Student Project: PENGUIN SHUFFLE

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A flock of careless penguins is migrating across the shifting gap between icebergs and they need your help! In PENGUIN SHUFFLE, our adorable, feathered friends recklessly walk forward without regard for their safety, so you’ll need to create a bridge to save them from falling into the freezing cold ocean.

My Role on PENGUIN SHUFFLE

  • Penguin Shuffle was created as a student project at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

  • Designed and implemented an easy to learn, but hard to master arcade game.

  • Designed and implemented multiple levels of increasing difficulty and tuned the behavior of the penguins to be difficult to guide, but still fair.

  • Implemented a physics system that allowed players to move ice cubes around the ever changing confines of the iceberg.

  • Designed and implemented all art assets for both gameplay and user interface.

  • Designed score combo system to encourage repeat play.

  • Honorable Mention Digital Game Design 2010 Entelechy Competition: Savannah College of Art & Design

  • Exhibited at Game Developers Exchange 2010

Gameplay of PENGUIN SHUFFLE.

Drag and drop ice cubes to create walkways for the penguins crossing the water.

Drag and drop ice cubes to create walkways for the penguins crossing the water.

Every so often, a piece of the icerberg will float away, making it more difficult to cross the water.

Every so often, a piece of the icerberg will float away, making it more difficult to cross the water.

Penguins can come in bunches or by themselves.

Penguins can come in bunches or by themselves.

Farther into the game, its gets tougher to keep up with all the penguins. Shuffle those ice cubes around quick!

Farther into the game, its gets tougher to keep up with all the penguins. Shuffle those ice cubes around quick!

The Penguin Shuffle title screen.

The Penguin Shuffle title screen.