

According to Fallout producer, lead programmer and designer Tim Cain, " Leonard Boyarsky, the art director.

His initial name had been "Dogshit" and his ultimate name was derived from the opening scene of the 1975 post-apocalyptic film A Boy and His Dog, in which the main character Vic calls his dog Blood "Dogmeat". River the dog's performance was positively received, and has won best video game dog for 2015.Ĭharacter design For Fallout 3, Dogmeat was modeled to be of a Blue Heeler breed (pictured) in order to resemble the dog of Mad Max from the film Mad Max 2.ĭogmeat was inspired by the unnamed dog of Max Rockatansky (Mad Max) from the 1981 post-apocalyptic film Mad Max 2. The character has been well received, widely regarded as a series highlight, as well as one of the most popular sidekick characters in video games. Other versions of Dogmeat are featured and serve similar roles in Fallout 3 (2008) and Fallout 4 (2015). An NPC, Dogmeat was introduced as an optional companion to the player character in the original Fallout (1997), and made cameo appearances in the sequel Fallout 2 (1998). Dogmeat is a character featured in the post-apocalyptic role-playing game series Fallout.
