Pengilo: A Simple Slice of Penguin‑Tossing Puzzle Zen
Verdict: Fun, Floaty, but Not Quite Stand‑Out
A simple and accessible physics-based game from developer Double Mizzlee and publisher Eastasiasoft, Pengilo is a single-screen puzzle title with fifty stages of circular penguin-chucking action.
A bright and colourful entry in the genre presented in 2D, Pengilo tasks the player with tossing a penguin into the air, collecting stars and keys to unlock the door in order to exit each stage.
A budget title that currently costs under a fiver, Pengilo only allows you to take control of your penguin for a follow-up directional shove after a single bounce; this means that you have to be accurate if you don’t want to fall off the screen, resulting in a retry of the stage.
The music is light and airy, floating along in the background, and melds with the breezy presentation of Pengilo visually. There is some replay value here in obtaining all the stars in each of the fifty stages, and whilst the game is fine and dandy, the starkness of what’s on offer combined with the minimalist in-game sound effects and repetitious levels does make it feel like the game is priced correctly for what it offers.
A game that feels like a mobile port, due to the design feeling primed for touchscreen gaming, Pengilo is a fun enough way to chill out and get some zen gaming done, but its lightness of touch and overall simplicity mean that it doesn’t particularly stand out from the crowd.
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