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by stevewilber 4712 days ago
Nicely done, I'm on level 11 and having a good time with it so far. A question and some feedback:

I've always wondered how people do level design for puzzle games like this. Is there a formula or is it just experimentation?

I think the feedback when sliding the penguin could be improved. Sometimes it doesn't respond at all and when it does it either goes or doesn't move at all. I think it would feel better for the user if the penguin slid with your finger but would pop back into place if you don't pass a threshold.

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Thanks so much for your feedback.

I designed the first 50 levels by experimentation. There are a total of 1000 levels, so the last 950 were computer generated.

That's a really great idea and definitely something I would love to implement in the next update.

1000 levels! I think I'm going to call it a night at level 21 in that case. Enjoyed it so far. Well done :)
Thank you!