Penguin Party

Penguin Party is PvP party game where you have to knock other penguins off the breaking ice platform and be the last penguin standing.

Contributions

As the project lead, I coordinated the development process by managing deadlines, organizing tasks, and maintaining clear communication between the programming and art teams. My focus was on ensuring the project stayed on track both technically and creatively.

Programming-wise I did:

Game Mechanics
Fish Mechanics
Polish
AI Development
UI Implementation
HUD Implementation
Performance Optimization

Implemented core gameplay mechanics including player bouncing, ice breaking, ice tilting.

Gameplay Gif

Implemented physics and spawning of the fish.

Implemented all of the VFX and animations.

VFX Gif

Animations Gif

Setup the AI for the whale.

Implemented the main menu, selection screen, loading screen and pause screen.

Selection Screen

Implemented the in-game HUD.

In-game HUD

Fixed bugs and optimized performance.

Team

This game was created in a team of 6 people during a 12 week period for the Game Development course at Howest - Digital Arts and Entertainment.

Thalia Tritar - Game Developer
Xander Bartels - Game Developer
Aaron Van Sichem De Combe - Game Developer
Liliana Ryszewska - Artist
Laris van de Vijver - Style Artist
Gero Goertz - Technical Artist

... yes I made the shirts. :p