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A jam submission

Border The CollieView game page

Use the sumo sheep to herd the dog to the bones, but watch out for exploding tennis balls!
Submitted by Clapstool Studios (@clapstoolstudio) — 1 hour, 16 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Presentation#27443.0054.250
Creativity#34192.9174.125
Overall#37792.6223.708
Enjoyment#50161.9452.750

Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Instead of a border collie herding a bunch of sheep, we have a bunch of sumo sheep herding a border collie.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Absolutely gorgeous looking game. Love the art and especially the transitions. Also, every game where the main menu is interactable is automatically the best.

My two main criticisms of the game boil down to:

  1. The controls. The dog seems to be a bit... unweildy at times. I wonder how the collie's AI behaves, but for me it boiled down to "put the sheep in it's path until it randomly decides not to go their way". A bit more control for the player would make this game so much more enjoyable. Also, don't spawn the tennis balls on top of the collie... a player can never avoid that...
  2. The SFX. Not every jam game is supposed to have a volume slider, but when you don't have one, the unbalanced music / sound effects matter more. Just tone down the effects a bit if you ever make a post-jam update!

Overall, a blast to play and an absolute feast for the eyes. Well done!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for playing our game and giving feedback! We have a lot of projects at the moment, but when we continue developing this game we will definitely keep your feedback in mind :) If you're interested in our projects and you want to see recent updates on Border The Collie and more, you can always consider joining our Discord. You can find the link on our site https://clapstoolstudios.com We hope to see you there because we love interacting with feedback like yours and we value everyone who chats with us in our Discord. Again, thanks for playing!! <3

Submitted(+1)

Presentation is AMAZING. I do love how you have to lure the dog to the bones and avoid the bombs.

Developer(+1)

Thank you! <3

Submitted(+1)

Cool idea. The presentation is great! Maybe some animations would make the game even more fun. 

Developer

Thank you! Yea we had some ideas for animations (like having the dog's legs move like mr krabs) but didn't have enough time 😅

Submitted(+1)

Great artwork! Reminds me of Cult of the Lamb!

Developer

Thank you! Cult of the Lamb was indeed one of the inspirations! 😊

Submitted(+1)

Super cute!

Developer

Thanks!!

Submitted(+1)

Cool idea!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

The artwork is beautiful, it's cute how the buff sheep have to protect the derp doggo, the gameplay is good too, just need more of it! Well done!!

Developer

Thank you!! Yea we had a lot of laughs creating the designs haha 😆

Submitted(+1)

Really good jog on this one, The art works well and the theme is good too. I would love to see a gameplay less repetitive but we all was short in time :D Good job :) 

Developer

thank you! :D