The penguin game is Ultratrap.
And yeah, I was finding that the rats would attack quickly enough that it was hard to block. An Easy Mode, or something similar, would make it easier for that.
Thanks for the clarification!
It'd be great to have you join us on Discord where you could maybe share a screen recording of you playing? The play styles are quite different from player to player and it really helps to actually see how others are handling different situations in game; escpecially when it comes to difficulty :)