Downward Frog by GogglesKitty
A toy frog slips into the pool drain... what will it find?

Avoid weird fish! Collect bubbles! (and health!) Make it to the bottom...?
Controls:
A/D or Left/Right Arrow Keys: Move Left and Right
Space, J, or Shift: Use a Bubble to Dodge (Press while holding Left or Right to dodge that direction, or press while holding neither to dodge upward!)
ESC: Pause
F: Fullscreen
R: Restart When Paused
| Link | https://goggleskitty.itch.io/downward-frog |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/downward-frog |
Ratings
| Overall | 138th | 4.091⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 262th | 3.845⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 739th | 3.364⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 161th | 4.218⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 117th | 4.438⭐ | 58🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 166th | 4.027⭐ | 58🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 448th | 3.306⭐ | 51🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 257th | 4.057⭐ | 55🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 62🗳️ | 53🗨️ |
The atmosphere going from playful to scary as you go deeper was really nice as well.
Overall, this feels very professional and well made.
Nailed the mood with the music too, really solid. I just wish the side dodge slowed you down some more, it kept getting me killed.
Great job!
@blob lol, it's hard to imagine making anything even slower in this game! I'd love to have spent more time tuning and balancing movement though. I found myself using the side dodge in combo with the upward dodge more often than not.
@jonrei Saaaaame!
The game itself is pretty hard, sometimes it feels like its almost impossible even with dodges to get past certain groups of obstacles, but its good fun anyway and all of the enemies are so cute :heart_eyes:
Good job!
Beat the game on my 2nd try, yaaay :v:
My feedback:
- Cool concept
- Clean execution
- Charming pixel art & aesthetics
- Nice variety of enemies / obstacles
- Great take on the theme
- Satisfying ending
- Nice visual clarity
Some constructive criticism
- Make the intro skippable for smoother restarts
- Maybe tweak the controls and the gamespeed a bit. It feels a bit slow (but the difficulty is on point imo)
Brilliant job, fun game! :frog:
Gameplay is nice, although perhaps gets hard a bit fast.
Overall a great little game, great work!
I really enjoyed it! Very good graphics, good ambiance, nice challenge! I specifically love the way you did the tutorial, it could have info about dash + arrow to move quick though, but that's not a big issue.
Congratulation!
I love the intro of frog jumping into the pool. Maybe the second time playing it should start down the drain already, so you dont have to wait too long to replay. First time really great timing, made me anticipate.
The game itself felt really challenging for me. I dont know how I was supposed to pass some of the weird fish.
But nevertheless I really liked it!!
I was a bit worried when my bubbles were gone, but then I realised I must have reached the end. :smile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC7ohNz5jGk