Frog Update #7

You gave us feedback, and we listened! ːsteamthumbsupː

Enjoy these sweet bug fixes and QoL updates -- welcome to the beta!

-- PATCH NOTES / CHANGELOG --

New to "Frog Up!" v0.8_beta_4:

Mechanics

• Another batch of new frogs (another 26!) have been added to the Frog Log to collect, so hop on over to your favorite habitats and see if you can't spot a few!

  • Another Mythical-rarity frog makes its debut in this bunch, hailing from a desert region... ;)

• The prices of items in Patches' shop at "Anura Tek" will now scale up each time that item is purchased.

• Gnomes can now be placed into your home habitat, just like other placeable items.

Design & Polish

• Frogs sprites can now have specialized designs to more accurately represent their real-life counterparts.

  • Examples include spots, stripes, & more -- of many different colors!

• A sizable selection of frogs have been had their design updated significantly, to make them both more accurate to real-life frogs and to improve their visual appeal.

• The Frogbucks score counters as the top of the screen now 'compress' large values (e.g., '6.9M' instead of '6942069') and have a short glow effect when you collect a frog.

• All items have had their designs reworked in order to make them more recognizable & aesthetically pleasing. Expect more item design improvements in the near future!

• Some new ambient sound effects have been added to various habitats.

Assets & Optimization

• A new music track ("One Thousand and One Ribbits") has been added to the "Sun Dune" habitat!

• The current menu theme music that played in the "Lily Pond" habitat ("Frog Up!") has been added to the "No Man's Grove" habitat, and "Lily Pond" will now feature more calming ambient sounds. <3

Bug Fixes & Other Issues

• The "Items" inventory menu now has a "Pickup Mode" button that temporarily hides the menu window and allows the player to right-click to return placed items to the inventory from the habitat scene.

  • Previously, the inventory menu would be hidden during item placement, but there was no way to hide it during item pickup. Now, items can be picked up by right-clicking on them in the habitat from both the inventory menu & in pickup mode.

• The placement of items in the "Lily Pond" habitat scene should now remain the same position, relative to the center of the pond, regardless of the size of the game window.

  • This change may require item positions from previous versions be reset by picking up the items and re-placing them again.

• The "Gnome Chomsky" item should be able to be properly unlocked in Patches' shop now.

• The "Offer" buttons in the Frog Wizard's menu should now 'de-activate' properly when the offering's max tier has been achieved.

• The way frogs are saved to file has been changed to be more streamlined, avoiding saving unnecessary duplicate data on individual frogs when that data should come from the base frog types data anyways.

• Miscellaneous code & text changes.

Coming soon, in v0.9_gamma and beyond...

• Choose your STAR FROG from the Frog Log collection to represent, hopping around the lily pond & attracting more frogs!

• A bunch of NEW ITEMS to make your lily pond habitat even better, from bushes & flowers to decorative trinkets!

• Brand new FROG NPCs to discover around the world, each with their own style... and sometimes, even rewards!

• ...and even A WHOLE NEW HABITAT! >:D