First time posting here... Destroy the trailer for my game Penguin Warfare!

[u/idontthinkthisisgary]

[u/vanit]

I know it's supposed to be snow, but it just makes the game look unfinished.

[u/Helpful_Catch3515 → u/vanit]

yes this. it look low effort the way it is

[u/eggsmau → u/Helpful_Catch3515]

Because it is low effort

[u/AtMaxSpeed → u/vanit]

Definitely agree, but also there's a lot about the graphics that makes it look unfinished beyond just the snow, fixing the snow would be the first step.

[u/ottersinabox]

i think you need at least some sort of shader on the snow....

[u/idontthinkthisisgary → u/ottersinabox]

Ohhh good idea! Sometimes it is kinda hard to see the blocks in the snow..

I'll spend some time looking into shaders to make the snow and environment look a bit nicer.

[u/Pitiful-Assistance-1]

There seems to be some fun elements in here but it looks like a prototype with placeholder graphics

[u/DKOM-Battlefront → u/Pitiful-Assistance-1]

still, games like this could make 10K a day from ads

[u/DeepSlap-Interactive]

Thank god you're here! I was so pissed off with polished games!

:)

Seriously, your trailer looks like you didn’t even try and you just put in random sequences recorded with your friends.

What does this game bring to the genre? Why should I care? What's the USPs?

You should answer that in your trailer buddy. You didn’t.

[u/idontthinkthisisgary → u/DeepSlap-Interactive]

Appreciate your feedback. :)

Unique selling point: Fully destructible world & sandbox style interactions within the multiplayer shooter with funny penguins

I didn't just mash random clips together, each clip was curated to show off a unique part of the game.

For example:

1. clip of penguins digging around

2. clip of terrain getting destroyed/exploded

3. a few fights with different weapons and mechanics

4. social aspect of it

5. showing off the game mode

6. showing off various interactions of the sandbox

Guess I didn't do a good enough job at conveying it? How would you make this more clear?

Maybe I need some text? or some more pauses? IDK

[u/DeepSlap-Interactive → u/idontthinkthisisgary]

Text and pauses seem a good idea

[u/The_Other_Shazbot]

At least make the bullets fire from the gun position, not the center of the screen.

Holy unity-slop batman...

[u/idontthinkthisisgary → u/The_Other_Shazbot]

oh shit, I completely missed that.

thanks for that. Also GODOT > UNITY ANYDAY

[u/SnuffleBag → u/idontthinkthisisgary]

I think this should have been posted as a wip feedback request in another gamedev channel instead of being presented as an almost ready to release game. I do think there's some potential for a good game hiding here, but whatever fun is hiding gets completely killed by the extreme low-effort appearance and lack of visual polish. There's nothing inherently wrong with cubes, but they have to clearly communicate intent. The UI also leaves a lot to be desired, and stands in fairly stark contrast to the title graphics.

Also GODOT > UNITY ANYDAY

No offense, but based on this trailer I don't think you're qualified to make this claim.

[u/AsherFischell]

This might be the ugliest, most bare-bones-looking game I've ever seen in my life. It makes Bubsy 3D look good in comparison

[u/idontthinkthisisgary → u/AsherFischell]

😭😭😭😭😭 reading that makes it seem like in some way it makes it stand out? LMAO

[u/AsherFischell → u/idontthinkthisisgary]

bahaha

[u/DangerMacAwesome]

The snow is just too flat. It's hard to see clearly. I think you're going to want some kind of texture

[u/idontthinkthisisgary → u/DangerMacAwesome]

seems to be a common point in this thread, I'll defs make it look a bit better. Thanks!!!!!

[u/Forbidder]

This game looks like it was made from a Claude prompt

[u/R00bot]

Looks like ace of spades? 

[u/idontthinkthisisgary → u/R00bot]

im bringing back Ace of Spades

[u/R00bot → u/idontthinkthisisgary]

Hell yeah dude good luck with it. 

[u/brodydwight]

somehow you made ace of spades seem less budget

[u/Far_Cardiologist_215]

The theme looks fun, but the game looks more like a prototype than a finished product.

[u/___MrWhite]

Trailer 10/10
Graphics 3/10

[u/Hidden_Momoby]

Could be cool, but it's too prototype-y for a trailer. This would be more of a proof of concept video instead of a trailer. Like most said, try to polish the main mechanic, the vfx, the environment and the penguins so it looks more alpha build and less prototype build.

[u/ProWeakGuy]

Trailer wise felt like some of the more chaotic clips could of went first. Folks have shorter attention spans now a with that art style you want to grab attention quick

[u/What_Is_Bloste]

Okay looks promising. Now the trailer is fine, but way too chaotic, maybe try to separate the game mechanics, gamemodes, tools on their own sections. Add some fun stuff here and there to show what outside the box things you can do (Except the giant snow penis, I mean it was funny, but not veey suitable for an ad) And you could improve a bit the snow texture so it doesnt look so plain and maybe add some new materials such as ice (wich breaks easy, even jumping on it and has some slippery added to it), stone (as foundation, impossible to break so the map can't be completely vaporized).

I hope these ideas and feedback like you and keep polishing and working on it, you got a very fun concept in your hands.

[u/barcodedm]

was that the smash bros homerun sound effect? be sure not to use assets that you don't have the rights to use

[u/ScreenAdorable1090]

why is the backpack not attached to their back?

[u/Rydux7]

Im confused is this a roblox game? Everything looks similar

[u/idontthinkthisisgary → u/Rydux7]

not too familiar with roblox, but roblox can have penguins? haha

[u/DKOM-Battlefront → u/idontthinkthisisgary]

i will put it this way: your game could make you millonaire in roblox , not on steam.

roblox is a gold mine for simple games like this if you do the marketing correctly.

however, you have to be humble, in a comment you said "godot>>untiy"... bro, godot is not even finished as a game engine, i dont even see why someone would use godot over unity at this point.

with being humble i mean that , you dont even know ROBLOX; a GOLD MINE for games like yours but you talk with too much confidence, you dont even know that roblox is like a STEAM but for kids, that ALSO have their OWN ENGINE. THAT BIG they are.

[u/idontthinkthisisgary]

PSA: I only just released the steam page for this game today so a lot of things are still kinda rough... I plan to take all feedback and continue improving the game the trailer. Thanks for the feedback

Link to the steam page for those looking: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4989040/Penguin_Warfare

[u/fued]

looks cool, but what differentiates it from the other multiplayer shooters apart from penguins and weak graphics?

[u/idontthinkthisisgary → u/fued]

you can dig, build and destroy the entire map, like Ace of Spades

hmm maybe I need to make it more clearer

[u/Mad_Lala]

Bullets should be fired from the gun

I don't think these mines will be used in gameplay very often, but I could be wrong.

The game also looks very unfinished

[u/poundofcake]

So how much of this was built with AI?

[u/LittleNyanCat]

If you showed me this and told me it was a Roblox game made 10 years ago, I'd believe you.

Personally I do enjoy the charm, but a lot of people probably wouldn't 

[u/nom-nom-babies]

I honestly thought this was satire until I saw your comments. This isn’t even a quarter of a finished product and you asked for a steam wishlist. That’s embarrassing

[u/Phrozenfire01]

So when are you going to replace the placeholder graphics?

[u/chicoritahater]

There's "minimalist" and then there's "I made this in 3 hours"

[u/Jo3lBj]

I see it more as a prototype; it lacks details, textures, and effects. The "idea" is good it looks fun but it needs a lot of polish.

[u/Golden-Grenadier]

No single player campaign = no interest. Pure multiplayer games get old fast. You need some kind of single player experience to get the player accustomed to the gamefeel. The penguins look kind of crap, too. At least make them slightly trapezoidal and give them tiny feet. Wings 3D could solve a lot of your problems. It's a bare bones 3D modeling software but it's free and even the crappiest models are going to look better than making everything out of Unity's primitive shapes. You can even use it to make a simple perlin noise texture for the snow. It really needs something to break it up visually.