Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Mild surprise of my week: finding out this game was on Steam! I have a version of it for the PS1, then found out it had a PC release that's effectively the same game (not like the GBA version that's the same concept but fairly different execution) and it is so thoroughly of-its-time that it's impressive I didn't need to boot up a VM to run it.
The concept is simple - play as one of four shepherds to guide those li'l fuzzy weirdos around a map of perils that threaten to dismantle them for getting too close. The most direct control you can get over them is grabbing one Zelda-style and moving it somewhere less daft. This is not good for moving a whole group as they spook easily, but if one got stuck somewhere you can just haul 'em outta hell.
This is one of the early stages, Barn Dance - a hay-bale maze that'll let you have multicolour sheep! There's four types of sheep to pick from too - the Longwool ones aren't so easily spooked but are still rather daft.
Mild surprise of my week: finding out this game was on Steam! I have a version of it for the PS1, then found out it had a PC release that's effectively the same game (not like the GBA version that's the same concept but fairly different execution) and it is so thoroughly of-its-time that it's impressive I didn't need to boot up a VM to run it.
The concept is simple - play as one of four shepherds to guide those li'l fuzzy weirdos around a map of perils that threaten to dismantle them for getting too close. The most direct control you can get over them is grabbing one Zelda-style and moving it somewhere less daft. This is not good for moving a whole group as they spook easily, but if one got stuck somewhere you can just haul 'em outta hell.
This is one of the early stages, Barn Dance - a hay-bale maze that'll let you have multicolour sheep! There's four types of sheep to pick from too - the Longwool ones aren't so easily spooked but are still rather daft.
