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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Theme | #51 | 2.828 | 4.000 |
Fun/Engagement | #74 | 2.003 | 2.833 |
Overall | #77 | 2.151 | 3.042 |
Audio/Music | #80 | 1.886 | 2.667 |
Art/Graphics | #89 | 1.886 | 2.667 |
Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Did you work alone, or as part of a group? (If in a group, list their names)
alone
Disclose if you used any public domain assets or not.
Yarn Spinner (Dialogue System), A* project (Pathfinding System), sounds and font where used.
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Mechanics were frustrating at times but I couldn't be too mad since, y'know, the whole point of the game is that you're herding sheep, not controlling them. And this is definitely my favorite take on the theme so far, it really commits to the premise and trusts the gameplay to flow from that. It's also a surprisingly moody game in the way that a lot of graphically minimalistic games are. To that end, some more atmospheric juice like nature sounds might be nice if you're looking to polish it further. For the most part I think the understated sprites work pretty well, but the houses in particular stick out to me for having a bit more detail but not really using it well, but this is a pretty minor gripe. The game comes together as a fantastic little experience with a cool ending
I liked the system and the idea is very original. great job!!
Thanks! Spent a lot of time getting the sheep AI perfect, so that's great to hear.
I invite you to try our game, I would like to know your opinion too, thanks!
Hey there, i rly loved the art style! And the sounds the player made when i pressed space! The window was just a bit too small to see a lot, it would be rly cool to have it resizeable in the future! :D
Thank you for playing!
The window was sized so it would be reasonable in a web player, and for the style I was going for, but I ended up making it an exe so it stayed. But thanks for the feedback! It seems all my projects have problems with window size :p
Some cool ideas here, the dog was very fun to command and the sound effects were really well done.
Thanks! Glad the dog was fun to control, I was worried it might be a little to difficult.