It's a zen game: you grab sheep, and you move them in the safe place! Maybe you can replace the wolf with a counter of hapines or something, if you really want to make a zen game.
During the rush to complete the jam I wondered at least once if there was something there game-wise without the wolf being part of it. It almost ended up that way just because of running out of time! You may be on to something. Thanks for the feedback!
