RUN For Your Life

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.80
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★59%
You are a penguin trying to catch fish to eat while avoiding seals that wish to eat you.

A to run left, D to run right.

You will need the following libraries for Linux:

* libsdl2
* libsdl2_mixer
* libnoise

Comments19

Coherence15 Dec 2015, 01:41
I enjoy this game very much. Well done. My cup of penguin spilleth over.
bentglasstube
bentglasstubeauthor15 Dec 2015, 21:20
Thanks for playing on your youtube, Jupi!
Rys0n
Rys0n17 Dec 2015, 19:16
I really like the penguin/seal speed balance. :)
in3orn17 Dec 2015, 19:17
Funny game, I like it :)
Weeping Rupee
Weeping Rupee17 Dec 2015, 19:45
Is the music yours? Its really awesome.
bentglasstube
bentglasstubeauthor17 Dec 2015, 21:46
Yes, the music is mine. I am glad you liked it!
Move127
Move12717 Dec 2015, 22:11
This is a very fun game! Good job.
Hackbug
Hackbug17 Dec 2015, 22:37
Your game is very cool, i love the music and the character design :) the only problem is the game is a little bit lagging :/ i have beetween 0 and 10 FPS.

But else i had fun while playing your game ;)
bentglasstube
bentglasstubeauthor18 Dec 2015, 15:09
Yeah, the FPS can definitely be an issue. I didn't have much time to do optimizations unfortunately.
Hot Box Games
Hot Box Games18 Dec 2015, 20:09
Nice little runner game, well done!
MemoryLeek19 Dec 2015, 00:27
Nice and crisp graphics. Kudos for using SDL! I found the game a bit too easy, I would've liked to see the difficulty increase progressively :)
Zeriver
Zeriver19 Dec 2015, 00:34
I like retro vibe in this game, sounds and graphics match well together. In overall it's a fun game to play and kinda addicting.
bentglasstube
bentglasstubeauthor19 Dec 2015, 01:09
The difficulty should progress but it does so a bit slowly. As you run, the ratio of snow:ice:water shifts more and more toward water until eventually that's all there is and you can no longer outrun the seals
CheesyRamen
CheesyRamen22 Dec 2015, 17:08
Nice! It kinda reminds me of playing Skifree back in the day :)
Ace
Ace22 Dec 2015, 18:48
Perhaps you should package in any non-standard libraries that you're using, libnoise is not in my package manager in any way, shape, or form so I have to compile it on manually. Not something you want to force people to do when they just want to play a game.
It runs quite abysmally as well, nowhere near playable FPS on my machine regardless on if I throw in libnoise or run it through wine.

Apart from that though, the gameplay is enjoyable and feels really solid. The art and sound is nice too, and the controls feel good. If you could improve the performance slightly this would be a very good game.
mahalis
mahalis25 Dec 2015, 04:45
Cute! Love the art. Surprisingly challenging gameplay, too. I don't think I've ever more determinedly tried to outrun a seal. :)
Madball2 Jan 2016, 19:01
Adorable. Takes some practice, but rewards with a warm feeling of helping a penguin.

Surprisingly, two-button controls are smooth and intuitive. And the gameplay is not repetitive, with all these different kinds of fish.

Are rocks supposed to be insta-kills? I haven't survived a single rock.

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