Sheep Split

Introduction

You’ve always dreamed of becoming a rancher and living among animals. Yesterday, you finally landed a job at a ranch near your hometown, and today is your very first day.

But disaster strikes — you slip and accidentally open both the blue and red sheep pens! Now the sheep are running wild, and if the owner finds out… you don’t even want to imagine what’ll happen.

You have until 13:00 to fix this mess before the owner gets back from town. Right now, it’s… WHAT?! 12:57!!! That’s only three minutes to round them all up!

Face the sheep stampede and herd them into their correct pens. Pick them up, throw them to the sides, and pray for your soul. And whatever you do… watch out for the disguised wolves!

Features

These are the main features already in the game jam release:

• Two game modes with multiple difficulty options.
• High score tables for each mode, including player name input.
• In-game tutorial.
  
• Full illustrated custom graphics.
• Color options (Player sprite palette selection and high contrast option)

These are other features I'd love to add to the game later on:

• Better implementation of sound effects and music (at least switch .mod for .uge).
• Introduction scene with illustrated storytelling.
• Refined difficulty options in Timed Mode and better difficulty progression in Endless Mode.

Game Modes

Timed Mode

You have three minutes to herd as many sheep as possible into their correct pens. Choose from three difficulty levels, which affect how many sheep spawn and how fast they move.

• Throw a sheep into its correct pen to earn +1 point.
• Throw it into the wrong pen and you lose -1 point (-2 in hard difficulty).
• If a sheep escapes downwards, you lose time (-1s).
• Throw a sheep off the map, and you lose even more time (-2s).
• If you toss a wolf into a pen, it will eat a sheep and you lose -1 life. Instead, grab and throw the wolves up or down to get extra time (+2s)!

Endless Mode

No time limit here! The game plays the same, but as you score more points, the sheep move faster and faster. Lose all three lives, and it’s game over. There's a new counter in the top right corner called mini-lives. Every -10 mini-lives you lose, you lose -1 life.

• Throw a sheep into its correct pen to earn +1 point.
• Throw a sheep into the wrong pen or throw it away and you lose -1 point.
• Escaped sheep no longer cost time, but subtract -1 mini-live — so catch them before they vanish!
• Throwing wolves inside pens still costs you one life, but throwing them away now gives you +2 points.
• Every so many points, you'll see how difficulty increases!

Controls

• D-pad (Arrows/WASD) – Move near a sheep.
• A button (Z/J)– Mash to pick it up.
• B button (X/K) – Throw the sheep in the direction you’re facing.
• START (Enter)– Pause the game.
• SELECT (Shift)– You may use it when indicated in-game. 

You can also reset high score data to default by pushing and holding B+Down for 5 seconds in the Title Screen.

File Download

A downloadable rom with the jam version of the game is provided with no charge. Feel free to donate as much as you wish, but only if you want to!

This game is designed to be played on a Game Boy Color, so an original Game Boy or a bad setting on your emulator may cause an error message while trying to play the rom file.

You may not distribute this rom by any means. If you want to share it with your friends just send them the link to this page!

Credits

Made with GB Studio v4.2 in less than 3 weeks for Game Boy Competition 2025. Every asset used was free of charge!

Plugins: Render Projectiles Above Actors by KirbyKing186 and Advanced Dialog & Menu Ver. B by Bryanrollins.

Music Tracks: 8-Bit GameBoy Songs Vol 1 and 8-Bit GameBoy Songs Vol 2 by TipTopTom. 

Sound Effects: Sweet Sounds! by CoffeeBat and World Sounds Gameboy SFX (demo) by Beatscribe.

Graphics: "Made with GB Studio" Bootscreen by NeoRame and "GBCompo25" Bootscreen (modified) by sukus.

All other graphics, typefaces & also all scripting made by Luis Miguel Villoslada (aka lmk.dots, aka me).

Special thanks to my girlfriend Dali, my cousin David and also my friends Rubén, Elena, Pablo, Leire and Ismael. All of them tested the early versions of the game and helped me adjust the difficulty options!