Herdling is a strangely captivating narrative herding simulator with a new demo you can check out now
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Summary
Herdling is a new game where the player becomes a shepherd to cyborg-looking bulls called Calicorns, guiding them upwards through a variety of landscapes.
The game launched on Saturday on Steam, sparking interest as an intriguing combination of new and old styles of gameplay.
Players find the gameplay itself a little slow and clunky, but the weight of responsibility that comes with looking after the player’s charges is a compelling element.
The game is still in development, but is expected to be released this summer.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s Charlie Wacholz asks whether it will lean too heavily into the “‘littered with symbolic metaphors for life’ kinda angst” of other indie games, or draw players in with a more complex interplay of gameworld and gameplay.
