Out To Pasture! by LDJam user 308534

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made by LDJam user 308534 for Ludum Dare 51 (EXTRA)

A shepherd has lost her sheep. Can you help her find all 8?

W,A,S,D to move. Left Click to urge your sheep home. Full Screen preferred.

Music by Lion Free Music

itch.io link should be working now--I'd accidentally forgotten to switch from "draft" to "publish". Thank you commenters for pointing it out!

Ratings

Given 7🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

walaber
04. Oct 2022 · 21:21 UTC
I like the sherical world, it makes searching harder because you have so much less visibility. I'm not sure I see the "every 10 seconds" theme in here at all, but perhaps you focused on other things.
moasip
04. Oct 2022 · 21:25 UTC
I like the art style and music. I think the spherical world is unique and fun choice.
LauraWilkinson
04. Oct 2022 · 21:32 UTC
The music, art and concept are nice together - it's a good game but not on theme :(
owca
04. Oct 2022 · 21:38 UTC
I expected something spectacular will happen when I find all the sheep but I just got a black rectangle :confused:
I like the art style though.
Jeff Kerman
04. Oct 2022 · 21:52 UTC
The art is super cool and it helps to disprove the flat earthers. I wonder how this is related to the theme. It would be cool to add a sheep dog to this game either playable or commandable.
Denzil Gomes
04. Oct 2022 · 21:53 UTC
I'm not sure I understood where the theme came in but I can say I loved the art and the world and mood of the game. I got all 8 sheep, do they move? Because I swear the last one took a long time to find!
seisus
04. Oct 2022 · 22:04 UTC
I liked the graphics, sheep, small world feeling, very cool. Keep it up!
ugly_robot
04. Oct 2022 · 22:34 UTC
Beautiful graphics! A lovely character - and really cool you got a spherical movement system working! Well done
Riphitter
04. Oct 2022 · 22:45 UTC
I enjoyed the surface of a round planet mechanic, though it made visibility low. it was fun to herd the sheep none the less!
NottaHipster98
04. Oct 2022 · 22:54 UTC
The Character model and playspace are awesome!
Cookie_CHR
04. Oct 2022 · 22:57 UTC
Weird, the itch.io link leads to an error 404. Maybe you inadvertitely changed it?
clonze
04. Oct 2022 · 23:05 UTC
phew, found all 8. ggs.
ditam
04. Oct 2022 · 23:06 UTC
Absolutely beautiful entry! And it is engaging too, I got all 8 of them in.

When it ended, a black rectangle appeared in the middle of the screen, and just stayed there. I played the embedded version, and no errors were logged to the console (Sheep sounds intensify.), for what that's worth... I didn't run into any other issues though, runs and plays very smoothly.

I only wish that "urging" a sheep was a bit less aggressive. They are too peaceful and fluffy, it'd be more appropriate to be gentle with them.
LDJam user 298987
04. Oct 2022 · 23:07 UTC
Fun little game - I love the circular world, which was the perfect size. Herding sheep was peaceful and relaxing, while also not being boring. Amazing graphics. Great music, and overall great job! The itch.io link doesn't work for me either, unfortunately. Also, on Firefox, the Unity embed doesn't work for me...
Dae_udain
04. Oct 2022 · 23:40 UTC
![Sheep.png](///raw/4fb/d3/z/5230c.png)

I think this picture sums up my experience pretty well.

I think the graphics on this game were particularly impressive, and the audio track was rather soothing. I found out that you can make the sheep float by running into them for a while, and decided to use that to do things like push them through the fence from the wrong side. Because the fence is slanted from the back, you can also easily run over it. It allowed me to get some sheep over the fence faster than to direct them around to the front.

You can also stack sheep on top of one another, as running forward seems to cause the object in front to float, and it does so in the order from front to back. I made a mini sheep tower, as well as a sheep for a hat. Had a lot of fun with this game.
jadedResearcher
04. Oct 2022 · 23:57 UTC
Very pretty game, though I found the controls difficult to handle (I only have a trackpad for a mouse which might contribute) and it wasn't clear at first the sheep didn't take themselves home (they'd disappear over the horizon and then they'd be gone forever as far as my fight with the camera was concerned) Not on theme?
NomadicRockMan
05. Oct 2022 · 00:07 UTC
Love the 3d planet shaped world, but the gameplay was just too slow for me to want to keep playing.
SkullSprigs
05. Oct 2022 · 00:32 UTC
oh my god. little sheep game??? this is adorable. its not on theme, but i hated the theme so i dont mind! very cute little game :)
FireSlash
05. Oct 2022 · 02:51 UTC
Cute and comfy little sheep game; love the art style! You had me at sheep girl.

Also got the black rectangle at the end.

The world is just big enough that it's easy to get disoriented. I wish it had a few more land markers or perhaps a minimap as a brute force solution. Something to help me know where I am in relation to the pen.

Nice work!
n.feofentov
05. Oct 2022 · 06:48 UTC
Nice little experience. I even got a working strategy: push sheeps to the day/night border and then push them until stubmble upon a fence and trees.

I love the spherical world idea and would recommend you to put camera higher as long as horizon line is almost all the time is at the top of the screen and it feels uncomfortable.

One of my sheeps jumped over the fence and I had to find it among other already non-interactable sheeps to push it to the enter. So it would be nice to extend the trigger zone to all the inner part of the fence.

Good luck!
LDJam user 298475
05. Oct 2022 · 13:36 UTC
Lovely art style, it would be nice if there was more variety in the way you play~
Sigma-G
05. Oct 2022 · 17:36 UTC
Monotonous game but the graphics and mechanics of running on a small planet are quite interesting
Robert Li
05. Oct 2022 · 19:59 UTC
beautiful theme! I love sheep! The lack of vision recreates the difficulty I believe Christopher Columbus probably went through when he was sailing in sea.
LDJam user 11093
05. Oct 2022 · 20:01 UTC
Very nice graphics and cute style 🙂👍
LDJam user 238552
05. Oct 2022 · 23:02 UTC
Enjoyed the setting and music but got lost and it was too hard herding the sheep.
DGSpitzer
06. Oct 2022 · 09:55 UTC
interesting artstyle,love it!
bobo_oh
06. Oct 2022 · 13:24 UTC
Great art! Congrats!
Kevin Barrios
06. Oct 2022 · 21:03 UTC
How cool, we had a very similar concept for the last LD we submitted to! Love the art style/ visual choices. It was a little hard to navigate/see everything without a map and the sheep are hard to manage, but this has a ton of potential to be a great ape-escape-like.
upcharlie
06. Oct 2022 · 21:16 UTC
I might have missed something, but it didn't seem to fit the theme too well. The game was nice though with a clean look and the spherical world, but it did feel a bit bland.
LDJam user 299760
07. Oct 2022 · 00:27 UTC
Music and world was a very pleasant combo, and the spherical world works very well. Finding the pen was easy due to the light source being above it but sheep were hard to track. Maybe try making sheep travel the direction the player is facing instead of the angle from player to sheep for better aiming?
werdnalt
07. Oct 2022 · 00:30 UTC
The sheep were a bit hard to control but I enjoyed the atmosphere and the characters. Fun little game.
BangKerpow
07. Oct 2022 · 01:13 UTC
It's such a pretty game and excellent audio.
KatBoo
07. Oct 2022 · 11:46 UTC
Lovely sound and art style - impressive given the time restraints. Controls were a little tricky though. Found the camera panning made it really hard to control the character. Might have been easier if it was keyboard only. Fun, original concept.
Lorwon
07. Oct 2022 · 12:51 UTC
Nice game :)
Well done !
LDJam user 236416
07. Oct 2022 · 17:09 UTC
It would be fun, if author have added just 7 sheeps. :laughing:
LDJam user 11377
07. Oct 2022 · 22:23 UTC
Nice player model and camera zoom to behind the player when the game first starts. Love whoopin' sheep ass.
Cosmo Nectarine
08. Oct 2022 · 11:10 UTC
Oh wow I just love it. It's a nice comfy game with good visuals, musics and cute sheeps (and sheep girl ofc :D).
LittlePerilla
08. Oct 2022 · 14:31 UTC
So, Is there anything about the theme?
aDeCon
08. Oct 2022 · 17:33 UTC
I'm win? :smile:
![изображение_2022-10-08_203315879.png](///raw/576/82/z/52de7.png)

Good graphics and music. But i not find theme...
GodDoesPlayDice
08. Oct 2022 · 18:25 UTC
nice shader
Daniel - Wither
08. Oct 2022 · 19:09 UTC
The animation work is great - all animations are smooth and fit very nicely together. I had some issues with controls however, they don't feel very responsive. Directing sheep is quite hard most of the times for example. Other than that, it's a cool game and I feel like it could work well with more polish.
Usenrame
08. Oct 2022 · 22:58 UTC
p3rfect ending XD
croze
09. Oct 2022 · 06:33 UTC
Cute little game, graphics are stunning, thought not sure what the tie with the theme is supposed to be. Could have used an indicator back to the pen
davidsheadgames
09. Oct 2022 · 06:39 UTC
Ram lady guides sheep home by smacking them with a cane.


The sphere world and the shader effect look good. A bit disorienting and hard to tell where the fenced area was most of the time.

Not sure how I feel about using a cane and smacking sheep with it to get them to move...
k-s-raj
09. Oct 2022 · 08:46 UTC
great game nice graphics but some places have collision problem.
lexi
09. Oct 2022 · 10:54 UTC
Nice art and music! Really enjoyed hitting the sheeps 😂

Maybe it was just me, but I had problems starting the game, because I didn't see 'Space to begin' in the bottom left 😅
mar3k
09. Oct 2022 · 14:01 UTC
Really nice relaxing game. The art is nice and the map the same, although it would be nice to have some kind of 3d minimap to know where to lead the sheep. Well done.
LDJam user 298496
09. Oct 2022 · 17:47 UTC
Really chill game this, nicely done.

It would be nice to have more indicators of direction, pen location, and number of sheep remaining. Perhaps more landmarks too? The lake was my main navigation aid.

Winning was a little disappointing, as I was met with the black rectangle.

All in all, a really chill experience.
Sailors
09. Oct 2022 · 19:08 UTC
Great game. I liked its relaxing atmosphere. Also music fit perfectly, I especially like that!
jk5000
09. Oct 2022 · 19:20 UTC
A fun and well made little game. Good job.
ZuhairGhias
10. Oct 2022 · 04:25 UTC
Loved the art style and music. Very therapeutic game!
FreeRunner
10. Oct 2022 · 09:12 UTC
I loved the art style, the washed out colors. The theme is great, and the spherical planet is really cool. Very well made.
Super relaxing atmosphere :)
I didn't find what the 10 seconds element was, the sheep didn't run for 10 seconds, maybe that's too long too, but perhaps something else could be implemented :)
reinhpash
10. Oct 2022 · 14:24 UTC
i think music is so much loud, artstyle is good but I couldn't quite catch the harmony with the theme.
UnitedFailures
11. Oct 2022 · 03:54 UTC
Yoo, cool that you got planetary-walkig working. I've struggled implementing that is the past - so props to you
King Zhou
11. Oct 2022 · 07:44 UTC
Such a relaxing and fun game! good work
Nakami
12. Oct 2022 · 21:28 UTC
Nice game but a wisel or another thing would be cool rather than a stick hit ;)