The Good Shepherd

"How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

in The Good Shepherd you play as the Shepherd on a quest to rescue the one sheep who has strayed from the herd. the forest is known to house many unsightly creatures, but a Good Shepherd would leave no sheep behind.

*warning* this game contains many moving colors and lights

If there is anything unclear while playing, press H to open the help page.

gameplay:

The Good Shepherd is a short turn-based game made for Acerola Jam 0 about resisting temptation, repenting from sin, and knowing when to strike. 

combat consists of three phases:

1. lots phase - The Shepherd plays lots to determine His fate in combat.

 - red lots - determine the damage The Shepherd can do.

- blue lots - determine the defense The Shepherd can put up.

- black lots - 3 black lots give The Shepherd a random sin.

- white lots - determine the amount of health The Shepherd can heal with petition, or if 3 are collected, allow the Shepherd to purify a sin with petition.

2. action phase - all combatants choose their actions for the upcoming Turn Phase.

3. turn phase - selected actions are played out.

along the journey, The Shepherd may give in to temptation and embrace sins with various detrimental effects, but with the gifts of God, The Shepherd can repent.