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How many sheep can you fit? by Yngvarr

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made by Yngvarr for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

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Ah, another day in life of a shepherd dog! I love my job! It involves running around, outside, with such a nice weather! And I never get bored with these sheep friends of mine! I mean, they are trouble makers, always up to something, never staying in one place for a long time. And I may be hallucinating, but I swear I saw some of that flockers levitating! But in the end of the day, I always manage to get them back to the pen. Because I'm a good doggo! Speaking of which, it's just about time to gather them. Here goes!

Control a doggo and get every sheep in the pen. Use WASD or Left Stick of your gamepad to move, sheep will react to your presence. You may also bark with Space or X on your gamepad. Get them all to the pen to prove you're a good doggo!

This game is not infinite, there are several waves and a nice ending scene. :)

NOTE: native versions perform considerably better than the web version.

Credits: * Yngvarr — code, voice of the doggo, game design. * Syudzius — art direction, intro scene game design. * Owly — 3D models, voice of the sheep, play testing. * Shishandr — rigging, animation, sound searching, play testing.

Used 3rd party assets: * Oslo podcast jingle by Lundstroem (via freemusicarchive.org) * HillbillyBed, Intro5 by Jason Shaw (via audionautix.com) * Farm ambience 1 by YellowJacketStudios (via freesound.org)

Special thanks to wolves of the Pixel Prophecy community. Awooo! :wolf:

Link https://yngvarr.itch.io/how-many-sheep-can
Link https://yngvarr.itch.io/how-many-sheep-can
Link https://yngvarr.itch.io/how-many-sheep-can
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/how-many-sheep-can-you-fit

Ratings

Overall 614th 3.522⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 422th 3.609⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 683th 3.217⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 256th 4.091⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 517th 3.696⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 402th 3.477⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 357th 3.318⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 716th 3.357⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 20🗨️

Feedback

quasilyte
02. Oct 2023 · 23:20 UTC
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
03. Oct 2023 · 10:15 UTC
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
03. Oct 2023 · 20:05 UTC
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
03. Oct 2023 · 20:25 UTC
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
03. Oct 2023 · 20:28 UTC
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
04. Oct 2023 · 01:08 UTC
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
05. Oct 2023 · 02:01 UTC
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
06. Oct 2023 · 10:39 UTC
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
06. Oct 2023 · 20:51 UTC
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
07. Oct 2023 · 04:59 UTC
fun and simple game with clean art sometimes felt weird going to the top of the map because the camera changed so much.
Mateu
07. Oct 2023 · 05:02 UTC
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
07. Oct 2023 · 20:57 UTC
Fun game! i like to bark after the sheeps haha
Mateo Avventuriero
07. Oct 2023 · 21:49 UTC
Fun little game! ;)
acarc
07. Oct 2023 · 21:49 UTC
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
08. Oct 2023 · 13:28 UTC
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
09. Oct 2023 · 04:42 UTC
i fought, i herded, i dogged till victory was mine. :D
Frank Gevaerts
09. Oct 2023 · 21:48 UTC
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
13. Oct 2023 · 21:59 UTC
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.