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A Frog Can’t swim

By nicso

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall6223.2926
Fun6663.0226
Innovation6172.9726
Theme5613.4526
Graphics1654.2026
Audio3123.5026
Humor6152.2823
Mood3963.6226

Comments

beebster-games 2025-04-08 14:17

The controls are difficult to master. If that is the point of the game then you succeeded. However, it makes game play a challenge.

My advice use the mouse for direction and the 'W' key for moving forward. Like Valheim, or World of Warcraft. Those are excellent controls.

Thanks for the play.

anton-florey 2025-04-08 14:31

Impressive work for a solo project! I love the mood and level design. I was stuck for quite a bit, because I did not really understand the games mechanics. Plus the view of one path is obstructed by terrain obove, so it was a bit tricky to figure that part out :)

slow-chaz 2025-04-08 14:46

I absolutely love the vibe and feel of this game. Audio is great too. Had fun exploring the level and water system.

hernandack 2025-04-08 14:47

I really like the idea and the visual tbh. It's like using advance shaders. Anyway, the input event a.k.a controls is not easy to cope as it's does make the game object interaction harder to visualize exactly for someone like me. But overall I like the idea.

lea251 2025-04-08 14:52

Great Aestetics. I like the black and white look and how the graphics are made. The music is nice too. I like the progression of the riddle/fight. It's tricky, that the view of the path is blocked sometimes.

keeta 2025-04-09 02:04

Love the look of the game. The concept and music are also very good. The movement was a bit slow, especially when I was walking between switches. If there was a final switch to get to the big mushroom, I couldn't find it.

floppynub 2025-04-09 04:14

Love the look of this one, its tough to make black and white look THIS good but you pulled it off. I found the movement to be too slow, but to your credit I never got stuck on anything and was able to traverse the entire level. I also massively appreciate the inclusion of volume sliders, that type of polish really makes a jam game stick out to me.

Good work overall, excited to see what you make next!

arenavgust 2025-04-09 05:49

The idea and visual soooo good, i will play it again. You guys made a such a greatfull game!

yangtuofeel 2025-04-09 05:59

Very interesting game, the depth of field effect of the screen is very good. I want to know what's attacking me? Is it a mushroom?

surweaver 2025-04-09 15:55

Very vibey game, good presentation!

I would like more feedback from the game. I can see the fall, but when the projectile hits me, it is only visible on the game's HUD. Although I can say that the effect of reflecting projectiles with a sword is very juicy!

darklumo 2025-04-09 16:00

The level was well design, and the ambiance effects were cool, but music did not accompany the mood at all. The controls and movement felt clunky, I would tweak there first. Make them be a little more smooth, also, syncing up the animation with the velocity and movement could help. Another improvement is in the enemy interaction, just spammed sword in the direction of incoming bullets. Maybe make the player to have an attack speed (cooldown between attacks), but if so you should adjust the cadence in which the enemies attack. Boss felt too fast. I like the the idea and were this is going :smile:

tenzz 2025-04-12 00:53

Nice game

quinn 2025-04-12 08:59

Visuals are quite good. I appreciate that you didn't get pulled down into an obvious implementation of the theme. Gaemplay-wise I had an issue with sometimes being attack while obscured by the foreground.

ngryyyyy 2025-04-12 18:17

Nice visuals ! Level is well constructed. But I feel the music doesn't fit the theme ? Great game even tho, pretty impressive for a solo project, solid proposition, congrats !

pretendcoding 2025-04-12 23:12

Had a nice vibe and good music, graphics were nice.

leykal 2025-04-13 20:32

The music was super cool, it give dynamism to the game. Graphism nice too but controls slides a bit... Nice for a solo game congrats ^^

2025-04-14 18:42

Music and sound are awesome, and the game concept is super neat. unfortunately the game is too dark for me to see after getting a bit into the hole, so i couldn't finish though.