Hey everyone, here’s a small update from the Old Friends Game team.
We’re really excited to be making this game! While we are still working hard creating it, we thought we’d begin with the story of how the Old Friends game came to be.
How did it all start?
We’ve been fans of Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary (OFSDS) for a long time, following their Facebook page since 2016. The idea to create a game about OFSDS started from Emma (Creative Director at Runaway) and Lisa (Community Director and Narrative Designer) chatting about our mutual love of games such as Animal Crossing and a strong need for more games that focus on friendship, love and coziness! What better theme than running a senior dog sanctuary?
Fast forward to 2017 when we starting pitching new game ideas at Runaway, Emma put forward a brief and the whole Runaway team voted. Old Friends Dog Sanctuary: a game about friendship, was an overall resounding yes!
After this, all that was left to do was get in touch with the team at OFSDS to see if they were keen on our idea… and much to our excitement, they were totally on board and just as excited as we are! Zoe (Managing Director) decided that the team needed to do some serious research and so one year ago, Emma and Lisa flew from Dunedin, New Zealand all the way to Mt Juliet in Tennessee, USA! — the home of the real Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary!
What next?
We’re really excited to share more of our story with you! For now, we’d love it if you could follow us on, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram!
Before you go,
remember you can get your very own Old Friends 2020 calendar here! Here’s the Old Friends game team showing off our copies!
100% of the proceeds go to Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary. This features art of their beloved dogs, past and present, done by the art team working on the Old Friends Dog Sanctuary Game!
That’s all for now! If you want to be first to hear more about the Old Friends game sign up to our newsletter here! In the next newsletter, we’ll be sharing photos from our research trip to Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary in Tennessee, USA. See you next time!
- The Old Friends Game Team
