The Penguin Who Wouldn't Swim
Genre :
Interactive story
Platform :
PC
Developer :
Zoesis Studios
- Egon Departs
- The Killer Whale
- The Tension Mounts
The game
More properly described as an interactive story, The Penguin Who Wouldn’t Swim was well ahead of its time with a character-driven narrative, groundbreaking AI that modeled sophisticated goal hierarchies as well as emotional states, and an adaptive score based on live orchestral tracks. The story concerns an aquaphobic penguin named Oswald who must confront his fear of the water when he and a friend are swept out to sea on an iceberg.
The score
The musical excerpts here are from the tenser moments, and take on a stormy character. But the overall theme of the game was far more benevolent: friendship-building and cooperation.
