Penguin Types

So far I have 6 penguin types in the game. They are: Parachutist, Suicide, Diver, Gunner, Girly Penguin (needs another name) and Cyborg!

Now this is probably enough for the game but it's great fun coming up with silly penguins, so I might extend the amount of characters you have at your disposal. Maybe have one or two unlockable penguins which get unlocked after achieving certain things.

Still haven't come up with a name for the game yet !!!!

Hello Kitty meets Pingu !?

Had a great idea today for a girl penguin to appear in the game.

Think of Hello Kitty meets Pingu complete with hair bow and an explosive set of flowers - cool!?

Penguin Screenie

Well here's a screenshot to show you the progress so far on "The Penguin Game" (hate that name!!). Click to enlarge it.

You can see the Suicide Penguin stood at the bottom of the screen near some crates. He's only got 1 second left before he goes pop - awww!

I've been playing around with the display for quite a few days now. I hate doing interface stuff for the score etc. Anyway, you can see that everything sits on the right of the screen. This is where you can select which penguin you want to use etc, etc.

Still not 100% happy with it, but for now it's staying as it is so I can get on with other useful stuff. A lot of the graphics are still programmer art or just temporary so I expect the game to look a lot different eventually :)

Dive, dive, dive!

Adam just sent me through the latest penguin graphics - "Diver Penguin" . . . and they look great.

He wears a diving mask and snorkel and shakes his head at you if you fail to get him in water. If he does land in water then he flips upside down and dives down to the bottom, collecting fish as he goes - lovely!