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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #228 | 4.073 | 4.073 |
| Enjoyment | #248 | 3.951 | 3.951 |
| Presentation | #347 | 4.244 | 4.244 |
| Creativity | #416 | 4.024 | 4.024 |
Ranked from 82 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
A reversal of photography games (e.g. Pokemon Snap) where you play as the subject being photographed instead of the photographer
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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Nice little game! The music is great but the penguin art... is 10/10. And I'm not just saying that because I love penguins, it's so cute and funny with those sunglasses. Great job!
Thank you! I almost wanted to give him a hat as well :)
So simple yet so effective! Seeing the pictures at the end made me laugh!
Thank you!
Really nice! Funny background story, and loved seeing the pictures at the end. Great work!
Thanks! I wanted to have a whole cutscene sequence but decided to work on the game first, which turned out to be a good idea because there was a LOT of debugging haha
This just became my favourite game in the jam. Everything is so simple and so good at it. I really liked every detail about it. So I couldn't find anything to nitpick. Some people have said 3 seconds is stressful but come on, this is the part of the game and core mechanic of the fun. I really appreciated you for not just making the same photo animation for crowd, I mean if it's spawned at right, someone at the right raises his camera. Really small detail but I just love details.
No lies I thought it's just a basic endless one-shot game with score system, but whenever exhibit is closed and I saw those cute photos of my penguin. Oh boy these pictures are amazing.
I loved how you switched roles in Pokemon Swap (like you mentioned in main page). It definitely fits the theme and it's amazingly cute.
Only thing that this game needs a little bit motion to penguin. It can be something like jumping forward (like superman flying position but with two hands), and when falling to ground you can give player a penalty like 1 seconds to get up. Just like how penguins can't get up so easily. It's just an idea but in my opinion it can make photos even funnier.
Everything is perfect at this game, super polished and ready to go. I couldn't find any glitches or game breaking things. I hope you can get your deserved ranking. Best of luck, cheers ^^
-YiKaG
Wow, thank you for your detailed review! I agree fully with your suggestion, the game would be much more engaging if there were more poses for the penguin. I was thinking I could even have one where he has his head stuck in the ground after dropping from a tall height.
Thank you again for the kind words, I love your game as well if you couldn't already tell from the comment I left on it :P
Very fun concept, art, and gameplay! Only thing it needs is poses the penguin can do for the photos
Thank you! I agree, definitely should've added some poses haha
I really love the concept and the little penguins ^^. It reminds me of Pokemon snap but inverted (which is really fun). One of the best and cute game that I played so far !! I had a lots of fun. Great job !
Thank you! That was exactly what I was going for :D
'you play as a dripped out penguin'
yeah now I have to play it
...regardless, this is a really cute game!
I really like the art and sounds, it makes the game feel really cute!
I do feel like it'd be nice to have some feedback when a picture gets snapped, so the player knows they got in frame. Maybe a little score number, maybe the penguin striking a fabulous pose, maybe both, maybe something else entirely!
I do very much like that your score is based on how much you are in frame. It allows you to get more points for playing well, rather than just being all-or-nothing situation!
I got a score of 530!
Thank you for the detailed review! I had the idea for the polaroid to slide across the screen for a brief moment after each picture was taken so the player can have immediate feedback. It would've been really easy to add but unfortunately, I had the idea 5 minutes after the submission deadline :(
Really lovely game, great artstyle, UI, sound, everything!! It reminds me a lot of the TikTok trend where people tried to fit into a box in the screen which makes it even funnier.
Unfortunately my highest score only got to 730 but I'm happy with that. If I had to critique something it would be that sometimes feels impossible to get from one point to another, but in such short amount of time the game is pretty well balanced. But even then, who cares if I had so much fun!
Congratulations for an amazing work ^^
Thank you! That was actually the inspiration for the game so I'm glad someone got the reference haha
Yeah I never actually got a perfect score myself either during testing so that was probably a sign that I should've made the game slightly easier, but oh well
Glad you enjoyed the game!
So cute and addicting!! Well done, I really enjoyed this one <3
Thank you for the kind words!
Really nicely done!, the rating mechanic seems pretty spot on! maybe you could add an endless mode in the future! the character controller handled well but it was a bit hard to find the correct parts of ledges to jump on. overall a solid entry!
Thank you! I might work on this concept more if people like it so maybe there will be an endless mode there, stay tuned!
Really goofy idea!
Thank you!
Hilarious concept. Love how the picture are shown all together at the end so it looks extra obnoxious from the penguin :D This has some solid potential for expansion with poses and npcs like you menioned. Great work!
Thanks! I'm optimistic about the concept of the game and I'll definitely expand on it if I have the time
Agree this was very well made! Not only that it was very cute!
Thank you! I had a great artist :)
Extremely cute, was immediately clear how it worked, and fun to play. The slide-in of all the photos at the end was a particular highlight, although not sure why at least one tourist was just trying to get a shot of a beach ball with no penguins whatsoever :D
Thanks! I originally wanted to make a game where the tourists were trying to take pictures of other penguins and you had to shove them out of the way, but I decided that I wouldn't be able to complete that in 48 hours. That's why the photo placements don't make much sense if you think about it but it is what it is :P
Came for the cute penguins and was not disappointed. The game was very simple but so fun! Trying to get in frame in 3 seconds was sometimes very stressful, in a good way, and so worth it for the collection of photos at the end. It was especially satisfying to get a perfect photo when the frame isn't over a ledge so you have to time the jump, but the resulting half photos when I messed the timing up were incredible. The music choice went very well with the game as well!
I saw in a comment below that you were planning to make it so you have to push other penguins out of the way originally, which sounds hilarious. I hope you have a chance to add that in the future!
Thank you! I deliberately placed some frames in mid-air to introduce a timing-based challenge because I was worried the game might be too easy otherwise. I'm glad you enjoyed the game!
Definitely a very creative idea, honestly for 48h this blew my expectations!
Thanks! The game was actually "done" really quickly, most of the time was spent debugging the photo-taking mechanic and obsessively tweaking the platform placements haha
A cute and fun game- it has a great vibe. It also looks and feels polished, which is great! The game could use some more features, but it was fun regardless! Good job!
Thank you!
loved this! Was way more unique than expected. Great work (:
Thank you! I loved your game as well :)
I was expecting this to be boring but it was quite satisfying to get into the picture frame and take pictures looking all stylish! Great work on the presentation, this is a clean execution of a simple idea. I could see this expanded further by adding external modifiers like birds or apples, maybe interactable objects, etc, that all influence how you take your picture. You could also put this into a WarioWare-type game as one of many minigames you could play!
Thanks! Originally I wanted there to be more NPC penguins that you have to shove out of the frame but I didn't think I would have enough time haha. I want to expand this concept into a full 3D game though so maybe you'll get to play a much more interactive version some day!
Super cute idea :) nicely done. It would be fun if there was a button to strike a pose hehe
Omg that was one of the features I wanted to add in last minute but I ended up having to spend the time on bug fixes cus WebGL was messing up the world to screen calculations for the pictures haha. Thank you for your kind words!