- Patch Notes 1.1.1 - 23 February 2026
Hey Punks, We just released patch note 1.1.1 which adds samples to all the songs in the Jukebox, adds a new minigame, fixed multiple audio issues, and more! Here is the full patch notes!Patch Notes 1.1.1Jukebox Mode:Added samples to all the songs. Re-ordered the songs for a better listening experience. Updated visual assets for various tracks. Gameplay and UI updates:Added new tutorialization for the Cake and Drink portions of the Diner Dash minigame. Expanded mouse functionality across the main game and all minigames. Added a new minigame. Added a credits button to the main menu. Added a new content warning at the start of the game. Bug fixes:Cleaned up several UI glyphs for better clarity across all minigames. Fixed an issue that caused the wrong ending to play out. Fixed an issue that caused some wardrobe clothes to be displayed incorrectly. Fixed multiple audio issues. Fixed an issu…
- Dead Pets Out Now! - 6 February 2026
Dead Pets: A Punk Rock Slice of Life Sim is out now!Struggling punk rock band, Dead Pets, are looking for their big break. Play rhythm games at band practice, work a diner shift, converse with characters and manage Gordy’s life. Dead Pets is a feminist, slice-of-life, management-lite, minigame-heavy story; unleash your inner demon!When I first tried Dead Pets, I fell in love with the different character designs and the story they have behind them. Dead Pets was one of the unfortunate that got cancelled in the sea of games back in 2024. When I heard that we were picking up the title and continuing working on it in 2025, I was over the moon. Now the hard work and love that the developers put into Dead Pets can be shared with the world.This is the craziest concert in history.We will be live on Twitch with Inna from the Dead Pets team at Noon PST for a roundtable AMA and to continue raising…
- Women in Games International - 4 February 2026
Hey Punks,We are hosting a Dead Pets Launch Party charity event for Women in Games International(WIGI) on February 5th - 7th.From Thursday to Saturday, a ton of amazing femme and gender queer streamers will be playing Dead Pets on Twitch while raising money for WIGI. You can find streamers participating in the event here. Select streamers will be raffling games from the Akupara catalog to those who donate.WIGI is dedicated to supporting the growth and success of women, femme-identifying, and nonbinary professionals in the games industry making them a perfect partner for our upcoming feminist punk rock rhythm game.Akupara and WIGI will be live at noon PST with a roundtable moderated by Katy Bentz and a playthrough AMA with the Inna from the Dead Pets team.First launch day raid train stream starts on February 6th at 6am PST. Be there or be square.-riv otter
- Art Direction of Dead Pets - 28 January 2026
Hey Punks, We interviewed Inna and Ida to talk about Dead Pets and the art direction for the game!“I usually describe it as an off beat coming of age story of a 30-something year old but also demons.”“We have been inspired by television shows. Mostly because we wanted to see what happened. We looked into like Tuca and Bertie and Bojack Horseman and series that revolved around the same kind of topics and headlines issues we wanted to depict.”Dead Pets release next week! Hope you are excited! -riv otter
- Dead Pets releases on February 6th - 14 January 2026
Hey Punks, Dead Pets is releasing to PC February 6th!Struggling punk rock band, Dead Pets, are looking for their big break. Play rhythm games at band practice, work a diner shift, converse with characters and manage Gordy’s life. Dead Pets Unleashed is a feminist, slice-of-life, management-lite, minigame-heavy story; unleash your inner demon! Play songs that came from other titles, like Airframe Ultra, Cryptmaster, Wax Heads, and more! We are counting down to the biggest concert in gaming history.-riv otter
- Meet the Band: Dead Pets - 4 December 2025
Hey punks,The band Dead Pets is going to be world famous this time. I can feel it. Let’s meet the band going to reach acclaimed status.GordyGordy is the legendary Bass player of Dead Pets!Gordy’s strings play so chaotically that they smash windows nearby. If it isn’t her playing then it's the bass itself going through the window. BrianBrian is the lead drummer! Well the only drummer of Dead Pets!Brian once played their drum set so hard they broke their drum sticks and still continued to play without missing a single note. VelVel is the world renowned singer of Dead Pets!Vel’s voice is so famous that fans can hear her whisper from over 50 feet away. She also can be heard over a mile away during a riot. JayJay is the one and only talented guitarist of Dead Pets! With rifts so hard that it would knock anyone off their feet. Join the riots in the Akupara Games Discord and keep punk alive!-r…
- History of Punk - Punk Today - 17 October 2025
Hey Punks, Today is the final day for the History of Punk. I hope you enjoyed reading about punk and the culture around it. I want to wrap up the talk with what punk looks like today.Punk is more diverse than it ever was first starting out. Punk has such a wide range that just saying you like punk might not be enough to really say what type of music you like. Hardcore punk, Pop punk, Punk rock, Anarcho punk, and so many more. Punk continues to evolve and adapt to incorporate different elements from other genes like electronic music, hip-hop, and more.There are quite a few emerging bands revitalizing punk and continuing the genre. Sheer Mag, La Dispute, Tacocat, G.L.O.S.S. are just a couple of the bands each with their own backgrounds. Have a little listen to Sheer Mag.The fashion for punk has also evolved with the clothing. While it is still about individualism it has continued to inclu…
- History of Punk - The Punk Culture - 16 October 2025
Hey Punks,Day 4 of us taking a deeper look into punk! This time the focus will be in the culture of punk!To no one’s surprise that punk is an influential counterculture that has been around since the 1970s. It became a significant facet of non-mainstream society where the DIY (Do It Yourself) philosophy of punk encourages bands to produce their own music and perform in non-traditional venues.Punk is loud, full of energy, and often politicized which is loved by the youth as a way to show their grievances to the government and others that will listen. The term punk was actually borrowed from prison slang and was first used in musical context in the early 1970s.Individualism was important to punk. From the music to the clothing they wore it was a way to express individualism and reject social norms. Tight jeans and jackets. Ripped clothing. Chains. Wacky hairstyles like mohawks or liberty…
- History of Punk - Important People - 15 October 2025
Hey Punks,We are half way through the History of Punk, this time we investigate the different people who brought punk to the forefront. The RamonesThe Ramones were one of the first bands to ignite punk’s global popularity. They set the blueprints for punks with short songs, buzzsaw guitars and chant-along choruses. The original members were Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, and Tommy Ramone. The Ramones made their reputation with their live energetic performances at the CBGB club. “I Wanna Be Sedated” was just one of their titles that brought punk to the limelight. Sex PistolsI’ve already mentioned Sex Pistols a couple times in these logs, but their importance to creating the punk movement of the late 1970s in the UK shouldn’t be understated. The original members were Jonny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, and Glen Matlock. Their first single “Anarchy in the U.K.” was a call to…
- History of Punk - Punk Events - 14 October 2025
Hey Punks,Day 2 of Steam Next Fest and Punk is going strong.Today we take a peek at some of the events that really push punk into relevancy.CBGBOne of the first important events to really boost punk into popularity are the performances in the CBGB club. The club was founded in New York City which became a forum for American punk and new wave of rising bands. The Ramones, one of the earliest punk bands, got their rise because of CBGB. Even in the 90s, CBGB was associated with Sum 41, Green Day, Guns n Roses and more. Unfortunately the club closed in October 2006. It’s hard to imagine where punk would be without CBGB. Sex PistolIn the mid 1970s, the band Sex Pistol rose in popularity with their provocation in the music and the release of “Anarchy in the UK”. The band and their music laid the groundwork to bring punk to a global influence.Rock against RacismIn the mid to late 1970s, a move…
- History of Punk - The Origin - 13 October 2025
Hey Punks, Dead Pets Unleashed is joining Steam Next Fest this week! With Dead Pets obviously having its roots in punk, I want to go over the history of punk starting with the origin! Punk music started to form in the early 1970s in the undergrounds of New York and London to challenge the status quo. Pushed by the youth, it was a cry for change from the outsiders against the mainstream culture. The Talking Heads, Blondie, and many other bands performed together at popular clubs expanding the reach of punk. While it may have started in the US, the culture spread to the UK in response to the dire economy with the band Sex Pistols. Punk now has evolved into a wide array of variance to it. Hardcore punk, Pop punk, Punk rock, Anarcho punk, and so many more. Safe to say punk is now a part of history. Tomorrow I will take a deeper look into the different punk events that really catapulted punk…
- Akupara Games Publishing Dead Pets Unleashed - 3 September 2025
Hey punks, I’m the community manager and we are the publisher band: Akupara Games.Dead Pets was one of the unfortunate indie games among the sea of games that got cancelled in 2024. We think that is bullshit so we’re going somewhere that many others are afraid to do and revive a cancelled project. We would hate to see all the hard work the developers, artists, producers, and others who work on the game go to waste. It’s time to get punk, we are reviving Dead Pets Unleashed! The game is making a resurgence to wicked status. I’ll share more once they become available. It’s time to get punk, we are reviving Dead Pets Unleashed!For now though, please give Dead Pets a wishlist.-riv otter
- Designing our protagonist Gordy from a feminist perspective - 17 November 2023
***small spoilers*** It's Astrid, Game Director of Dead Pets Unleashed, checking in with another small behind-the-scenes look at Dead Pets Unleashed. If you've played our free demo, you already know our main character, Gordy. She is a bit of a mess, always speaks her mind, and struggles with commitment and responsibilities. Ida Hartmann, Ame Searle, and I wrote her like this because we often find that female protagonists in books, films, and games are written in a specific way to be "allowed" to play the main character. Even a feminist icon like Ripley from Alien has to be perfect; she is strong, smart, and effortlessly sexy. I know that is the stereotype of any action hero, but I still think it creates an image of women that is impossible to reflect yourself in. Gordy is not perfect at all; she is human first and foremost, and sometimes she makes irresponsible choices, like borrowing m…
- We Won an Award at IndieCade! - 4 November 2023
Holy shit! Dead Pets Unleashed is an award-winning game! We're so, so honored to be the recipient of the Games for Impact Award at IndieCade 2023. It's so touching that the game we've been working so hard on for the last few years is on the receiving end of such an exciting award. It really means so much to us that we've been able to tell an important story in Dead Pets Unleashed. Be sure to check out the rest of the Winners and Nominated games at IndieCade on Steam! Seriously, it's such a wonderful bunch of games, and we feel sooo lucky to have won amongst these titles!
- Why We Made the Uterus Egg Flipper Minigame - 27 October 2023
***Trigger: unwanted infertility, period pains*** I’m Astrid, the game director of Dead Pets Unleashed. If you’ve seen the clips from our Uterus Egg Flipper minigame, it seems mostly like a funny joke without context. But I have a lot to tell with this game. Dead Pets Unleashed is a feminist game, which means we are dealing with many themes on the feminist agenda, everything from, #metoo, discrimination, and rights to bodily autonomy. Gordy is about 30 years old in the game, and many people around this age experience comments regarding starting a family. In Denmark, a national campaign encouraged women to "count their eggs." This camping provoked me a lot; it’s an example of how we place society's wants and requirements solely as women's responsibility- in this case, reproduction. I believe it should be anyone with a uterus' choice if they want kids in the future. This was the first rea…
- My Healing Potion Out Now! - 20 October 2023
We've released another song from the Dead Pets EP - My Healing Potion is OUT NOW everywhere you stream music! This one is a little silly - seriously, how did Brian get away with writing this, let alone putting it on their EP 😂 But it's the perfect remedy for your weekend plans! Have you seen the Audio Deep Dive by our audio designer and composer Andreas Busk, from the Save and Sound festival? Andreas takes you through developing the Dead Pets' punk sound, along with the soundtrack and sound effects of some of the minigames! Lastly, if you've made it this far, we wanted to point out that we've put a release ~ period ~ on our Steam page! Okay, yes, it does just say 2024, which I know sounds far away, but we promise we're working hard on Dead Pets, and 2024 is really just right around the corner! We can't wait to share a proper release date with you Soon™ Spotify YouTube Music Apple Music…
- New Dead Pets Song Out Now! - 14 September 2023
We were so excited about being featured in the Save and Sound here on Steam, that we've released a brand new Dead Pets song! You can check out "I'm Just an Animal" anywhere you stream music, it's a banger, if we do say so ourselves 😉 This is one of the SIX original "Dead Pets" songs in the game performed by the band during our band practice rhythm game. You can also check out our wonderful talk from the event: join Dead Pets Unleashed's audio designer and composer Andreas Busk as he takes you on a deep dive into creating the soundtrack and songs for the game. Spotify YouTube Music Apple Music Tidal
- Vote for Us at the Gamescom Awards! - 22 August 2023
Dead Pets Unleashed has been nominated for "Games for Impact" at the Gamescom Awards! 🥳🤘 We're so blown away by this nomination! If you'd like to celebrate an outspoken feminist game, please send a vote our way! 🥰 You can vote for us on the Gamescom website
- Gordy’s Diary - June 2023 - 9 June 2023
Dear Gordy’s Diary, it's already June! Seriously, where is the year going?! We had such a busy month in May, Gordy forgot to update her diary! You might have seen, we were a part of LudoNarraCon last month! We streamed some gameplay with commentary from our dev team, sharing some behind the scenes stories about how the game is made. In a few day, on June 13, Dead Pets Unleashed will be featured in the Dames 4 Games showcase, with a brand new trailer! You can catch Dames 4 Games at 1pm PST, June 13th, streaming on the Guerrilla Collective Twitch and YouTube channel. We have a tiny little teaser to share with you from the new trailer, you'll never guess what this minigame could be 🤭🤭 Little... guys? a spring??? Any guesses? Be sure to check out all the fantastic games featured across all the Guerrilla Collective events on Steam - and don't forget to wishlist!! Gordy and her Dead Pets ha…
- LudoNarraCon 2023: Gameplay Stream with Dev Commentary - 1 May 2023
Dead Pets Unleashed is exhibiting at LudoNarraCon from May 4 - 8! LudoNarraCon is a digital convention hosted on Steam celebrating narrative games and the people who make them hosted entirely on Steam, and presented by indie narrative publisher, Fellow Traveller. As a part of the event, we'll be hosting a Gameplay Stream with Dev Commentary, streamed right here on our Steam page! The Steam will be running on loop throughout the whole event, and runs for just under and hour, so you'll have plenty of chances to catch it! Learn more about LudoNarraCon here Get all your Gordy related content here: Join our Discord server Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Tiktok
