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.
Unfortunately I didn't have time to add music or sound effects, but I hope the art makes up for it.
I didn't have time to balance the difficulty very well; it feels like it starts a little slow but escalates very quickly.
Details on how to play are in-game, but for redundancy:
- Arrows to run - X to jump - C to throw a snowball - R to quick restart
Pressing towards a wall then pressing away from it will perform a wall-jump. This can be used to quickly climb or avoid hazards.
Hope you enjoy it!
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matthias_zarzecki26 Aug 2013, 06:15
So I saw this anf thought "Hey, didn't that person already make a penguin-based game some time ago?"
i got 22! Really cute game. Loved the graphics (tho i wished it had been double sized pixels so i could see more detail!) I 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 ;) Sound would really have added to the experience. Great fun!
It's cute. I like that the main avatar can't die, it makes me more brave to save little penguins. The hunger bars filling up could be life bars going down. This briefly confused me. I understand an ally with dropping health. How to play should include what keys to use for control.
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!
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.
The animation of the little penguins getting fed is so cute! In fact, all the graphics are pretty cool.
I 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.
Regarding the music: Check out http://abundant-music.com next time! It's a generator with a surprising high quality.
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
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!)
This means the style is recognizable :)