Cloud Shepherd

A cozy puzzle game where you herd the clouds to make it rain

"Cloud Shepherd" is a cozy puzzle game created during FediJam 2024. The theme was "UP IN THE CLOUDS", and that's how the idea of creating a puzzle game where you are a rain god (aka Cloud Shepherd) in training and need to cover fields with rain clouds to help the crops grow got into my head! 

I'm incredibly proud to report that the game placed 1st in the jam! 😊

For a look behind the scenes of its development, take a look at this thread on my Mastodon account.

Controls

Cloud Shepherd comes with controls for desktop and mobile!

Desktop

• Pick up & drag cloud: left mouse button
• Rotate: Right mouse button, R

Mobile

Multitouch to rotate

• Pick up & drag cloud: hold & drag
• Rotate: two finger tap

Tap to rotate (iOS)

A second touch control mode is implemented as I had to realize that Safari on iOS for some reason doesn't produce touch events inside the build. Therefore a second touch control mode is implemented that will automatically get enabled if Safari is recognized, but can also be switched to in the Settings.

• Pick up & drag cloud: hold & drag
• Rotate: short tap

Credits

• Programming, Graphics & Sound Effects by Gina Häußge (me 👋)
• Music by DavidKBD, https://davidkbd.itch.io/
• Fonts:
  • "Kubasta" by Studio Zichy, https://zichy.itch.io/
    
  • "Peaberry" by Emily Huo, https://emhuo.itch.io/

Used tools

• Godot Engine 4: https://godotengine.org/
• gdfxr addon: https://github.com/timothyqiu/gdfxr
• Audacity: https://www.audacityteam.org/
• Aseprite: https://aseprite.org/
• ENDESGA 64 color palette: https://lospec.com/palette-list/endesga-64
  

Thanks!

A special thank you to everyone who helped testing the game during development and provided valuable feedback, especially D, J, W, C and I!