Instructions
Spark Shepherd
Loose sparks drift about a glowing field. Shove the bright ones into the sliding pen, steer the red glitch sparks into the drain, and never let eight of them run loose.
- Year
- 1979
- Era
- Vector
- Genre
- Vector / Herding
Free, no sign-up. Keyboard, touch or gamepad.
How to play
- Mouse or arrows move the repulsor.
- Hold Space or the mouse button to CALL (a lure).
- P to pause.
On touch
- Drag to move the repulsor.
- Hold the CALL button to lure sparks toward you.
Every run starts on the title screen. Pause any time with P or the pause button; calm mode removes flashes and screen shake.
Maker’s note
A vector herding game with one rule you feel at once: sparks flee your cursor, and a red glitch spark turns any bright one it touches. The pen on the floor and the drain in the ceiling both slide, deliveries in a quick row build a multiplier up to x6, and the sparks come faster the longer you last. Seeded spawns.
The Eracade workshop
Target scores
- 1300
- 2700
- 31,300
- 42,000
- 53,000
- 64,500
- 76,500
- 89,000
Each target is a step up. Beat them all and you have outplayed the workshop.
The Vector era, 1977–1982
Glowing phosphor lines on black glass: wireframes, starfields and one bright dot doing something impossible.
High scores
The top ten runs are saved in this browser with your three initials. Nothing is uploaded unless you submit a ranked run, so clearing site data clears the table.
