Little Frog Big World

schsam 2024-10-07 03:27

Hm didn't totally understand! I think when I tried to eat flies I kept dying. Am I doing something wrong; down to try again later.

Also, qq, any chance you could add W to jump as well as space. Easier for some keyboards.

1finiteloop 2024-10-09 11:20

At first, I didn’t understand what was happening and kept dying when I ate the flies. Then I realized it’s a roguelike game. After dying many times, I could collect enough flies to visit the shop and buy some skill upgrades to become stronger. I think there should be a way to access the shop from the pause menu, because before I figured it out, I hesitated for a long time to click 'quit,' afraid that my savings would be lost after exiting the game. Great artwork, great sound effects! Very interesting game, well done! ps：I like your cover

hacksawunit 2024-10-10 06:52

Superb little entry! It reminds me of old favorites like Super Crate Box. There are some parts that were a little confusing to me, but after reading 1finiteloop's comment above, I was able to experiment more and figure some things out... (Spoilers below!) - as mentioned above, you can buy upgrades by exiting to the menu and going to the shop - flies with pink bodies will poison you and deal damage over a few seconds - I saw three creature types beyond flies. (The second one could definitely used better telegraphing, but was a fun surprise, as was the third!) - If you upgrade tongue length, and you catch a pink fly, you can delay taking damage by just holding out your tongue. You can also then use it sort of like a lance to fight enemies, which is simply incredible. If you catch all the flies, no more will spawn until you pull back in your tongue, I think.

Lots of fun little quirks and emergent things going on, and well put together, too! Great work. (PS: And, not to let my imagination run too wild, you could do some incredible things with the whole "holding onto flies and then cashing them in" sort of thing, especially when the thing you're using to grab flies is also your form of attack!)

maymay 2024-10-12 20:48

The music and animations are cute! I kept dying and didn't understand why, though. It seemed like eating flies killed me?

pachino55 2024-10-12 20:50

Cool game, like the snakes

tastical 2024-10-12 22:21

It took awhile to realise that the fire flies would also hurt you, I think due to the slight delay after eating one. I think if the damage were instant people wouldn't be as confused. Otherwise this is a solid entry.