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How does the game fit the theme?
You're a sheepdog: get the herd into the pen before the horn. The complication is that wolves have learned to wear wool — a disguised wolf uses the same sprite as the sheep standing next to it.
Only behaviour gives it away. A wolf lags behind the herd, keeps a wider berth from you, drifts off when you aren't looking, and never stops to graze.
But some sheep are just stupid. They wander, they freeze, they act guilty for no reason — and biting one costs you points. Every suspicion is a wager: act and you might be wrong, wait and the wolf eats your flock.
No suspicion meter, no reveal. Just a field of identical white animals and the growing sense that one of them is watching you back.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Font: Shaun the Sheep (free for commercial use).
Some icons (e.g., mouse-left-click-icon.png, wasd.png, and space-button-icon.png) were downloaded from the web (with a free commercial use license).
Everything else was made during the jam by our team.
How many people worked on the game?3
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The Shaun the Sheep inspired comic art, bark sound effects, and smooth flocking mechanics are absurdly charming—running around as a dog herding sheep feels super satisfying! Spotting wolves in disguise is a great concept that fits the theme perfectly.
A few gameplay and bug fixes to consider:
- Wolf Indicators: Adding stronger visual cues (or subtle audio hints like heavy breathing/footsteps) since relying only on the tail twitch can feel a bit too punishing.
- Pen & Physics Bugs: Fix the bug where sheep get stuck above/below the pen or suddenly vanish into thin air after kicking a wolf.
- Pause Menu: Clarify the "Restart" button in the pause menu so players know it restarts the whole run, or add a disclaimer on the page.
Super fun and cute jam entry! If you get a chance, we'd love to hear your thoughts on our game too: /jam/brackeys-16/rate/4953523
I felt like my sheep sometimes got a bit stuck when above or below the pen, other than that everything was smooth, and guessing who is the wolf in disguise added a lot of fun to the gameplay as well. Also, cute art and music!
Thank you~
Yeah this is a nice game, great visuals, nice audio, tho I couldnt find settings to turn it down a little but, gameplay itself was fun, really well done
Thank you so much! I also enjoyed playing your game!😊
Really enjoyable and cute game (:
thank you so much! ❤️❤️ I also played your game and enjoyed it a lot!
Very nice execution of the theme, Good Job!!
Thanks a lot! I enjoyed playing your game, too!
Cool game! Loved the art and chill feel.
Thank you so much! I also love playing your game!
I love it! Just a few bugs, such as the sheep sometimes disappearing after killing a wolf. Still, I love the artstyle and the gameplay can be tricky, but fun!
Thank you! I also enjoyed playing your game!
Very cute! I love the art style <3
Thanks a lot! I also enjoyed your game!
I really liked it!!! how am I meant to know who the wolf is though?
Thank you! I also like your game! Ah the wolves hide pretty well and only 'leaks' every few seconds haha, my tips would be to focus on the tails😉
ahhh!!!!*(understanding not fear) makes sense!
amazing artstyle, i loved this game! the only problem for me is that finding wolves is a bit too hard
Thank you so much! Love your game, too!
Herded these sheep, kick the wolf, sheep disappeared, pause and hit restart button on pause menu, the entire game restarted, me quit.
Warning to Future Players! The Restart button doesn't restart the level, it restart the entire game! I know every games have bugs, but any disclaimer notices would be appreciated, these can be done on the page(Known bugs: [Something], Disclaimers: [Something]) before fix them in-game.
Technical issues aside, this is a very nice game, good concept, the sheep were a little too annoying to control, but it was very satisfying to see a bunch of them moved.
Thank for the catch! We didn't have the restart bug during our dev process, and will look into it to try fixing it. Will add the disclaimer to the page, thanks a lot for the suggestions!😉
Also really enjoyed playing your game!
Cute little game, it is a little similar like mine game. It was really hard to spot the wolf, and I feel it was mostly the luck. Also once I killed a wolf inside a pen and all of my sheeps disappear and I lost XD. But no big deal.
thank you so much! Yeah I also like your game's idea hehe.Yeah we should probably add more cues for wolves( I found it hard to balance the difficulty and the 'fun' of finding wolves, and thought that if the wolves are easily found then the game ends too soon🤔)But anyway some more cues would add more flavor to the game😀
funny animations! like the sheeps :b
Thank you so much! I like your game, too!
Very cute
I really like the art. But couldn't find the wolfs
Thanks a lot! I also like your game!
It is an interesting take on the theme. Dog animations and transition animations are great.
Thank you so much! I really like your game's art😉
Really charming and original! The cute comic art, animations and music all fit together perfectly, and running around as the dog trying to sniff out wolves in sheep’s clothing is such a fun idea. Accidentally taking out an innocent sheep in the process made me laugh too. I even enjoy just running around going bark bark bark. :-D
Thank you so much! I also enjoyed playing your game!😆
Attracted by the dog image on the cover and then found myself spend an hour listening to dog barks.
Very interesting concept. The controls are extremely smooth and responsive. And the sfx works perfect with the arts, especially on scene changes.
It's just so hard for me to find the wolves. I'm not very good at noticing subtle visual differences. I think it would be more fun if there's also some audio clues to identify a wolf, like a heavier footstep, or a deeper breath.
Thank you! I also enjoyed playing your game😃 Yeah the wolves hide really well and only leak their tails every few seconds. Yet it's a bit tricky to tune the 'leak' interval and duration to balance the difficulty and the 'fun' part of 'trusting no sheep'. Great idea about addjng some spatial sound cues! We'll try implement that. But overall I'd say this is why human needs dogs, and having dogs around has made this a better world!😉
Yeah, every now and then, from the place where the wolf is located from the dog, there's a deliberately queit but still heavy breath, just heavy enough to give it's direction away. I think it will change the whole gameplay strategy as well. Before that I would try to herd the sheeps in one direction, to the pen. Now I'd herd them in all directions first so as to find out the wolf, and then herd them all together to the pen. Glad to see you'll try to implement it. Can't wait to play that! And yes, dogs are the best!
It's really fun herding the sheep around, and the visuals look really nice! In one of my runs, all the sheep disappeared after I kicked the wolf out near the pen. Nice work overall!
Thank you so much! Yeah that was a nasty bug that we're still trying to fix hehe. Will keep it updated until everything runs smoothly!
i love the animations, good game
Thansk for playing! Glad that you like it😆🐶
Hello everyone! I made the art for this game, including the animations for the wolf, the sheep, and the sheepdog, as well as the background textures. The art style was inspired by Shaun the Sheep and The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales. Hope you enjoy the game!
🐑🐑🐶🐶awesome work！