Boomsheep

by leggy

co-authored: @doloc, @viperux

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.72

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.74

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.87

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.54

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.69

This game is about Ribilla, a shepherd dog which has to look after the farm while the owner is away for some days.

Ribilla is a very smart and experienced shepherd but sheeps in this farm are quite particular: Ribi will take really care of them and look after their every need, or... boom!

Guide Ribilla in this insane adventure!

Commands:

Left click to move Ribilla in the yard.

Select the bark (click in the icon in the bottom right corner or press 1, 2 or 3) appropriate for your situations.
Use selected bark by holding the right mouse button to position it and then release the button to fire it.

When moving you will push away sheeps close to you.

Shear them when their hair grow.
Wash them when they get dirty.
Leave them alone when you bark too much at them.

Endure 7 days and try to keep as many sheeps as possible alive.

Be a good girl.

Tags: #game design, #unity

Genres: action

Tools: Unity

Comments26

The Lame Brain6 Oct 2021, 17:22

Tip for anyone having trouble with the Windows link: The Linux link works, and there is a link there to download the windows version too.

I haven't had a chance to play it yet, but I will soon.

Viperux6 Oct 2021, 18:11

Thank you, I edited the link :-) Hope you like the game! We'll try your in the next days :-D

The Lame Brain6 Oct 2021, 18:27

Ran into an error where it started rapidly switching between pause and play I think? This meant that none of my barks could refill, and movement got really bad. This made it impossible to keep the sheep alive.

Still day 7 passed and Day 8 dawned and the game just kept going.

Cheers! -LB

BinarySpark6 Oct 2021, 19:02

Good entry! Took a moment to get used to the controls, but it's a cute game! :D

Abdonatioera8 Oct 2021, 23:52

Fun idea. It's quite addictive! Relaxing in a way, too.

DGSpitzer9 Oct 2021, 02:06

Very creative gameplay! Exploding sheepies~

bassguitarbill9 Oct 2021, 10:07

Browser version works well. I like this game mechanic a lot, it gets _really_ frantic when you have more than a dozen sheep still alive! The art style was sweet, and it was never hard to tell what was going on. Very nice!

JUSTCAMH9 Oct 2021, 13:52

Hey team, thanks for submitting your game to stream, it was a lot of fun! Here's a link to the vod if you'd like to rewatch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1171753717

Trusty9 Oct 2021, 19:05

Fun idea, good to space out to.

LDJam user 2289909 Oct 2021, 22:46

I really like the idea. The gameplay is fun and the humor is on point.

Good job!

Chairshot Games10 Oct 2021, 01:42

Your game is very well designed, and the gameplay feels balanced and very polished. There was a good amount of strategy needed, and I thought it was a great difficulty. The only suggestion I have is that the rams and the dirty sheep are too similar colored, so I kept sending the rams to the washing station by accident. Overall it is a very fun and creative game! The music in your game is also very good. Great job!

bloodycoin10 Oct 2021, 12:04

Great entry: well balanced, good game design, graphics and well placed sounds. The difficulty increases over time to try to manage all the sheep. Reminds me of really old demo game, where the wolf had to gather all the sheep over time to the truck to get them cut :joy:
Though I have to say this game is quite challenging (in a good way).

jan5366x10 Oct 2021, 21:53

R.I.P all my sheeps :sunflower:

CZ4611 Oct 2021, 00:37

A balanced and immersive experience, cute graphics and good audio as well. I felt the difficulty curve was in a good spot based on the style of the game. Overall good stuff, great entry. :D

Lerg11 Oct 2021, 01:45

Everybody loves dogs!

Apples_mmmmmmmm11 Oct 2021, 02:43

Would've been nice if the days were shorter. Felt like the game was more about stamina after a while, rather than dealing with properly managing the herd. Seemed like I could mostly just use the shear command to make them continually run to get their wool cut, and since the cooldown was low enough I barely ever had to use the wash command or the don't explode commands without any real incentive to do otherwise.

Fer Gueler11 Oct 2021, 03:09

Great game! I enjoyed it a lot. Every aspect of it seems so polished to me, graphics are nice and clear, gameplay is balanced and fun, music is nice and very fitting, sound effects are just perfect. To top it all off it's so unique and innovative! Congratz, well done!

fishbrain11 Oct 2021, 04:50

Ha! Smooth graphics, cute little game and concept - I like that you added "exploding".

Kirby11 Oct 2021, 07:43

Nice graphics! Love the game

jeinzi11 Oct 2021, 16:47

Great game! It's easy at the beginning, but on day seven there are just so many sheep and they all explode :D

leggyauthor11 Oct 2021, 17:51

@jeinzi that sounds like a sad story :cry:

Labete11 Oct 2021, 18:05

I liked this game a lot. The sheep that stand too close to the shearing station are very hard to see/notice on time. Other than that the music is great, sound effects are on point. Overall fun to play :)
I feel a little sad for the sheep I could not save :(

zimny1112 Oct 2021, 22:39

What a cool concept for a game. It was fun to play it. The graphic looks cute, music is nice and fit the theme and in-game mechanic are fun. Great job!

vivyhasadream21 Oct 2021, 00:46

I like the graphics! and the concept is very interesting, you need to do a lot of things at the same time. I only gotta save 14 sheep. suddenly they just started to explode one after another. I have no idea what have I done lol.