Hungry pups → make time to eat
Food nearby + commands stopped → pups can eat. A food item alone does not replace the break from orders.
Episode 2 care notes
Family Time guides for pup care, building and commands
Start with your pups’ food, water and sleeping places. Once those needs are covered, put their carrying and building commands to work.
In this page
Keep the family cared for
A full construction queue does not feed a hungry pup. The game’s care instructions tell you to stop commands so pups can eat nearby food, place thirsty pups in water and give them cots for sleep.
Follow one care-and-building work cycle →
For an immediate need, feed pups and give them water before assigning work.
Thirsty pups → place them in water
Water is the drinking condition. The well itself is not a place to put a pup.
Sleeping needs → provide cots
Walls and floors are construction progress; cots provide the sleeping place the family needs.
Care checks addressed → hauling or building → check the family again before the next job.
What needs attention?
- Hungry or thirsty pups: work through the food and water guide before extending a work routine.
- No food at hand: hunt a chicken and finish the meal, from the attack command to letting pups eat.
- Supplying a building job: move logs or planks with helpers, then drop off the load or supply a blue plan.
- A locked pup will not move or sleep: use the developer’s right-click unlock answer, then resume its task.
- Finding the right instructions: these guides cover free Episode 2, whose download is labelled Build37. Episode 3 and the future Steam release have separate version boundaries.
A household that keeps getting bigger
Family Time is sgthale’s simulation about looking after a growing family of wolf children. Caring for them and making use of their help belong to the same loop: hungry workers still need a break, and a larger household needs somewhere to sleep.
Play through the developer’s official free Episode 2 release. The Steam edition is scheduled for Q1 2027.
Current guides
Family care
- How to feed pups and give them water Stop a pup’s active command so it can eat food nearby. For thirst, place the pup in water so it can drink. Do not put pups inside a well.
- How animal husbandry works: chickens and pigs Keep one male and one female together overnight: rooster with hen, or boar with mama pig. Chicken farms need hay bedding; pig farms need mud, which the guidebook describes as water plus dirt.
- Beginner route: care for your family and finish a building job Check food and water first, prepare a plank, mark a Blueprint plan and finish it with the Mallet or a pup carrying planks. Then check the family again before starting another job.
- How to hunt chickens and feed hungry pups Press E on a chicken to command an attack. Chickens drop food in the developer’s food demonstration. Bring hungry pups near the food, stop their active orders and check the hungry-pup count before returning to work.
- How to unlock pups that will not move or sleep Right-click the locked pup itself. This is sgthale’s answer to a player whose locked pups would not do anything, including sleep. After unlocking it, return to the command or care task you wanted it to perform.
Building & helpers
- How to build with planks and prepare shelter Use the Blueprint tool to mark a plan. Carry a plank, switch to the Mallet and left-click the plan to construct it. Pups can do the job too: command them to carry planks, then press E on the blue preview.
- Pup commands: follow, carry and build Use F for follow/unfollow and hold F on the floor for a go-to order. E is contextual: target a material for pickup, a blue plan for construction, or an animal for attack.
- How to carry logs, planks and other materials Press E on a material to command pickup, bring the carrier along with F or send it toward a floor point with hold-F, then use E at the drop-off prompt. If it is carrying planks for construction, target the blue plan with E instead.
Controls & versions
- Controls and saving in Episode 2 Scroll changes tools; E issues contextual commands; F controls follow/unfollow and hold-F issues go-to. The developer lists F5/F6 for save/load. Esc opens the pause book.
- Free Episode 2, Build37 and the Steam release Free Episode 2 is available through sgthale’s official release post. Its attachments are labelled Build37. The developer recommends DX12, with DX11 for very old computers; the Steam edition is scheduled for Q1 2027.