#frog fractions

[hbmmaster]

how to recommend the frog fractions trilogy without spoiling it

[janmisali]

how many of the mainline installments in the Frog Fractions series have you played? [see below for the abbreviations I have to use to get around tumblr's poll limitations]

none of them

just FF/GotDE

just TGPoFOWGtFF2KF

just FF/GotDE and TGPoFOWGtFF2KF

just NFF2 (and TGPoFOWGtFF2KF)

just FF/GotDE and NFF2 (and TGPoFOWGtFF2KF)

just TOO

just FF/GotDE and TOO

just TGPoFOWGtFF2KF and TOO

all games (including TGPoFOWGtFF2KF) except NFF2

just NFF2 and TOO (and TGPoFOWGtFF2KF)

all four known games

Voting ended onMay 22, 2025

FF/GotDE: the original Frog Fractions, or its remake Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition

TGPoFOWGtFF2KF: The General Process of Figuring Out What Game the Frog Fractions 2 Kickstarter Funded. for the purposes of this poll, this means you know what game the Frog Fractions 2 Kickstarter funded but have not played that game

NFF2: Not Frog Fractions 2, aka the game that isn't called Frog Fractions 2, aka the game that was funded by the Frog Fractions 2 Kickstarter. for the purposes of this poll, I am assuming it is not possible for you to be aware that you have played this game without having also played TGPoFOWGtFF2KF

TOO: The Other One, the fourth mainline Frog Fractions game. if you've played this game you know what it is

additional notes: "playing" a game does not require finishing it, but it does require being aware of what game it is that you are playing. if you're not sure you've played a game in the series, assume you haven't.

[videogamepolls]

Have you played Frog Fractions (2012)?

Yes

No

I watched someone play it

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onMar 15, 2025

Requested by @garbageonion

[ryunumber]

Hop from Frog Fractions

Hop does not* have a Ryu Number.

(update and old clarification below)

(UPDATE: Per @hbmmaster, explicit confirmation that the frog near the end of Frog Fractions 3 is Hop gives him a Ryu Number.)

Unsurprisingly, Frog Fractions gets weird enough that I'm not super confident in this evaluation, but here's what I've gathered.

The first Frog Fractions is essentially a dead end. Frog Fractions 3 has A Frog and Commander Shepard, but to the best of my knowledge it's never explicitly confirmed anywhere that said frog is Hop, so that's also (possibly) a dead end.

I mean, there is the Frogs LCD minigame, but, I mean, it's something you literally find in a character's drawer within another minigame, so,

ehhhhhhh.

Hop's Iconic Cap apparently allows you to collect Peter Molyneux's bones (which, sure, I guess), but that's also probably a dead end since the only other Molyneux appearance would be the XBLA remake of Perfect Dark, but given that named characters will have faces of real people, I'm a bit hesitant to count this as Peter Molyneux himself as opposed to someone who just happens to look like Molyneux.

That being said, there's plenty of room to disagree here, so here's the Ryu Numbers for Commander Shepard and Joanna Dark for reference, if you want to figure out the routes yourself.

[cheshire-creeper]

Hiveswap is now being produced by the Frog Fractions Guy, btw. If you even care

[akatva]

🐸🎮 This game told me it was educational… 10 minutes later, I was in space.🚀

Frog Fractions starts as a simple math game… and then things go OFF THE RAILS. I was NOT ready.

🎥 Watch: https://youtube.com/shorts/AEdAm16bgJ4?feature=share

🔗 Full Chaos Here: https://youtu.be/cQHxsaKekks

[miloscat]

[Review] Hop's Big Adventure in the Gift Dimension, Basil's Adventure, Basil Returns! (Pico-8)

A perfectly pleasant packet of Pico-8 platformers.

While browsing the Itch.io page of Twinbeard Studios, the creator of Frog Fractions, I decided to try out some of his other Pico-8 games; this time, a trio of platformers.

The first, Hop’s Big Adventure, is a Frog Fractions spinoff of a sort where you play as Hop the frog in a Santa hat picking up last-minute Christmas gifts from an abstract cavelike space. In what is stated to be a callback to my beloved childhood favourite, the Mac classic Glider, Hop rides in a paper aeroplane which is at the whims of air currents in the cavern. You explore by merely floating either left or right, with a button to slow your movement to better avoid the walls.

Exploring and nabbing presents becomes a light puzzle as you find a suitable air current, since your vertical motion is strictly either up or down depending on the last one you passed through (this, and the graphical style, are inspired by VVVVVV). A handy map shows you presents you’ve seen and lets you warp between checkpoints, the goal being simply to find 20 gifts and return to the starting point. Adjusting the glider movement to navigate the cavern makes for a pleasant little challenge.

Basil’s Adventure has you as a carefree dog whose only goals in life are to knock off dandelion seeds and meet butterfly friends… and get back to her cosy home, of course. A more naturalistic setting gives way to some kind of metallic underground base with floating water blobs to swim through, but you’re soon above ground again with your house not far away, and a waiting ranking of time taken and how many dandelions and butterflies you interacted with. It’s a moody little experience although without threat, and gathering a following of various coloured butterflies keeps it from being too lonely.

Basil’s Return is a little longer, this time with a “lost civilisation” vibe underground and a brief castle section. The tone is similar, with a slightly more detailed look and a few new graphical flourishes like windblown snow and more ambient animals. The returning sniff mechanic which indicates the direction and distance of butterfly pals is more useful here since there are more points of no return, but this time you’re not graded at the end; you simply get a lovely full screen art of Basil warm and safe at home, relaxing in front of a Christmas tree. And so we come full circle, having seen just how capable Jim Stormdancer is of making simple games that are nevertheless engaging and wholesome. They were made as gifts for his loved ones but I'm glad they were made available publicly so I could enjoy them too; thank you Jim!

[weallturn]