Antarctic-Toc by Meep
Antarctic-Toc revolves around a penguin running around to feed newborn penguins. A newborn penguin must be fed within 10 seconds of hatching. Additionally, random events happen every 10 seconds, making the task more difficult.
Unfortunately I didn't have time to add music or sound effects, but I hope the art makes up for it.
I didn't have time to balance the difficulty very well; it feels like it starts a little slow but escalates very quickly.
Details on how to play are in-game, but for redundancy:
- Arrows to run
- X to jump
- C to throw a snowball
- R to quick restart
Pressing towards a wall then pressing away from it will perform a wall-jump. This can be used to quickly climb or avoid hazards.
Hope you enjoy it!
Unfortunately I didn't have time to add music or sound effects, but I hope the art makes up for it.
I didn't have time to balance the difficulty very well; it feels like it starts a little slow but escalates very quickly.
Details on how to play are in-game, but for redundancy:
- Arrows to run
- X to jump
- C to throw a snowball
- R to quick restart
Pressing towards a wall then pressing away from it will perform a wall-jump. This can be used to quickly climb or avoid hazards.
Hope you enjoy it!
Ratings
| Coolness | 80% | 2 |
| Overall | 3.17 | 435 |
| Audio | 1.28 | 971 |
| Fun | 3.09 | 418 |
| Graphics | 3.35 | 288 |
| Humor | 2.33 | 491 |
| Innovation | 2.75 | 726 |
| Mood | 2.54 | 703 |
| Theme | 3.32 | 406 |
This means the style is recognizable :)
Really cute game. Loved the graphics (tho i wished it had been double sized pixels so i could see more detail!)
I think the balance is kinda ok - easy in the start just to get the hang of it, then BAM, hell freezes over and there is fucking penguins everywhere ;)
Sound would really have added to the experience.
Great fun!
The hunger bars filling up could be life bars going down. This briefly confused me. I understand an ally with dropping health.
How to play should include what keys to use for control.
Well done.
The random-event-every-ten-seconds works well. And the penguins look good :)
Damn spikes -.- Stopping me right before I can feed a little one.
Nice art style and game play, good job!
I really like the gameplay! The snowball seems strangely satisfying, and I think not using hitpoints but just stunning the player was a pretty good decision. It's also cool that the "events" are taking up the whole 10 seconds - I was expecting just momentary events, which wouldn't have been as cool. The events bring a lot of variety which games like this really need. The difficulty balance is fine until a certain point.
Regarding the music: Check out http://abundant-music.com next time! It's a generator with a surprising high quality.
Really charming game!
Good game :) Managed to score 23!
I like how the events change as the game goes :)
Nice and simple graphics. Well done!