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Frog Rampage
Game Info
- Name: Frog Rampage
- Genre: 2D Arcade "Eat to Grow"
- Platform: PC
- Game Engine: Unity 2D
- Scripting Language: C#
- Team Size: Six person team
- Background Information: Made for the "My first game jam 2023". We had two weeks to make a game using the theme "Growth"
Ideation Phase
Using an Excel spreadsheet, we listed a number of theme ideas, verbs, genre ideas, and mechanic ideas all related to the theme "Growth". We had ideas revolving around bio-growth (plants/animals), business growth (Tycoon game), and maturation.
We were particularly fond of the idea of evolution and advancement in combination with an agar.io or tasty planet style of game. The result is a game with a unique interpretation of growth within the context of evolution: play as a rampaging frog, evolving as you eat.
Key Features
Player Movement
Players start with the ability to move and dash in the direction they are facing. Movement in Frog Rampage is simple: use A and D to rotate left/right and W to move forward. Players also have access to a dash, which is useful for avoiding predators or snagging prey that is about to escape.
Predators and Prey
The player, as well as each of the different animal NPCs, is given a size value - all characters scale in size with their size value. NPCs with a smaller size value than the player are considered prey and can be eaten to increase the player's size value. Alternatively, the player is actively targeted by predators (NPCs with a higher size value) that will kill the player on contact.
Frog Abilities
As the player grows in size they will enter different stages of mutation, each more powerful than the last. The player gains the ranged ability "Tongue Lash" which stops the player's movement and shoots a frog tongue in the direction they are facing. This tongue eats the first NPC it hits. Players also gain the ability to "Croak", which freezes all NPCs in their tracks for a short duration.