Porta Penguin
Porta Penguin
Porta Penguin

A game where you play as a flying penguin who defeats villains by pooping on them.

A short origin story: My partner Matt and I were both interested in making games—I wanted to experience both the conceptual side of designing for this abstract idea of “fun” and the technical side of actually creating a responsive, visually attractive game. Since we had never done anything remotely close to game-making before, we decided to build up our coding and pixel art skills with a simple infinite scroller game. Thus, Porta Penguin was born—a tongue-in-cheek game about a flying penguin who fights villains with a very interesting weapon 💩.

It was a lot of fun learning how to make pixel art and building a complete game. Even though the concept of Porta Penguin is rather silly, it was a great introduction to the world of game development.

Here are some other features we added after launching:

  • 🤩 Unlock up to 7 new characters by pooping on lots of baddies

  • 🥳 Unlock cool accessories by getting high scores

  • 🤭 Lose points if you hit the regular civilians instead of the bad characters

  • 😳 No ads!

You can watch the trailer for Porta Penguin below, which shows how the game progresses as you gain more points. (Note: there’s no music in the trailer, you’ll have to actually play the game to experience that!)

Porta Penguin game trailer

Porta Penguin game trailer

At the start of the game, the objective is simple: to hit the bad characters with poop.

At the start of the game, the objective is simple: to hit the bad characters with poop.

Avoid bumping into the succulents while trying to hit the characters (which will set them on fire). Grab a power-up (such as the pills above) to gain new destructive abilities…

Avoid bumping into the succulents while trying to hit the characters (which will set them on fire). Grab a power-up (such as the pills above) to gain new destructive abilities…

Unlock different hats and accessories for your player by hitting new high scores.

Unlock different hats and accessories for your player by hitting new high scores.

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