The Penguin Without Feet

A family friendly storygame by StoryTurtle

Player Rating5.35/8

"Too few ratings to be ranked"

Based on 24 ratings since 10/16/2023
Played 108 times (finished 14)

Story Difficulty1/8

"No possible way to lose"

Play Length5/8

"Not going to lose any sleep"

Maturity Level1/8

"Appropriate for all ages"

Stories with this maturity level will not, by design, have any potentially objectionable content. An example of a type story with this rating would be a quiz on mathematics.

Tags

Animal Perspective

Contest Entry

Family Friendly

Entry to 2023 Spring/Summer Contest: Gone Fishin'

For the Dive Dealer Penguins, diving for fish was always the norm. Chicks were taught the basics of diving and catching fish, even long before their feathers have matured and allowed them to touch the water. And it was a successful survival strategy, too - this way the penguins were always self-sufficient, hardly ever running out of food. Then contests appeared, pushing the penguins to try whoever could catch more fish in a single dive... every day was a fish festival.

Until one day, you were born. A chick without feet. Society, if it existed, panicked. A penguin unable to dive! A penguin unable to catch fish! Outrageous! What will one do? What will you do?

One ending, but different ways to reach it. Have fun, and welcome to the penguin world!

Player Comments

Good story!

— DJ on 12/20/2023 4:30:37 PM with a score of 0

There’s a certain kind of comfort and charm with one ending. Many paths yet you know the result.

— Nyx on 8/8/2023 11:57:10 PM with a score of 0

I really liked this, brought me happiness in a kinda bad day. :)

— Alexz123Ofc on 7/17/2023 10:26:06 AM with a score of 0

This was so wholesome.

I was a little jarred when I first saw the lady penguin's name was Brenda. It felt out of place to me. But other than that, I applaud you for coming up with this long story in the middle of summer. Very nice.

— Suranna on 7/15/2023 5:48:44 PM with a score of 0

Only one ending, but there's a lot of variation in how you arrive there, and it gets a whole extra point for charm.

Some of the more samey options could probably have been trimmed down, or maybe an ending or two where you found something valuable to do as an inventor or musician without it having to come down to always catching a fish. Although I suppose that IS the contest theme.

All the groundbreaking Penguin Science sequences made me smile though, very heartwarming and wholesome story overall.

— Mizal on 7/7/2023 2:32:06 AM with a score of 0

I always liked Happy Feet, but I didn't care so much for the feet part. Finally somebody has made a penguin underdog story without any feet in it, I feel like a changed man

— ISentinelPenguinI on 7/6/2023 9:03:43 PM with a score of 0

Some odd word choices here and there, but heartwarming story of life on the ice with no feet.

— Anthraxus on 7/4/2023 5:11:19 PM with a score of 0

A nicely put together children's story with a respectable moral lesson.
Bit of a shame all choices boil down to flavor that leads to the same place, but the sheer amount of variation in the paths you can take makes up for it somewhat.

— CavusRex on 7/1/2023 1:58:12 PM with a score of 0

This is a really heartwarming and cute story which shows that everyone has their own talents. Choosing to be kind can bring you unexpectedly great results!

— GeniusPancake on 7/1/2023 3:59:23 AM with a score of 0

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