{"author_link":"\/author\/meep\/","author_name":"Meep","author_uid":"2629","comments":[{"author_name":"matthias_zarzecki","author_uid":"3880","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:15am","epoch":1377497400,"text":"So I saw this anf thought "Hey, didn't that person already make a penguin-based game some time ago?"\r\rThis means the style is recognizable :)"},{"author_name":"ModestArcade","author_uid":"14528","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 3:55pm","epoch":1377532200,"text":"This is pretty charming. I like the idea of the "random event"."},{"author_name":"andwhatnot","author_uid":"27164","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1377546780,"text":"Simple, cute, and fun! Good stuff."},{"author_name":"KeithE.","author_uid":"25189","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1377546840,"text":"I felt pretty terrible watching those little penguins die. :) I really like the random events. Great Job!"},{"author_name":"plancien","author_uid":"25374","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 8:59pm","epoch":1377550440,"text":"cute graphics !"},{"author_name":"voltorben","author_uid":"25810","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1377550560,"text":"i got 22!\rReally cute game. Loved the graphics (tho i wished it had been double sized pixels so i could see more detail!)\rI 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 ;)\rSound would really have added to the experience.\rGreat fun!"},{"author_name":"Vasileiadis","author_uid":"25993","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1377554700,"text":"I see dead penguins :'("},{"author_name":"Kep","author_uid":"24452","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 10:20pm","epoch":1377555300,"text":"It's cute. I like that the main avatar can't die, it makes me more brave to save little penguins.\rThe hunger bars filling up could be life bars going down. This briefly confused me. I understand an ally with dropping health.\rHow to play should include what keys to use for control.\r\rWell done."},{"author_name":"Vico","author_uid":"17659","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:17am","epoch":1377565920,"text":"Really nice! Congrats! :D"},{"author_name":"Nerlin","author_uid":"26281","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:11am","epoch":1377583560,"text":"Good game but some sounds and help with controls right in game could make it better. Well done."},{"author_name":"Ossi","author_uid":"26674","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:50am","epoch":1377589500,"text":"Old school arcade style game play with an event timer! Really cool idea using the theme as triggers for difficulty. Sound would definitely complete the experience, good stuff!"},{"author_name":"rujo","author_uid":"12028","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:53am","epoch":1377593280,"text":"awesome graphics, love the style."},{"author_name":"Zerkruemler","author_uid":"27446","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 6:36pm","epoch":1377628260,"text":"Simple but fun"},{"author_name":"Zap","author_uid":"27818","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 1:52am","epoch":1377654420,"text":"I found the controls a bit slippery, but, being ice, maybe they're meant to be.\r\rThe random-event-every-ten-seconds works well. And the penguins look good :)"},{"author_name":"Blecta","author_uid":"24092","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 5:05pm","epoch":1377709200,"text":"Nice entry ! Cute graphics and the random hazards idea is pretty cool :)"},{"author_name":"TammiLion","author_uid":"23930","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:48pm","epoch":1377718980,"text":"Nice game, really cute! Random events are good. I didn't like the hatchlings dying, can't they just end up crying? :)"},{"author_name":"Urfoex","author_uid":"5888","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:57pm","epoch":1377723120,"text":"Good entry.\r\rDamn spikes -.- Stopping me right before I can feed a little one."},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:52am","epoch":1377737220,"text":"Every ten seconds a penguin starves :[\rNice art style and game play, good job!"},{"author_name":"bitowl","author_uid":"25615","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:57am","epoch":1377769920,"text":"awwww it's sooo cute :3"},{"author_name":"Nick Weihs","author_uid":"21927","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:41am","epoch":1377772560,"text":"Scored 17 : ) Wall jumpin penguin ftw! I found the death time you're stunned for a little frustrating but it was interesting that your character cant die and that you lose by not saving the little penguins! Snowballing the bad penguins was fun too but I really liked wall jumpin up the center part heheh. Nice work man."},{"author_name":"MuciojadPL","author_uid":"21095","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:01pm","epoch":1377777360,"text":"Very nice and funny game, good idea :)"},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1377883980,"text":"NO! Are be penguin babies dying? Fun game anyway!"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 12:18pm","epoch":1377951180,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"TobiasW","author_uid":"2587","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 10:17pm","epoch":1377987120,"text":"The animation of the little penguins getting fed is so cute! In fact, all the graphics are pretty cool.\r\rI 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.\r\rRegarding the music: Check out http:\/\/abundant-music.com next time! It's a generator with a surprising high quality.\r\rReally charming game!"},{"author_name":"siat","author_uid":"24592","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 3:29am","epoch":1378005840,"text":"So cute. It would be nice to have multiple levels and some ways of getting health back. But it was very enjoyable!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 4:11am","epoch":1378008360,"text":"Cute fun game!! I love it! I featured this game in my video compilation series of Ludum Dare 27 games, if you'd like to check it out :) http:\/\/youtu.be\/biBzDWmV3kc"},{"author_name":"MetroidMan347","author_uid":"6807","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 4:54am","epoch":1378010940,"text":"IT was quite difficult to get the penguin where I wanted him to go."},{"author_name":"Darkfrost","author_uid":"7085","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 7:06am","epoch":1378018860,"text":"Fellow penguin-platformer! :D Simple, obvious game mechanics, that need very little explanation (Except that I didn't realize the other penguins were enemies at first!)\r\rGood game :) Managed to score 23!"},{"author_name":"iterative deepening","author_uid":"20862","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1378055580,"text":"Nice little game! You should add the controls somewhere."},{"author_name":"manuq","author_uid":"26318","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1378068540,"text":"At first it seemed simple, but soon things started to get complicated! Good job!"},{"author_name":"domrein","author_uid":"12960","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 9:13pm","epoch":1378069680,"text":"Fun and cute penguins! Good job."},{"author_name":"blackotus","author_uid":"19282","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 9:19pm","epoch":1378070040,"text":"It's a cute game! \rI like how the events change as the game goes :)"},{"author_name":"Per","author_uid":"6781","time":"Sep 14, 2013 @ 8:38pm","epoch":1379190780,"text":"Great implementation of game mechanics.\rNice and simple graphics. Well done!"}],"images":["ld27\/2629-45e165a48cfe95e2edbc50bb9e8ff5e9.jpg","ld27\/2629-7e70acad191dad12ff1c3eccd54db97a.jpg","ld27\/2629-8d37d07dd46d3816b7eef2560e34821e.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/10477021\/ld27\/ld27antarctictoc.exe","text":"Windows (.exe)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/10477021\/ld27\/ld27.html","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/10477021\/ld27\/ld27.gmx.zip","text":"Source (.zip)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"24003","g_author":"2629","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"24033","g_title":"Antarctic-Toc","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"435","g_commentcount":"33","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/2629-shot0.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/2629-shot1.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/2629-shot2.PNG-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"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.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately I didn't have time to add music or sound effects, but I hope the art makes up for it.\r\n\r\nI didn't have time to balance the difficulty very well; it feels like it starts a little slow but escalates very quickly.\r\n\r\nDetails on how to play are in-game, but for redundancy:\r\n\r\n- Arrows to run\r\n- X to jump\r\n- C to throw a snowball\r\n- R to quick restart\r\n\r\nPressing towards a wall then pressing away from it will perform a wall-jump. This can be used to quickly climb or avoid hazards.\r\n\r\nHope you enjoy it!","title":"Antarctic-Toc"}