I build a sheep corral and it's just making me irrationally happy

[witch]

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I'm currently building a small town and the sheep kept getting umbrella'ed because they had trouble navigating the narrow streets. So I decided to build them a little home on the outskirts. They have two grassy areas connected by a gate, as well as a covered "stable entry" area they can (and will) go into. And it's just... really, weirdly, making me happy watching them in there? I keep building the rest of the town, but every couple minutes I'm just - wait, let me check in with my sheep. Yep, still in there. Nice.

[Renlish]

Awwww, I tried that and I guess the sheep didn't like it because they umbrellla'd themselves right out of the pen. LOL

[witch]

Just make sure they have plenty of space and no weird corners/narrow bits. I think they umbrella whenever they have pathing issues and get stuck somewhere. I had to widen the wooden gate, even though it was technically big enough for them to pass through, because they kept getting caught on its corners.

[Pico 22]

I'll have to make something like this because I am also building a town and sheep are running out of space.

BTW, "making me irrationally happy" is the effect that the game has on me as well.

[captclaw]

Originally posted by Renlish:

Awwww, I tried that and I guess the sheep didn't like it because they umbrellla'd themselves right out of the pen. LOL

Yep LOL happend to me as well, i just had to make a bigger place..

[violue]

I just want you to know that I loaded this and did a happy gasp.

[power man]

and to think ppl are fiercely resistant to animals and figures for some strange reason, like this just makes the game look freakin cuter!

i wouldn't mind moving ppl that you could place on the scenes yourself

[MotherFuriosa]

I love the sheep, they make me irrationally happy, too!
Just Sheep being the only mammal is wonderfully relaxing, the only other one I can think that I'd like is maybe a cat or two that snooze on short walls attached to buildings.

The Hubs calls Tiny Glade my "petting sheep" game because I start it each time with them in mind - the idea that I might drop a building on them or push them into water makes me sad;

first; find the sheep.

second; build a sheep hut with a path going into it instead of a normal door so they can go into it, have also found they can go into/under a raised building for cover, so that's nice too.

third; herd the sheep toward their hut and corral them into that area. Have found if you give them less that 1/4 the area they will umbrella out - they are surprisingly curious lil' critters.

finally, they need interesting things to explore. Some water so the ducks will visit, trees to wander thru, and little hills to go up and down. But if you're changing the height of ground under one do it slowly. Oh, and that littlest one loves to freak you out by walking along cliffs. Stinker!

Also, if you don't pause to pet them and let them follow your cursor for a bit they're more likely to bounce over fences.

Have had the game crash on me a couple of times recently and have come back to find the sheep wandering on the wrong side of their area!

Once the sheep are safe and happy I'll start building :)