I’ve only played a couple days, but I’m really enjoying this game! I would play more, but it’s much too long to do in one sitting, and there’s no save function. This seems like something that really needs that to be playable beyond the first little bit. The Cthulhu theming is hilarious and super creative, and the game world is gorgeous and brimming with personality. I appreciate the depth behind all the different mechanics and upgrades, as well.
I found that there was a lot of busywork in the gameplay. The lasso makes you wait ages for it to retract until you can use it again, and running all the way to the sheep across the field became tiring, especially because I could only hold 1 wool at a time. (Side note - I was only able to shear sheep when they weren’t in my pen. Judging by the game’s design, his feels like a bug?) In general, the game involves a lot of back-and-forth that becomes tedious. It’s possible some of this gets automated later on, or alleviated with some of the fun machines you build, but I didn’t get that far, so it was mostly slow lassoing and slow wool-carrying.
You’ve done a great job creating a fun game - the world is colourful and inviting, full of little things to poke at. With a saving feature, and a bit of that tedium in the gameplay ironed out, this could be a great cozy game to wind down with once in a while. Nice work!