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Whelm 🐧

@lessergames.com

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · Apr 21

Kickstarter prelaunch page.

Reposts greatly appreciated.

Coming soon: Whelm

A baby penguin, in over its head. Help other animals and restore the island to working order in this single player sandbox.

www.kickstarter.com

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 16h

He doesn't know how to use the three batarangs.

Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 2d

Do not perch on the toilets warning sign

Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 1d

I know a ton of people will overlook the capsule, but it's an instant no for me. Just put the title like Undertale. Anything but slop.

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 1d

How is couque pronounced? This is vital information.

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 1d

This is the correct screen to button ratio on a car.

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 2d

Upgraded some parts on my (4 month old 😡)PC and reinstalled Windows yet again. Bought a mini PC as a backup too, because these crashes just come at the worst times. Still no idea if it's hardware related or Windows.

Might live as a monk after this game is finished.

Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 5d

PC crashed while entering play mode in Unity. Loaded up again and the whole scene was corrupted.

Daily backups people! Lucky I did mostly modelling today.

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 6d

You're right. I should have said he doesn't store any physics objects. The backpack is for all the hats and sunglasses he collects. They cycle with the dpad. There's no inventory UI.

Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 6d

Yep, the whole game is based around the physics engine and all the jank it comes with. That's part of the fun.

Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 6d

If you ever played the board game Mouse Trap, then you know the level of reliability to expect from my game. The physics system just needs a little nudge sometimes.

Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 6d

I'm leaving it so the balls can be picked up through the tubes at any point. Just in case they get stuck. Otherwise good luck catching them.

Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 6d

I'm leaving it so the balls can be picked up through the tubes at any point. Just in case they get stuck. Otherwise good luck catching them.

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 6d

Just regular colliders for the tubes and reusing the windboost from the fans. Only two boosts are needed here. Working well for how stupidly simple it is.

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 6d

There's no inventory, but I couldn't make players carry everything one by one.

#gamedev #indiegame

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 7d

10k likes and I change the name to "Australian Penguin Simulator 2"

Text reads: Smash. That. Like.
Image: First person perspective of a person getting a beating from a penguin.

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 7d

Same, bin who's arse has fallen completely out, same.

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 7d

Plus you can choose which subreddits you want to advertise in. Skip r/gaming etc and find something more genre specific. People appreciate relevant ads and it will be cheaper.

Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 7d

So they made another super long Daft Punk music video, but without Daft Punk?

two men are sitting in front of a crowd talking about strategy

ALT: two men are sitting in front of a crowd talking about strategy

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 8d

I'm not participating in Next Fest, but I will release a demo soon. It's best to wait a week or two after NF concludes correct?

#gamedev

Penguin stands on a grassy slope and a balloon flies into the air.

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 8d

a poster for jaws shows two men sitting next to each other and says lifeless eyes black eyes like a doll 's eyes

ALT: a poster for jaws shows two men sitting next to each other and says lifeless eyes black eyes like a doll 's eyes

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 9d

Nothing to show right now. I'm going to finally put up a demo and I don't want to spoil it.

Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 9d

All causes eh? Because I know for a fact, eating porridge dramatically increases your chances of a bear attack.

A higher dietary fiber intake was associated with a reduced risk of death. These findings suggest that fiber intake may offer a potential public health benefit in reducing all-cause mortality.

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 10d

Not in the mood for a documentary right now.

Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 10d

That's it. Shut down the site. No one is going to top this one.

Emma™ @cockremover.bsky.social · 10d

if you went back in time and showed a caveman an iphone they would shoot you with a gun

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Eternal Skies @eternalskiestcg.bsky.social · 10d

I really want to get to 1000 wishlists, just for pure motivational purposes.

We are getting there, slowly but surely.

A screenshot from Steam that shows Current Outstanding Wishlists at 898

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Whelm 🐧 @lessergames.com · 10d

Beans, cheese and Tabasco sauce. That's right, American sauce. I'm trying to bring countries together.