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The Frog King

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness275
Audio3692.94
Humor4752.68
Fun6222.79
Overall7582.77
Mood7732.43
Graphics7932.39
Innovation8362.26
Theme9252.00

Comments

zupoman 2015-08-24 02:25

I can't reach the golden heart or go further in the game, because the jumping height seems to be too short. Is this a bug or am I missing something in controls?

dollarone 2015-08-24 02:42

Zupoman: try utilising the bounce!

gafblizzard 2015-08-24 03:15

Cute art!

I got to the frog king, though I'm not sure if I beat him or not. The jumping height is a tiny bit too short to be fun...I could bounce off frogs in some cases (like to get the heart), but if the frogs jump down you can't do that so it's pretty tough.

dollarone 2015-08-24 03:23

Thanks! If you jump at the top of your bounce you can get a bit higher. But I'll take that feedback for future projects!

dkoding 2015-08-24 13:25

Not bad

zupoman 2015-08-24 14:35

Cute art and funny sounds. A bit too short IMO, only one normal heart and only one golden heart to collect (or am I missing something?).

dollarone 2015-08-24 14:55

Zupoman: thanks! And yes, definitely too short - I was planning on at least 3 levels and just ran out of time.

techblogogy 2015-08-24 18:11

Cute and fun game. Nice job!

chrisp196 2015-08-25 12:15

Really cool game, just a few small suggestions. Maybe you could make it so the ghosts aren't destroyed upon collision with the player but simply have a few invincibility frames so the player is able to get away. Also some platforms seem impossible to reach but I found you can jump ontop of the corpses of the frogs to get up there. Nice game :D

karai17 2015-08-25 12:26

Good entry! Graphics were a bit blurry but otherwise fine. Keep at it!

thepattybeast 2015-08-25 15:35

Nice fun game was really hard. some of the mechanics seems kind of stupid until i realized the entire point of the game is to lead frogs not kill them. wasn't a huge fan of the art although it wasn't terrible.

pizzaportal 2015-08-25 16:03

Fun platformer! A little bit short though.

jawesome 2015-08-26 02:06

Was NOT good!

tijn 2015-08-26 06:21

How the hell do I beat the frog king? :P

I really like the music by the way! I know it's "just" a bass line, but it's quite long and varied. I think it works well with the frogs.

ultrarat 2015-08-26 09:50

Water, good for frogs, bad for ☺

dollarone 2015-08-26 09:59

Tijn: thanks! Best tactic I think is to have at least 2 hearts and just rush in and jump via the ledge. Some guy beat him with 4 full hearts, I can't do that!

justinooncx 2015-08-26 10:12

Not a bad game, although the real monster is the frog king who was an asshole and turned your friends into frogs to make you kill them. CURSE YOU FROG KING.

dollarone 2015-08-26 10:36

hehe, justinooncx, well done on beating the cursed frog king!

richardjs 2015-08-26 22:51

Once I got the timing of the higher jump down, it was fun nailing them. I liked the smiling frogs, and the ghosts were an interesting addition. Ultimately, my main strategy was to avoid killing frogs so as to not have to deal with the ghosts.

I found the king very difficult. In fact, after trying a number of times, I downloaded the code and gave myself 300000000 health. Ironically, once I did that, I beat him without needing it, and beat him in the real version as well. I guess the trick is confidence.

dollarone 2015-08-27 09:16

richardjs: hah, inventive :) I agree that he is too hard. In the post-compo version I've changed it so it's a step, not a hole. Makes jumping much easier.

Thanks for playing and commenting!

collaboration 2015-08-27 21:15

Good game, it's hard in some places, sound is plesent, and gameplay is simple. Well done. =)

zenmumbler 2015-08-28 15:30

For such innocuous graphics, the game itself is rather morbid with frog corpses and the bouncing there-on. As a shortcut to the extra heart and the top right next to the frog king lair, jump on a frog and push its carcass just over the edge of a platform, then jump under him and keep up pressed: Infini-jump! Use this on the left sides of the second platform and the first platform after the water for quick access to the extra heart and the frog king, respectively.

Anyway, fun game.

dollarone 2015-08-28 16:10

haha you found the corpse-copter bug! well done and thanks for playing :)

rafaella 2015-08-28 19:30

A very simple platformer.

grabengroup 2015-08-29 20:47

nice! Had fun playing!

grabengroup 2015-08-29 20:48

nice! Had fun playing!
All your Bass are belong to us =D

manimal 2015-09-08 11:24

I reach the golden hearth but its too hard to jump big square behind the water.

jupiter_hadley 2015-10-20 12:30

Challenging game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/t2uXuiSquSk

dollarone 2015-10-21 00:06

thanks! had fun watching!

MAnimal: I totally agree :)