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The movement feels nice and snappy, and the art looks pretty good - congrats on your first game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":992467,"author_name":"Rena","author_uid":"rena","epoch":1696304939,"text":"@adam-gallina cheers! \ud83d\ude04 hope to make more in the future ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":992480,"author_name":"Rena","author_uid":"rena","epoch":1696305018,"text":"@posshydra haha thank you! in retrospect I probably spent too much time on the salmon tbh. messed around with the wall jump for a while so that's understandable","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":997012,"author_name":"LDJam user 373725","author_uid":"373725","epoch":1696342381,"text":"Good job! Although it is possible to escape quickly, it is challenging enough to collect all fishes:)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":997488,"author_name":"JCMonkey","author_uid":"jcmonkey","epoch":1696346006,"text":"found a bug where i get to the end, and it says escaped iceberg, but im still there. not sure if theres a second level or not. its a cute little penguin though!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":997844,"author_name":"DzejPi","author_uid":"dzejpi","epoch":1696348100,"text":"Pleasant graphics, and great movement! I can get to the end very quickly; is that intentional? Otherwise, cute little game. :) ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1002403,"author_name":"Rena","author_uid":"rena","epoch":1696382353,"text":"@bogotolec haha yea I realized that shortly before I submitted it. There's definitely a sneaky way to exit right from the top of the iceberg :spy: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1002414,"author_name":"Rena","author_uid":"rena","epoch":1696382490,"text":"@jcmonkey yea :') unfortunately I ran out of time to implement the end of the game, and so I also didn't have time for more levels. I would like to complete it though. Thanks for playing!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1002423,"author_name":"Rena","author_uid":"rena","epoch":1696382570,"text":"@dzejpi thanks for the review! Yea I enjoyed messing around with the physics. The easy exit, if you're talking about leaving the iceberg from the top, was definitely not intentional \ud83d\ude02 cheers!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1002691,"author_name":"mina","author_uid":"mina","epoch":1696387617,"text":"This is lovely! The penguin is SOO cute and the movement and animations feel super smooth. The jumping and wall-jumping physics are really nice too. In my opinion, the most important part of platformers (and the hardest to get right) is the movement and you did great on that! Good job :smile: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1003046,"author_name":"NuiN","author_uid":"nuin","epoch":1696393433,"text":"the movement feels very good, nice job :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1003195,"author_name":"LDJam user 281060","author_uid":"281060","epoch":1696395921,"text":"\"Pinguins probably experience limited space all the time\" is a great line lol, should have opted into humor. I reached the end pretty fast and wasn't sure if there was anything next. Nice game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1003264,"author_name":"Wook","author_uid":"wook","epoch":1696397165,"text":"The movement really surprised me! it was so moving the lil penguin around and the walljumping once I got used to it also felt really well made! good job on this one :penguin: :penguin: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1008425,"author_name":"AncientEntity","author_uid":"anciententity","epoch":1696463039,"text":"Movement felt pretty good, my only complaint is that the snow looks too similar to the 'spikes', besides that congratulations on the game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1008942,"author_name":"Rena","author_uid":"rena","epoch":1696473398,"text":"@mina thank you so much! yea I'm happy with the movement as well, it was super fun to get that working. appreciate you playing and reviewing my game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1008945,"author_name":"Rena","author_uid":"rena","epoch":1696473446,"text":"@nuin Thank you sm for playing! :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1008955,"author_name":"Rena","author_uid":"rena","epoch":1696473700,"text":"@darzu hahaha gotta have a hook in the description, ya know? No unfortunately, I just didn't have time to redesign the level better to make it more challenging :') ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1008960,"author_name":"Rena","author_uid":"rena","epoch":1696473787,"text":"thank you sm @wook !! I'm glad you thought it was fun to play even though it's not fully finished! Ty for freeing Slippy \ud83d\udc27","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1008963,"author_name":"Rena","author_uid":"rena","epoch":1696473934,"text":"@anciententity that's actually a good point. It's probably better to make the spikes look more threatening than harmless snow. Thanks for the congrats!! :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1009917,"author_name":"TerminalGoat","author_uid":"terminalgoat","epoch":1696498625,"text":"Lovely game, cute looking art and the basic movement felt pretty satisfying. Yeah the salmon sprite is just a black square while i'm running on Firefox but overall nice entry for the jam you got there! Pretty well done by just one person.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1010360,"author_name":"LDJam user 377500","author_uid":"377500","epoch":1696508352,"text":"very smooth movement, really appreciate it. i love the rotating fish lol. overall nice game although it's your first game","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1010471,"author_name":"Matootsy","author_uid":"matootsy","epoch":1696511210,"text":"I like the fact that the level is an iceberg. Cute graphics. I really enjoyed the mood, the simplicity and the clarity of the pixel art. The penguin is cute and the movement is a bit tough but respond well. You already wrote the todo list of the things that you have to add to make it a real polished game. I wish you all the best for that. I am sure you can make a cute game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1010753,"author_name":"evil23","author_uid":"evil23","epoch":1696517963,"text":"Nice game! The movement was well made. The level could have been a little bit bigger but considering the limited time frame, it is enough.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1027510,"author_name":"Aurailus","author_uid":"aurailus","epoch":1697657493,"text":"Nice game! The physics feel snappy, the penguin pixel art is adorable, and the wall jumping feels really solid. I was surprised when I realized I didn't have to jump to wall-jump, but I think it's actually a good control scheme, maybe it shouldn't fire when you're grounded, though. Collecting all of the salmon was fun, I like how you get to see an overview of the whole level before you start. I had a lot of fun playing! Great job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1027962,"author_name":"LDJam user 206001","author_uid":"206001","epoch":1697705115,"text":"It would be cool to add a button to the entire itch.io screen. It takes a long time to load. Well harmonized graphics. 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