
A lost penguin on a desolate island. Explore at your own pace. Get creative with items you find and help as best you can.
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This is still a very early access game. The game currently has about 30% of the planned content. There are fish to rescue, garbage to recycle, hats to collect and machines to play with. Otherwise the islands are very empty. Basically what you see in the trailer is what you get.
The next major content update is coming at the end of July. The game is still on track for full release in January 2027.
Whelm is about a young penguin, washed up on a mysterious island. Once a thriving sanctuary, it has fallen into disrepair. Rescue animals, tidy up the island and repair machines.
No instructions. No interruptions. This is a game about exploration and experimentation. Go at your own pace. Use the monocular to search the terrain or just pick a direction and go. Getting there is half the fun. Swim, run, slide, glide or even launch yourself from a cannon.
If you see a fish on land, get the poor thing back to the ocean. Some methods are more efficient, but not so... gentle. It's your choice.
Junk can be found scattered around the island. Gather up any garbage you see and carry it to a recycling machine. If you get sick of carrying them one by one there are other ways, but you'll have to figure that out for yourself.
You'll find useful machines around the island, but they may be broken or out of power. Batteries can be found or bought from vending machines. If a device still doesn't work, try shouting at it.
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Penguins are cute. That's all you need to know.
penguins are cute, support this game please
This is a delightful experience you will not regret exploring. Fun to piece the mechanics together, 100% awesome.
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Penguin drift time! I really like the physics based exploration games, and I had fun playing through currently available content (description says it's at about 20% of planned content but maybe the text is outdated and the game is further along). Steam says it's not steam deck compatible but I had no issues playing on Medium Preset. There are multiple mechanics in the game to discover, and some are only subtly guided. Traversal is fun and allows misuse, graphics is cute but the environment lacks details for now. To me it was more than worth it's sale price, looking forward to further updates!
とてもかわいい! デモ版とは違い、本編はまだ未完成状態だそうです。 返品するか非常に迷いましたが、応援の意味を込めてライブラリに残したままにすることにしました。 完成を楽しみにしています。 完成させてくださいね? 以下、わたしのように、デモ版が面白かったからと英文の注意書きに気付かずに本編を購入しようとしている人のために、翻訳機能を使った日本語訳を載せておきます。(※1)2025/12/25現在) (※2)2026年1月25日追記) ↓ ※1 [quote=説明文] [h2] *** ご購入前に必ずお読みください *** [/h2] 個人的な事情の急変により、最初のビルドは非常に骨組みだけという状態です。購入やプレイは1月まで待つことを強くお勧めします。さもないと期待外れになるでしょう。現時点ではゲーム世界が極端に空虚です。アーリーアクセス初期段階を想像してください。1~2日ごとにアップデートを公開しますので、今月は多くの変化が予想されます。 2025年12月中はセーブデータが保存されません。1月の初回大型アップデートまでご辛抱ください。 心よりお詫び申し上げます。 [/quote] ※2 掲示板での製作者本人からの返答(翻訳機能使用) [quote=掲示板]アーリーアクセス版にエンディングが実装されるのは完全版リリース時(2027年1月予定)となります。 [/quote]
Lovely game so far. Graphics are beautiful, the movement is really fun, the puzzles are good, and the physics are implemented really well. The penguin is so cute.
Not for me. Hopefully "the full release" is better, but from the discussions they want it more or less the same. I don't want to spend hours and hours figuring out what to get and where to put it. Fetch quests across vast areas with no map. No indication at all of what machine the type of ball goes to. The land is the equivalent of crossing the dessert, the ocean, and climbing a mountain, all on foot and good luck with your boat that won't stay parked and only carries a few items at a time meaning you'll have to go back and forth. Better remember everything because there is absolutely nothing you can interact with in a predictable manner besides your boat.
Great little game, excited to see how it progresses! The penguin is an adorable little dude.
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