About Baegopanda
Baegopanda is a quick, silly arcade game about a baby panda with an empty tummy. The name comes from the Korean ๋ฐฐ๊ณ ํ (baegopa), "I'm hungry", and that is all the little panda can think about. Snacks fall from the sky over a bamboo grove: dumplings, steamed buns, rice balls, peaches, popsicles and bamboo, but also boots, rocks, fish bones, cans, cactus pots and very stinky socks.
The panda is not alone. Dad pops in from the left or right edge and yells ๋น์ผ! (move!) right before a giant clay jar crashes down on his side. Mom sometimes calls ์ด๋ฆฌ ์~ (come here!) from one side instead, and a basket of dumplings lands right next to her. Their voices come from their side of the screen, so with headphones you can play by ear. It starts gentle and gets faster: more stuff falls, Dad yells more often, and later he may yell just as you go for Mom's basket.
How to play
- Hop the baby panda between five spots at the bottom. Stand under a snack to catch it in your mouth.
- Every snack scores points and fills the hunger bar at the top. Eat six in a row for a x2 combo, up to x5. A rare golden dumpling is worth 50.
- The hunger bar empties all the time. If it runs out, the panda is too hungry and the game ends.
- Junk costs one of your three hearts and breaks your combo. After a bonk you blink for a second and can't be hit again.
- When Dad yells, his jar covers the three spots on his side: hop to the other side to dodge it for 25 points. When Mom calls, get to the spot at her edge before the basket lands: a feast is 100 points, a full belly and a heart back.
Controls
- Keyboard
- Left and Right arrows, or A and D, hop one spot. Enter or Space starts a new game.
- Touch
- Tap the left or right button under the game, or tap the left or right half of the game, to hop one spot that way.
Tips
- Listen for the voices: Dad's deep shout means move away from his side, Mom's sing-song call means move toward hers.
- Stay near the middle. From there you are one hop from safety when Dad yells, and two hops from Mom's basket.
- A long combo is worth more than one snack. Skip a far-away snack if reaching it means hopping through a lane where junk is about to land.
- When the hunger bar flashes red, food comes first. A heart is easier to win back from Mom than a lost game.
