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@RevdKathy, thanks

In the final (game) version, we will need some 'dots', depending on controls (e.g. one for accelerometer controls, also for places where tapped). This should however be in a form of nice graphics, either semi-transparent circles or actual objects (dogs, shepherds, carrots).

Engine is ready for permanent penning, it's a matter of adding one loop. It can be dynamically adjusted, depending on level.

excellent hopbeat!
i had a snowed in weekend but still didn't manage anything visibly productive tho.

i did consider something that if i can make it will provide a different viewpoint and hopefully look cool.
shall see how well it works when i get onto it:

1 sheepdog central to the screen which rotates and moves but the camera remains on the dog whilst it moves around the field to round up the sheep.
tilting and tipping changes direction/speed of the dog.
this is different to the marbles in holes approach and allows for the larger panning display thats been discussed.

not sure how it would work tho, shall have to see.
was using liqflow to think about it

@lcuk, it can look cool, a bit like the sheep game for PC I think (although there the camera was not rotating)
liqflow is a definite killer for this app, I just wanted to start from scratch for my own amusement

Engine is looking good, just let me know what you need on graphic end a transparent circle, carrots what ever you want.

Here is a playable first level:

http://www.student.dtu.dk/~s081608/sheep.tar

No package, just download to your N900 (to a place where you can run it, e.g. /home/user and do

Then
Tilt the phone to move point of interest. You can touch the screen to create a point of attraction (temporary). The aim of course is to all the sheep in the pans (one per each). Once panned (you will feel vibration) the sheep is immobilized.

It still needs a lot of love, but is playable. I should be able to work on this this week to make it actually enjoyable to dance with our sheep.

Any feedback appreciated. Anyone for making a victory text (maybe with smiling sheep face?)

A higher level should include the sheep I saw this Christmas. I dare ya to herd those guys.

Brilliant brilliant... but can you demystify that for the small-brained among us. D/l to my pc, and unzip. Connect via mass storage and copy/paste where exactly? (Yeah - I'm that stupid and easily scared)

Then open xterminal and type in what you said, yes? So the only bit I'm uncertain of is where to put it. Please! I want to try it!

(Hoping up and down with excitiement!)

Just download the sheep.tar file, then copy it to your N900 into /home/user (that's where you are when you open an xterm), (no unzip anywhere) then start an xterm and enter the commands in the 'code' sections from hopbeat (those you quoted)

If you copy it via mass storage the .tar file may end up in /home/user/MyDocs, if so, then do 'tar zxvf MyDocs/sheep.tar' instead of the above.

(the file should have been named .tar.gz actually, because it's a compressed tar file.. the 'z' flag to tar handles the decompression.)

EDIT: Updated a little.

It may be just me but the directions seem to be reversed ??

Managed it though.

See, that's where you went over my very stupid head. I only know how to copy stuff via mass storage. I can put it into any f the folders visible that way, or straight onto the n900. But I don't know how to put it into /home/user

OK... It says 'permission denied'. It must think I'm a wolf.

(And if you'd have told me a month ago I'd by typing into Xterminal to play with sheep I'd have fallen over laughing!)