Croaked

These toads have found a new place to settle down! The only problem is they have a really short life span....like really short! Croaked is a fast paced arcade game in which you help a new settlement of toads make a forest home. Collect and bring back the various items required by sending out a new toad every 20 seconds.

Controls

Movement - WASD

Pick Up/Drop Object - Left Click

Exit Game - Escape

Game Jam

Croaked was made for Ostara: Games for Spring 2021 Game Jam. The theme for this game jam was: After This: We Regrow. The toads in Croaked are starting from scratch and it will take a lot of work to get the place to their liking so that they can one day grow again.

This game jam also came with additional modifiers to challenge and inspire games. I tried my best to incorporate a few of these "growth modifiers." Intergenerational required a player to leave something behind in game that effects the next playthrough. When a toad's time is up, the player restarts in the center of the level, but the progress from previous toad attempts is saved. The locations of any dropped items is also kept. A strategic toad might work to get as many objects close to the center as possible for cashing in! Down to Earth required no verticality in the game. I managed to do so by keeping the world flat but using a shader to bend and warp the world to keep visual interest.

Credits

Music Used:

StupidBlues2 by Tozan using the CC0 License

Weird Boss Music 2 by GoatBoy using the CC-BY 3.0 License