How many sheep can you fit?
_Ah, another day in life of a shepherd dog! I love my job! It involves running around, outside, with such a nice weather! And I never get bored with these sheep friends of mine! I mean, they are trouble makers, always up to something, never staying in one place for a long time. And I may be hallucinating, but I swear I saw some of that flockers levitating! But in the end of the day, I always manage to get them back to the pen. Because I'm a good doggo! Speaking of which, it's just about time to gather them. Here goes!_
Control a doggo and get every sheep in the pen. Use WASD or Left Stick of your gamepad to move, sheep will react to your presence. You may also bark with `Space` or `X` on your gamepad. Get them all to the pen to prove you're a good doggo!
This game is _not_ infinite, there are several waves and a nice ending scene. :)
NOTE: native versions perform considerably better than the web version.
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Credits:
* Yngvarr — code, voice of the doggo, game design.
* Syudzius — art direction, intro scene game design.
* Owly — 3D models, voice of the sheep, play testing.
* Shishandr — rigging, animation, sound searching, play testing.
Used 3rd party assets:
* _Oslo podcast jingle_ by Lundstroem (via freemusicarchive.org)
* _HillbillyBed_, _Intro5_ by Jason Shaw (via audionautix.com)
* _Farm ambience 1_ by YellowJacketStudios (via freesound.org)
Special thanks to wolves of the Pixel Prophecy community. Awooo! :wolf:
Control a doggo and get every sheep in the pen. Use WASD or Left Stick of your gamepad to move, sheep will react to your presence. You may also bark with `Space` or `X` on your gamepad. Get them all to the pen to prove you're a good doggo!
This game is _not_ infinite, there are several waves and a nice ending scene. :)
NOTE: native versions perform considerably better than the web version.
*
Credits:
* Yngvarr — code, voice of the doggo, game design.
* Syudzius — art direction, intro scene game design.
* Owly — 3D models, voice of the sheep, play testing.
* Shishandr — rigging, animation, sound searching, play testing.
Used 3rd party assets:
* _Oslo podcast jingle_ by Lundstroem (via freemusicarchive.org)
* _HillbillyBed_, _Intro5_ by Jason Shaw (via audionautix.com)
* _Farm ambience 1_ by YellowJacketStudios (via freesound.org)
Special thanks to wolves of the Pixel Prophecy community. Awooo! :wolf:
Comments18
Tudvari3 Oct 2023, 10:15
Very cool idea, and thanks for the gamepad support. I started using them a few years ago, and realised that there are lot of games which are so much more fun with a gamepad. And this game is one of them! :smile: (By the way, in the menus I can't use i.e. the A button, I had to press Enter on the keyboard)
When I looked at the counter and it said 16, I asked myself how will all these sheep fit into the pen because the current ones are standing very lazily at the entrance, blocking the rest of the pen. I tried moving them a bit inside, but a lot of them just ran out of the pen, so I believed in you and kept herding them. :smile:
And surprisingly even the 32 sheep fit! The controls were good, the dog run and barked so well, making the game really immersive. However it could have a bit more depth, when I finished a wave I always expected something more than just having more sheep to herd.
Overally, solid game, wish there would be more content! :) Keep up the good work!
When I looked at the counter and it said 16, I asked myself how will all these sheep fit into the pen because the current ones are standing very lazily at the entrance, blocking the rest of the pen. I tried moving them a bit inside, but a lot of them just ran out of the pen, so I believed in you and kept herding them. :smile:
And surprisingly even the 32 sheep fit! The controls were good, the dog run and barked so well, making the game really immersive. However it could have a bit more depth, when I finished a wave I always expected something more than just having more sheep to herd.
Overally, solid game, wish there would be more content! :) Keep up the good work!
Jiri Hysek3 Oct 2023, 20:05
My doggo is very tired, so many kilometer in his legs! Funny audio, nice graphics, relaxing (and sometimes frustrating) gameplay :)
Lol! I didn't know about barking on the first run.. so now I can revenge to those naughty sheep with my mighty barking :D
Lol! I didn't know about barking on the first run.. so now I can revenge to those naughty sheep with my mighty barking :D
TheLastSlowpoke3 Oct 2023, 20:25
Reminds me of Kao the Kangaroo 2 and the badgers :sweat_smile:
Real cute! Btw, I don't know if you realized, but you can trigger the "sheep now goes to the pen" from behind the pen, and the sheep will just navigate to the entrance. Woof!
Real cute! Btw, I don't know if you realized, but you can trigger the "sheep now goes to the pen" from behind the pen, and the sheep will just navigate to the entrance. Woof!
Trezark3 Oct 2023, 20:28
There is room left ! I want to put more sheeps ! I need it !! :dog:
Joke aside, I like the game. It's cosy and more addictive than expected at start. And the dog is cute.
Joke aside, I like the game. It's cosy and more addictive than expected at start. And the dog is cute.
nathmate4 Oct 2023, 01:08
Solid game. I found the sheep tended to get a bit stuck in the trees in the back right corner. Also I found the later waves with more sheep quite a bit more interesting than the early ones, do I try to keep them all together and put them in the pen in one go? is it worth to chase after one sheep that left the flock?
It would be interesting to see what the game would be like if the sheep had some simple flocking AI, like a Boids algorithm. One more small thing I found myself wanting was a sprint key.
It would be interesting to see what the game would be like if the sheep had some simple flocking AI, like a Boids algorithm. One more small thing I found myself wanting was a sprint key.
raddishradish5 Oct 2023, 02:01
What a cute game! I hope the doggo gets to relax after a long day of work. I really liked that the sheep were able to leave the pen after they initially enter it -- it added extra challenge when I realized that if I barked too close to the pen, I would drive some of the sheep back out. When I hit 32 sheep, it became a bit challenging since the sheep didn't fill up the edges of the pen so I couldn't fit my last couple sheep in, so I had to drive the sheep out and re-pack them inside better. Barking at all the sheep inside the pen and seeing them all jump and bleat in unison was really funny! I also liked the camera angle change near the back corners, though the abrupt transition is jarring. The collision areas, particularly in the back corner, are also unclear since they're larger than the visible objects. I like the barking and bleating SFX (good job voicing the animals!), but I didn't enjoy hearing the same sounds repeatedly over the repetitive soft background music.
INCD0216 Oct 2023, 10:39
Nice take on the theme, I did have a problem with the controls and the camera shifting, but it might have been all the games I played where the controls were different (relative to the direction the play is facing). But besides that, great music, sfxs, graphics :thumbsup:
Allround a great job :thumbsup:
Allround a great job :thumbsup:
Jollymah6 Oct 2023, 20:51
It's a really cute game, I love the graphics. Sometimes frustrating as the sheep decided not going in the right direction or going out of the pen ahah. You did a good job!
Ascenial7 Oct 2023, 04:59
fun and simple game with clean art sometimes felt weird going to the top of the map because the camera changed so much.
Mateu7 Oct 2023, 05:02
This was quite a nice game! Interesting take on the theme, charming, and all around very playable. There were a few gameplay gripes I had, especially with the controls, but that's honestly something that could be ironed out pretty easily.
(I did get all 32 sheep in the pen btw)
Great job!
(I did get all 32 sheep in the pen btw)
Great job!
Padlynn7 Oct 2023, 20:57
Fun game! i like to bark after the sheeps haha
Mateo Avventuriero7 Oct 2023, 21:49
Fun little game! ;)
acarc7 Oct 2023, 21:49
It's a shame the web performance is different to the downloaded one. Still had fun and I loved the sound effects. Great job! :)
BangKerpow8 Oct 2023, 13:28
Great job. I would have preferred W is forward, A/D are turn but that's personal preference. The sound and graphics fit very well together and look great. The dog animations are especially good.
commanderstitch9 Oct 2023, 04:42
i fought, i herded, i dogged till victory was mine. :D
Frank Gevaerts9 Oct 2023, 21:48
Nice idea! A fun little game to spend some time with! I liked everything about it, except maybe some of the sheep getting stuck for a short time every now and then.
kirsybuu13 Oct 2023, 21:59
Fun and cute game! Love the low-poly models and music/sound effects. In my playthrough, I ended up mostly being in the bottom part of the map where the camera is a static wide shot rather than elsewhere where it is dynamic and more interesting. Maybe would be nice to shrink the static area or have other views to pick from manually.
One part of me wishes it to be endless, but another part of me says: you can't fit any more of the sheeps in there, you have to let go.
The sheep's bleating became a big jarring near the end.
The graphics are cute and fitting; the dog is so adorable.