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Fronk Frizby - Qoffee Cuest

By liquidfunk and Shrillwhip

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall35
Fun36
Innovation36
Theme36
Graphics36
Audio36
Humor36
Mood36

Comments

lvl99chicken 2022-04-06 03:05

Can't run this game unfortunately :(

sammot 2022-04-07 00:50

For hosting a WebGL game on itch.io, you must ensure it's a .zip file with the index.html in the root directory. Also make sure you tick the box on your game page that says "this game will be played in the browser" so itch displays the game.

vixenmink 2022-04-09 02:31

Seems like the HTML5 file is not working in my browser. I am using Windows 7 and Chrome. Please let me know if you can get the HTML5 file up and running so I can try this. It looks very interesting.

liquidfunk 2022-04-10 23:47

@lvl99chicken @sammot @vixenmink Hi all, we've gone for the Extra category instead of Jam. We needed more time to actually finish the game. Please try it now, and let us know what you think of it! :smile:

fredrik-rosell 2022-04-11 17:44

Well, I didn't get very far, but you have a nice main character to build further on.

liquidfunk 2022-04-11 17:47

@fredrik-rosell thanks for playing! Where did you get stuck?

slecornu 2022-04-11 19:42

I like the art style, good job!

nafos-games 2022-04-11 20:08

I started off thinking this must be a joke but then your funny narrative made the thing.

cookie-chr 2022-04-11 20:37

I absolutely loved the Undertale-y style of the dialogues! Great job! Gotta go have some Espresso now. ☕

liquidfunk 2022-04-11 20:52

@slecornu @nafos-games @cookie-chr Thanks for playing! Glad you all enjoyed it.

tete 2022-04-11 20:58

Very funny game, the art and music are also nice.

liquidfunk 2022-04-11 22:21

@tete Thank you so much for playing! :smile:

quite-good 2022-04-11 22:39

This was a nice hidden gem. Didn't fully understand if there was more depth to the combat aside from just attacking, but the dialogue and visuals were really fun.

ben-yazi 2022-04-11 22:40

It was very funny XD Nice sound and graphic style!

liquidfunk 2022-04-11 22:40

@quite-good Thanks for playing! Unfortunately the combat is extremely shallow. We didn't really have the time to implement anything more interesting, we focused on writing some, uh, "interesting" dialogue instead.

liquidfunk 2022-04-11 22:41

@ben-yazi Glad you liked it! :smiley:

melik-cagan-oduncuoglu 2022-04-11 23:32

Great audio using and funny cute graphics. Well done.

steffo 2022-04-11 23:51

A Mr. Saturn offered Fronk a coffee!

Fronk fell asleep?!

khaotom 2022-04-12 00:40

@liquidfunk I don't think the combat being shallow is a bad thing. I appreciate it. I think jrpg combat is shallow by nature, and games tend to just throw more options at it to make it seem less so, but ultimately its just a gate where you either have the numbers to bypass it or not. If you lose you reload the save and grind or hope for better RNG. Since your game focuses more on comedy, the combat feels more a parody of those mechanics. I also found it interesting that I wasn't sure if I could lose or not. I really liked the varied descriptions of the attacks as well, very creative and funny!

TL/DR I like the combat feeling like a parody and think you should lean into it even more!

mateusboga 2022-04-12 00:54

Super fun and funny game! I loved playing it on stream :D here's the VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1453383269

lvl99chicken 2022-04-12 03:17

Had a great time playing this game, got to the end! Really reminded me of undertale which I really enjoyed. Characters and dialogue are over the top and hilarious, really love the graphic style and music as well. I thought it was a good length and was really impressed by all the dialogue you were able to fit in which kept the encounters fresh. Great submission! Funny that both of our games featured satisfying your caffeine addiction.

otterfaelure 2022-04-12 11:11

I love that you went for the feel of Undertale but gave it a bit of a twist to introduce more humour. I'm not really into coffee culture so a lot of this just went over my head, but as somebody who thinks coffee is gross the jokes still seem like they're properly satirical. Sorry you couldn't finish it in the time period you wanted, though - you should still be proud!

shrillwhip 2022-04-12 13:18

@otterfaelure Heh, it's funny that you say that. I'm in the same camp, I can't stand the stuff 😂. Actually, Fronk started (in Milburt) as an extreme parody of the stereotypical office worker who is overly obsessed with coffee and talking about coffee (I'm just the same with tea btw so no shade against coffee lovers 😂). He turned out to be popular and people said they could relate to him so we wanted to try giving him his own story!

I was actually struggling a bit when writing him because I don't know the first thing about coffee and don't have many coffe-related terms in my vocabulary. Luckily, @liquidfunk who actually drinks coffee came in and saved me by writing all of the funny coffee dialogue in the last boss battle.

tomssuli 2022-04-12 18:43

That was a weird trip :D ...good music and overall presentation. The style was consistent from beginning to the end. Humor was crazy :laughing:

I first thought there would be some gameplay choices, but then it seemed the other actions than 'strike' changed nothing, making the game feel like a long interactive joke. Good thing it wasn't a bad joke :D

kaldrin 2022-04-13 18:49

Ok What Gotta love the funny narrative, but it's not always clear who's talking What a trip though, wow, felt like another world

fancyprice 2022-04-14 11:31

Is that undertale? :D)

samirempty 2022-04-14 11:34

A fun game, reminded me Undertale. Very cool music and sounds. Interesting drawing :D

saintchristopher777 2022-04-15 13:56

WHAT FEVER DREAM HATH I FALLEN INTO LOL??? Weird but interesting. Good work!

jlv 2022-04-16 16:47

Really fun entry! I loved the great prose and the uniqueness of each enemy. From my understanding, additional dialogue options only bring more lore insights to the fights, which was a neat surprise, considering you would not risk dying while exploring the available options. The personality of the foes as well as the soundtrack blended really well to create a unique atmosphere, great job!

Strengths: - Great, imaginative encounters - Fantastic soundtrack - I love the fact that each enemy has its own environment. You might have lacked time to make transitions, but I felt like this created a great eerie, almost psychotic vibe to the succession of fight.

Possible improvements: - After several jams using pixel fonts, I have switched to high-res UI on top of pixel art and am happy with the result. I think doing the same with your game might improve the readability.

coleslaughter 2022-04-17 07:12

[Thanks for submitting your game to stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1457959497?t=03h31m28s)

Sorry we had to speed through the end, but I'm glad we were able to finish it! Y'all are very clever with your writing, it's not often an LD game makes me laugh out loud with dialogue alone. :wink:

skleembof 2022-04-17 16:03

Holy crap the music was great! The writing was funny and sharp, and the little gameplay that was there felt very polished. I've never played undertale, but this somehow reminded me of undertale.

Good job creating such a unique experience in 4 days

mavvy 2022-04-18 16:05

Haha, this was a ride! Good music and a delightfully strange cast of characters. :laughing:

phoenix-fireflower 2022-04-18 21:49

The writing is witty and the music is a joy to listen to. Even though you didn't make the deadline for the jam, I'd say you did a great job creating a unique experience.

lletzgogames 2022-04-19 10:40

Very fun and reminding me of Undertale a bit. I will definitely go back to the game after the jam. Also: the writing and its humour are top-notch.

syyyybil 2022-04-21 02:05

interesting dialogues, the visual art is also really cool