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Stalks

Follow three-dimensional bleats through a cornfield, bring five sheep home, and keep your fading torch ready for whatever is changing them.

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Stalks

Five voices in the corn

Stalks begins at the edge of a dark field with five sheep still out there. Their calls are positioned in three-dimensional sound, making headphones and careful listening more useful than trying to see across the corn.

The HUD separates the sheep already in your flock from those still missing. Turn toward a bleat, move into the rows, and check the counters after each rescue.

A torch that needs darkness

Move with WASD or the arrow keys, look with the mouse, and hold Shift to run. F or right-click toggles the torch, which drains while lit and recharges only after it is switched off.

Use brief flashes to confirm landmarks and threats, then travel by sound while the battery recovers. The tested build moved cleanly from the field edge into the corn and visibly updated the torch state.

Keep the flock together

Finding a sheep is only half the task: it must follow you home. Avoid sprinting so far that the rescued animals scatter, especially when a new call tempts you deeper into the field.

Something else is moving among the stalks and can change the sheep. The game is a short jam-sized horror piece, so its tension comes from spatial uncertainty and a focused rescue loop rather than a long campaign.

Guide

Listen: Wear headphones and turn toward the sheep calls; their three-dimensional position is the main guide through the corn
Search: Move with WASD or the arrow keys, look with the mouse, and use Shift when you need to run
Manage the torch: Press F or right-click for light, then switch it off so the battery can recharge
Gather the flock: Find all five sheep and keep them close enough to follow rather than leaving stragglers in the field
Return home: Use the Flock and Out there counters to track the rescue while watching for the thing that can change the sheep

Creator's description

Clicking into the game opened a first-person field with Flock 0 and Out there 5 on the HUD. Walking reached the corn and scarecrow, while the torch toggled and its battery state visibly changed as described.