Rise of the Penguins GB
Overview
"Rise of the Penguins" is a 2D Side-Scrolling Action-Platformer for Gameboy. The game is meant to be simple and linear but with some challenging enemies. The game is inspired by ghost n goblins and a bit of mega man.
Features
- 6 levels with a variety of enemies in each level
- 4 mini boss enemies and 4 boss enemies and a final boss
- Extra's section: boss rush mode after beating game featuring the 2 KS bosses, 2 extra levels that have a mini boss and boss in each as well.
- 6 simple difficulty settings to adjust checkpoints to make the game harder or easier, with checkpoints resetting after a game over but modifiable through these settings.
- Basic hud that shows the highscore, health and time remaining
- Janky animations made by me
- Minimal story with no text -but hoping the game is engaging enough to keep playing
How to Play
Keyboard | Gameboy | |
Jump | Z | A |
Shoot | X | B |
Movement | Arrow Keys | D-pad |
Pause Menu | Enter | Start |
Updates Current version 1.16
Credits:
Tools used
- Open webui
- Comfyui
- Checkpoints
- Anime illust diffusion xl
- Pixel art diffusion xl
- Any lora
- Juggernaut xl
- Lora
- Pixel art xl
- 8bitdiffuser 64x
- Harrlogos
- Sxz texture bringer
- Sxz icon bringer
- Extensions
- Palettize
- Pixel art
- Mixamo animations
- Blender
- Gimp
- Gbstudio v4.00 -> v4.1.3
- Piskel
- Tiled
- Giphy
- Tilesetter
- Good chatbots: claude, gemini, co pilot, perplexity, gpt 3.5
Plugins used
- Platformer plus 1.7
- Stopping projectiles
- https://bryanrollins.itch.io/advanced-dialog-menu-ver-b-for-gb-studio
- https://github.com/Y0UR-U5ERNAME/gbs-plugin-collection
- https://github.com/pau-tomas/gb-studio-plugins
Music
- Game Boy Music Loop Pack by Doug T (itch.io)
- https://yogi-tronimal.itch.io/gbmu
- https://beatscribe.itch.io/beatscribes-free-uge-music-asset-pack
- https://beatscribe.itch.io/free-sega-genesis-16bit-jingles-and-fanfares-vgmdmfwavmp3
- https://beatscribe.itch.io/gameboy-jingles-and-fanfares-ugemodmp3
Sound effects
- https://yogi-tronimal.itch.io/gbfx
- https://yogi-tronimal.itch.io/gbfx2
- https://beatscribe.itch.io/beatscribes-free-fx-hammer-platformer-asset-pack
- coffeevalenbat.itch.io/sweet-sounds-sfx-pack
- Screaming Hawk Sounds | Effects | Sound Bites | Sound Clips from SoundBible.com
- Ape Sounds | Effects | Sound Bites | Sound Clips from SoundBible.com
- Gorilla Sounds | Effects | Sound Bites | Sound Clips from SoundBible.com
- Chimpanzee Sounds | Effects | Sound Bites | Sound Clips from SoundBible.com
Frames
Art Background Overhaul
Other
- redoctorok first tester and using his snowflakes in lvl 1 in older version
Updated | 17 days ago |
Status | Released |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (3 total ratings) |
Author | billwoo |
Genre | Platformer, Action |
Tags | 2D, challenging, Game Boy, Game Boy ROM, gbstudio, penguin, Pixel Art, Retro, Side Scroller |
Links | Steam |
Download
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cover pngs.zip 1.4 MB
rise of the penguins v1.16.gb 2 MB
rise of the penguins v1.16.pocket 2 MB
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Development log
- KS Background Overhaul Done Rise of the Penguins GB38 days ago
- Rise of the Penguins GB On Steam as ReleasedJan 20, 2025
- Rise of the Penguins GB Steam Page as "Coming Soon"Jan 07, 2025
- Rise of the Penguins version 1.15 updateDec 21, 2024
- Update on the KS stuff Rise of the PenguinsDec 21, 2024
- Rise of the Penguins GB version 1.14 updateOct 25, 2024
- Final 24hrs for the KickstarterOct 21, 2024
- Should I redo my Kickstarter for overhauling my game's graphics and adding a phy...Oct 04, 2024
Comments
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The new backgrounds are looking soo good :D I also liked your backgrounds before tho
indeed well the new ones don't use same color palette as the old ones. So the colors are different.
very cool and has alot of potential!
Awesome game! Makes me really addictive xD I love the style and the penguin is cute :)
I just finished the game (easy mode) and must say that I really enjoyed the boss fights. So, having a boss rush mode would be a really cool addition :D Unlike the most games posted here, this took me way more than 6 hours pure gameplay. Now I'm heading to play it on default difficulty.
wowza well done you might be the first to beat it!
Kudos for the efforts! :)
thx!