Seriously, the difficulty of this needs toning down about 10 levels. While I'm at a disadvantage anyway through not being American, rendering probably 80% of the questions I'm facing pure guesswork (Seriously, there is sport and TV outside of the USA you know...), even the 'neutral' subjects are tough. I'd consider myself to have a good general knowledge, but every question is painfully obscure.

I've played 20 or so games and made the final once, it is just that tough!

At the very least scale it, so rounds for $100 have much easier questions, while the $1000 dollar rounds are more like the current difficulty. I lucked out getting the 8 question right in a row medal, but some of the others seem completely impossible as it is at the moment.

Other than that, it is a well made and entertaining game, and I've not come across any glitches like some other people have. The music does get a bit annoying though...

7/10

I can't quite believe this is your first game! You must have put a great deal of effort into this, and the result is fantastic.

Firstly the animation and drawing is perfect for this type of game, with simple clean designs. It really doesn't need anything more than that. Game play is what counts, and this has that in abundance, dragging you back until you've reached that elusive 6000m.

My only complaint is that the skimming mechanic is seriously underused. To succeed is much more about gliding, and really very little needs to be done as far as tipping the penguin up and down- I made the distance by simply tipping very slightly down and using the rocket. Perhaps a bit more skill could be used to glide long distances and get multiple skims of the water rather than just one or two.

Also it was a bit easy to upgrade everything with the endless amount of time available. Perhaps a bit more of an incentive to do it quickly (NG medals for completing in under 25 days for example?) would be a good idea.

Still, very enjoyable, and I hope now that you've got your first game under your belt you'll only continue to improve.

Some of the animations I really enjoyed, others weren't to my tastes. I guess that is the nature of a collab though, and I'm impressed with how well organised it is overall, with excellent intro and credits scenes. The inclusion of so many easter eggs really adds to it as well. A real showcase for how medals can make a movie rewatchable, and make you hunt down those extra snippets that otherwise would be missed.

With so much talent on show this was bound to get a high score, and mostly it hasn't disappointed.