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Familiar Frog Game

by 404plyrNotFound

Rundown

This game should feel very familiar. That's why I chose it to be my first Pico-8 game. It let me work with something I knew (Konami's Frogger) while I learned something new (Pico-8/Lua). There are differences from the original beyond the art style. There is only one level. The road directions are more realistic. The game is easier either because of my inexperience in game design or because I was making this for young, inexperienced gamers. Not sure which. I hope you enjoy. After this, I will move on to new, less familiar games.

Objective

Get a frog to all six lily pads at the top of the screen. You lose a life if you are killed or if you don't get to the top within 30 seconds.

Scoring

  • Each forward hop is 10 points.
  • Landing on a lily pad is 50 points.
  • Eating a fly is 200 points
  • Guiding the pink frog to the lily pad is 200 points.
  • Each half second left on the timer when you reach a lily pad is 10 points
  • Each remaining life is worth 200 points

Hazards

  • Flattened by cars is fatal.
  • Drowning is fatal.
  • Not making it home in 30 seconds is fatal.
  • Missing your jump into your home is fatal.

> It's not easy being green.
> -Kermit the Frog

Known bugs

  • Flies (Bu dum tsss)
  • If logs get into an overlapping state, the frog will start to "slide" off of them to the right. Fix will come soon.
  • At an unknown frequency, a position fails to initiate when starting the game causing a runtime error. Fix will come soon.
  • Not a bug but the music is sub par. Sorry about that.

Have fun chasing a high score!

Sinking Turts are the worst!!

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how long did this take to make?


3 or 4 days. I can't remember if I started Wednesday or Thursday though (uploaded on Saturday). Disclaimer: I am a programmer at work too. But this is way more fun than what I do for work.



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