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Froggy Froschy by Likirus

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made by Likirus for LD 41 (COMPO)

Help the little Frog get to the fly and watch out for the dangers on the way.

  • Play: https://cbehler.de/ld41/
  • SourceCode: https://cbehler.de/ld41/sourcecode.zip

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Theme Idea

This is the first theme that didn't really appeal to me and I struggeled to come up with an idea. Some genres directly conflict with each other resulting in a completely unplayable game and if they dont and the game is playable they aren't really incompatible to me. Anyway, I experimented with a turn based platformer, where I let the physics run for a second and then accepted the next input, but that just felt really akward when the frog stopped in the middle of the air, completly removing the need for any platforms at all. So I removed the 1 second limitation and waited for the frog to get a complete stop before accepting the next input.

Comments

Actually I messed up and thought LD was next weekend and was kinda surprised when I noticed it starting Friday afternoon and I already had some plans this weekend, therefore I went with html5 again due to slightly faster development times compared to c++ ( no setting up visual projects , no compiling, no need for any release builds and making sure they work ). Plus I can join the compo with html5 ( which I cannot do with C++ because I dont want to release my engine and libs source code atm ).

Tools

  • Technology: HTML5 / js
  • Images: Photoshop
  • Music: http://tones.wolfram.com/, Audacity ( searching for music generators I found this and I have to say I really like it as a quick option to create decent game jam music )
  • Sounds: http://www.bfxr.net/, Audacity
  • Editor: Notepad++

Controls

  • Aim with your mouse and left click to move the frog.
  • SPACE - start game / next level / respawn when dead
  • R - replay a level when complete
  • M - toggle the background music

Post LD Update

Pressing R at any time will now restart the level

HTML5 (web) https://cbehler.de/ld41/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/froggy-froschy

Ratings

Overall 511th 3.125⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 357th 3.25⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 651th 2.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 609th 2.921⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 598th 2.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 439th 2.528⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 300th 2.75⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 521th 2.667⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

MagmaFortress
26. Apr 2018 · 09:16 UTC
Interesting how starting with turn based performer ends up being a fairly well established genre of its own: golf.
harark
26. Apr 2018 · 09:24 UTC
Nice game! I would have liked a way to manually restart the level (tried "R" and "Space" but neither worked). I became apt at noticing beforehand when I made a disastrous jump and then I had to sit there and wait for my inevitable doom before trying again.
arche-san
26. Apr 2018 · 09:53 UTC
Finished!
Actually you mixed up a platformer with a golf game! So... you respected the theme. :D
The concept is pretty cool, reminds me Dandara recently.
Final levels are very challenging. Perhaps you can plug the restart button before dying (I know sometimes i messed up my leap and wanted to restart directly instead of waiting to die).
This is technically solid especially for compo entry. Good job!
🎤 Likirus
26. Apr 2018 · 12:06 UTC
@harark , @arche-san : Thanks for the feedback, I changed it so pressing R will now restart the level at any time
Maakep
05. May 2018 · 21:32 UTC
Alright! Finally got through the entire game. As you can tell from the highscores, I'm a fan of your game! Those 3 jumps over the spikes at the final level almost had me crying from frustration.

The obvious feedback: audio & graphics could improve.

Other than that, SPACE shouldn't be the only button to restart after death, I'd like to play the game with mouse only from time to time.

Feel free to come try out my [Story Collab](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/story-collabs) compo!
Not the real Mark Zhang
05. May 2018 · 22:31 UTC
It's an addicting game idea but the clunkiness of the controls makes it difficult to play. The frog's jump does not follow the line indicator in many cases. If the controls were more accurate and polished, I feel like this game could be addicting.
abhimonk
05. May 2018 · 22:41 UTC
Nice work! The game's physics were pretty rewarding to learn. That said, it felt like the frog didn't always fly in the direction of my cursor. I think if the game's physics were a bit more intuitive, this could be a really fun game. Keep it up.
NvrSkipGameDay
08. May 2018 · 03:13 UTC
Overall really cool, my frog had an issue getting the fly even if it landed on it, but the rest of the game ran very smoothly and I liked the aim and jump mechanic. Nice submission. :)
carlosvVk
10. May 2018 · 13:37 UTC
I don't know if this is right, because there are no flies in the map and I can't end the level. Am I missing something? I'm playing the web version with Firefox.

![f.PNG](///raw/e23/6/z/14bfd.png)
BlakeMcDeezy
11. May 2018 · 22:55 UTC
I loved this game - it felt a bit like golf...with a frog. Made me laugh too :) Good job!
🎤 Likirus
12. May 2018 · 09:01 UTC
@carlosvVk nope, it's not right, there seems to be a bug ( or rather no bug(fly) :D ). It works fine in my firefox, so I'm not really sure how to reproduce it. Maybe refreshing the site would fix it.
niterich
12. May 2018 · 22:41 UTC
You've got a nice little golf game here, but I think it's let down by the aiming controls. My frog doesn't seem to want to go where I tell it to: the angle that I aim at doesn't correspond to the angle it jumps at. I think you should change the straight line into an arc of the path it will take.

Also, why is the music is turned off by default? I thought it was a pretty chill track and was about to mark you down for a lack of music.
maysick
12. May 2018 · 22:49 UTC
Fun game! Another commenter mentioned that it's basically a golf game, which I think is pretty cool.

The angle being innacurate is a bummer. Makes it really tough to finish some levels.
tamara188
12. May 2018 · 23:04 UTC
I had a lot of fun playing this. Made it to Caves before I gave up. Nicely done