Frog Update #12

Tadpoles, baaabyyy!!!

All the habitats have finally been redesigned, too!

Ready to collect new, never-before-seen frog data? Let's go!

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🛠 PATCH NOTES / CHANGELOG

New to"Frog Up!" v0.9_gamma_4:

Mechanics

• Tadpoles! Frogs can now mate & reproduce: when two frogs of the same species land in the same spot under the right conditions, they'll produce adorable baby tadpoles that grow up into full frogs!

  • Currently, only one clutch of tadpoles can be spawned at a time per habitat to start, however completing a certain Quest for the Frog Wizard in the Magic Frog Altar habitat can increase that cap.

• A new "Daily Quest" is available to accept from the Frog Wizard at the Magic Frog Altar!

  • "Habitual": Collect an "Epic" rarity frog of a specific frog biome type ("Jungle", "Swamp", "Aquatic", etc.)

    • Successful completion grants a boon that doubles your Frogbucks for the day!

    • Failure to complete the quest bestows a random hilarious hex for a time... Mwuahaha! >:)

    • Completing a Daily Quest will clear all your hexes, and so will the command `/reset hexes`.

• A new Quest is available to accept from the Frog Wizard at the Magic Frog Altar!

  • "Globetrotter": Unlock 5/7/9 non-base habitats.

    • Successful completion increases the amount of active tadpole clutches possible per habitat.

• A total of 22 new frog species have been added to the Frog Log for you to discover, from all types of biomes and rarity!

Design & Polish

• The "Frog Log" menu now looks a whole lot sleeker, and displays more info than ever before, such as habitat biome type, primary coloration, & more!

• The "Toadstool Town" & "Tip-Top Temple" habitats (as well as a secret habitat) have all been given a major facelift, and now they look way better!

• Patches' shop in the "Anura Tek" habitat now features "+" and "-" mini-buttons next to the cost/purchase button, so you can buy more than just one of an item at a time!

Assets & Optimization

• Further FPS improvements:

  • Reduced render clutter in the displayed scene for some habitats.

  • The inventory now runs a lot more smoothly once opened, caching item icon renders & re-using previously compiled assets.

  • In order to curb runaway frog spawning that ruins FPS, each habitat can only naturally spawn more frogs if there is under a dozen frogs already present. In order to exceed that cap, frogs must be grown from tadpoles.

• All habitats have had their ambient sounds & music tracks reworked, adding new sounds to some habitats and removing old sounds from others in order to more closely match the habitats' vibes, as well as make gameplay easier on the ears.

  • Several new sound effects have been added to the game, specfically: "magic", "fire", "rocks", "water", "rustle", "pop", "plop", & "boing" sounds.

  • The "Money Frog" now makes a "sparkle" sound when it spawns, so you know to collect it's blessing!

Bug Fixes & Other Issues

• The Frog Wizard menu should now properly prevent re-opening the menu over top of the original menu by clicking "through" it.

• The "Anura Tek" (Patches' shop) and "Magic Frog Altar" (w/ the Frog Wizard) habitats should both now actively sync displayed Frogbucks to show the correct/actual amount on file.

• Added a few text commands (read: more cheat codes!) to make dev & debugging a bit easier on me, as well as add some capabilities to the toolkit of more clever players. ;)

  • You can now also use the "Up" and "Down" arrow keys to scroll back and forwards through your recently used commands.

    • Command usage is now logged to your save files in a "logs" directory (folder).

• Sound effects handling has been moved into a single, centralized "Audio Manager" which should make the audio experience smoother & allow for future audio changes to be made with less hassle.

• Miscellaneous code & text changes.

Coming soon, in v1.0 and beyond...

• Tentative full game support for MAC, LINUX & STEAM operating systems!

• ...and even a HUGE NEW HABITAT to explore!

Frog Fact of the Day:

• The "Bird Poop Frog" is so called becaused, well... it looks like bird poop! ːsteammockingː

⇘ KRAKEN's Patch Playlist

• A good, cheesy Pokemon mix; lots of fun to dev to.

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Thank you for playing! Talk to y'all soon,

~ ya boy, KRAKEN

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