I have so much new found respect towards sheep dogs now! This game definitely embodied the feeling of being out of control. Some constructive criticism though, I would love it if the dog was on the screen at the beginning of each level. I was a bit confused at first about where my character was until I ended up holding right and they showed up. Overall great job though!
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Hey, awesome, thanks for the feedback. Glad you think it fits the theme :-)
As for the dogs starting off-screen, hmm, that's interesting. We were definitely having discussions about maybe all the sprites being too small, particularly the dogs, but we're pretty sure they should be spawning in the bottom left corner on-screen. We'll take a look and see if we can reproduce that, though we'd also happily welcome a screenshot to see what you mean.
Either way, thanks for enjoying the game!
I figured out why I couldn't see the dogs at the beginning! My screen boundaries were a bit off, so when godot opened it cliped a little bit of the left side. I just didn't realize it until I started messing with the game window :) Also, personally I think the sprites are a pretty good size right now. I'm afraid that making them too big would overwhelm the player at the beginning.
Awesome, glad to hear it. After playing several of the other sheep herding games people made, we've pretty much come to the same conclusion that the sprites are just the right size. It makes it so the scale feels right and herding 80 sheep is doable (as opposed to a bunch of the other games where you get like one dog and maybe 5-10 sheep).
And thanks for checking on the screen thing! Much appreciated :-)