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Dog Herds Sheep Review

The Jesus-dog bug would almost be hilarious enough to keep if it weren't such a big one. I should probably take care of it before I go to bed, because I'll probably forget again if I don't start on it.

Anyway, sorry it wasn't a very enjoyable experience, but I do appreciate the time taken to review and stream. And Babe is not here because he exists in a normal world where Border Collies are the ones who do the herding and not this bizarro one where it's the job of labs.

Dog Herds Sheep Review

You're giving me ideas for a (better) puzzle game that would take sheep functioning like boulders to its logical extreme.

Dog Herds Sheep Review

author=Dyluck
There's also a graphical glitch that the dog can walk on top of the bottom fences.
Ackpth. I’ll fix that. Thanks for pointing it out. The issue with the animal sizes is due to importing XP’s sprites into VX Ace because I liked the look better with the tileset I was using. But of course, those sprites weren’t made to work in VX Ace, so the collision is a bit messed up. :T I’ll see if I might be able to resize them to a more appropriate size.

author=Dyluck
The sheep is pushed by simply walking up against it, so it can be easy to accidentally over-push or push while you're trying to walk. I would suggest using the action key to push instead.
No one has given me that feedback yet, but I haven’t had many people give me feedback, period. If that’s a common feeling amongst people who’ve played the game, I might update it so that moving the sheep is only done by pressing the action button.

But anyway, yes, you are correct. This is my first completed game (I don’t count what I submitted for the RMN event as an actual game). It didn’t turn out how I wanted: even as I was developing it I knew that there really wasn’t a sense of evolution of the game mechanics as the game progressed, but by the time I had realized that fact, the deadline was coming up fast and I had to settle to make it. In the end, participating in the jam ended up being a lesson in prioritizing and time management, so it was a worthwhile experience. (And glad you found the opening and ending scenes cute - that's what I was going for.)

Tl;dr Thank you so much for the review! I really appreciate you taking the time to play my game and especially to give feedback♥
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