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A jam submission

KaeruView game page

Kaeru is a game about a frog on a quest to leave the swamp.
Submitted by conradschroder, up2010353, BLANK_OW — 42 minutes, 13 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Most Innovative#83.0513.667
Overall#102.9583.556
Best Gameplay#112.8663.444

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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this game is too hard i snapped my keyboard in halve 

Submitted

Would pay for this. With some minor changes I'd definitely enjoy this game as a mobile app because of the nature of the gameplay. When you're climbing the platforms, you often fall and lose your progress, this can become frustrating over a long period of time but in short bursts it's something I see myself sinking a lot of time into. I really liked the slingshot mechanic and can see that it would also work really well with the mobile touch screen interface.

The UI is very clean and intuitive and feels very professional. 

The only things I'd like to see improved would be things like a frog sound effect would just add that little extra touch to really bring the character of Kaeru to life. The other suggestion I have is that the launcher is quite small and sensitive on PC which makes it feel a little more fiddly than it has to. 

Must say I really love this one though!

Submitted

Very interesting game and nice UI. Quite challenging and I spent far too long on this! I had to force myself to stop as I'm playing and rating these TDEMO games at 2am, but I feel I will be coming back to it very soon!

Only thing I think I want to mention is that the sfx when you're pulling to set up the jumps gets a bit irritating I feel and is a bit loud. There could be other sounds as well in the background such as water splashes, birds or insect noises to add a bit of atmosphere.

Overall it's super cute. Movement is relatively simple although I'm generally bad! I thought the blinking of the eyes gave Kaeru charm. Really great job! :D

Submitted

It is an interesting take on the idea of a platformed. The graphic are good. However I found it to be fairly frustrating, as their was not real/good of estimating the frogs trajectory.

Submitted

Cool idea with the movement controls along with that the art style is very clean and the animations polished along with sound effects was a lot of fun to play. Only bug i found was if you jump towards the floor you get stuck in the flying pose. Very good still though.

Submitted (1 edit)

This is pretty interesting - it's got Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy vibes, which, if it's what you were going for,  explains the high difficulty.

The art is nice, and the frog animation is cute. It doesn't feel all that fantasy, however. The menu system is also pretty well done, although the credits list didn't seem to be as intended - it only listed one person multiple times. Jumping is a little awkward at the edges of the screen as you cannot move the mouse fully, so some platforms might need tweaking, but still fun to play.

No team name, but well done nevertheless!

Submitted

Frog fantasy, interesting. Yeah ngl he be looking kinda cute though. Original  gameplay, love the attention to sound effects.  I couldn't really prepare the jump on the right corner of the level so I am not sure if it's smooth everywhere else  but the game is definitely innovative on it's own

I loved the movement, it is so unique and at first I was a lil confused by it but there was something so satisfying about it just flinging a frog across the map. One of the most unique game movements I have seen today.

The art work was real nice and realistic to where a frog would live in which I know that was your main concern. 


The platforming for me was a lil out of place and quite difficult to reach with the choice of how the frog moves. This is a game I would get frustrated at very easily with that kind of platforming.

But overall, it was a smooth and functioning game. Well done!- Kai

Submitted

A nice concept for a game and the visuals and the mechanics worked well.

The only issue i had was the wait time between shots, i felt this really slowed down the pace and my overall best score!

Submitted (1 edit)

This is a nice spin on the platform genre, however if I was to say I didn't want to throw my laptop out of the window after falling for the 18th time on level 1 I would be lying.

The controls of this game are smooth and work as intended, and the frogs bouncing animation works well also.  The levels are definitely not easy but that adds to the fun of it.

The only problem i found was this one button when going to exit the game: Only a small oversight but the button on the left seems to have not been skinned like the quit button on the right.

Apart from that This is a very fun game which I will eventually beat.