You are the dog. The sheep are the problem.

Flock Herder is a bite-sized arcade herding game made in three hours for a jam with the theme Sheep. Round up a skittish flock and push them into the pen before the sun goes down — while wolves creep in from the hedgerows looking for stragglers.

Sheep run away from you, so the trick is getting behind them and letting the flock do the rest. Bark to send a wolf packing, but bark near the flock and you'll scatter them too. Every wave the flock gets bigger, the day gets longer and the wolves get bolder.

How to play

• Move the dog with the mouse, touch, or WASD.
• Click or press Space to BARK. Scares wolves within earshot for a few seconds; also spooks nearby sheep.
• Get the sheep through the gate on the left of the pen. Once inside, they're safe.
• Every sheep penned is 100 points; the black sheep is worth 300. Finish early for a time bonus.
• Three waves. Listen out for the shepherd — he'll let you know how you did.

Made with

Built as a single HTML file in about 90 minutes of coding with Claude. All art (sprites, walk cycles, grass, cover), the folk music loop, meadow ambiance, sound effects and the shepherd's voice lines were generated with Ludo.ai. Runs in any modern browser; works on phones too.