Bernard (SleepingPanda)

You play Bernard, a naked hermit crab, lost in a polluted sea where waste can be used as shells.

Solve puzzles, avoid obstacles, and guide Bernard to his beloved crab family.

This game was made for LowRezJam 2022, and has been done in 15 days during my free time (approximately 2-3 hours per day).

I didn't really got enough time to complete my 30 levels goal, but debugged a lot instead. You might still find some glitches here and there. I'll probably update the game with bugfixes and additional levels later after the jam voting period.

I went to Bretagne (France) this summer for two weeks and watching hermit crabs on the beach gave me this game idea. Hermit crab is translated to "Bernard l'hermite" in French so yes that's why I named this game "Bernard". ^^

Ratings & feedbacks are very much appreciated as usual!

 Thank you for passing by and I hope you have fun.

Oh, please.. Post a screenshot of the ending screen with your favorite shell.. 🤭 ♥ 

 — Antoine, aka SleepingPanda

Controls

Keyboard (QWERTY)

Jump Spacebar, Up arrow key, or W Stop moving S, or Down arrow key (release key to move again) Restart current level R

Keyboard (AZERTY)

Jump Spacebar, Up arrow key, or Z Stop moving S, or Down arrow key (release key to move again) Restart current level R

Gamepad

Jump A, or B Stop moving Direction pad down (release key to move again) Restart current level Select/Back/View button

Mouse

Jump Double left click Stop moving Hold left click (release to move again) Restart current level R keyboard key

Touch screen

Jump Double tap anywhere on screen Stop moving Tap anywhere on screen and hold (release to move again) Restart current level Not possible yet

Credits

Code, & Art: Antoine Guédès, @__sleepingpanda

Music & SFX: Mickael Blum, @BlumMickael

Font: Chunky Monkey, by @damienguard

Color Palette: SuperFuture25, by @ENDESGA

Tools: Construct 3, Aseprite, and Famitracker