Sheep herding with Godot 4

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“Too Many Sheep” is my first Godot project. I’m reworking a game I made using Construct 3 back in 2018 (Sheep Game). Loving Godot and the community that surrounds it. Hope you like the first look https://youtu.be/Z6CiBcecmGA

[opal crypt]

Looks cute! Hope you'll have fun working on it!

[marble grove]

Oh hey, I remember the previous version! I unfortunately never had the occasion to try it with friends, but it looked super neat! This looks to shape up even nicer.

[grizzled bramble]

Can’t believe you remember the first one, that’s exciting 😀 I’ll still have local multiplayer, but I’ll also include something a bit more fun for single players

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I've set up a deployment pipeline from my GitHub repo, so any tagged releases will now get automatically deployed here: https://dp-lewis.itch.io/too-many-sheep

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Updated gameplay video to show a couple more interesting levels: https://youtu.be/TZv77UPkdD4

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Added a new hide and seek corn level https://dp-lewis.itch.io/too-many-sheep/devlog/504000/corn-level-added

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This morning I added the basics for local multiplayer, still a bit clunky but it I'm hoping it shows how the game will feel with co-op. https://dp-lewis.itch.io/too-many-sheep/devlog/504489/local-multiplayer-added

[grizzled bramble]

Here a short play through of a couple of levels from the latest build: https://youtu.be/tJCxZ8SJ1yw

[trim lagoon]

Looks pretty cool, it is kind of a 'live' puzzle game. I'm sure there are many combinations you can explore to make satisfying puzzles. One thing though, the sheep sound like they are pack a day smokers!

[grizzled bramble]

Haha, great feedback on the sounds… they are terrible at the moment. If you make the dog bark I think it has the same problem.

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Giving the 3D models a spruce up. Still learning how to use Blender so any feedback as massively appreciated.

[trim lagoon]

How much have you tuned the sheep flock mechanics? I wonder if the sheep should flock and move a little when the dog is not nearby or if that just makes things too hard. I imagine it must be challenging to balance everything.

I wonder if you are watching sheepdog herding videos all day now 😂

[grizzled bramble]

I have watched quite a few 😀 I can adjust the behaviour to do that, find a good balance. The sheep are based on the Boids simulation, allowing me add different influences and give them different weights.

I could release a version with some sliders to allow folks to tweak and give me additional feedback

There’s also been requests that they wander around and have a poo…

[trim lagoon]

Maybe you could have different sheep breeds, some are slightly jumpier and others a bit slow. There are many possibilities of game mechanics, the corn was a nice idea too. You could probably um....use the poo.....by an objective to herd the sheep into the corn to fertilise the field. Or do you know that goats are used as a natural control of weed species? They are released into paddocks or farms and fenced around the problem weeds. Sheep or goats could be herded by the dog to tame overgrown parts of an unruly field.

[grizzled bramble]

Oooo I like where you’re going. I hadn’t thought of eating as an extra dimension on the gameplay. When I was a kid we bought sheep exactly for that reason, to tame the grass.