SheepControl by saikai

made by saikai for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

SheepControl

You are a herding dog. Someone messed with the electric fence and now every 10 seconds it will shock the hell out of everything it touches

help your flock survive for the next 3 days!!

The goal of this game is to save as many sheep as possible.

Move with left stick OR "WASD" OR arrow keys
Dash (you will need this a lot) with "shift" OR left button
bark and attract sheep by holding "space" OR down button

be careful .. sheep get startled pretty easily

Screenshot 2022-10-04 003412.png

good luck and have fun!

Made with Unity in 48h for Ludum Dare 51 Theme: "Every 10 seconds"

Track made with FLStudio

Pixelart made with Aseprite

by SaiKai

Sheep sounds by Blender Foundation (https://opengameart.org/content/sheep-sound-bleats-yo-frankie) Dog bark by rubberduck (https://opengameart.org/content/80-cc0-creature-sfx)

Link	https://skilledcucumber.itch.io/sheepcontrol
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/sheepcontrol

Ratings

Overall	546^th	3.55⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Fun	678^th	3.275⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	260^th	3.7⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Theme	97^th	4.225⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	236^th	4.125⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Audio	368^th	3.5⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Humor	226^th	3.55⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Mood	556^th	3.475⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Given		21🗳️	16🗨️

Feedback

ThatzNiko

04. Oct 2022 · 05:56 UTC

I really like the art, well done!

breadstick

04. Oct 2022 · 06:16 UTC

A fun little game with charming graphics and simple/unique gameplay. There is one broken player strategy where spamming spacebar lets the player merge all of the sheep into a single supersheep that you can then keep safe, but outside of that exploit, the gameplay is fun!

poboy

04. Oct 2022 · 06:25 UTC

Really beautiful art and sound design that go well together! Also you reminded me of this super old game that I had to reach really far into the memory palace for ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP058CHQj20 ). Well done!

LDJam user 233347

04. Oct 2022 · 09:49 UTC

Neat art and good idea; missing a bit of a mood audio. But 48h is no simple thing to achieve.

SnappyPath

04. Oct 2022 · 09:56 UTC

Incredible art, well done! Concept is funny too.
Overall everything looks well polished

Human Writes Code

04. Oct 2022 · 09:58 UTC

Love the pixel art and the idea of the game. My best score was 108. Not sure it's human to keep sheep in a meteor prone area with deadly electric fences but I did my farm dog best! The sound and controls were also very good. Not sure whether I was using the bark correctly but the sheep didn't seem to respond to it. Overall, great work!

Stefan B.

04. Oct 2022 · 10:11 UTC

sheeply perfect, cool idea!

MrMaico

04. Oct 2022 · 10:14 UTC

Score: 120
Simple mechanic that works really well in that setting. I would also say the theme works in this game with the 10 seconds. My only problem right now, is that after a few seconds, you have most of the sheep in your circle and can just spam space to keep them with you. Then you gotta wait for quite some time before the next level starts. The meteors were a nice idea but didn't help.

chaikadev

04. Oct 2022 · 10:46 UTC

I liked this game's concept a lot, it's very original. It fits the LD51's theme perfectly. The graphics were nice as well. I liked the physics on the sheep and the sandbox nature of the game.

As MrMaico said, I found that it's very easy to win by just holding all your sheep in one spot by holding space. If I were to change something I would make barking repel the sheep instead of making them run towards you. Also, the sound effects were annoying after a while.

Overall, I think it's a good game! Great job.

Filipe M.

04. Oct 2022 · 11:12 UTC

Awesome, simple and beautiful! It also gave me good vibes, being a dog on the country side taking care of sheeps (when they don't get electrified, of course!). Great job!

Eugenik

04. Oct 2022 · 15:38 UTC

Artwork and sound design is solid, nice job!.

Vetche Studio

05. Oct 2022 · 09:35 UTC

I really liked this game. It fits the theme perfectly and has great sound and art. Good job!

Wouter52

06. Oct 2022 · 14:10 UTC

Love the graphics, those are so cute!
I think I missed something though. The speeding cars seemed very important and I would think the sheep would panic when one would race-by. But all the sheep were just standing there stationary.

The idea is very well thought-out. The day-night cycle is also very well executed.

🎤 saikai

06. Oct 2022 · 14:28 UTC

@wouter52 you are correct.. this obviously should not have been the case :smile: i uploaded a version with a fix for a bug that would sometimes miss enabling of the colliders. if you want you can try again if it works now

Fax

06. Oct 2022 · 19:31 UTC

Really nice game. I like aesthetics soooo much, graph and music. Really good entry for this JAM.
Congratulations.

OddCreampuff

09. Oct 2022 · 09:05 UTC

This was fun to play! The art and overall feel is very cute. I have to agree that having your sheep gathered together near you seems to be the strategy for success. Would be interesting to have the sheep wander more on their own in varying degrees. :)

PhoenixofForce

09. Oct 2022 · 18:55 UTC

Very chill game. Somehow i only see chickens when looking at the sheeps ^^' Good job!

OP Sidearm

15. Oct 2022 · 18:48 UTC

Adorable graphics, but I'd love some more interesting end goal tbh

LDJam user 281060

20. Oct 2022 · 15:54 UTC

Stellar game! I love the simple mechanics that are nonetheless hard to master. Great music and audio throughout. Well executed idea. Enjoyed that a lot!