Sheep Herding Game

A sheep herding game in MATLAB developed for the Lange Nacht der Wissenscaften Erlangen-Furth-Nuernberg 2022.

Main rules:

• The dog should drive sheep to the target (red).
• You can steer the dog with the arrow keys.
• The sheep are afraid of the dog and of the fences.
• The farther the sheep are from the target, the faster the cost increases.
• The level is completed when all sheep stand still near the target.

Installation

1. Download the file SheepHerdingGame.mlappinstall.
2. Double click to open it with Matlab.
3. Click 'Install' in the dialogue box that opens.
4. You can now find the sheep herding game under the Apps tab in matlab. Click it to play.

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