Toad in the Hole by diabolical-sloth

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made by diabolical-sloth for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

A game about an ordinary frog, a cave and a newt.

WASD or Arrow Keys to Move, E to Talk/ Croak, Space to Jump! Also supports controller.

If you run into audio issues in the HTML version, download the Windows executable.

Made in Godot.

Owen Lyons - Code, Level Design, Art

Sam Hall - Writing, Concept, Direction

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Ratings

Overall 349th 3.87⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 475th 3.648⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1240th 2.981⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 651th 3.833⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 209th 4.315⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Audio 358th 3.778⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 264th 3.63⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 204th 4.13⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

Jazkottaja
26. Apr 2021 · 23:07 UTC
Really cute! Platformins was a little simple, but overall really nice game!
Neproxin
26. Apr 2021 · 23:09 UTC
Feels like a childrens story book as a short game, very nice and touches on some pretty heavy themes near the end, but overall it was just a nice little romp with a good story and fun dialogue (The snail was my favourite character btw :) )
Threeli
26. Apr 2021 · 23:10 UTC
Hail friend! I'm in love with this. That worm though. Wow, I really hope this gets expanded. The writing is awesome. Graphically it feels a little unfinished, but dang do I love the characters. Shoot, even the constant water pouring sound works somehow.
AnniV4X
26. Apr 2021 · 23:13 UTC
I just adore the atmosphere of this game! It's very sweet and everything matches perfectly, I love the music and little sounds in the background.. and the art ties it in together making it feel very peaceful. The game runs really smooth and movement feels good as well. However the dialogue does feel a little slow and the gameplay itself could be expanded on.
JLMast
26. Apr 2021 · 23:15 UTC
Haha, I was pretty happy to see the snail! Thank you, I had a great time playing your game.
LDJam user 212364
26. Apr 2021 · 23:17 UTC
The game looked and sounded great and I liked the extra collectibles but the massive amount of conversation got annoying quickly and kind of ruined it for me. The text seemed to take up 10+ times longer than the actual platforming and gameplay parts.
TERA_BITE
26. Apr 2021 · 23:26 UTC
Overall a pretty good game, im just sad because i couldn't manage to get all 15 flies ;v
🎤 diabolical-sloth
27. Apr 2021 · 02:11 UTC
@threeli thank you! my partner did all the writing and it's the first time I've ever made a game with a dedicated member of the team just for writing so we really wanted to put the dialogue front and centre.

recording the sounds was just swishing 2 different sized glasses of water in front of my microphone haha glad you enjoyed it
🎤 diabolical-sloth
27. Apr 2021 · 02:13 UTC
@anniv4x thank you! I would have loved to expand on the gameplay and make something a little more "celeste-like" but I ended up having to spend a lot of my time on art and the dialogue system. If I ever do anything else with this concept I thought it'd be really cool to be able to use the frog's tongue as a grappling hook.
🎤 diabolical-sloth
27. Apr 2021 · 02:13 UTC
@tera-bite I tried to hide a few of them in places that people might not look on a first playthrough (and also in the credits to make people check it out haha) glad you enjoyed it
🎤 diabolical-sloth
27. Apr 2021 · 02:16 UTC
@jogy34 that's reasonable to be honest. we wanted to focus on the dialogue as it was my first time ever making a game with a dedicated writer but I understand if it made the pace a little too slow for you. I did try to make most of the conversations optional just to speed things up for anyone just looking for all the flies on a repeat playthrough
hiki911
27. Apr 2021 · 17:24 UTC
wow, it's very fun. like it a lot, hope you will evolve this into something bigger
Eugenik
27. Apr 2021 · 20:24 UTC
Great game. Really enjoy it !!!!.
LDJam user 183028
28. Apr 2021 · 00:02 UTC
Super cute animations and I love the jumping and dialogue approach. The banjo really adds to the atmosphere!
AGW
28. Apr 2021 · 01:12 UTC
Cute game with a beautiful music with banjo, remember a bit of Celeste, however I fell is missing something in your game, some mechanic...
HyperTheory
28. Apr 2021 · 08:30 UTC
The art style is cute and the story is full of fun. I really enjoy it. Good job!
campostella
28. Apr 2021 · 09:01 UTC
Oh I love the sound effect, the atmosphere is really warm and coyz. Jumping when the edge of the screen is a little bit tricky sometimes but overall it is clear and fun!
itsonrandom
28. Apr 2021 · 12:54 UTC
I really enjoyed this! Lovely atmosphere and the music and SFX really added to it. Super simple graphics but they were really effective too! Agreed the pacing of some of the dialogue was a too slow, maybe having shorter snippets between gameplay? But given it's mostly a narrative game it worked! Amazing effort for the two of you
Sofimei
28. Apr 2021 · 15:17 UTC
I think this is my favorite game so far!! Its so cute and thoughtful. The characters were very funny and endearing, as well as the music and overall story was super cute. I think my only critique would be the way the camera jumps between scenes pretty fast, otherwise I think it was all super lovely!
Pious
28. Apr 2021 · 18:50 UTC
Super simple game and turned out to be very very cute and charming. I love the pixel art and the wholesome little story with funny characters and distinct personalities. Very well done you guys. I would have liked to backtrack the level though so I could catch the rest of the flies but other than that it was well done.
Pious
28. Apr 2021 · 18:50 UTC
Super simple game and turned out to be very very cute and charming. I love the pixel art and the wholesome little story with funny characters and distinct personalities. Very well done you guys. I would have liked to backtrack the level though so I could catch the rest of the flies but other than that it was well done.
nsadie
04. May 2021 · 19:16 UTC
What a lovely game!

The writing was excellent, the pixel art really lovely (the croak animation was super cute) and the controls nice and responsive.

I really missed the ability to swim with all that water ;)
manio
08. May 2021 · 14:29 UTC
Very nice game! Reminded me of Celeste. Too bad it's a struggle to replay it and try to get all the flies because you cannot skip the dialogue :/