Push the Frog Just Right

How to play

You are a survival game. Manage the frog's challenge levels by choosing their next encounter: 

• do not let the frog die,
• keep the frog's hit points below 6 to ensure a challenging and fun experience for the player,
• if the frog has a lot of hit points three turns in a row, the player gets bored and quits.

In other words, push the frog just right!

How the game works

• food and water meters decrease over time,
• starvation and thirst reduce the frog's hit points,
• enemies reduce hit points (but some enemies are edible!),
• fruit increase food and water,
• health packs increase hit points,
• the game lasts 10 turns.

GMTK Game Jam 2023

This game was made during the GMTK Game Jam 2023 as an example of roles reversed. The game explores a reversal of the survival genre — reversing the roles of the player (the frog) and the survival game itself. Instead of simply rooting for the frog, we must provide enough challenge to make the game fun for the automated player. 

Credits

Coded in Unity by Viesturs

Game design by Janis and Viesturs

Assets

Art by https://pixelfrog-assets.itch.io/pixel-adventure-1

Enemy art by https://pixelfrog-assets.itch.io/pixel-adventure-2

Font https://fonts.google.com/specimen/VT323

Music by https://joshuuu.itch.io/short-loopable-background-music

More music by https://tallbeard.itch.io/three-red-hearts-prepare-to-dev