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Penguin Escape running on a 32×32 LED panel
32×32 · Livereal render
GamesLive

Penguin Escape

A sliding-ice puzzle: guide a penguin out of the zoo through 16 levels. Ice slides you until something stops you; shove ice blocks (into water to bridge it), grab keys for doors and three fish for stars, and stay out of the keepers' torch beams. Arrows move, A undoes, B restarts / picks a level.

Put it on your panel Source code (MIT)

At a glance

OutputLiveRendered by the engine and streamed over Bluetooth as its data changes (about 5–9 frames a second).
Settings9every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings
ButtonsRestart · Autoplaystudio buttons, or app_action over MCP
Source code (MIT)games_penguin.pysrc/deskdot/apps/games_penguin.py

Game

Players1single player
Controllers
D-padSwipeGamepadAnalog stick

Modes

ModePlayersPlay
Solo default1Solo

Themes

ClassicNeonRetroMonoIceNightAurora

Settings

Settings
SettingTypeDefaultOptions / range
General
Speedspeedwhole number51 – 10
ThemethemechoiceIce
ClassicNeonRetroMonoIceNightAurora
AI skillskillHow well the demo AI playsnumber0.80.0 – 1.0
Show scoreshow_scoreon/offOnon / off
Graphics
EffectseffectschoiceFull (particles, shake, flashes)
Full (particles, shake, flashes)Calm (no shake or flashes)Minimal
Game flow
Intro & results screensintro_outroon/offOnon / off
Play itself when idleattractThe AI plays while nobody does (great in a playlist)on/offOnon / off
Plays itself withpilotchoiceBuilt-in AI
Built-in AIFruit-fly brain (sees only the pixels; docs/FLY_BRAIN.md)
Game
Starting levelstart_levelWhere the demo starts, and the lowest level you can always pickwhole number11 – 16

Try it

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)
$ uv run deskdot preview penguin --settings '{"theme":"classic"}' --out penguin.png
show it on your panel (engine running)
$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/penguin/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Penguin Escape on my panel”. It calls show_app with "penguin". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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