Too Many Sheep
Local multiplayer added
Today's update adds the foundation for local multiplayer. If you've got a controller and a keyboard, you can now play two players. Eventually, I will add up to 4 players (the same as with SheepGame). This update is the barebones for multiplayer, so it's far from perfect.
For example;
- The controller doesn't work with level select
- I've temporarily removed the jump button
- Once you join, you can unjoin - hit escape and reload the game is the work around
- The player selection screen looks terrible
That being said, I think this is an awesome update and it totally changes the dynamics of the game. My daughter and I couldn't stop laughing with the Corn level on two players.
Note to self: the sheep still explode randomly... but this may become a feature rather than a bug!
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Just had great fun playing through the available levels with my young daughter. Really good game concept. All the best with development!
You made my day with this comment. Let me know if there’s anything you or your daughter would like to see as the game evolves 🐑
We both thought maybe the dogs should be a bit quicker compared to the sheep. Also having the different dogs be identifiable in some way would be nice, we got a bit confused at times (but obviously appreciate this is early in development and you may well have planned both already). Knowing the number of sheep left (I didn't understand why they occasionally blew up in the coop sometimes?!) would be good as well as knowing how many each pen needed.
Again, you may well already have these things in mind. Nice work so far! :-)
Thanks for this, those are all things I can do. I’ll start with telling the dogs apart 😀
I made a minor update earlier today. So the dogs now have different coloured scarfs, which should start to help with telling the difference. There's also a sprint button too. If you're on the keyboard it's the shift button, if you're on a controller, it's X/the left face button.
Enjoy!
Sounds great! Will give it a try soon. :)
I've added another player. The game now supports up to 3 players. Once I find another controller, I'll add the fourth.