Each stage is a single-screen or scrolling arena filled with enemies, livestock, obstacles, and power-ups. The main objective is usually to rescue the sheep and destroy enough opposition to clear the level. The llama can move in several directions while firing, and survival depends on managing enemy approaches and collecting useful bonuses.

Progression consists of many increasingly difficult stages. Power-ups can improve the weapon, add special attacks, or provide temporary defensive and offensive advantages. The game rewards aggressive movement, memorizing dangerous patterns, and using limited screen-clearing attacks at the right moment.

Keep moving around the arena instead of fighting from one fixed position. Rescue sheep when the immediate area is safe, but avoid crossing dense enemy formations merely to collect a single animal.

Save powerful attacks for crowded screens or enemies that block escape routes. Learn which power-ups improve survival and which merely encourage risky attacks, and use the arena edges carefully because they can become dangerous when enemies surround the llama.