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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #752 | 3.577 | 3.577 |
| Overall | #1045 | 3.611 | 3.611 |
| Presentation | #1054 | 3.769 | 3.769 |
| Creativity | #1756 | 3.487 | 3.487 |
Ranked from 78 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Reverse Frogger. You play as the car, and the frog is trying to kill you.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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Nice concept and fun game ! Controls are good and graphics are so cute ! Good job ! Congrats to the team !
I like the concept and the whacky worldbuilding! The car felt pretty good to control, too.
I’m not entirely convinced by the hiding mechanic; on the one hand, it makes a lot of sense, on the other hand, it sort of slows down the pace of the game and leads to this weird situation where it seems like the optimal strategy would be to hide in every bush you encounter. Maybe just having to collect sufficient mangos that you can throw at the frog to bait him away from you would work? I also thought the tell when the frog would arrive could be a bit clearer, though I do like the subtle screenshake effect.
The music was a very nice fit for the vibe, nicely done!
From frog crossing the road to car crossing the jungle is a very funny flip over of the concept. I do wish it was a bit easier to tell when the frog is going to show up as it feels the game sort of encourages moving fast but there's actually little incentive to not hide at every bush. I noticed there can also be huge gaps without bushes and I'm not sure if that's just RNG doing its thing.
Well executed and great presentation otherwise!
Sick frog game. Frogs are based. Art is *perfection*.
Insanely good presentation! Love the attention to detail as well. The little animations, the music speed up, etc. Love it
Took me a second to figure out the sound cue for the frog appearing, the game got a lot more fun afterwards. Nice work!
The giant frog kept on scaring me half to death LOL, but this game is so so good! I loved the intuitive control pop-ups and how the car handled; definitely one of the most fun jam games I've played so far. The sound is also SO groovy and stands out from the crowd to me; I literally have the game open in the background as I'm typing just to vibe to the music. Great work, team! :)
I'm happy you liked the music :D
Asking because I looked at your profile and I don't see any links; do you have any social media or somewhere I could keep an eye out for your music? I've embarrassingly been listening to Jurassic Frog in the background for a solid 30 minutes during my work day today
This is actually my first public production hehe, I don't have like a soundcloud or anything, I'll let you know once I go official ig
Very enjoyable game with great sprites!
If you're planning to improve on the game further I'd love there to be some sort of incentive for going fast. Currently, there isn't much stopping a player from stopping at the first bush they see and hiding in there until the frog is gone (got over 3km and 50 mangoes this way myself). Maybe there could be some baby frogs slowly coming from behind that will check the bushes as well :)
Thanks for the feedback!
We considered features like making it more difficult near the end of the game, or making it hard to hide in the same area for too long.
I would definitely like to add that incentive to go fast, aside from just "get a high score."
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This was great, taking Frogger and putting a safari drive spin on it was clever. I especially loved the art, animations and the fact the levels were randomly generated.
Go Frogs!
Watch out! a giant frog! let's hide here. And die trying!!! lol
Very entertaining game, the artstyle is lovely and the vibe in general is wonderful, great job!
Really nice art, music, and atmosphere in general. Did a great job conveying the scenery with the random animals and foliage around. Fun game, wish I was better at it :P
I don't think i have anything new to add which hasn't been said already (im guessing) so in short...
Very nice frog game!
I like the idea, what I liked most about the game is the transition between menus and how well the game responds to the player, it feels good to play it. good job! <3
Very entertaining game! I hate that frog! Retried soooo many times. Managed to reach more than 1km!
The graphics are really cute. Loved the mix between frogger and jurassic park you did.
Controls (up and down) are a bit clumsy sometimes . Specially when you're under pressure with the big frog at your tail. On the other hand, if they don't react fast, you won't be able to avoid the crossing animals. It's hard to find balance when time runs out and you need to finish the game.
But anyway, great work!
Glad you enjoyed it! Nice on reaching 1km :)
I agree, moving up and down was a bit janky sometimes. I spent a ton of time tweaking the movement and trying to get it right, and I feel like I got as close as I could in the time that we had, but there were some key things about it that I would change.
Thanks for commenting!
Really fun to drive. Would be fun to see people speedrun this. If there was some kind of deeper progression. At times it felt like the big frog stopped the flow a bit, but it became a risk vs reward thing. Maybe something to prevent you from not just going super safe.
Fun game, good presentation!
Really nice idea! Loved it. Artstyle is nice.
I like it, a lot. A little too fast (or the camera too close) but all in all very good game.
Great game. Frog scared the shit out of me. The only aspect i would have is that there is a lot of repetition in the sceneries.
>:)
The frog totally got me scared. I'm not lying. It was a bit awkward that since i start drive off fast i couldn't really read the tutorials well. But still i liked how terrifying the frog got when jumping behind me. Kudos frog!
And LOVED how the animals reacted when crashed. It was fun.
Thanks for playing!
I agree, maybe attaching the tutorial icons to the screen and letting them fade out would be better, as opposed to having them move away as you drive. Thanks for the feedback!