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Monster Frogger by ryan0788

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made by ryan0788 for LD33 (COMPO)
Have you ever stopped and said to your self, "What if Frogger was kind-of-mixed with GTA?". Well inner dialogue, wait no longer!
It has police! It has helicopters! It has missiles! It has a misunderstood frog! It's MONSTER FROGGER!

In this take on Frogger, instead of avoiding the vehicles, you jump on them to assert your dominance and make some cash. Eventually the police will catch on though, and it will be a battle of the fittest. (Froggiest?)

Controls:
Arrow keys: Move
Spacebar: Use tongue (When unlocked)

I was down to the wire on this one so I didn't manage to fit in the boss battle I was planning on putting at the end. Please enjoy anyways, feedback is always appreciated!
Web http://ryanrossiter.com/LD33/Monster%20Frogger.swf
Source http://ryanrossiter.com/LD33/Monster_Frogger.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=18263

Ratings

Coolness 45% 1415
Overall 3.44 237
Audio 3.00 333
Fun 3.59 134
Graphics 3.81 156
Humor 3.15 274
Innovation 2.93 509
Mood 2.93 521
Theme 3.33 513

Feedback

fdslk
24. Aug 2015 · 23:41 UTC
A nice idea, but I think the monster looking that much as frog really offsets the mood. I like the idea of the power ups for this kind of frogger game. On the down side, the music kind of irritated me.
Peach Pie Productions
24. Aug 2015 · 23:42 UTC
Dude seriously fantastic job :) This was a lot of fun to play
Shaw
24. Aug 2015 · 23:43 UTC
Fantastic little frogger game, graphics are cute and spot on, sounds fit perfectly with the graphics and theme of the game, upgrades add a nice layer to the frogger mix. Had alot of fun. Good job!
slarrimer
24. Aug 2015 · 23:46 UTC
Nice (if very physically small) game! For being so few pixels, the animations look quite good.
Ranivier
24. Aug 2015 · 23:46 UTC
Solid reinterpretation of Frogger. Props for making it feel like original Frogger as well.
orange08
24. Aug 2015 · 23:51 UTC
This is an excellent idea but I feel you should have done something to make the frog more menacing or something, at first I didn't even realize I was supposed to dodge cars so I just avoided them. The police cars weren't very readable so I accidentally tried to eat them a few times. If their police lights were flashing it would be better readability.
increpare
24. Aug 2015 · 23:55 UTC
very playable. consider adding the boss still!
ehtd
25. Aug 2015 · 01:02 UTC
not sure why it had to be so small,
ChuiGum
25. Aug 2015 · 06:57 UTC
Some simple but great graphics. Awesome idea, really liked it!
dollarone
26. Aug 2015 · 09:12 UTC
Hey fellow frog-game creator! Turning frogger into a monster - nice idea! I like being able hit the police after purchasing some tongue from the tongue store. Good work, nice graphics!
Andrew Adams
26. Aug 2015 · 15:30 UTC
Haha. Love the stars and police. Grand Theft Frogger. Cool idea.
voidstar33
26. Aug 2015 · 19:29 UTC
Hahahah... Nice use of monster in Frogger. Cool idea.
voidstar33
26. Aug 2015 · 19:32 UTC
What tools did you use to make the sounds and music? and for art?
🎤 ryan0788
27. Aug 2015 · 01:11 UTC
@voidstar33 I used SFXR for sound effects, FamiTracker for the music, and Paint.NET for the graphics- Thanks for playing!
ponywolf
27. Aug 2015 · 23:02 UTC
Cute game... You could have saved me some time by letting me know that I was supposed to smash into the cars. :)

After I figured that out, it was smooth sailing. I would have loved to see your boss monster!
inbetweengames
27. Aug 2015 · 23:10 UTC
Found it so satisfying destroying stuff I would sometimes hang back in the beginning and jump on everything - nice work on cam shake, particle and SFX, makes it really satisfying!

One thing that I think would really improve the experience would be to have the logs and cars and everything spawn already out on the rivers/roads as I would frequently have to wait for them to appear.

Upgrades like the tongue as well as the randomly generated levels added a lot of replay value.

I also really dig the music!

Great work!
togie
27. Aug 2015 · 23:11 UTC
I agree the music was not the best. As well the flixel screen shake needs to come down a bit, it seems drawn. Good Game though! i like it!
TeamCosmitronique
27. Aug 2015 · 23:22 UTC
I like it! It was loads of fun and it was an interesting take on classic frogger.
🎤 ryan0788
28. Aug 2015 · 21:06 UTC
@voidstar33 I used SFXR for sound effects, FamiTracker for the music, and Paint.NET for the graphics- Thanks for playing!
wooltech
04. Sep 2015 · 01:31 UTC
Overall it looks pretty good. Didn't seem like the vehicles gave you any extra money further up the screen, so there didn't feel like there was much point moving off a single road.
But I did anyway, because, well, frogger. You have to!
OldPeculier
05. Sep 2015 · 21:24 UTC
Terrific stuff. I played this one probably longer than any other so far. The music, I'm afraid, gets old. Other than that it's good fun and very nicely polished.