Leap Sheep! - An Adorable Action Game From The Co-Creators Of Left 4 Dead
June 3, 2010
"The team here at Turtle Rock Studios is constantly coming up with fantastic little game ideas. These are games that we would love to see realized just as much as our larger scope projects. It would be a shame to throw these ideas out just because they're not part of a big project," said Phil Robb, the company's Art Director. "Turtle Rock is dedicated to creating fun, high quality games, plain and simple. A couple of our guys have been able to create a great product in short order, with more on the way. We started Turtle Rock Garage to give games like these a place to become reality."
Leap Sheep! is a cute little action game that's easy for anyone to pick up and play. The idea of the game is to get the sheep that are approaching from the left side of the screen to clear the fence and run off the right side of the screen. Tapping the woolly creatures will make them jump, and tapping again while in the air will make them do a trick. Performing tricks is not only beneficial to your score, it also helps you get out of a bind by rewarding you with rams. Rams can be deployed in order to bash stuck sheep over the fence, because if too many sheep get stuck up against the fence, the game is over.
The game also features multipliers, which are awarded for consecutive successful jumps, awards and leaderboards provided by Plus+, and environmental effects where the time of day in the game reflects the real time of day. So if you play in the morning you will see the sun rise, and if you play at night the field will be lit by the moon and you will hear nightly sounds.
Leap Sheep! is now available in the App Store for $1.99. This is just the first of many casual games from Turtle Rock Garage, and after giving it a quick trial run, I can't wait to see what else they have in store.
