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A jam submission

VIRTUAL FROG: Game Jam EditionView game page

A short virtual pet game about a frog with ulterior motives
Submitted by SquidInkGames — 3 hours, 7 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#92.7513.639
Audio#92.5203.333
Graphics#102.6463.500
Story#102.3943.167
Theme#103.4024.500
Concept#103.1504.167
Enjoyment#112.3943.167

Ranked from 6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Did you use any optional theme? If so which one?

Outside ur comfort zone

Self-conscious narrator

What game engine did you use?
GameMaker: Studio

Something you wanna say? ٩(^▽^)۶ (optional)
had a lot of fun with this and it was my first time working with someone else on a game and my third game jam overall. good luck to everyone!

Discord username (optional)
octorok09#0679

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Very cool aesthetic and a fun lil game :) I was a bit creeped out too!!

Developer

glad you enjoyed and glad i got that creepy aesthetic across :)

(+1)

Short sweet and to the point! I would be interested in seeing this concept being carried out on a larger scale. Love how the game sets a creepy tone.

  • Thinks I liked:
    • Love the absurd creepiness! Laughed at the part where he said he wanted to eat the souls of the tortured.
    • Like the aesthetic you have created with the chiptune audio, the desktop appearance, and the distorted voice.
  • Things that could be improved:
    • Would be nice if there was a reset button whenever the virtual frog dies so i wouldn't have to close and reopen the app to play again.
    • The drag and drop mechanic is a little iffy. If i move my mouse too quickly the fly gets loose from my mouse pointer.
    • I think it would have made more sense to have the x button close the window instead of the entire top bar acting like a button that closed the window.
Developer(+1)

super glad you could appreciate the aesthetic i was going for (and fun fact, the voice of the frog and the music box song are both samples of twitch streamer jerma985's voice), and i would absolutely love to expand upon this and remake it on a much larger scale, with more content and some quality of life fixes (like the reset button you mentioned). the cursor issue was a known issue, but i couldn't quite figure out a quick fix within the timeframe of the jam since this was my first time really using the cursor in a game, and i totally wasn't aware of the top bar closing the window, i'm guessing that's just a collision thing that i accidentally overlooked. thanks for the feedbacl!

Submitted(+1)

What I liked:

  • The complete self aware part is very funny :). That is a nice idea to have a virtual frog long for a real life or an ascension out of the pc.
  • The multiple endings. 

What can be improved:

  • Add more interactions with the frog or its desires. Make him ask me again if I don't give him the fly fast enough or something. This is a good start and even more endings or possibilities to interact would be great!
  • When starting the game on Windows it warns me that this is a potential harmful piece of software. Knowing that, let the frog refer to that by saying: Either you do what I want or I will take over your puny machine! You should have listened to your defender software when starting me!! ^^

Nice entry and another unexpected gameplay :)


Keep it up!

Developer

i'm definitely gonna be keeping a higher amount of interactivity (is that a word?) in mind for the future, that's something i usually try to strive for, as i'm a firm believer in the concept of chekov's gun, but i didn't quite have enough time to get in as much as i wanted, but i'm glad you enjoyed what i could include :)

Submitted(+1)

I love the concept of this game! I got both endings (at least I think there are only 2), though the execution end caught me a bit off-guard X'D
Just like the other comment said, I'd also love to see there be more options to interact with the frog... I already really like what you made :3

Developer

glad you liked it! i do definitely want to expand upon the concept as soon as i can

Submitted(+1)

I like the concept a lot, but I wish I had a bit more content and options for interacting with the virtual frog (e.g., ignoring it for a while or putting the fly in the trash). Good job getting this done and submitted, though!

Developer(+1)

yea unfortunately i didn't have a lot of time to add everything i wanted to, this was more of a demonstration of a concept that i would love to expand upon in the future

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Developer(+1)

very glad you liked it :D