10/10 GREAT game. Love the different gameplay aspects. Great job!

This was excellent! I enjoyed the gameplay twist. The puzzle portion of the game was already not to bad for a jam, but the twist really made this a gem. Great job!

Lovin' this cute and simple puzzle game with nothing else to see here I promise.

The plot twist i love it ! Great job ! 😂 The first gameplay it's so chill and fun. (And of course the pinguin is so cute !)

Didn't expect your game eat my brain but was really unexpected as experience thanks for maked it

Very unique take! I was sure after the content warning that there would be some bloody shark scene if you send the penguins to the water but I was wrong! It took me a while to understand I can actually keep controlling the penguins all the time, not just for the first move. Might play again now that i know better how to control them! I liked the different scenarios and that the controls and camera angle also changed between them! Shoving other penguins to the sea in FPS perspective made me feel guilty.

Just the real time penguin strategy game would have been cool enough for a jam game, but you really went above and beyond. :black_circle:

Thanks for the web build. I think it worked perfectly and I don't really like downloading and runnning random .exe .

@joonamo Thanks :D I really prefer web builds myself too when playing so I tried to make the web build as smooth as possible. I just hit some bad issues with playtesting (literally froze one machine needing a reboot on a level transition) so the disclaimer is there mostly just in case.

Well that was beautiful. easily the best looking game I've reviewed so far. 5/5

Nice game, kudos for managing to make the different gameplays this nice within the time limit!

The "twist" felt kinda gratuitous tbh, not sure it's my thing but it's always nice to try and surprise the player. Overall, nice entry!

Wow! This is really something.

The penguin controls are really responsive, and the melting/sinking iceberg mechanic is just great. My first thought upon finishing the first level was "I wish there was some sort of reward for moving the penguins simultaneously", and your answer to that is really innovative.

The twist was unexpected (good!) but it was a little unclear what was going on. I'm still not 100% sure if I ended up in the twist because you'd forced it or if I missed a puzzle solution. I'm also not sure if I experienced everything the twist had to offer.

Bonus points for creating a 3D game that I can actually run in my browser. :thumbsup:

Ok, I should stop playing games with cute penguins at night, jesus, that first encounter. Enjoyed it to the finished, even though I feel like the styles did not really mash that well, but both seem interesting on their own, especially the penguins.
Anyway, nice entry, graphics are awesome, slide mechanic feels fair and controls are smooth, I feel like it can be a mayhem kind of game on mobile to pass time.

Wow those models are pretty. It's a shame you never get to see them up close :wink: . The music was great, and you had me intrigued. I couldn't focus on getting too many stars though!

very good job ;)

WoW! WoW, hahah! This was the best on I've tried. 5/5. So fawking good. can't believe that.
I was so shocked when the game style changed, haha

So cool. So cool. Congrats

Awesome game!!!
I really didn't expect that twist.

Awesome graphics and great implementation of different game modes.
The music was very fitting!

Great job!

It's just perfect in every sense, oh god. The audio, the art, the mechanics. I love the slippery ice, love how the penguins float with empty eyes after you fail them ( I felt bad for them :( ), love the way the ice slowly falls in a few levels and you have to juggle 2 penguins at the same time!!!

Absolutely loved the twist, I laughed so hard, it was amazing!

I just spontaneously clicked on the game because the penguins looked sweet and that's how the gameplay felt. Nice game with sweet pinguins and it looked very polished. This would have gotten a solid rating. Then comes the twist which I just didn't expect at all. I immediately loved it, and got doki doki vibes right away. Great work!

At first, I though that this was just a cute little puzzle game. Then it switched to an fps camera view. It was creepy. Then I got the CRAP scared out of me. 10/10 great game!

This was so good. Thanks for this very light and fun and nothing but that game :smile: :cold_sweat:

What is happening?? hahah

Hands down the best game in this jam. Such a genius take on the theme, and it completely comes out of nowhere. Really loved the mood and the sound design overall, and the music was nice and catchy.

Very nice game.
Graphics looked very good.
The sounds were nice and the music very fitting.
Felt like it could use some way to reset the game manually, since losing a penguin meant i had to sacrifice the others to the sea.
Overall a very fun and cute game.

Like many before me have sad, wow, what a great game this is. The main mechanics are fun on their own, but with the twist and everything, dang. The graphics are also great and the sound design is top notch too. Amazing entry!

A cautionary tale for penguins considering toying with the dark arts. Quite a feat to bust this out in 3 days!

Wow. That was NOT what I was expecting. This game is really ambitious, and it absolutely nails it. The gameplay is simple and charming, the music is catchy and the graphics are really well done, and I had already considered it one of the better games I had played on here. And that was before IT happened. I did not expect the twist to happen, but when it did it made me wonder why very few other games on the jam had decided to interpret the theme that way, as it was a very obvious idea in hindsight. Overall, this is a absolutely wonderful game. Amazing job on it.

(You guys made the black penguins eyes red so it looked like it was on [*redacted*] on purpose, didn't you.)

I seriously appreciate any game that can pull of a genre/mood shift without completely breaking itself apart, and this is one of those games.
Innovative idea and solid execution. Was NOT something I expected to find in this jam, awesome work!

I really love this game, I didn't expect that the small plot twists, it some how creates this story that I don't really get, but ahh it's defently one of those games that seem like doki doki literature club but first person, this is a great submission and I wish you luck on nailing 1st position on this!

Loved it. The riddles itself was good enough to catch me. genius game!

I will definitely dream of a red-eyed penguin tongiht :wink:

Great work!

I enjoyed this game a lot, I didn't read any reviews before playing and that made me apreciate the 'change of mechanics' even more.
Awesome work!

I'm fine.

Great game! It's interesting at the start but surprising twist with the 1st person part, although I did not understand it all XD Great graphics and sound! very polished too!

BTW I love that you can select the penguin on the main screen and just throw it into the sea XD and I think that the black penguin might be evil

The penguins are cute and the ending is hopeful and moving. 10/10

I will definitely dream of a red-eyed penguin tongiht wink

Great work!

That 'this game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed' really wasn't lying, huh?

...but really, I went in expecting a twist, due to it and a few other ratings I skimmed through here, and I wasn't left disappointed. The perspective change half-way through the game is an amazing twist. Combined with the great audio design and with how surprisingly polished the game is... This isn't a jam game, it's an experience. Literally 10/10

What a fun and cute game. Though it felt easy at first with one penguin, as soon as the others were added I was constantly trying to save my situation after one of them got a little too much attention. In short, guiding penguins is not a job for everybody.

Those sure are some wobbly penguins and feel a bit wobbly myself now :cold_sweat: Definitely caught me off guard but really enjoyed the whole game! Audio and graphics are nice and the penguin control were smooth! Great job peeps! :)

The main game itself would have been enough with the great art style and nice challenge of having to control multiple penguins at once, but then the gameplay twist took it to another level. I'm not quite sure I get the second part of the game, but I love the concept of the change up.

Amazing game, I didn't expect the twist!

Okay the ice seems very unstable and difficult to walk on. But wait! What is what? Didn't expect that. Thanks for making me laugh. :D

I would have been entirely satisfied with just the penguin guiding game, but you folks went above and beyond and did twice the work! Cool idea, nice subversion, great work!

Why so cute game has scared and dark levels? And I thought penguins can swim. But I really the controls.

That... that got kinda dark. Darker than I expected this cute waddley penguin game to be...

So cute, well done!

I swear to *redacted* God, this is probably the first game in a while that I was genuinely afraid to play. So I guess that's pretty well done within the time of a jam. Really good!

Enjoyed all parts of the game! Really surprised me and enjoyed the experience even more!

Oh man, this is super adorable! I love the cheerful sound effect and the music is so happy. and oh my god what. What in the world. I have experienced video game whiplash, and I thank you so much for the experience.

That was such an amazing "what the f-" moment, that I was genuinely in awe at what just happened. So then it goes back to goofy bumpy penguins right? And I'm just bumping along now fearing what I've witnessed. That's some brand new emotions right there.

Anyway, super adorable, I love the goofy little dudes, very cute. This game just makes me h̵̘͝a̸͕̰͆p̶̙̓̕p̴̳̺̈́̋y̵̨͋̈́.

the indirect control of the Piguine is a great core game design element and fits the theme perfectly.
The whole game could only have been built on this element. The dark chaotic would not have been necessary. But still great game with cool graphics. congrats on your entry.

This was quite unexpected escalation of the events. Wish there would be more to it. Really great job, sudden change of the game play caught me off guard

Puzzle aspect was just amazing and creative, but the plot twist really was that cherry on top of the cake I wasn't expecting. 10/10

Well that was kinda unexpected :laughing:

The game is indeed a very solid entry even without the twist, the controls felt a bit unintuitive at first, but it was fun to try to master it. The art is also really nice, cute (usually :D) and fitting.

WTF am I playing? Hahahahahahaha Nice job!

Adorable little penguins, cute puzzle gameplay, and loved the twist! Music, art, and theme were all very well used!

Puzzle levels are really good. Players can decide to quickly finish the game (only one penguin is needed) or to challenge themselves and catching all the stars.
I also liked the movement mechanic, but I had a hard time perceiving the height of the icebergs, where penguins start.

From the narrative point of view: the fact that only penguin is needed to complete a level, made me think that maybe only penguin is needed to complete that creepy ritual(?) at the end.

This alone make me think about your game as something that MUST be further explored, and therefore that you wrote a good experience.

What a game ! That caught me completely off guard, especially since the first part of the game is so typical of what you typically see in game jams (the polish of this first part helped a lot !)

Strengths :
- Polish all the way (visual/gameplay/…)
- Fantastic tonal shift, with some recontextualisation along the way

Possible improvement :
- I do not really see any ; platforms with elevation at the start are a bit confusing, but that’s a nitpick

Fantastic game !

Penguin devs UNITE! Holy crap was I NOT expecting this polished and incredible quality of a game, in aspects visual as well as gameplay wise. I appreciated the twist throughout it and completely threw me through a loop, and I appreciate that acting as another source of the unstable theme. The gameplay in general was honestly enough, but that additional bit and the ending made me just want to see even more out of sheer morbid curiosity. Bonus points for making it run so buttery smooth in the browser too. EASILY an 11/10 from me here, absolutely incredible and would recommend anyone playing this for themselves!

I enjoyed the penguin puzzle elements, not sure I actually liked the twist, but it was interesting.

Good implementation and concept! Not a bad atmosphere, I liked the graphics and music. Keep up the good work! Good job, guys

Wow, this was incredible. One of the best games yet! :)

How did a cute penguin game become a horror game ?! This is a very unexpected and interesting solution. I liked that the gameplay changes, it gives a nice variety. Very nice graphics and nice music. On the subject of the plot, nothing is clear, but very interesting. Thanks to the developers.

I love the penguins, so cuteeee
But suddenly... oh no


Nice plotwist, didn't expect it, cool game :)

I apologize for the next caps lock words but they are necessary...

THANK YOU!!!

It was an amazing trip! I don't even know what I just saw but it was wonderful!!
Guys you made my day I'm serious, just downloaded the .zip that will go straight to my private collection

Not what I was expecting. Lovely mood and art

The weird thing is that the game is already fun and unstable without the tunnel. So the tunnel narration seems unstable within unstable, yet with levels continuing the mood (after the tunnel) wears off. Cool penguins anyway, thanks for the game!

That's some next level stuff. Not only it's polished and fun on one side, it's also surprising and thrilling on the other. It's a shame the content warning spoils the twist a bit, but I understand why it's needed. Great job.

First I know some people find the content warnings to be spoilers, but thank you for doing so. I sometimes let my children play "kid friendly" jam games I find since they're usually hanging around while I'm rating, and if I have a heads up that something may be upsetting I save it for when they're not around.

Really unexpected twist though! The first portion of the game was solid in and of itself and makes a good puzzle game, but good job with the unsettling atmosphere of the second portion. I don't really understand what was going on but it was disturbing lol. Overall great art and music, and you succeeded at subverting my expectations. Good work guys!

Super cool (pun intended). Congrats, amazing job.

Amazing game! The puzzle mechanics are pretty unique, and the penguins are really adorable. I think I know a game that might have inspired you, but I'll let the other jammers discover that for themselves :wink:

Пингвиненок, где твоя мама? Где твои родители? Почему же ты катаешься один во льдах? Ай-яй-яй! Быстрее беги к флагу!

I loved it a lot! Completely random, but very well executed. Thank you for the experience of wobbly penguins :D

Really funny! It cheers me up :) Thank you

Ok i wont spoil the game but man what a twists. Great puzzle game and very good sound design.

Wow Amazing game . Graphics and music is Excellent i really Loved it . :v: Keep the good work amazing work !

Oh god, the twist was so excellent. One of the few games where I really didn't see it coming and had so much fun discovering what's going on. Kudos for absolutely wonderful experience! But honestly, I didn't imagine I could get so excited about penguins on ice puzzler.

Dam, this game is so beautiful! I loved it! The penguins are very cute. I'd put a timer to rush the player, but I think your intention was to create a more relaxing game. The music is great too.

Just wow!

Most unexpected game of the competition! <3

Thank you for the game, well done!

Whoa, that was so polished and well executed! I loved the twist after a couple levels. Honestly shocked me the first time that monster came out of the wall after me. I really appreciated how the main menu changed so the penguin had red eyes after you beat it. What a fantastic concept that was well executed on. Kudos to the entire team, from art to code to music/sfx, it was all so well done.

Amazing game, I didn’t expect the twist!
Thank you for the game, well done!

Really liked the game, I was quite surprised with the game-play change (even got jump-scared lol). The music and sound was nice and the graphics really cute. I only wished there were more levels.

This was... an... interesting game... :) Graphics and sound were well executed. Nice job!

The level of polish on this is impressive, the penguins are so cute and hilarious when they fall in the water. I enjoyed the effect you used on the cosmic horror thing, cool visuals. Really awesome job!

Nice graphics , it is a very polished game for only 3 days! amazing job!

Well you had me leaning forward, wondering what was going on and engaged the entire time. Nice job! Serious talent in this entry. Everything runs well and the art is great. Well done on such a polished entry!

Cute game, nice concept and execution! Congrats on the entry!

What a great innocent game about penguins that I can get all my younger cousins to play!

Ok admittedly I had to ask my friend to play the game for me, but it's quite well polished. I think there was some disconnect between 1st person and top-down, as in the modes felt like they were part of different games, but maybe that's what you were going for. Overall, really nice job done, and I don't think I'm going to sleep tonight.

Really interesting duality of two different types of gameplay. Great visuals, I found it pretty unnerving. (i also liked seeing the penguins fall into the water)

Hey team, thanks for submitting your game to stream, it was a lot of fun! Here's a link to the vod if you'd like to rewatch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1171753717

Holy crap that genuinely scared the crap out of me, the base game seemed like a innocent classic iPad game, but was quite a bit different to that. Nailed the theme and was really funny.

Damn, I was not expecting this. That twist caught me quite off-guard. I think I actually sat there a few seconds with my jaw dropped, before I could continue going forward. Super creepy. Loved it. Like others already said - game looks awesome and feels very polished. I would have actually enjoyed to play some more levels before ... well ... things happened. :D

Great entry.

Very polished and pretty fun. Loved wobblying my penguins. Not as much of a fan of the first person sections but an interesting premise. Can see the story being developed. As others had said would loved more levels but very impressed with the amount of work done in the short time limit :thumbsup:

Not what I have expected. I love it!

Well that was.... unexpected. One of the best games I've played this Ludum Dare!

!> You really got me the first time the starry blob monster came for me! Here I was thinking the "not suitable for kids and easily disturbed people" warning was just a weird way of doing the photosensitivity warning, and then....

I loved how the SFX were designed to be in the same key than the catchy music !
Great synth sounds, by the way.

The gameplay was fun, maybe a little too much disjointed? It's hard to know if you're winning or loosing. Especially when the "base game" is already hard !

Great game having 2D and 3D elements.

WTF have I just played? :)
It is a great looking in and well polished game, so cool to see you go above and beyond (the stars?) for the game, it delivered some interesting emotions.

Almost showed it to my gf saying "look at these cute penguins". Glad I didn't :)

Love penguins =D

that was scary!

This was a fun and unusual experience. Perfect blend of horror and humor!

Wow, what a plot twist, caught me completely off guard! Nice visuals and audio! Great job!

Great job. Totally unexpected. Can't say I quite understand what's going on but it was very interesting.

This was such an adorable game to play :) Great work!

Hi there! Thanks for submitting your game for me to play live during my Twitch stream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1173646881?t=1h28m36s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

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The best game I have seen so for this game jam. Really great job!

Fun game! I did not really get the cave part and what was going on. For me it would have been totally fine to just have those puzzle stages because it was getting quite challenging to control more than one penguin at a time! Still a very good game!

Totally caught me off guard. That twist was wild! Really well put together game. ALL of the critters in the game were adorable. I even got to hang out with the big one up close and personal! Well done!

What did I just play? That was unexpected! At first I thought: yeah nice solid game. But then you took it to the next level! So glad to see someone really going for it with the theme!

I was scared... Did not expect that when I started playing with those lovely penguins. Very good entry but too stressful for me.

Yo, what the hell. 10/10

Did NOT see that coming! I'm glad I didn't read the comments first!
Nicely Done!

Excellent! Did not expect the sudden first person switch! Very nice graphics and animations, audio was very well done as well. Great jam game!

Hey great game! The slippery ice made it pretty challenging and fun to get all the penguins across. Really like the final level too but I just cannot for the life of me find the last star??? I got all the penguins safe but I'm still missing one. Anyone who hasn't played it, can *you* try playing through the game and find it? ; )

This was great! Can't really talk about it much without spoiling it. But great job on the whole experience! :D

This is the first Ludum Dare game that actually scared me! The warning on the title screen already gave me a feeling that something unusual might happen, but I certainly didn't expect THAT. :D Great entry!

Man I wish this game never ended! That first switch had me going "what the fuck..." out loud. Other than the idea being pure genius I'm also super impressed that you guys managed to make all of this within the short timeframe.

I would pay money for a full version of this game, AMAZING job!

This is pretty neat! Amazing job on this entries. This is like all those Creepypasta Games, but it actually exists :D

Nice game, like the gameplay.

What a cute little non-scary puzzle game you guys made! I thought it was a neat spin on slippery platforms gameplay. (loved the sudden tone shift and surprised gameplay)

Walking on ice is already very unstable, and it's interesting to have to use more difficult controls

squeeee!! what a nice game! 5/5!

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Good work!

Amazing game and really cool to play ! The mood is a solid 5/5 for me !

Started off as a cool puzzle game and just got better. Great job.

Love the game. I may admit that i got scared in that kinda underground part.

So wobbly in both body and soul!

I was not expecting to get a heart attack from wobbling penguins. Absolutely incredibly game! I'm glad I got to play it before the end of the rating period because it is by far the best one I've played!

This is simply awesome! The art style, music, the game mechanics... everything! Great job with the game! One of the best games I played during this LD! And... I love the surprise ! XD