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Frog Well

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness369
Theme4033.79
Humor4822.70
Mood4903.24
Innovation5423.11
Fun6193.03
Graphics6863.12
Overall7723.03

Comments

TaoPhoenix 2015-12-14 22:23

Fun little jumping game. Crisp simple graphics, looks like he stayed in scope for LD (mostly? : )

If you get stuck with bad movement falls, just reload the page.

suppi 2015-12-15 14:34

I like it. The graphics are great and it's pretty fun. good job!

farelle 2015-12-15 17:28

oh wow, it took me a bit to figure out that i can change direction in mid air :D I must be still tired hehe.
So NOW I can say I actually like this game :D It's simple, it's randomly generated(i think) it's challenging, it has a straight forward goal and it feels fun to see the character jump-flying over the screen :D
only thing I couldn't figure out is A. why I have a giant hole in my belly or B. why there is birds/flies flying into my mouth o.o
Also, one of my favourite games as a child was "icy tower" and this game has the potential to be similar addicting, just add some sparkles and sounds to it :D

themeorch 2015-12-16 00:55

Once I realized that you're not trying to jump from platform to platform, but rather that you can basically fly infinitely and change directions at will, this got quite addicting! Backspace isn't the best button for a web game, as some browsers will interpret it and go back a page. If you keep working on this and massage the platform generation to provide more pathways designed to be traversed by the frog's diagonal flight path, this could get even better. Great work!

mintarcade 2015-12-16 00:57

Great fun little game.

euske 2015-12-16 06:23

This game is hard. After a dozen trials, I couldn't still win. I liked the old school graphics.

oski 2015-12-16 19:59

Damn difficult!

publicidadeba 2015-12-16 23:45

Some little assets, so much fun! Well done, I liked how I could change direction in mid-air!

ointment 2015-12-17 01:42

This control scheme combined with a noisy level type is quite a frustrating experience, really. It seems like an obvious case of a design issue when the player spends nearly half of the game time in an input-blocking state.

Some fixes would include the frog grabbing onto ledges when hitting blocks from the side, or a slower movement in general for more precise left-right mid-air twiddling.

As it is, this felt more like fighting against a software's quirks than playing something, unfortunately.

ohmmus 2015-12-18 00:10

Lots of fun! Finally beat it with a score of 130. Great work!

mauludder 2015-12-18 07:28

Wait.. you can do WHAT mid air?? That changes the game a lot :). Finally was able to escape.

voxel 2015-12-19 00:33

Wee. I really like this. With some algorithmic level generation to reduce the number of stuck spots this would be a great little phone game. Great work

weeping-rupee 2015-12-21 06:35

This is so simple but so enjoyable when you can actually fly through an open space. The flies were a nice touch.

chipassgames 2015-12-21 17:37

This is one of those games that would greatly be made better by an extra day to fine tune. When the platforms are set up right, it is a pretty fun game. I found that more times than not, my frog would simply get stuck in a place where he could not jump out of.
I really liked the extra touches, like the flies. The retro frog if fun. Great job.

zenmumbler 2015-12-21 17:41

Certain stars simply did not want to be picked up for some reason. Cool frog. Consistent style, some simple sfxr sounds would have really completed it. Nice first entry!

andrewkennedy 2015-12-21 20:51

I did it! I thought you were supposed to collect all the stars at first, but then I gave up because some of them seemed too hard to get. Did the flies do anything? I couldn't tell if my score was going up when I ate them.

One thing that I think would have made it a little less frustrating would be to have less blocks being placed. Often I felt like it was just luck that let me skip ahead by a big chunk.

wdebowicz 2015-12-22 21:44

I feel the old style, a bit too difficult.

phi 2015-12-23 12:13

Like it :)
Sounds would be cool (jumping sounds, music, etc.).
I agree with the other comments, there are too many blocks.

loveapplegames 2015-12-26 21:10

Cute game, it reminds me of the 8-bit game Boogaboo. I like the presentation, simple but effective. A bit frustrating, but the difficulty level seems OK. I managed to make it to the top. What do the birds do? They seem to disappear into the frog's mouth :-)

xanjos 2015-12-26 23:58

Too bad there's no sound but I like the concept a lot (although it takes some time to master) plus the retro graphics fits the game very well.

samh 2015-12-27 01:51

Interesting but I found myself stuck a bit too often. Maybe the platforms should be slightly wider? (Also, since some browsers intercept the Backspace key to browse back to the previous page, you may wish to use another key such as Escape to reset the level)

munchor 2015-12-27 14:51

So simple, yet so addictive, I really liked it.

camlang 2015-12-27 21:06

Nice little game. It would be cool, if you add some sfx to your game. However, very good entry! Well done!

dollarone 2015-12-30 15:27

Great graphics and cool gameplay. Took me forever to figure out that you can switch direction mid-air, but once that was done, I managed to get out :)

Awesome stuff.

brightstar 2016-01-04 21:12

I like that frog.

linus123xbb 2016-01-04 23:38

The game was cool. Too bad there was no music. It was hard to control the frog. However the graphics suited the game nicely.