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New demo available! 🎰

Patch note here: https://makoteam.itch.io/slotornot/devlog/1040500/v003-new-demo-and-news

Hi, we just updated the demo and moved the arm to the right. thanks for that! We’ll take note about sound design and see what we can do. For now, at least the music/SFX sliders work better, so you can make it quieter

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We recently joined "Micro Jam 042" and once again learned that trying to add tons of content to a jam game in just 48 hours is a bad idea.

The theme was "Frogs" with prerequisite "mouse input only". We didn’t plan anything ahead and waited for the jam to start. After brainstorming, we mixed our favorite ideas into one game -- Frogonomicon.

We actually finished most of what we planned, but poor time management hurt us. We spent ~5 hours making a physics-based frog tongue and tried giving 24 insect types unique AI. Because of that, we had no time left to test. We submitted the game just 29 seconds before the deadline.

When we launched the build, it had bugs: broken saves, messed up spawns, overlapping UI, and unbalanced shop economy.

Still, for a 48-hour game, we’re proud. We made all sounds, music, graphics, code, and animations during the jam. Even with issues, we got 4th in the community vote (1st in concept!) and 5th from the judges. And even got a certificate 😁️️

Now we’re thinking about whether it’s worth turning this idea into a full game with better controls, a story, quests, and more.
Your feedback could help us decide if we should go for it!

Out game: https://makoteam.itch.io/frogonomicon

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Yay! You did it

Thank you all for rating our game so highly!

We honestly didn't have time to fine-tune the economy and fix the bugs spawn, so the “enjoyment” rating makes sense.

Stay tuned for an updated and improved version 

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Wow, thanks! We always try to do our best. And we are team of two... It's really nice of you to say that

Thanks man! Wish we could glue it all together in time

Thanks!
Gotta catch them all
And fix...

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Thanks for giving our game a try!

Yeah, right now it's more grind than chill bug catching, sadly
But that's something we’re definitely planning to fix! 🐸

Thanks a lot, that means a lot to us! We were definitely aiming for something chill and cozy, so it’s awesome to hear it comes across that way.
We’ve got more ideas to expand on the collectables, so stay tuned :)

Thank you so much! We were also excited to try something more cozy this time while keeping our style :)

Honestly, every bug is cool in its own way 🐸

Thanks! This is our second game jam, we'll keep doing our best!

We wanted to make the game more chill, so you can just relax and collect bugs. We'll try to add more activities so it doesn't feel too repetitive

Thanks for playing!

Thanks! We're excited to develop this idea further, so make sure to follow for updates

Also, I really like how you design your pages. Saw your other games in new & popular ;)

Thanks for playing our game! Come back in a couple of days when we’ve had a chance to fix the BUGS and finish what we planned

We were in a big rush to add everything we came up with. Even made 25+ insects with unique behavior, but we didn’t have time to properly place them on the map. We really liked the idea ourselves, so we’ll update the game as soon as we can 🐸

Thanks for giving it a try!

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it reminds me of veggietales :D

Thanks for the kind words!

tbh, we're kinda upset because had no time to test for BUGS

Wanted to make better bug spawns and better economy, at least

Hi,

Yea, this is a known bug. Unfortunately, we can’t fix it right now because jam voting is still in progress. Thanks anyway!

Hey, cool game!

Just wanted to share. We had the same issue with sound.
Whenever you press a key or click the mouse, there's some sound lag. In our last jam game, we had application/run/max_fps set to 60, and that ended up causing the sound problems.

Спасибо за развернутый ответ. Приятно слышать что все эти бессонные 72 часа прошли не зря и старания оценены.

Позволим себе комментарии по косякам:

1. Про спасение случайного человека-геймдизайнера. Наш герой просто пытался найти себе сообщника для побега, но увидев человека в беде, даже не смотря на своё отвращение к нему не смог "пройти мимо". Поступил как любой добрый человек. Мотивация у него как человека с отшибленной памятью - спастись и быть человеком

2. Полностью согласен про перспективу, хорошая параллель про баттлтоадс. Это как раз первое что пришло в голову, по этому и было реализовано уже на позднем часу разработки с кипящей головой. Но в целом, добавляет "нерва" сцене побега.

3. По поводу динамита в заднице - в концовке, которая кончается диалогом про динами,  корабль пришельцев довольно красочно и долго взрывается. Конечно же там есть взрыв. Такие чеховские ружья нельзя оставлять :D. Возможно просто перепутали с другой концовкой.

Благодарим за конструктивную критику. По поводу развития этой истории пока не уверены, есть другие проекты, которые требуют неотложного внимания. Но рады, что удалось сделать эту историю реальной в рамках джема.

Thanks, man! Impressive voice you have there. Wish your chanel growth and popularity

Glad you like it! And you did both endings too. Awesome

Aye aye, captain!

Thank you! I always dream of making a movie so I glad you theated the game like a short film. Will definetely check your game out

Ага. Одна -- если тебя поймали, когда бежал. Вторая -- успешно убежал.

Спасибо! Про инпут пробела — да, добавляли его в последнюю ночь уже, чтобы если вдруг кто-то захочет в раннере нажать, то он работал. Пусть лучше будет доп инпут, чем фрустрация от неработающего прыжка на пробел.

А про сюжет — можно сопоставить обе концовки и понять зачем это все было и почему. Не будем тут спойлерить)

Thank you kindly

Good thing we kept it mild :D Not a big fan of screamers myself

Thank you! nice video

Thanks for the video

Спасибо за отзыв! 

Спасибо, постарался уложить историю в такую маленькую игру. Рад что получилось, кажется

Интересно, пока не получилось воспроизвести баг. Напишите по возможности устройство с которого играли. Спасибо за игру!

I had so little time to deliver the message. And I'm glad it is clear. Thanks for the video

Thanks! We had just 72 hours, but maybe we will expand the game and add more endings after the jam ends

I wrote all the music myself and recorded some of the sounds. Other sounds is highly modified free to use sounds. Thanks!

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