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A Penguin Isekai: My New Life as a Suave Penguin! Readily Accepting my Role as the Village Protector's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #62 | 4.231 | 4.231 |
| Theme | #102 | 3.879 | 3.879 |
| Fun | #117 | 3.538 | 3.538 |
| Originality | #126 | 3.835 | 3.835 |
Ranked from 92 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game represent "Slick"?
The game features some slick movement mechanics and character design to start, but it also literally meets the definition by including ice sliding mechanics for speed boosts to navigate the stage as an otherwise slow protagonist.
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The intro, art and SFX are so great. Really made me feel like a suave penguin readily accepting my role as the village protector. My only notes are the lack of explanation of the gameplay systems but that's pretty standard for most jam games and I found them pretty intuitive so great job!
I definitely agree that we could have explained the mechanics a bit better. We cut it pretty close on time, as I'm sure many people did, so there were a few things we weren't able to do. I'm glad you found the gameplay intuitive nonetheless, and glad you enjoyed the intro, art, and sound. Thanks for the feedback and for taking the time to play our game!
5 stars for the intro sequence alone! Got me to laugh out loud at a few point. The gameplay is equally enjoyable - I loved placing long ice paths and sliding along them to build up a bunch of speed. Excellent work to you all!
Oh wow, thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the intro and the gameplay. You're too kind. Thanks for taking the time to play :)
The intro sequence is great! I like the concept of needing to freeze enemies and push them off stage to defeat them. I found that aspect to be a bit underexplained, so it took me a bit to figure it out, but it was fun once it clicked. I also found the enemies' attacks to be fairly difficult to dodge.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the concept and intro. I agree, we could have explained the mechanics better, but we were scrambling toward the end (as I'm sure most people were) and that aspect sort of got away from us. I also agree that the enemies are hard to dodge, especially the archer crows. Hopefully we get to balance things a bit better in the future. Thanks for taking the time to play our game!
I really loved the intro sequence and the voice acting, it's so well done :D
The concept itself is also pretty nice and movement on top of the ice felt very slick
Great job!
Thanks so much! We put a ton of work into the intro and had a lot of fun recording the voice lines. I'm happy it paid off! I'm glad you enjoyed the movement as well. Thank you for taking the time to play our game!
Wow great art! Fun game!
Thank you! I'm glad you liked the art and had a good time. Thanks for playing!
Great work! Can't wait for the anime adaptation :)
Thanks so much! One can dream haha
Neat game! I went in completely blind and didn't expect an intro cutscene,but it certainly made it vibe in that kind of arcade intro way (which is good!) I appreciate that y'all made it skippable though. I enjoyed the gameplay a decent amount (despite the fact that I didn't realise how to move quickly until later, I skimmed those instructions pretty quickly), although I did find the flying enemies to be the most difficult to deal with, because I found it hard to avoid their attacks, in part due to ice launcher walk lock cooldown lag (a bit of a mouthful!) Other than that, it was cool to slide about and create over lava. I also liked the aggressive squash and stretch in the animations, very tasty.
Thanks! A lot of work went into the intro (and everything really), but we knew it was important to make it skippable in case people died and wanted to try again. I'm glad you had fun with the gameplay. We probably could have made the intended mechanics a bit clearer, but we were sort of scrambling toward the end (like most everyone, I suppose). I completely agree, those crow archers are no joke. It took me a while to beat the game myself, mostly because of them. I'm happy you appreciate the animation too. I think our animator did a great job. Thank you so much for taking the time to play our game!
Art was insanely well done in this it's all animated so well!
I really appreciate that! Thank you so much for playing our game!
The bitcrushed voiceover in the intro was fantastic, haha.
The art is absolutely incredible, I watched the animation of the fish pickups jumping around for so long. The gameplay itself was a ton of fun and very unique.
My only wish is for a way to pause ;)
Thanks! Our sound guy did a great job with those effects and we all had a lot of fun recording the voices. I'm glad you enjoyed the art and animations as well! A lot of time went into them. I'm also happy you had fun with the gameplay. I agree that a pause feature would be great. Hopefully we get to add that later. I appreciate all of the kind words. Thank you so much for playing our game!
Really cool, I liked the cutscene at the start of the game a lot especially,but rewatching it after I died was a little bit more annoying.
Thanks so much! It is actually skippable by pressing space, I probably should have added an indicator for it lol~
Incredible entry! Love the freeze and push mechanic. It's a surprisingly deep, and offers a really high skill ceiling without having to put a ton of time into understanding how it works. Great presentation, cool opening cutscene, and just a really great entry overall!
Wow, thank you! I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed so many different aspects of our game. I'm glad you liked the mechanics and they were easy to pick up. Thanks for taking the time to play!
Cool mechanic defeating enemies and a whole cutscene intro is a cherry on top. Nice entry :)
I'm glad you liked the opening and gameplay. Thank you for taking the time to play our game!
So cute. Having to slide to knock out the enemies was super fun and creative! Voice acting and visuals were also super slick. Nice job!
Thank you! A ton of time went into the visuals and we had a lot of fun recording the voices. Really glad you enjoyed the gameplay. Thanks so much for playing our game!
Amazing work. The sound effects and tunes just bring it all together. Everything feels so polished!
Tysm!! I created the level music and our sound effects dude also created the intro songs! Thanks so much for taking the time to play and listen, as well as the kind words :3
An absolutely glorious opening cutscene! The bitcrushed sound effects and voiced lines are charming, and the game is reminiscent of something Nitrome would make! I think it would be nice if you restarted on the level you died on, since playing through the previous levels every time gets a little tedious, but the overall style of the game is very solid! The hilariously long title got me XD Nice work!
Thanks so much! We put a lot of work into the intro. I'm glad those little details paid off. I agree, the game would benefit greatly from a checkpoint system. Hopefully we can add that feature later on. The feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to play our game!
If nothing else, this team understands how to title an Isekai. I absolutely love this game in all it's aspects, from the art to the gameplay to the disrespect of one's mother directly resulting in being hit by a truck. The one thing I might add is a way to skip the opening cutscene. While incredibly charming, it adds a LOT of time to restarting runs if you lose (I did). Bravo!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed so many different aspects of the game. The intro scenes are actually skippable by pressing spacebar, but we definitely should have provided some sort of indicator that it was possible. Thanks so much for taking the time to play our game!
Wonderful intro and art, very charming. I enjoyed the first two stages but couldn't quite figure out how to reliably smash up enemies once I had them in the ice cube. Also it seemed like booping them into the lava prevented me from getting any health, so I didn't make it much further than stage 2. Still really nicely done, good work!
Thank you so much! We put a lot of work into the into the opening, so I'm glad it paid off. I have noticed that the cubes sometimes don't break when being pushed into certain objects, so hopefully we can fix that in the future. I appreciate the feedback. Thanks for playing our game
This one is crazy good! I love covering the stage in ice and just sliding around. I love the slick animation over the ice. My jaw literally dropped when I discovered you can machine gun while sliding. You were, in fact, slick for that ^^
The cut scene and setup is incredible lol.
I unfortunately bugged out on stage 2. It seems like having and ice path over the lava can get you stuck in the hurt animation.
This one is really amazing! Well done!
Oh wow, thank you so much! I'm glad you liked so many different aspects of our game. I'm sorry you encountered a bug. I'll make sure our programmers know and hopefully they can fix it after the jam is over. Thanks for the feedback and thanks for taking the time to play our game!
Wow!!!! This is a remarkable offering! I can't believe how slick the art and the lore and the gameplay is... and it's hilarious!!! Bless up, y'all!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for playing our game!
Love the ice trails, it's a super fun mechanic to zoom around while defeating enemies
I'm glad you had a good time. Thanks for taking the time to play our game!