This page details pre-release information and/or media for Dog's Life.
Windows Debug Screenshots#
Screenshots showing a Windows build of the game, exhibiting graphical glitches. 1



March, 2001#
GDC 2001#
Dog's Life was shown off at GDC 2001 during David Braben's presentation, "Technology Five Years From Now". The game is known as Dog's Tale at this point.2



September, 2001#
ECTS 2001#
The same presentation is also shown at ECTS 2001 by Braben, with a demo of the game being displayed during this presentation. 3
October, 2001#
Frontier Dogs Demonstrator#
On October 25, 2001, Frontier Developments released a small animation demonstrator program to showcase their IK technology known as "R-TAG".4 5 This demonstrator happens to use an early dog model for Jake and the Dalmatian that also appears in some early builds.
April, 2003#
SCEE Monthly Artwork Disc#
The April 2003 SCEE Monthly Artwork Disc (MAD) contains press images for Dog's Life, showing many locations from the game. 6
Alphine#


City#


Countryside#







Dogs#




Smellovision#
May, 2003#
E3 2003#
PSWorld Volume 33 Preview#
E3 Preview
The PSWorld Volume 33 disc contains an E3 video preview of a later build of Dog's Life. Watch on YouTube
SCEE Software Brochure + Press Information - E3 2003#
Dog's Life Video
September, 2003#
Official AUS PlayStation 2 Magazine#
Issue 018 (2003-09)8#
October, 2003#
Zo Zit Dat Magazine#
The October 2003 edition of the Dutch magazine Zo Zit Dat contains a section about development on Dog's Life. 9
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SCEE Monthly Artwork Disc#
The SCEE MAD for October 2003 also contains images for Dog's Life, and even some concept art images. 10
Artwork#
Dwayne
Environment
Groups
Jake
Misc
Wayne
Screenshots#
2004#
Pulse - Behind the Scenes of Dog's Life#
References#
- Andrew Gillett on X (Twitter)↩︎
- Frontier Developments GDC 2001↩︎
- Eurogamer ECTS 2001↩︎
- Frontier Developments R-TAG Demonstrator Press Release↩︎
- Demonstrator Download page↩︎
- SCEE Monthly Artwork Disc April 2003↩︎
- SCEE Software Brochure + Press Information - E3 2003↩︎
- Official AUS PlayStation 2 Magazine Issue 018 (2003-09)↩︎
- Andrew Gillett on Bluesky↩︎
- SCEE Monthly Artwork Disc October 2003↩︎
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM90b0K1-YM Pulse - Behind the Scenes of Dog's Life (2004)↩︎
- https://archive.org/details/G4_Reel_for_GDC_Hallway-Eating_Area_G4_Media G4 Reel for GDC (Hallway Eating Area)(G4 Media)↩︎