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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #14 | 3.658 | 3.658 |
| Creativity | #14 | 3.789 | 3.789 |
| Cozy Winter Vibes | #17 | 3.947 | 3.947 |
| Presentation | #25 | 3.684 | 3.684 |
| Enjoyment | #34 | 3.211 | 3.211 |
Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Wow this was funnier than I expected. I do love city sim games, it's incredible that you managed to pull this off in 72 hours, I could see this expanded into a full game, with more buildings and resources to gather.
I loved the little cutscenes at the start and the end, nice touch and cute artworks.
There were some issues with UI scaling and penguins getting stuck in trees, but great job overall!
-- Rodney
Super fun and cute game ! 💖🌈✨
Love the penguins' story. They are so silly and adorable 🐧
Great submission !
Fantastic art/modeling here. And music. Good vibes in general.
Sadly I had a hard time clicking on anything, the hover effects were off center and I had to click multiple times for things to happen. Maybe this is related to 4K screens or fractional displays, don’t know.
The ice-cream-making dance is CUUUTE.
Thank you for the feedback!
I think you hit it on the nail with the issues we had. UI and getting systems up while offering general tech support to the team was difficult.
But I believe we can do better :D
Thanks for playing!
Super cute! I personally love city managment games in general! I love the penguin portraits !
The graphics were a bit laggy though
Woah! Cool stuff! Unfortunately I think the resolution was too high on my screen so all the elements were incredibly small so I couldn't read, or click on them (skill issue on my part), but this seemed really cool! I love the character portraits of each penguin on the bottom left, overall nice experience here.
Yo, I went back and beat it. The concept is cool, it would be interesting to see how it develops. Focus on progression, like in RTS games. I'd also add sounds to the cutscene. Overall, I liked the game. Could you test my game? :3
Wow this was really good! Insane that you guys accomplished this in such a short time. It looks like it took a week. While it was a little annoying to have to constantly assign penguins to tasks, it did keep me busy and I kinda like the idea that the penguins can only stay on task for one thing before they get distracted lol. Solid game that could definitely be expanded upon after the jam.
Thank you so much, we're really happy you enjoyed it! :D In a perfect world, we would have loved to spend a little more time polishing the controls and the UI :|
It's a fun game! I really like the managment aspect & penguin face cards👍
Thank you, we're so happy to hear that!
This is the first time I've seen someone make a GZS-type Age of Empires-like game in a jam, and I was very surprised. I think it's amazing, I really admire you for being able to do something like this. I would be very happy if you took a look at my game too :3
It was definitely an ambitious one. We'll probably think twice before making an RTS-style game for our next game jam :D We're really happy you liked it!
What does "to like" mean? I loved it! GZS was the first game style I ever played in my life, I felt so nostalgic while playing it :D
LOL, why do penguins go north?
They want to reflect the auroras back south (and tax relief) :D
Really enjoyed the art style in this game. Between that, the cutscenes, tutorial, and actual bug free working game with multiple stages, this was impressive scope to get done in a 3 day jam.
My main critique is around the UX/UI. I would have loved the resources to be some type of keyboard hotkey, like 1, 2, and 3 or something like that. It was a lot of clicking, and trying to click small buttons. And if there are no available nodes to gather from, it would be nice to just queue them up. Or at least disable the button.
Thank you very much, we're glad you liked it! Absolutely valid feedback. We wish we had more time to spend on the controls / UI :|
This game reminded me of the settlement stage in Spore.
It's a great and very cute mini-strategy!
Thank you so much, we're really happy you enjoyed it!
Penguins are really cute
Yessss, thank you! Paddlekronk did an absolutely amazing job designing them!
Very nice game ! You can be proud of yourselves, the atmosphere is really cool and cosy :)
Thank you very much, we're glad it resonated with you! :)
Love it! Super cute game and super chill!
We are so glad to hear that, thank you!
We tried
We tried indeed.