Waddle In Time by gobos12

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made by gobos12 for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

THE WORLD IS ENDING!!!

You are a time travelling penguin. You need to stop the end of the world.

The problem: Your time machine is broken and can only travel back in time in 10 second intervals.

What can you do? FIX IT!!!!

Fix the time machine and to get out of your 10 second time loop to save the world!

* We didn't have enough time to figure out HTML build. Download the zip file for a more stable build *

Controls:

LMB: Interact, open cabinets

RMB: Open cabinets

Mouse: Navigate screen

Thanks for playing!!

Ratings

Overall 773th 3.326⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 844th 3.087⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 379th 3.565⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 524th 3.717⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 531th 3.696⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 705th 2.773⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 207th 3.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 655th 3.37⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 22🗨️

Feedback

mmayans
03. Oct 2022 · 21:42 UTC
I'm so happy with how this turned out! Functional game
Mr_DanH
03. Oct 2022 · 22:30 UTC
Cool idea and implementation, but I was absolutely stumped as to what to do or whether my changes were persisting between loops
ManchmalScott
03. Oct 2022 · 22:46 UTC
A little buggy with some game elements disappearing, but I still had fun trying out different combinations of things to do, and discovering how to make each loop last longer. Art style is adorable!
Jeffrey Hwang
03. Oct 2022 · 23:45 UTC
I loved the art style. I was able to fuel up! I don't think the progress were persisting between loop. Cute penguins
Fractal Flower Girl
04. Oct 2022 · 00:03 UTC
I figured out how to get 20 seconds, but got stumped after that. I thought it was a great idea for a game that didn't have enough time to be finished. My favorite part was the menu; the penguin was adorable!
randomuser7
04. Oct 2022 · 00:18 UTC
one of the games of all time
Antonina.esl
04. Oct 2022 · 01:43 UTC
very cute!!
Falk Hoeppner
04. Oct 2022 · 03:19 UTC
Cool puzzle game! Couldn't finish it, but I got a good taste for the overlapping time elements, very thematic!
TheseusInABottle
04. Oct 2022 · 04:55 UTC
I suffer from a chronic illness known as "absolutely trash at video games-itis" so I won't say anything on game balance or puzzle difficulty. I will say that I enjoyed the art, and the sound design very much.
Aes1
04. Oct 2022 · 05:33 UTC
got to 30 fire, but I think I'm too tired to figure anything out past that, the art was cool, the sounds are cool, good game :)
Eugenik
04. Oct 2022 · 15:29 UTC
Really dig the artwork
MaDness
06. Oct 2022 · 04:37 UTC
Got stumped after reaching the full time limit, I figured I either had to do something with the buttons or something with the chemicals. While dealing with the chemicals, I had no clue what was going on. There was something about using the time to make them I bet, but whenever I tried timing it to the paper beside the chemical table the glass always turned up empty. As for the buttons, I tried doing different combinations based off the image shown after you reach 30sec loops, but none of them seemed to have an effect. Whether there was a bug, the game didn't provide enough clues, or I was simply bad, I'm not entirely sure. Personally I think a note that something changed between loops would be really helpful (like with the time, you could easily see that your actions were having some sort of effect on the machine).

But I don't mean to completely bash on the game, aside from getting stuck the puzzles are very interesting and engaging (I spent 30 min on the part I got stuck on lol), and I enjoyed how the art communicated the theme of snowy apocalypse. Solid game to have made over 3 days, great work on it.
KokkakNiphon
09. Oct 2022 · 03:07 UTC
The art is cool but the game does need some navigations. As a player who is not good at puzzle-solving game, trying to figure out these stuffs took me very long. Anyway, nice game idea!
mypalmike
10. Oct 2022 · 08:07 UTC
I like the premise. But I had no idea what was going on.
Akkara
11. Oct 2022 · 17:16 UTC
Really fun and interesting, I love a good puzzle game and this one got me thinking for a long time :D
Even though it differs a little from the theme, having to repair the machine to gain info and ingredients to destroy it is really clever. I unfortunately failed and am continuously in a 10 seconds loop :D
Great game!
Corrupt Spaghetti
16. Oct 2022 · 19:19 UTC
It was a little frustrating at first, but there was a certain point when the puzzle just kinda clicked for me and became very engaging to solve. Good job!
Doraemon
20. Oct 2022 · 07:33 UTC
Cute art style:-)