RUN For Your Life by bentglasstube

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made by bentglasstube for LD34 (COMPO)
You are a penguin trying to catch fish to eat while avoiding seals that wish to eat you.

A to run left, D to run right.


You will need the following libraries for Linux:

* libsdl2
* libsdl2_mixer
* libnoise

Ratings

Coolness 59% 3
Overall 3.16 544
Audio 2.97 331
Fun 3.17 463
Graphics 3.03 515
Innovation 2.80 672
Theme 3.80 428

Feedback

Coherence
15. Dec 2015 路 01:36 UTC
I enjoy this game very much. Well done. My cup of penguin spilleth over.
Jupiter_Hadley
15. Dec 2015 路 20:48 UTC
Lovely penguin graphics. Well made game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you鈥檇 like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/HyS0oGo3sGY
馃帳 bentglasstube
15. Dec 2015 路 21:15 UTC
Thanks for playing on your youtube, Jupi!
Rys0n
17. Dec 2015 路 19:11 UTC
I really like the penguin/seal speed balance. :)
in3orn
17. Dec 2015 路 19:12 UTC
Funny game, I like it :)
Weeping Rupee
17. Dec 2015 路 19:40 UTC
Is the music yours? Its really awesome.
kernel panic
17. Dec 2015 路 19:59 UTC
So cute! AH! SEAL!
馃帳 bentglasstube
17. Dec 2015 路 21:41 UTC
Yes, the music is mine. I am glad you liked it!
Move127
17. Dec 2015 路 22:06 UTC
This is a very fun game! Good job.
Hackbug
17. Dec 2015 路 22:32 UTC
Your game is very cool, i love the music and the character design :) the only problem is the game is a little bit lagging :/ i have beetween 0 and 10 FPS.

But else i had fun while playing your game ;)
馃帳 bentglasstube
18. Dec 2015 路 15:04 UTC
Yeah, the FPS can definitely be an issue. I didn't have much time to do optimizations unfortunately.
Hot Box Games
18. Dec 2015 路 20:04 UTC
Nice little runner game, well done!
MemoryLeek
19. Dec 2015 路 00:22 UTC
Nice and crisp graphics. Kudos for using SDL! I found the game a bit too easy, I would've liked to see the difficulty increase progressively :)
Zeriver
19. Dec 2015 路 00:29 UTC
I like retro vibe in this game, sounds and graphics match well together. In overall it's a fun game to play and kinda addicting.
馃帳 bentglasstube
19. Dec 2015 路 01:04 UTC
The difficulty should progress but it does so a bit slowly. As you run, the ratio of snow:ice:water shifts more and more toward water until eventually that's all there is and you can no longer outrun the seals
CheesyRamen
22. Dec 2015 路 17:03 UTC
Nice! It kinda reminds me of playing Skifree back in the day :)
Ace
22. Dec 2015 路 18:43 UTC
Perhaps you should package in any non-standard libraries that you're using, libnoise is not in my package manager in any way, shape, or form so I have to compile it on manually. Not something you want to force people to do when they just want to play a game.
It runs quite abysmally as well, nowhere near playable FPS on my machine regardless on if I throw in libnoise or run it through wine.

Apart from that though, the gameplay is enjoyable and feels really solid. The art and sound is nice too, and the controls feel good. If you could improve the performance slightly this would be a very good game.
mahalis
25. Dec 2015 路 04:40 UTC
Cute! Love the art. Surprisingly challenging gameplay, too. I don't think I've ever more determinedly tried to outrun a seal. :)
Madball
02. Jan 2016 路 18:56 UTC
Adorable. Takes some practice, but rewards with a warm feeling of helping a penguin.

Surprisingly, two-button controls are smooth and intuitive. And the gameplay is not repetitive, with all these different kinds of fish.

Are rocks supposed to be insta-kills? I haven't survived a single rock.