Carl the shapeshifting penguin by LostViking

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made by LostViking for LD35 (JAM)
Help Carl the shapeshifting penguin get to the finish line. You need to jump on ice blocks and swing with your tentacle arm to avoid the humiliation of landing in the ice cold water. Do you have what it takes to become the fastest shapeshifting penguin in the world?

You can use your keyboard or a Xbox360 controller to play the game.

Controls:
AD or left-stick for movement.
Spacebar, left bumper or right bumper to jump or activate a special ability when you're in the air.
arrow-keys or right-stick to shapeshift.
Pelican(up): double jump (resets when touching the ground)
Octopus(down): Hold jump button to swing when you are close to the circles.
Penguin(left): Hold s, left-stick down or right/left trigger down to move slower in the air.
Goat(right): Press the jump button and a direction when you're in the air to dash forward(resets when touching the ground).
Escape or start button to pause or restart the level.

This is the first game I've made for the Ludum dare challenge and I had fun programming and learnt a lot of new things.
Hope you like it and have fun!

//LostViking

Ratings

Coolness 42% 1448
Overall(Jam) 2.71 1007
Fun(Jam) 2.62 921
Graphics(Jam) 2.52 956
Humor(Jam) 2.68 409
Innovation(Jam) 2.86 714
Mood(Jam) 2.75 798
Theme(Jam) 3.25 622

Feedback

Fanatrick
19. Apr 2016 · 20:18 UTC
Good programmering
UgiWithAKnife
19. Apr 2016 · 20:21 UTC
Good job finishing on time, the idea is great. The powers different penguins have are nice but the graphics could better represent them. The movement is a bit slow at times but it fits the icy theme. :)
bazkur98
19. Apr 2016 · 22:58 UTC
I like the idea but some instructions would have been nice. I played for a few minutes before figuring out how it worked The animations were really good, nice job on your first entry.
Red_Fan games
19. Apr 2016 · 23:23 UTC
Lol, it was hard to figure out but otherwise pretty good.
ArcticPuffin
20. Apr 2016 · 00:45 UTC
A little bit difficult to understand, but it was interesting enough to be worth figuring out. Good Work!
testzero
21. Apr 2016 · 07:37 UTC
Wanted to like it, but you need some instructions, or remove the penalty for death when you still haven't figured it out. Unplayable as is. What do each of the forms do? How do you use the hook form? What does the blue beak form do? How come you have to click to restart when you don't use the mouse for anything else?
🎤 LostViking
21. Apr 2016 · 11:56 UTC
Thanks for the feedback everyone! i've added a better description of the controls now, so it gets easier to learn how to play. :)
Black Horn Studios
21. Apr 2016 · 13:46 UTC
Congrats for complete the game!
adrianolobo
21. Apr 2016 · 23:38 UTC
Octopus is OP . nerf. heheh. I finished the game only using octopus by superjumping to next circle.
Jungle
21. Apr 2016 · 23:48 UTC
I really like this game, with some polish it will be a great game! Congratulations
OnlySlightly
24. Apr 2016 · 18:35 UTC
Cute game! It was fun playing and discovering all the powers the penguin had. Simple concept but great execution. Great job!
MayankUnreal
24. Apr 2016 · 21:19 UTC
its pretty cool game
RockhopperGames
25. Apr 2016 · 19:14 UTC
Congratulations on your first Ludum Dare! Of course, I had to give this one a shot! ; P

A fairly solid platformer (though I think the acceleration is a little slow), with a decent enough range of powers. It took me a while to get to the finish, but I eventually made it.

A fine, if simplistic game, with a cute penguin!
JefePapaya
25. Apr 2016 · 22:45 UTC
I had fun comboing pelican -> octopus -> goat.

I'd like to be able to save some point in the game. I wasn't able to finish and gave up because I had to restart from the beginning.