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Apple Toad by GlebSviripa

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made by GlebSviripa for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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Apple Toad

Help Apple Toad collect flowers for his herbarium! Unfortunately, he can’t land his balloon unless the platform (log) is filled with life and there’s only one source of life in this dark swamp.
Build a chain of life from sticks and moss-covered stones to help the toad park near the flower.

How to Play

The Goal

Collect flowers by guiding AppleToad to the glowing beacon log. To activate log you should connect it to chain.

The Trick

The beacon log log.png only glows green when connected to the fertile ground! Stack sticks and stones on the garden island to make them turn green, then build a chain of objects back to the beacon log. When it glows, AppleToad connects and starts collecting flowers in some radius around. Place activated beacon log near flower to let Apple Toad collect it. Screenshot_ещфв.png

Controls

Mouse: Drag camera or interact with objects

Link https://glebsviripa.itch.io/apple-toad
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/apple-toad

Ratings

Overall 324th 3.603⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 508th 3.172⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 161th 3.655⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 449th 3.586⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 31th 4.569⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 206th 3.621⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 529th 2.64⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 204th 3.845⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

iocutus
Oct 06th · 22:52 UTC
Beautifully illustrated! The object interaction mechanic is nice too - though I could not quite figure out how to interact with the flowers (if that was a part of the game!).
kaomii
Oct 07th · 00:45 UTC
Took awhile to figure out the mechanic and I still struggled a bit to get the objects into the right place afterwards, but I really like the music and atmosphere of the game! The drawings are really nice and the toad is really cute ^^
Kamilah
Oct 07th · 00:47 UTC
apple toad is so cute! very well done art. gameplay was a bit difficult for me to figure out.
ZAZiOs
Oct 07th · 00:47 UTC
Love the artstyle but couldnt understand how to get flowers :(
LudicrousDare
Oct 07th · 00:48 UTC
good game. A very funny part was when I launched a stump of screen(or nearly off screen) with a rock.it has wonderful graphics.
debugman18
Oct 07th · 00:53 UTC
Really creative! The mechanic wasn't super clear, and the controls are a little unwieldy, but once I figured it out it was straightforward. Beautiful art and music, extremely cohesive.
AdamG
Oct 07th · 05:18 UTC
Interesting puzzle. I found it a little frustrating at times trying to get the twigs and rocks in place, but it was very satisfying when I finally got them all linked together. There's definitely some potential here for a longer game
xvidavi
Oct 07th · 14:16 UTC
Love the artstyle! It's a great experience overall :3
Yoav Kagan
Oct 07th · 15:58 UTC
cozy froggy! couldnt quite understand how to get to the flowers, but really cute vibes:)
Doridie
Oct 07th · 21:28 UTC
Very cozy vibe and cute graphics! Interesting mechanic — I managed to get the first flower, but the second one was a bit too hard for me :D
lazury
Oct 07th · 21:58 UTC
WOW! liked this one. the style is so high quality, oml! the music is also top!! Definetly one of my favorites one
Accardo
Oct 07th · 22:25 UTC
Beautiful art and music, very interesting concept on the beacon log, would love to see it gets expanded on more.
sakuraya
Oct 08th · 04:28 UTC
A very cute game! An extremely interesting mechanism, but when I first started playing, the gameplay was not very clear and it was a bit difficult to control the operation.
dullai
Oct 08th · 07:09 UTC
love the artstyle and beacon mechanic, it felt really rewarding to get the far flowers
LDJam user 280509
Oct 08th · 09:22 UTC
Cool idea of building such a fragile path with physics engine
Discomorphine
Oct 08th · 12:29 UTC
I like the art and the mechanic, but colliders are really laggy, so it`s hard to get the second flower.
![photo_2025-10-08_15-23-12.jpg](///raw/e43/66/z/6ee82.jpg)

Also mouse feels like missclicking at the beginning, because of the position of "hand". I would like it to be more obvious with some visual elements like big red dot or smth :)

Anyway, i like the game, thank you!
Ultraviolet
Oct 08th · 14:00 UTC
Very beautiful art style, looks harmonious and cute. Unfortunately, I still couldn't figure out how to make a chain of stones and sticks so that they turn green
LDJam user 411567
Oct 08th · 14:48 UTC
Yeah as most already said its really beatiful!
But the machanics remind of trying to move a picture in microsoft office word. Also that when grabbing the item moves is quite annoying. I also didn't get the goal intuitively and in the beginning thought something broke, i had to read xD
Music is also nice and relaxing. great atmosphere. The reseting of the mold also seems to need some work. Maybe give it a delay until the mold disappears or something. The sticky things were also a nice addition to the gameplay :)
evil23
Oct 08th · 15:06 UTC
Boy, this game was really testing my patience. It took me a while to figure out how the game works (didn't read the description prior to startin ofc). The connecting of the chain takes a bit too long for my taste. Especially if there is a gap near the end, it is really frustrating. The physics are sometimes a bit wonky when I tried to lift a rock that was beneath some logs, they really blew off, destroying my progress. Also once, a stone got stuck inside branch of the "goal log". Besides that, the graphics are beautiful and the music is calming.
One more thing: sometimes it was difficult to pick things up because of the mouse cursor. I didn't really know where to click especially on the small green stones.

Keep up the good work!
X2SHADOW
Oct 12th · 13:55 UTC
Of course, it's a bit strange why the frog flies onto the log and why it glows, but in terms of mechanics, it's quite interesting and I liked it.
![game6.jpg](///raw/5f4/46/z/6f503.jpg)
Beryelle
Oct 15th · 15:03 UTC
Loved the mood and art style of this game! My only suggestion would be to add some physical barrier at the borders of the map as I accidentaly threw some objects outside of the screen and couldn't progress anymore.
APDT
Oct 21st · 12:56 UTC
It took some time to understand on how to play this game, however we really enjoyed sound and visuals! Pretty good game!
anaticula
Oct 22nd · 01:38 UTC
Very cute art and music, feels like some fairytale! Though I couldn’t make a chain of stones and sticks I enjoyed trying to make it for some time. Nice entry!