Penguin Game
A top down RPG where you play as a penguin, defending his icy home. Inspired by Link's Awakening
Development Log
Follow along with the journey from concept to playable game
Ice Sliding, Scene Transitions, & Chests
Got ice sliding system working, like the puzzles in Pokemon. Transition in between scenes when player enters buildings. Opening chests work.
Videos (1)
Snowballs, Staggers, & NPC Slides
Got stagger and hit animations working for the seal enemy. Fixed bugs. Added a snowball throw mechanic. Penguin NPC now slides around.
Seal Enemy & Combat Systems
Modeled the seal enemy and imported it into the game. Built a knockback system with animations. Got shielding mechanic working for the player.
NPCs, Health & A Broken Package
Made a penguin NPC and added a health collectable with a basic pickup tutorial. Added space-to-continue text in the dialogue line presenter and tweaked the walk animation. Tried importing a food asset pack which broke the entire project — had to revert to a pre-GitHub backup and recover everything.
Combat, Dialogue & Game State
Got sword slash effect working. Imported sword models and added attack animations and mechanics. Built an interaction mechanic and added a Zelda-style icon popup animation. Added ice rocks to the environment. Modularized item scripting and built a collectables system. Created a GameState manager to cleanly separate NPC dialogue from item pickup dialogue.
Project Kickoff
Concept: top-down game where you play as a penguin defending against seals — inspired by Link's Awakening. Created the Unity project and got character movement up and running. Modeled the penguin character with idle, walk, attack, and dash animations.
Game Concept
The Vision
This untitled penguin game will be a top-down RPG where you play as a penguin attempting to save his home, fighting enemies, facing challenges, and learning things about his environment.
This game is inspired my The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening, with similar design, concept, and mechanics.
Demo Video
See the game in action!
Character & Assets
Custom 3D models created in Blender
The Penguin
The Electric Guitar
Technology Stack
Development
- • Unity Game Engine
- • C# Programming
- • Unity Input System
3D Assets
- • Blender 3D
- • Character Modeling
- • Asset Rigging
Audio (Planned)
- • FMOD / Wwise
- • Dynamic Music
- • Sound Effects
Platform (TBD)
- • PC (Windows)
- • Consoles (Maybe)
- • Mobile (Exploring)
Follow the Development Journey
This game is in early development. Check back regularly for new updates, gameplay videos, and behind-the-scenes development logs as the project evolves!
Latest Update: May 4, 2026
Ice Sliding, Scene Transitions, & Chests