
“I shut myself out from the world for weeks, and working on this mod was my only solace for a while.”Īs part of immortalizing Murphy, Daniel made some very specific design decisions to make sure the in-game version acted like the real deal. As you can imagine, his loss was very devastating to me personally,” he continued.

“He and I were very close and we kinda understood each other in a way I didn’t even understand most humans. This experience helped fuel Daniels love of dogs.

The family ended up taking care of Murphy for almost 10 years. Murphy originally worked as a racing dog, before Daniel’s family adopted him through an organization that helps find homes for retired greyhounds. Daniel said that Murphy was the first dog his family ever owned.
