This is cute. I did wish that the mama frog moved a little faster, and/or that the tadpoles I was not controlling had some sort of "recall" or "gather" mechanic so I didn't have to worry about them so much (I didn't see the crow but I felt very protective). There's a little bit of the mama frog and tadpole sprites having odd collisions in narrow paths, but it didn't cause anything too bad.
Overall hits the theme and I had fun, thank you for making it ^_^
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We tried to balance the mother's speed as to not make it too easy for the tadpoles to stay close with her, otherwise the predator threat would have been too small, but maybe it could have been a little faster. Also, if you press/keep pressing the Space key, the tadpoles will realease their objects and walk closer and towards their mother, which I think it's what you meant by a "recall" mechanic. I'm not sure, but we may have forgotten to mention it in the tutorials.
Anyway, thanks a lot for the feedback and for playing!
Ah I see, gotcha. It explains what happened when I dropped the balls onto the buttons. I was like where are you going little one? :D
I guess, the mother's speed resulted in my playing very cautiously which probably made the game feel slower than it really should - so, player preference interfering with player experience ^_^
Thanks again, still a fun little game.