Welcome to a little town in the Austrian Alps called Hochboden! This marks the official Early Access Release of “The Shepherd: Black Sheep”. Thank you to everyone who contributed in some form or another already!
Feedback
We want to improve and develop this game with you, so your feedback is invaluable to us. Please join our discord or send an E-Mail to support@bandaloop.at to participate.
The Release: 0.3.0
If you played the Demo you will find a few changes:
- Seasons are visually more distinctive (ongoing changes)
- Visuals have been improved for most aspects of the game
- More music has been added
- Localization updates
But most importantly:
- Release of Chapter 3: Settled In
- Release of Exploration with the first Hiking Area, unlocked in Chapter 3
Additional stuff we got to today for 0.3.1:
- Fixed giving gifts to Townspeople
- Improved gravity’s hold on dog treats, so Rocky can eat them *chomp*
- Fixed Spelling and Grammar in German Localization
The Road ahead
A small outlook what we have planned for November with Version 0.4.0:
- Training Update for Competitions
- Sheepherding and Dog Show Competitions
- Chapter 4 release
- Graphics overhaul
- Tutorials rework
- Journal rework
Thank you for playing and happy Halloween!