{"author_link":"\/users\/thetophatnoob","author_name":"TheTopHatNoob","author_uid":"1059658","comments":[{"author_name":"Asellio","author_uid":"1057433","time":"2017-12-04T19:47:44Z","epoch":1512416864,"modified":1512416864,"text":"Pretty fun game. Tho because of how big the map is wouldve been nice if you added an arrow pointing towards the nearest sheep.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Move127","author_uid":"1000464","time":"2017-12-04T19:59:29Z","epoch":1512417569,"modified":1512417569,"text":"## Praise\n\nIt's not the first herding mechanic I've seen in this jam, but I like the added requirement that you protect the sheep from wolves.\n\n## Suggestions\n\nEither make the map smaller or add more things in it. A pointer towards the nearest sheep would be nice as well.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"TheTopHatNoob","author_uid":"1059658","time":"2017-12-04T20:09:34Z","epoch":1512418174,"modified":1512418174,"text":"@move127 I definitely agree that I may have made the map to big.  Originally I was going to have hundreds of sheep but for performance and gameplay reasons I dropped that. You can actually get up to 150 sheep so I kept the map big but thinking back on it the pacing does not justify the map size.  Like the previous commenter said I should have added an arrow or something.  I thought the far-out view would solve that problem but I realize now that l should have added an easier way to find sheep without resulting in opening your map every few seconds.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ham and Swiss","author_uid":"1059583","time":"2017-12-04T20:13:04Z","epoch":1512418384,"modified":1512440240,"text":"Edit: lol wrong game.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Move127","author_uid":"1000464","time":"2017-12-04T20:15:03Z","epoch":1512418503,"modified":1512418503,"text":"@thetophatnoob\n\nOne possible solution for a post-compo release would be to have the map increase in size as you gain more sheep. This would give the game a nice feeling of progression.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"6smith","author_uid":"1051455","time":"2017-12-04T20:57:47Z","epoch":1512421067,"modified":1512421067,"text":"neat concept! i wish the wolf-hit-with-stick sound was slightly less cacophonous, though. definitely fits the theme.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"TheTopHatNoob","author_uid":"1059658","time":"2017-12-04T21:11:05Z","epoch":1512421865,"modified":1512421865,"text":"@move127 that would probably help fix what in my opinion is the greatest flow of the game right now, pacing.  I was also thinking about changing the amount of sheep you get each day and such.  But overall I think changing the map\/map size would help accomplish the same thing.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"papacheech","author_uid":"1017918","time":"2017-12-05T00:00:31Z","epoch":1512432031,"modified":1512432031,"text":"I like the art style of this actually. I love herding games :) Good work!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Dave Siegel","author_uid":"1051046","time":"2017-12-05T02:14:15Z","epoch":1512440055,"modified":1512440055,"text":"I dug the music a lot, but wasn't too hot on the other sound design. I'd rework the sound that plays when you hit a wolf. Your sheep work pretty well, and I enjoyed balancing the herding with fending off wolves. There is good tension between those two things. ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"jandourek","author_uid":"1016543","time":"2017-12-05T07:05:38Z","epoch":1512457538,"modified":1512457538,"text":"I like this game, especially the music.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"gwolf86","author_uid":"1050766","time":"2017-12-05T10:12:52Z","epoch":1512468772,"modified":1512468772,"text":"Great work on this entry.  The herding mechanic worked well but the map was a bit too large and empty, so it was difficult to find the sheep before the wolves came.  I like the fact that you included an instructions screen and the background music was really nice. ","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"elemel","author_uid":"1005885","time":"2017-12-05T14:05:09Z","epoch":1512482709,"modified":1512482709,"text":"I liked it! Hard to keep track of the sheep, though. Didn't make it through day three. Those poor sheep.\n\nSuggestion 0: Lower the volume of the sound effects.\n\nSuggestion 1: Implement flocking simulation so that the sheep stay together most of the time, and move a bit smoother.\n\nSuggestion 2: Sheep dogs!\n\nSuggestion 3: Sheep can fall into pits or get stuck in bushes. Fish them out with your staff.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"TheTopHatNoob","author_uid":"1059658","time":"2017-12-05T15:33:05Z","epoch":1512487985,"modified":1512487985,"text":"@elemel I agree on all of those things.  I was working on implementing suggestion 1 and 3 but only managed to get near but not finished with 1.  Sheepdogs is a new idea though and I like it.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"SlavicGames","author_uid":"1056930","time":"2017-12-05T23:02:29Z","epoch":1512514949,"modified":1512514949,"text":"Well, we had similar idea :) Your concept is more natural, I like it.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"kkneville","author_uid":"1052528","time":"2017-12-06T03:22:13Z","epoch":1512530533,"modified":1512530533,"text":"I love this, it's do idyllic. What a great application of the theme.","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Number6406","author_uid":"1011186","time":"2017-12-06T18:14:18Z","epoch":1512584058,"modified":1512584058,"text":"I like the mood of this game, when wolfs spawn. First I didn't notice the timer so I was like \"hey, it's pretty easy\", and then wolfs started to kill all my sheep :sob:\nI had few difficulties to hit the wolfs, but that's not a big problem.\n","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Querk","author_uid":"1007521","time":"2017-12-26T23:40:16Z","epoch":1514331616,"modified":1514331616,"text":"It is gives a lot of fun .  I love idea :D Good job :D","likes":1,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld40\/59665-fe903053085c69a989cf9da1e01db09b.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/TheEvilTopHat\/gamejam","text":"Source code"},{"url":"https:\/\/thetophatnoob.itch.io\/the-shepherd","text":"macOS"},{"url":"https:\/\/thetophatnoob.itch.io\/the-shepherd","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/thetophatnoob.itch.io\/the-shepherd","text":"Other (document)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"41622","g_author":"1059658","g_event":"LD40","g_eventkey":"70","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"224100","g_title":"The Shepherd","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"476","g_commentcount":"17","g_site2_node_id":"59665","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"59665","n_urlkey":"224100","n_parent":"49883","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/the-shepherd","n_slug":"the-shepherd","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"59658","n_created":"1512169903","n_modified":"1512416653","n_version":"181845","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":59665,"parent":49883,"superparent":9,"author":59658,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"compo","published":"2017-12-04T01:26:21Z","created":"2017-12-01T23:11:43Z","modified":"2017-12-04T19:44:13Z","version":181845,"slug":"the-shepherd","name":"The Shepherd","body":"Lead your sheep through the valley as wolves try to kill them.\n\nBuilt in 48 hours solo for the compo event.","meta":{"author":[59658],"allow-anonymous-comments":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/TheEvilTopHat\/gamejam","link-01-name":"Source Code","link-02":"https:\/\/thetophatnoob.itch.io\/the-shepherd","link-02-tag":"42339","link-02-name":"macOS","link-03":"https:\/\/thetophatnoob.itch.io\/the-shepherd","link-03-tag":"42337","link-03-name":"Windows","cover":"\/\/\/content\/a09\/e\/z\/a7a1.png","link-04":"https:\/\/thetophatnoob.itch.io\/the-shepherd","link-04-tag":"42517","link-04-name":"Music"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/40\/the-shepherd","parents":[1,5,9,49883],"love":0,"notes":17,"notes-timestamp":"2017-12-26T23:40:16Z","grade":{"grade-01":24,"grade-02":24,"grade-03":24,"grade-04":24,"grade-05":24,"grade-06":23,"grade-07":21,"grade-08":22},"magic":{"cool":96.279088702315,"feedback":26,"given":20.625,"grade":23.25,"grade-01-average":3.114,"grade-01-result":476,"grade-02-average":3.205,"grade-02-result":371,"grade-03-average":3,"grade-03-result":399,"grade-04-average":3.659,"grade-04-result":227,"grade-05-average":2.795,"grade-05-result":526,"grade-06-average":3.024,"grade-06-result":305,"grade-07-average":2.395,"grade-07-result":420,"grade-08-average":2.875,"grade-08-result":445,"smart":20.25957588233}},"text":"Lead your sheep through the valley as wolves try to kill them.\n\nBuilt in 48 hours solo for the compo event.","title":"The Shepherd"}