Herd
A downloadable puzzle board game
This game is almost done. It's a physical game - or at least, it will be in the end (hopefully). Kindly invited to playtest it and help me push it over the finish line.
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Development log
- Version 0.9.9 - Content done!3 days ago
- Version 0.9.457 days ago
- I sort of finished Herd78 days ago
- Herd - Early Access version 2 available!Feb 10, 2024
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yippie!! was nice following the development even if i joined quite a bit late. congrats on your new release!!
Hey Omega, I think you were actually present for the majority of the development and helped a lot with it! Thank you :)
Any updates on a physical edition?
I'm considering buying LOK + abdec print copies, but if this is nearly out I might wait and add it to the order to save on shipping :)
ps: The bigcartel store page for Herd still says "COMING SOON - Late 2023 or early 2024" which might need an update
Hi Ang-Ar! Glad you’re interested in getting my games in the physical form, thanks! :) At this point, I’m still unsure about the release date - I want to playtest the game more to offer a bulletproof product and I don’t want to overlap with LOK Digital release date. So most likely in the beginning of next year, but if I suddenly get a lot of feedback, I might push it for November.
I’m not sure what’s going on with Big Cartel’s text - I just checked the “coming soon” button for this item without specifying the date 😅
Alright, thanks for the quick response!
Great job on these games btw, I've tried some LOK digital, the demo pdf for abdec and (just yesterday) found my way to Lineon and I think your work with these "designer" puzzle books is just fantastic and not something I've seen done before.
(although I think Lineon specifically might be easier to play digitally due to its mechanics)
Bonus question: are the online playtesting options for Herd still being updated? Because the devlog is right - printing all this myself is kind of a lot.
Thank you, really appreciate your words :) Lineon actually might be my next project after Herd (since it’s still unfinished).
I removed all online playtesting option for Herd, because there’s no way to properly experience the second part of the game without the book opened before you. It’s very dependant on the physicality. I know this limits the current reach of the game, but I am making 3d-printed playtesting kits and sending them out to select people and I am depending on kind people making their own playtest kits (even using Lego pieces on an iPad is probably good enough for the late game content). It makes for a very slow playtesting process though 🥲
Really nice! Good co-op game too if you like solving problems together.
For some reason I wasn’t sure if it was allowed to jump over a stack. I then went back and saw that it said so on page 13, but I must have missed it. So it was probably just me not paying enough attention to the details. Playing on v0.9.3 :)
Thanks LageB! The jumping clarification was actually added to p.13 only two days ago, so if you updated the pdf in between playing sessions, you might have played p.13 before the clarification was added. You’re not the only one who was unclear about this rule, but I hope the rule is now sufficiently explained/pointed out!
Hey this is a very cool way to build on the "always move straight" puzzle
Thank you! :)