PINGROW by junt74

made by junt74 for LD34 (JAM)

Survive with Jumping, Growing and Un-growing.

[Controlls]

[Up Arrow Key, left virtual button] Jump, Restart
[Space Key, right virtual button] Grow&Ungrow, Restart

1) Score increases FAST when the penguin is tall :)
2) You can make penguin shrink with the grow-button when reached to the maximum height.

Web	http://bunchogames.com/gamehtml5/ld34/
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=20520

Ratings

Coolness	0%	2482
Overall(Jam)	2.70	993

Fun(Jam)	2.68	872
Humor(Jam)	2.77	441
Theme(Jam)	3.96	265

Feedback

pjimmy

13. Dec 2015 · 10:27 UTC

I like the concept of the game and how you've incorporated both themes. Interesting.

Foofanoo42

14. Dec 2015 · 09:19 UTC

At first I was annoyed that growing tall didn't give me any advantages, then i saw the score skyrocketing. Then i thought it was cute that he can't jump very high when tall. In general, it's pretty hard.

ThreeLivesGames

15. Dec 2015 · 03:06 UTC

Very fun little minigame, generally the difficulty is a tad steep. A little difficult to play on pc but still cool.

Krafty

15. Dec 2015 · 03:17 UTC

Got 39972! It's fun, but really simple. Background and ground graphics could be improved a bit. Really like how the penguin looks.

illraceyou

15. Dec 2015 · 03:19 UTC

Cute concept, but it seems like some bullets are impossible to dodge... I DO like penguins, tho....

Fathom

15. Dec 2015 · 03:34 UTC

Cool concept. I like the use of both the themes as part of the game play. Super hard though!

Logicon

15. Dec 2015 · 03:35 UTC

Is there a point to grow? I feel like I could just sit on the ground forever. Neat concept though

danthedev

15. Dec 2015 · 03:40 UTC

Fun use of growing and two buttons — nice to have added mobile oriented controls too. Not much replay value, but the initial difficulty is enough to make it fun.

dvdfu

15. Dec 2015 · 04:29 UTC

Really cool concept, and cute graphics! Good job!

jackycute

15. Dec 2015 · 04:55 UTC

So funny! I like it!

TaoPhoenix

15. Dec 2015 · 08:01 UTC

Logicon, yeah, the point is when you're small you basically gain nothing for points.

So the whole point of the game is kinda pseudo-psych-warfare trying to "outsmart" the bullets when to grow and your points skyrocket.

But a tip is you gain the same points "1 step shorter than max" so you grow and then *shrink 1 level* so you're only two taps from being small then you can jump the grounders.

Difficulty ... a little strange. This LD is producing a lot of games that are "both easy and hard".

I know, it's prob random gen, but if you "pseudo-treat it as psych-warfare" if you think you see "1 opening to grow" don't fall into the "trap". Stay small and deal with the 7 grounders!

Then when it looks like you've got a legit window, grab points.

I made it over 10,000 a couple times before I began to do other things.

colinator27

15. Dec 2015 · 12:23 UTC

Game is awesome; the humorous idea makes me laugh.

SadSmile

15. Dec 2015 · 13:18 UTC

Nice gmae. The sounds are alittle bit to loud tho ^^

retrogradeorbit

15. Dec 2015 · 14:00 UTC

I need to shrink again!

David Cookie

15. Dec 2015 · 16:29 UTC

Very cool concept! Pretty fun when we discover the grow mechanic and all the points that we win :o
Well done!