The Frog King by dollarone

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made by dollarone for LD33 (COMPO)
The Frog King and his minions have invaded your country!

Who will stand up to this monstrous villain? Can you be the hero of the day?

Take control of ☺, our protagonist and hero, and guide him/her/it to victory over the Frog King in this 2D retro platformer!

All code/"art"/music/sound by dollarone during the LD33 compo!

Use arrow keys to move and jump. If you want to jump a little bit higher, try pressing jump when the player has just bounced.

Ratings

Coolness 75% 2
Overall 2.77 758
Audio 2.94 369
Fun 2.79 622
Graphics 2.39 793
Humor 2.68 475
Innovation 2.26 836
Mood 2.43 773
Theme 2.00 925

Feedback

Zupoman
24. Aug 2015 · 02:20 UTC
I can't reach the golden heart or go further in the game, because the jumping height seems to be too short. Is this a bug or am I missing something in controls?
🎤 dollarone
24. Aug 2015 · 02:37 UTC
Zupoman: try utilising the bounce!
GAFBlizzard
24. Aug 2015 · 03:10 UTC
Cute art!

I got to the frog king, though I'm not sure if I beat him or not. The jumping height is a tiny bit too short to be fun...I could bounce off frogs in some cases (like to get the heart), but if the frogs jump down you can't do that so it's pretty tough.
🎤 dollarone
24. Aug 2015 · 03:18 UTC
Thanks! If you jump at the top of your bounce you can get a bit higher. But I'll take that feedback for future projects!
KodingNights
24. Aug 2015 · 13:20 UTC
Not bad
Zupoman
24. Aug 2015 · 14:30 UTC
Cute art and funny sounds. A bit too short IMO, only one normal heart and only one golden heart to collect (or am I missing something?).
🎤 dollarone
24. Aug 2015 · 14:50 UTC
Zupoman: thanks! And yes, definitely too short - I was planning on at least 3 levels and just ran out of time.
Techblogogy
24. Aug 2015 · 18:06 UTC
Cute and fun game. Nice job!
Chrisp196
25. Aug 2015 · 12:10 UTC
Really cool game, just a few small suggestions. Maybe you could make it so the ghosts aren't destroyed upon collision with the player but simply have a few invincibility frames so the player is able to get away. Also some platforms seem impossible to reach but I found you can jump ontop of the corpses of the frogs to get up there. Nice game :D
Karai17
25. Aug 2015 · 12:21 UTC
Good entry! Graphics were a bit blurry but otherwise fine. Keep at it!
Thepattybeast
25. Aug 2015 · 15:30 UTC
Nice fun game was really hard. some of the mechanics seems kind of stupid until i realized the entire point of the game is to lead frogs not kill them. wasn't a huge fan of the art although it wasn't terrible.
PizzaPortal
25. Aug 2015 · 15:58 UTC
Fun platformer! A little bit short though.
Jawesome
26. Aug 2015 · 02:01 UTC
Was NOT good!
Tijn
26. Aug 2015 · 06:16 UTC
How the hell do I beat the frog king? :P

I really like the music by the way! I know it's "just" a bass line, but it's quite long and varied. I think it works well with the frogs.
UltraRat
26. Aug 2015 · 09:45 UTC
Water, good for frogs, bad for ☺
🎤 dollarone
26. Aug 2015 · 09:54 UTC
Tijn: thanks! Best tactic I think is to have at least 2 hearts and just rush in and jump via the ledge. Some guy beat him with 4 full hearts, I can't do that!
justinooncx
26. Aug 2015 · 10:07 UTC
Not a bad game, although the real monster is the frog king who was an asshole and turned your friends into frogs to make you kill them. CURSE YOU FROG KING.
🎤 dollarone
26. Aug 2015 · 10:31 UTC
hehe, justinooncx, well done on beating the cursed frog king!
richardjs
26. Aug 2015 · 22:46 UTC
Once I got the timing of the higher jump down, it was fun nailing them. I liked the smiling frogs, and the ghosts were an interesting addition. Ultimately, my main strategy was to avoid killing frogs so as to not have to deal with the ghosts.

I found the king very difficult. In fact, after trying a number of times, I downloaded the code and gave myself 300000000 health. Ironically, once I did that, I beat him without needing it, and beat him in the real version as well. I guess the trick is confidence.
🎤 dollarone
27. Aug 2015 · 09:11 UTC
richardjs: hah, inventive :) I agree that he is too hard. In the post-compo version I've changed it so it's a step, not a hole. Makes jumping much easier.

Thanks for playing and commenting!
collaboration
27. Aug 2015 · 21:10 UTC
Good game, it's hard in some places, sound is plesent, and gameplay is simple. Well done. =)
zenmumbler
28. Aug 2015 · 15:25 UTC
For such innocuous graphics, the game itself is rather morbid with frog corpses and the bouncing there-on. As a shortcut to the extra heart and the top right next to the frog king lair, jump on a frog and push its carcass just over the edge of a platform, then jump under him and keep up pressed: Infini-jump! Use this on the left sides of the second platform and the first platform after the water for quick access to the extra heart and the frog king, respectively.

Anyway, fun game.
🎤 dollarone
28. Aug 2015 · 16:05 UTC
haha you found the corpse-copter bug! well done and thanks for playing :)
Ninja Garage
28. Aug 2015 · 19:25 UTC
A very simple platformer.
AwesomeAlliterationAlliance
29. Aug 2015 · 20:42 UTC
nice! Had fun playing!
AwesomeAlliterationAlliance
29. Aug 2015 · 20:43 UTC
nice! Had fun playing!
All your Bass are belong to us =D
MAnimal
08. Sep 2015 · 11:19 UTC
I reach the golden hearth but its too hard to jump big square behind the water.
Jupiter_Hadley
20. Oct 2015 · 12:25 UTC
Challenging game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/t2uXuiSquSk
🎤 dollarone
21. Oct 2015 · 00:01 UTC
thanks! had fun watching!

MAnimal: I totally agree :)