Frenchie: 5 skins- German Shepherd: 5 skins- Husky: 4 skins- Labrador: 4 skins- Pug: 4 skins- Added a new cozy looking mouse cursor ✨ Improvements- More improvements to the right click menu UI- Tons of visual improvements to the Steam Deck🐛 Bug Fixes- Fixed a lot of the controller issues, should be more consistent- Fixed issues with Steam Deck not looking properly
- First Free Content Expansion Announced! - 10 June 2026
Announcing the teaser for our first major content update for Collie Companion! Check it out on our socials! More to be revealed later...
- Further updates to 1.16 - 8 June 2026
✨ Improvements - Changed the guide button from a list to a book. - Updated and fixed the sheep smoke when running away.
- Version 1.16 - 7 June 2026
Hello Herders! Guess whos back, back again! Here with a fresh set of improvements and fixed. ✨ Improvements - Changed the use of emojis, so the windows and Steam Deck are the same. - The store icons, the upgrade icons, skins icon and decoration icons all use their sprites instead of emojis. - Smoothed out the dog animations on all skins, to look a little less jittery. - Disabled the double sheep spawn upgrade when in relaxed mode. - Improved the throw line when throwing toys, should be more visible now. 🐛 Bug Fixes - The game now properly updates ui and on screen elements when changing to a new monitor with a different resolution. - Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause the ui to not clamp to windows resolution. - Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause the sheep and dig events to spawn off screen. 📢 Developer Notes - Please note I do not own a Steam Deck, I am previewing the ch…
- Even more to 1.15 - 6 June 2026
Hello Herders! Parallax layers are here! ✨ Improvements - Added parallax background toggle in both windows and steam deck - Added a prompt at start that asks if the user would like it on or off
- Further updates on 1.15 - 6 June 2026
Hello Herders, Again just a super small patch today. This is mainly aimed at Steam Deck players! ✨Steam deck Improvements - Added button prompts to the Steam Deck UI - Added Menu button to the screen for all you touch screen enjoyers! 🎮 Gameplay - Fixed a bug that stopped controller players being not being able to throw toys across screen
- Version 1.15 - 5 June 2026
Hello Herders! I am back again, you just cant get rid of me. This time I have done the first pass at Steam Deck and Controller support!✨ Additions - Added initial controller support, further improvements such as button prompts are coming.- Steam Deck is now up and running! This is just the first pass but there is still a few kinks to work out but it is in, and its going! Play away with it and report every little bug you see, I am ready with my zapper.
- Small fix for decorations - 5 June 2026
Hello Herders! Just a super small quick fix - Decorations now refund the gold when deleted
- Update 1.12 - 4 June 2026
Hello Herders! Auto herd is fianlly here. Plus a super cool QOL for toys, check it out! 📦 New Content - Added 5 new auto herd upgrades, one for every type of sheep - Added 2 more collie upgrades, Slower Hunger Drain & Slower Boredom Drain 🧸 Toys - When placing a toy, you can now hold left click and throw it across your screen. 🛠️ UI Changes - Reorganized and reworked the upgrade menus. 💡 Quality of Life - Upgrade menus refresh immediately after buying upgrades. 🐛 Bug Fixes - Fixed the issue where if you had to many speed upgrades you could overtake the sheep.
- Update 1.11 - 4 June 2026
Hello Herders! Just a very small one today. ✨ Improvements -Further improvements to the tutorial and on boarding to help new players
- Update 1.1 - UI Refresh - 3 June 2026
Hello Herders! I have been working on this for about week before launch, unfortunately I couldn't get it in on time but the UI refresh is here! No more lists! 🎨 Visual Updates - Updated the right-click menu into a cleaner 4x2 grid as apose to the list that was present before. - Added sound effects when clicking now for that extra zing and pep - The game now uses a font that fits with the theme - Updated shop/decor/upgrades/skins to use the new themeing ✨ Improvements - Added a new tab to settings menu called Game that houses all the gameplay modifiers and new game options Please let me know how you get on, and please let me know if any of them nasty bugs have arrived. I will also be moving to weekly updates for the bigger stuff, so expect a new update every Sunday. I will still be hotfixing as/when needed. Stay beautiful and take care.
- Hotfix #4 - 3 June 2026
Hello Herders! Thank you so much for playing feedback! I am working on new content but the main focus for right now is bug fixes and balancing. I understand that sometimes the game can get a little crazy when you are trying to work. So without being the fun police and nerfing the sheep spawn I have added a relaxed mode along side the pause sheep mode. The relaxed mode, will give you a more gentle experience without out right stopping the sheep from spawning. ✨ Improvements - Added Relaxed Mode for players who want a gentler experience. - Added version tracking to the Extras menu footer. 🛠️ UI Changes - Added paused sheep spawning state to the sheep counter. 🐛 Bug Fixes - Separated random dig rewards from dig event rewards. - Fixed total bond earned stats to count all bond sources. - Continued dog animation transition fixes for low hunger and boredom interactions. 🏆 Achievements - Add…
- 📢 Hotfix #3 - 2 June 2026
🐛 Bug Fixes - Cleaned up the interaction between the dig event and the random dig. It was causing issues and giving false amounts of gold - Fixed issues when the dog would play the idle animation in place as opose to laying down or sitting.
- 📢 Hotfix #3 - 2 June 2026
🐛 Bug Fixes - Cleaned up the interaction between the dig event and the random dig. It was causing issues and giving false amounts of gold - Fixed issues when the dog would play the idle animation in place as oppose to laying down or sitting.
