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Pelinguin's Strange Journey

By marcrobin, Etoile, Altan4444 and Sacdeneu

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall10662.6521
Fun10592.4421
Innovation11122.0521
Theme10262.5021
Graphics8702.9221
Humor7072.3921
Mood9722.6920

Comments

etoile 2019-10-07 22:54

Me during the whole jam : 421041522977406976.png

sacdeneu 2019-10-07 23:48

Me 1 minute after the jam cg0vwm338uq21.jpg

altan4444 2019-10-08 00:35

Me trying to fix the prod bug 538085475336847390.png

purrseus 2019-10-08 02:25

I like the look and feel of your game. Simplistic as the graphics may seem, the Pelinguin und Slimeblob are super cute. Everything has a nice mood to it, I'm especially a fan of the twinkling stars :)

I had problems, though: In the tower like level I was not able to progress upwards because my jump was too low or the slime pushed me out. I could not figure out what to do.

Also, I think the choice of controls is suboptimal. using the arrow keys to move is good, but E is really far from the keypad. On the other hand A and D are used for moving, but I can't jump whit W. This feels weird. And forcing use of the mouse to close dialogues is also a thing I did not like about the controls.

Nevertheless, I am a fan of your cute atmosphere :)

mikethehuman 2019-10-08 09:35

I like the penguin art and animation. Character movement felt a bit slow and sluggish though, and also couldn't figure out how to move up past the slime guy.

ratrat44 2019-10-08 09:38

I really like the slide animation and the art style!

finnthepirate 2019-10-08 10:19

simplistic design is nice but could use some more obstacles and some ambient sound

etoile 2019-10-08 12:36

Hello guys, thanks for the feedbacks :) ! Sorry that you didn't make it through the end, we should have give you some tips during the game. We wanted to make a game where you have to try stuff by yourself until you find the right answer, but I guess it didn't suit to this kind of game (or we just didn't do it properly uwu)!

altan4444 2019-10-08 13:03

Hello guys, thanks a bunch for the feedback ! Yes our designer really nailed it !

As @etoile mentioned, we wanted the player to find the keys for each level, and it's logic for the lore of our Pelinguins ;) As for the level 4, you can shoot projectiles with the mouse click, you should really beat this level to see the easter eggs afterwards, and discover what happens to our ... hero?

jefvel 2019-10-08 22:17

The E button spam contest is torture. I can feel the arthrosis forming. Is the speed to it bound to framerate? Other than that I liked the jump challenge before it :)

jefvel 2019-10-08 22:18

examplef.gif an example of how fast it is

marcrobin 2019-10-08 22:52

@jefvel Whoops sorry for that x) It seems that we forgot to take the deltatime into account. Thank you for letting us know! We will try to make an update that'll fix this ^^

(Don't break your arm because of our game please, that's not our goal >w<)

jefvel 2019-10-08 22:57

@marcrobin don't worry, I have two of them anyway. I thought it was suspiciously difficult, like what kind of super humans made this game :smile:

daniiln 2019-10-09 09:39

I liked the visual style and animation of the penguin

daniiln 2019-10-09 09:39

I liked the visual style and animation of the penguin

oceanm 2019-10-09 22:56

I enjoyed the visuals and the penguins movement felt very smooth. Though sometimes I felt like I was hitting my head on a lot of things that would mess up my jumps.

noisypanda 2019-10-09 23:02

I really liked the the background with the stars and the small balls that jump!!! <3

We also created an entry for the jam in case you wanna check :)

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/$172916

lars-erik 2019-10-09 23:05

Nice style and enjoyable premise. A bit too difficult to make the right jumps when you get to the slimeys or what-they-are.

asfdfdfd 2019-10-15 19:34

I've made game with penguins on one of the previous LD's. Penguins are cool!

sylvie 2019-10-16 22:39

The penguin is cute. One of the jumps in the area where you have to climb up felt really overly precise. I liked the twist at the ending.

fabula-rasa 2019-10-16 22:47

I just adored the pelinguin’s animation! I did not want to lose my tiny pelinguin soul, though...

Great job on the game!

tomeks 2019-10-17 05:20

"you play a half-pelican half-penguin" this intrigued me :). Good entry, the animations are nice, but you could speed up the transitions (especially when going back upright). Well done.

Also I might be your 20th rating :D

elysiagriffin 2019-10-30 01:58

Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/494941552?t=2h56m51s

Hope you got some valuable feedback on your game and looking forward to seeing you next LD jam if I dont catch you before then! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin