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
• 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 1.13

Kickstarter Launched!

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://www.patreon.com/posts/that-morning-uge-108423381
• 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

Frames

• Gameboy dialogue/text frame pack by 2bitcrook (itch.io)

Other

• redoctorok first tester and using his snowflakes in lvl 1

Roadmap / things I want to add 

1. Fix general bugs and places where there is slow down to make it a more polished experience (notion page tracking some issues found) 
2. Boss rush mode 
3. Redo the 1st and 2nd level in the same section style as the other levels
4. Retroachivements 
5. Screenscraper boxart 
6. Maybe more settings like toggle for sound effects, music, lightning 
7. Wish 1: get someone to make a sound track for the game to make it feel more unique. Most likely would have to hire someone. 
8. Wish 2: physical release