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Flock Off by reivilibre

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made by reivilibre for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

Flock Off

Can you collect all 70 sheep?

Take on the form of a sheepdog and collect your flock off a windy mountaintop.

The path is perilous and twisty but surely with your skills you can bring some sheep home?

Controls

  • Mouse: move sheepdog towards cursor

That's all you need!

We would love to hear your final scores :)

Platforms

  • Play on the web at: https://o.librepush.net/aux/ld58_flock_off/
    • You will likely have most success on a Chromium-derived browser (Chrome, Brave, Chromium, Edge, etc).
  • Downloads for Windows and Linux are UNTESTED but hopefully work — let us know if there are problems.

Art, Music and Sound Effects

All homemade over the weekend.

Link https://o.librepush.net/aux/ld58_flock_off/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/flock-off

Ratings

Overall 125th 3.914⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 88th 3.897⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 65th 3.946⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 11th 4.518⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 153th 4.207⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 126th 3.857⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 54th 4.071⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 148th 3.963⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 38🗨️

Feedback

Crowelian
Oct 06th · 11:11 UTC
The graphics are just amazing and fun game.
thejackimonster
Oct 06th · 16:18 UTC
Really fun! The graphical style really fits and I like how the sheep tumble over the edge. But I think I'm not patient enough to collect 70 of them.
Mascoll
Oct 07th · 12:37 UTC
Beautiful pixel art and super nice atmosphere!
Is that you doing the wind sound?
The flock behaviour of the sheep feels really good (We also made a sheep-dog game, so I know the woes :laughing:).
The falling animations and the single sheep out on it's own island where a laugh!
Great job! 5/5!
javve
Oct 07th · 18:22 UTC
I love that you can accidentally kill the sheeps 😂 And I love the old JRPG vibe of the graphics and sounds!
ThDudk
Oct 07th · 21:25 UTC
This is really fun! I lost so many sheep tho 😭, especially on the thin part.
pomogaeva
Oct 07th · 21:32 UTC
Very good game idea and design! Very unusual. I especially liked the atmosphere and the funny sound of the sheep when they fall from the mountains.
kantona
Oct 07th · 21:32 UTC
Oh, poor sheep's! :D Unique and fun, reminded me of the feeling of those old wooden ball mazes. I got some FPS issues, in the runs but not sure if that's on my side.
graebor
Oct 07th · 21:33 UTC
This dog can really move!!! I have to shamefully admit, I misread the description and for some reason assumed the goal was to knock all the sheep off the edge :joy: So I did quite a good job of that and rescued 0, only realizing that wasn't actually the goal once I stumbled across the farm. Maybe I'm a bad person, maybe my brain is still not working right after losing sleep during the jam. Either way the sounds gave me a good chuckle though.
Gerrit
Oct 07th · 21:35 UTC
Managed to collect one entire sheep!! :))))) It was so intense. Loved/Hated the falling sheep sounds. Baaaaaahhhh
Discon
Oct 07th · 21:40 UTC
The game's cool graphics and the sound of falling sheep are amazing
robin_schmitz
Oct 07th · 21:43 UTC
Well, I managed to collect a single sheep :sweat_smile: The others.. well.. tried to find freedom in a different way. I was surprised how willingly they jumped off the cliffs, buy I was probably not a good enough shepherd. It's a fun game, which made me understand better, why dogs love running around so much :).
Very cool implementation of the theme and a great result! Well done :)
HolySparks
Oct 07th · 22:05 UTC
First impression: I can go so FAST!!

Anyway: fun how the sheep move, flock together, get stuck on trees, follow the path... And love how they sound!

Score was 25 but I couldn't get mad when they fell off.
LDJam user 384829
Oct 08th · 00:51 UTC
Oh you weren't supposed to send the sheep over the edge. Whoops! Great game, loved the graphics and the art style. The old RPG style works really well, and the game's really fun. Good job!
Millie
Oct 08th · 01:12 UTC
This game is an absolute masterpiece. Beautiful and very atmospheric. The falling sheep sounds and the ending really made me laugh :)

Great job!
Maïssa
Oct 08th · 07:09 UTC
Fun to play ! Just kinda hard ? The mouse sensitivity is really high for me
FlyingKiwi
Oct 08th · 07:10 UTC
Great fun, fitting with the theme and simple and sweet easy to pickup and play, pretty tricky to collect 70 sheep!
FlyingKiwi
Oct 08th · 08:06 UTC
Honestly I got addicted, showed my partner and she LOVED it, so much fun!
azahara
Oct 08th · 09:13 UTC
This game made me laugh so much! I love the herding mechanic, I have to admit I spent quite some time throwing sheep off the cliff, even though that’s the whole point. Totally hooked!
NNO1
Oct 08th · 13:00 UTC
The gameplay is really fun!! But it's a bit challenging for me because the sheep keep jumping off the cliffs on their own!!
Ansible
Oct 08th · 13:56 UTC
This was awesome! It really has a great and cohesive atmosphere. I love the style of art. And the mechanic feels really rewarding when you get a group together. My best was 39 :)
MJ12
Oct 08th · 15:40 UTC
Why I play the anti-game? Brilliant!
Pierre Reimertz
Oct 08th · 22:18 UTC
Great work with the theme! Also low the wind sound! Also, the dog is fast as f*ck. Was a lot of fun just running around.. Eventually chose the dark path and .. well a lot of sheep ended sleeping in the fog. :D
timhugh
Oct 09th · 06:12 UTC
Hahaha I was _not_ expecting that first sheep to go :joy:
Langotriel
Oct 10th · 21:17 UTC
Wooo!!! I managed to collect every single sheep! Sure, they are collected at the bottom of the sea, but collected they are! Where is my dinner?

Great fun, great soundscape, wonderful pixelwork and I loved pushing sheep off the cliff!
Pimeko
Oct 11th · 20:35 UTC
I think I made way too many sheeps fall off, but I swear I didn't mean too haha
Very cute game!
Ace17
Oct 12th · 06:21 UTC
ahaha this was so funny, I laughed so hard! These stupid sheeps falling down the cliff, the running dog, the sfx ... I must admit that I initially believed I was supposed to get rid of all the sheeps - maybe because of the title of the game? :laughing:
A minimap showing the location (and the existence!) of the farm would be a nice improvement.