Sheepdog Valley

About the game

Sheepdog Valley is a top-down herding game where you play Bramble, a border collie racing the clock to gather every sheep into the red barn. Circle behind stragglers, dash to cut off escape routes and use a well-timed bark to keep the flock moving — and, on later pastures, to drive off wolves. Every completed outing pays coins for one of eight training paths, and endless numbered pastures across meadows, orchards and ponds keep the challenges coming through changing seasons and weather.

Game features

• Seven sheep types change how you work each field, from jumpy lambs to leaders whose devoted followers trail behind them
• Endless numbered pastures across open meadows, orchard lanes, pond crossings and split paddocks, each timed for a three-star rating
• Five wolf types, including alphas that rally their packmates, stalk the later pastures — stay close to protect the flock
• Eight training paths with five ranks each, bought with the coins earned on successful outings
• Four coat looks and four bark voices to make Bramble your own
• Changing seasons, weather and times of day, set to original meadow music and animal sounds
• An illustrated field guide and a pasture journal for returning to any field you have unlocked

How to play

Choose a pasture and steer Bramble with WASD or the arrow keys. Sheep drift away from you, so circle behind the flock and push it toward the red barn before time expires; Space triggers a dash for swinging into position fast. Bark with Shift or E to snap stragglers back into line — and on later fields, to drive wolves away from your sheep. Clearing a field banks coins and up to three stars, and coins buy ranks on Bramble's eight training paths. Lose a sheep to a wolf and you can retry the pasture without spending anything, then return to unlocked fields from the journal to chase a better time.

Tips & strategies

1. 1.Always work from behind — sheep flee from your dog, so stand on the far side of wherever you want the flock to run and let them carry the movement
2. 2.Gather stragglers before pushing the main group; a well-timed bark pulls a wanderer back into line faster than chasing it down
3. 3.On wolf pastures, patrol close to the flock — barking only drives wolves off if you are near enough to your sheep
4. 4.Herd the leaders first: a leader with followers moves the whole group at once, saving you dashes
5. 5.Dash to cut off escape routes rather than trailing behind — sheep that slip past your flank cost more time to round up than they ever save
6. 6.After a few upgrades, replay your earliest fields from the journal; familiar pastures are the fastest way to bank three stars

Screenshots

Captured from the game running on Gameplo.

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