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Party Penguin by LiquidBrain

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made by LiquidBrain for LD 40 (JAM)

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KNOWN BUGS

The online version has a visual bug, but it doesn't impact the gameplay! We encourage you to download the windows version

Explanation

Your goal is to stay on the dance floor until the song has come to an end. You achieve this by blasting speakers with the help of the numbers on your keyboard. Hard-mode will shuffle the speaker numbers every 8th beat!

The team: - Rasmus as @liquidbrain - Programmer - Isak as @dudum-lare - Gamedesigner / 3D Artist - Marcus as @jerwuqu (aka DJ Pengo) - Musician

Tools: - Photoshop - Paint.net - Unity - BFXR - FL Studio

Gameplay Screenshots

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No numpad?

Some people don't have numpads, and we want to have as equal game-play as possible for every player. Thats why :sunglasses:

DJ Pengo's Sound Cloud

https://soundcloud.com/marcusramse/sets/ldjam40-party-penguin

Feedback

We'd be really happy if you left some feedback, thanks!<3 We also encourage you to share your highscore of the shuffel-level!

HTML5 (web) https://liquidbrain.itch.io/party-penguin
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/jk2kqn1uo7jgnbi/Party%20Penguin%20-%20Final%2001%20Windows.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/party-penguin

Ratings

Overall 249th 3.765⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Fun 164th 3.786⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 130th 3.786⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Theme 719th 3.25⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 444th 3.7⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Audio 37th 4.157⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Humor 284th 3.484⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 132th 3.894⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 55🗨️

Feedback

oliverlevay
04. Dec 2017 · 23:12 UTC
Dancing penguins!! What's there not to love? GG. Nice and quirky art, reminded me of dancing it off in club penguin but with a difficult minigame. Nice mood and animations. Obviously the music is great.

The controls were initially very confusing and getting through the later levels is difficult the first few tries, but it gets easier once you get the hang of it. It's true that everyone doesn't have a numpad but including the option to use one would be nice, it's not like you can't have both.

I love the game and I completed all the levels, wish you'd have an online highscore and I'd play the shit out of this.

GG WP, look forward to your next game.
kakarotsan
05. Dec 2017 · 16:24 UTC
Wow! That was impressive.

I had to keep looking down at the keyboard for the last level and wasn't able to beat it. Hard mode was a great variant, but remembering the positions of all of the numbers was difficult. Rather than numbers, maybe this could be turned into a typing exercise. It would be a lot easier, and more productive, to be hitting letters instead of numbers in a row. Another option would be placing the numbers in the same positions as the speakers.

Well done.
interpol
05. Dec 2017 · 16:25 UTC
WOW! That game is amazing! The gameplay is very simple (but at the same time the game is really hard, especially at 3rd level) and interesting.

Nice music, penguins and the dance floor!

I can’t pass the 3rd level, it is really hard to concentrate on 8 keys at the same time. I am not a piano player. BUT you have a real potential. You know how many hardcore players out there who like OSU! or AudioSurf.

My suggestions for future content:

- Custom songs, so the players can use their music library to play levels
- Some sort of leaderboards with song database
- More social things like 2 players local coop, or maybe not local? Like, who will last longer?

Good luck! I hope your game finds it’s destiny.
vlandemart
05. Dec 2017 · 16:31 UTC
The game is very fun and looks really good.
The only issue I have is the controls - it's hard for me to keep my hand on 1234 and it would be much better if there were an option to change it.
But overall - very cool, you might even try to port it to mobiles, the controls there would be much better.
Rob White
05. Dec 2017 · 19:57 UTC
A very nicely polished take on the "balance game" genre that you even built upon by adding multiple directions (which itself added to the theme). Hard mode was also a fantastic addition. The game oozed charm and the music was great. I'd love to give some sort of feedback on what to improve or add but I am stuck for something to pick to be honest. Dancing animations I guess? Even though the spinning penguins is perfectly functional. Good job all!
Oceanosaurus
05. Dec 2017 · 20:03 UTC
Had to give it a few tries until I got the hold of it, but partying went smoother and smoother with every gameplay. Overall I found it to be a great concept, simple gameplay yet rewarding and an enjoyable experience. DJ Pego's music was simply great. Vivan los party penguins!
Krextor
05. Dec 2017 · 20:09 UTC
Nice music, that perfectly matches the gameplay so that some kind of symbioses emerges. I really like the idea of the hard mode. It could maybe be used on the whole keyboard to train typing blindly faster or learn different keyboard layouts like DVORAK. Unfortunately, the theme isn't really fitting.
Robert Newman
05. Dec 2017 · 23:41 UTC
haha i thought i was alright at this game until i went on the dance floor with more then 2 buttons, great fun and dancing penguins for the double win
Daneeh
06. Dec 2017 · 00:48 UTC
Very very nice! The music is very fitting, and gameplay feels smooth. Overall also nicely polished. Well done!
Kornel
06. Dec 2017 · 09:35 UTC
A very charming game :)

I found the gameplay innovative and engaging - not only the idea of it but also the implementation. The audio is topnotch but it would be even better if there were some audio feedback for pressing the speaker buttons.

My only "issue" is with the theme - technically it's there but from what I can tell it's more or less a game difficulty setting. What I mean by that is a single gameplay session there is no "the worse it is" but a constant game play.

Despite this this is one of the best games I've played so far - great gameplay and a nice amount of polish. A very compleat experience :)
CanTin
06. Dec 2017 · 16:36 UTC
Very good game. Did I missed the something. At first, I really did not know how to control. Then I got it. Pretty funny
CarlotaEsca
06. Dec 2017 · 16:37 UTC
Cannot love those penguins! :) The idea is great, it was really fun. However I found it really difficult to play from the second level, maybe giving the option to change the controls would make a smoother experience. Gotta love the tracks too, can't take them away from my head. Great job! :D
JeromWaarom
06. Dec 2017 · 16:38 UTC
This game is very charming and unique! The concept is really good and provides some extremely fun, and very challenging gameplay! 4 speakers is already hard, but the 3rd level is just hell :sweating_smile: which fits the theme. Good Job!
Talon
06. Dec 2017 · 17:51 UTC
I really liked this game! Judging by the comments above, I may be alone in this, but I actually thought level 2 was the hardest: it took me three or four tries to beat level 2, but I beat level 3 on my first attempt. I found that the extra control granted by having speakers on the diagonals more than offset the number of controls to manage (and of course, nothing is forcing you to use them). Good job!
Rolle
06. Dec 2017 · 18:00 UTC
Cool game, nice music and penguins! Yeeeaaay! Didn't get past lvl 3 though, but maybe if I practice a bit more.... =) Keep on keeping!
CyberPunks
06. Dec 2017 · 20:12 UTC
This was so awesome!!! Cool music, nice mechanics! Great Job! Would have been a bit better if numpad numbers could be used be we found that having a friend help you with the keys at later level helps alot and makes it more fun!
simonhutchinson
07. Dec 2017 · 03:01 UTC
Very cool. It's tough, especially with the configurations of the keys not being consisent, but I like the vibe (and, of course, penguins).
Bonelazy
07. Dec 2017 · 16:05 UTC
The game is very original and fun. However the control scheme should be numpad and the position of keys should match with speakers. Then it would be a really fun experience. Good job :)
Sozey
07. Dec 2017 · 16:11 UTC
The music is really good, graphics are lovely, I particularly like the way the dancefloor changes colour. It's pretty difficult to get it right but still fun!
reizoukin
07. Dec 2017 · 19:11 UTC
I really liked this! It's a very cool idea and surprisingly addictive. It was very difficult and I do wish there were a better controller, but the desire to hear the end of each song kept me going. Good job!
Felipe Guimaraes
07. Dec 2017 · 19:52 UTC
I really liked the idea, but the controls are killing me! My brain just does not get that the numbers are in clockwise orientation. XD Maybe could let us remap the keys or just use letters instead of numbers?
Nice graphics and music. It was fun to play although I couldn't pass the second level (mostly my fault).
Good work.=]
eldogg
07. Dec 2017 · 20:34 UTC
Great integration of music into the game. The penguins look good in fluorescant.

The key mapping is a little confusing. But maybe that's the point.

I like the recreation of disco lighting in the game.

Would be cool to hear a pengion noise!
Pedrowzee
08. Dec 2017 · 15:51 UTC
I love these penguins.
I wish I could play with the numpad, would be much less confusing. Other than that, Great game.
phi
08. Dec 2017 · 20:36 UTC
I love it! The visuals are extremely well adapted to the music, I'm impressed! However, I'm somewhat confused about why you didn't allow regular number keys *and* numpad keys... Or at least some meaningful circular configuration on the letter keyboard -- as it is, it's more confusing to play than fun, especially in the third level. I don't like when the only real difficulty is clumsy controls. Anyway, the game looks and sounds amazing, the mood is great, and the penguins are awesome! And kudos to your musician!
PeachTreeOath
09. Dec 2017 · 08:30 UTC
This is a top 3 game for me so far. I didn't think people could come up with new stuff in the music game genre but you guys managed to pull it off. The idea is super charming, especially with the penguin just spinning nonstop. The gameplay itself is EXTREMELY fun, especially on hard mode. And obviously the music is top-notch, coming from a rhythm game player.

5/5 innovation, I haven't seen anything like this.