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How many sheep can you fit?

By yngvarr, syudzius, Owly and Shishandr

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall6143.5225
Fun4223.6025
Innovation6833.2125
Theme2564.0924
Graphics5173.6925
Audio4023.4724
Humor3573.3124
Mood7163.3523

Comments

quasilyte 2023-10-02 23:20

A relaxing mini game. 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.

tudvari 2023-10-03 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!

jiri-hysek 2023-10-03 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

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thelastslowpoke 2023-10-03 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!

trezark 2023-10-03 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.

nathmate 2023-10-04 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.

raddishradish 2023-10-05 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.

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incd021 2023-10-06 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:

jollymah 2023-10-06 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!

ascenial 2023-10-07 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.

mateu 2023-10-07 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!

padlynn 2023-10-07 20:57

Fun game! i like to bark after the sheeps haha

mateo-avventuriero 2023-10-07 21:49

Fun little game! ;)

acarc 2023-10-07 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! :)

bangkerpow 2023-10-08 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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqCryCd2S5o

commanderstitch 2023-10-09 04:42

i fought, i herded, i dogged till victory was mine. :D

frank-gevaerts 2023-10-09 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.

kirsybuu 2023-10-13 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.