Shepherd's Island

The water is rising! Rescue your sheep and get to the boat before it swallows everything!

A grid-based puzzle game with stacking and water flow mechanics. Turn-based, but intense! :D

Estimated play time: 30-40 minutes

_Hint: All levels are solvable and we recommend playing them in order. But if you get stuck in one level and want to skip it, you can always open the level selection menu by pressing Esc and go to any level you want!_

Controls

Arrow keys: Move left/right
Space: Pick up or drop an object next to you
Return: Wait
U: Undo move (you can also press Z, Y, or backspace)
R: Reset level

Esc: Open level selection
M: Mute music
F: Toggle fullscreen

*(You can customize the controls by editing the file that is shown on the level select screen.)*

Misc

The Music is *Take a Chance* and *Bleeping Demo* by Kevin MacLeod.

Thanks to larkinia, rohieb and mad for playtesting! <3

Made with LÖVE. To run the Linux/macOS version, install LÖVE 11.4.

Gameplay Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puB4O3jCjaA

Changelog

Bugs we fixed after the submission deadline:

- A level that was already played didn't reset when entering it again from the previous level (fixed on 2022-04-08).
- When you step into a boat while carrying a sheep, the sheep was automatically set down but not shown in the boat, and the sound effect did not play (fixed on 2022-04-08).
- Errors in the code that caused the game to crash (fixed on 2022-04-11).
- Rendering of water tiles was behaving weird in some places (fixed on 2022-04-11).
- Muted music didn't stay muted when switching levels via the menu (fixed on 2022-04-11).
- The intro text explaining the wait function at the start of "Seafarers" was confusing/misleading for many players. (Fixed on 2022-04-11: we tweaked the "Seafarers" map a little bit so this level doesn't need the wait function, and moved the intro to the level "Stranded". *We know it is a bit of a stretch to count this as a bugfix, but we decided to do it anyway - we already have 23 ratings and people having fun is more important for us.*)

Sister Game

Another game, Dyker, was created under the same roof, from a shared brainstorming phase! The games share some gameplay elements, but feel very different – give it a try! :)