Frogs Can't Swim
Controls
⬅️⬆️⬇️➡️ Face direction
🅾️ Hop forward
How to Play
As a tiny, little frog, find the exit to each level by hopping on and over lily pads to reveal directional clues to the exit, and eventually the exit itself. Avoid speeding cars, irritating bees, wiggly snakes, and falling into water (since you can't swim) to reach the exit before the timer runs out! How many levels can you complete? (*Except in 'Not Frogger' Mode, you need to land on all the flowered lily pads at the top of the screen to complete the level)
About the Game
This is my first Pico-8 game, and game in general. The lily pad, sewer covers, arrow clues, and exit locations are mostly randomized each level. Reaching a new level adds 10 seconds to the timer. I imagined this to be a fast-paced game where the player is constantly moving while waiting for clues to be revealed.
The plan was to make a clone of that one classic frog game, but it morphed into this. As you can see, graphic design is my passion /s. Everything was challenging since I'm pretty new to coding, pixel art, and sfx. I learned a lot through Lazy Devs Academy's SHMUP tutorial and hope to make more stuff.
Thank You!
Thank you to @gruber_music, because I used their songs "Ice" from Pico-8 Tunes Volume 1, and "Morning Shower" from Pico-8 Tunes Volume 2. Thank you to the Pico-8 community members for their feedback and suggestions.
Updates
Time's up, @quadrupleplex ?
PLEASE add a visual clock to show remaining seconds if there is limited time to complete a level. Thank you.
Thanks for the feedback, @dw817. Pressing and holding down X while in-game displays the timer. I chose to not have it take up map space while the player is moving, so it is optional to look at.
I like it! but the timer runs out so fast, I'd want to get a time bonus for completing a level.
Thank you, @ironchestgames ! Ten seconds are added after each level, but I could make it more clear that happened. At level 4+ there are also bonus tiles to flip to add more time.
nice! feels like I have more control over my own fro destiny now :D
what are those white/red white/purple things? I tried hopping on one but nothing happened.
I'm not too great at pixel art yet, but those are cards. Find and flip all 4 in a level with them to access a bonus level. I'm working on adding and improving more stuff now that I've got my feet wet. Thanks for playing!
Great game. It is easy because the speed of the vehicles are fairly slow.
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