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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #48 | 4.217 | 4.217 |
| Enjoyment | #121 | 3.826 | 3.826 |
| Gameplay | #280 | 3.435 | 3.435 |
| Overall | #326 | 3.507 | 3.507 |
| Innovation | #336 | 3.348 | 3.348 |
| Audio | #570 | 3.130 | 3.130 |
| Visuals | #913 | 3.087 | 3.087 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
It's flippin penguin shapeshifters in space, You can't trust any of them.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
All the art and code is mine, I got most of the sounds from freeesound.org
How many people worked on the game?1
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Loved this, really enjoyed trying to survive and work out who was trustworthy. Couple of issues though: As mentioned in another comment, it felt a bit unfair that my penguins could die or cause problems after I'd verified that no-one was a shapeshifter. You mentioned that this needs to be in the game otherwise the optimal strategy is to vent all but one, however there may be alternative ways of solving this problem. For example, perhaps there are event pop-ups that happen that can explain why the damage is happening, rather than unexplained sabotage. Or perhaps each penguin has a Sanity level which is affected by having tests done on them or being put into isolation, which if it gets high enough will increase the likelihood that a real penguin will still perform sabotage because they are going insane and mutinous. I also didn't realize at first that I needed to set a destination in the Bridge, so perhaps an indicator of some kind showing that a destination is unset. Otherwise great stuff.
This was genuinely fun! I'd love to play an extended version. Though when having all penguins verified as not shapeshifters there still was some tampering, is that theme-intended, or could it be a bug? Oh and the first sound when starting the game was a bit of a jumpscare hahah. Still, very cool, great job!!
The accident sabotage chance is intended to keep you a little paranoid if you can trust anypenguin.
If this mechanic isn't there the optimal strategy becomes to clear 1 penguin vent everybody else out and never accept any survivors and that is realy not a fun way to play the game.
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Cool idea for a game! Great job!
This game was a blast, like overseeing your own amongus ship but with penguins, I lost like 30 minutes in in a terrible take over of shapeshifters :(. In all seriousness a very enjoyable game with lots of replayability! I'm always on edge hoping that I can bring in more survivors without the fear of losing my entire crew... would play again!
I really enjoyed playing the game! it took a bit to get used to but I thought that the mechanics were really fun!
Awesome game! I really liked it. However, a good ending would have made the game even better.
A bit on the complex side, can't believe you made this alone for a jam. I could've done with more onboarding as I lost a few good
menpenguins to sabotage, but hey, good sport.This is really very good. It’s very engaging; I completed all 10... phases? Or whatever you call it, on the first try, which is very interesting. I’d like to see some kind of interesting ending.
I really like the idea and it's fun to play, awesome submission :)
It could use a tutorial at the beginning, but the penguins are so charming. I like it!
Its nice but those the game have an ending
Cool idea, reminds me of fallout shelter combined with among us. Really good execution and attentions to details. Good job
Turns out it's very simple to vent everyone out the hatch. Interesting game. I also liked reading the penguins' backstories.
I think you got the bad ending xd