Froggy Story - Revision history

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 == Downloads ==
-* '''''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/froggy.zip Froggy Story]''''' (159.3kB)
+* '''''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/froggy.rar Froggy Story]''''' (159.3kB)
-* '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/froggy+.zip ''Froggy Story'' 2012 control patch]''' (5.9kB)
+* '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/froggy+.rar ''Froggy Story'' 2012 control patch]''' (5.9kB)
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 Prior to this archive's online presence, this game was only available in small-scale distribution amongst the close associates of PPP Team.
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 Long considered lost in one of PPP Team's big data purges, on August 14, 2012, Froggy Story was located -- to the surprise of all -- on one of Pierre's [ftp://ftp.untergrund.net/users/cyborgjeff/games/ old FTP archives]. The game was salvaged, slightly tweaked to allow it to run properly, and added to the archive.

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	: Except for the pink ground and grey stones, everything else should be viewed as an attempt to master LBM-to-RSD conversion toolchain more than anything else.		: Except for the pink ground and grey stones, everything else should be viewed as an attempt to master LBM-to-RSD conversion toolchain more than anything else.
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		+	== Availability ==
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		+	Prior to this archive's online presence, this game was only available in small-scale distribution amongst the close associates of PPP Team.

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 * [http://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/p/rsd-game-maker.html My RSD Game-Maker Years (Bilou HomeBrew)]
 * Low resolution screenshots: [[:File:Froggy1.png|#1]], [[:File:Froggy2.png|#2]]
 * '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/java/froggy.php Play ''Froggy Story'' online]'''

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 The real concept here is in the frog's motion. Normal movement involves small, precise hops to the left and the right. The frog also has larger hops, to clear obstacles, and a slightly gratuitous tongue move, allowing him to eat flies. Of course the player can just steer the frog right into the flies instead, but why knock the move? It's amusing, and it adds charm.
-There are a few logistical issues. Due either to the controls or the slapdash testground provided, the frog can't jump high enough to clear certain obstacles or collect certain tchotchkes. Part of the concept was for our amphibian to leap from land to water, and thereafter to swim freely -- but of course characters don't work that way in Game-Maker. The solution -- a quick fade-out when the character hops in the drink -- is functional, if a little distracting.
+There are a few logistical issues. Due either to the controls or the slapdash testground provided, the frog can't jump high enough to clear certain obstacles or collect certain tchotchkes. (This issue has been somewhat addressed with a control patch, below.) Part of the concept was for our amphibian to leap from land to water, and thereafter to swim freely -- but of course characters don't work that way in Game-Maker. The solution -- a quick fade-out when the character hops in the drink -- is functional, if a little distracting.
 Although the game could have been salvaged -- with original graphics, a few control and level tweaks, and a bunch of attention to terrain transitions -- the result likely would have been tenuous. It would have worked, but you'd have seen the cracks in a way that you don't in the best of PPP Team's efforts, which tend to play very well with the limits of RSD's engine, preventing the edges from showing too sharply.

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 The idea -- several years before Hasbro's high-profile resurrection of the series -- was a side-scrolling version of Konami's ''Frogger''. To test out the concept, Pierre Martin ripped some sprites from [[PPP Team]] favorite ''Fury of the Furries'', grabbed background tiles from ''[[Badman 2]]'', and tossed together a couple of ''[[Commander Xeen|Commander Keen]]'' inspired levels.
-The real concept here is in the frog's motion. Normal movement involves small, precise hops to the left and the right. The frog also has larger hops, to clear obstacles, and a slightly gratuitous tongue move, allowing him to eat flies. Of course the player can just steer the frog right into the flies instead, but why knock the move. It's amusing, and it adds charm.
+The real concept here is in the frog's motion. Normal movement involves small, precise hops to the left and the right. The frog also has larger hops, to clear obstacles, and a slightly gratuitous tongue move, allowing him to eat flies. Of course the player can just steer the frog right into the flies instead, but why knock the move? It's amusing, and it adds charm.
 There are a few logistical issues. Due either to the controls or the slapdash testground provided, the frog can't jump high enough to clear certain obstacles or collect certain tchotchkes. Part of the concept was for our amphibian to leap from land to water, and thereafter to swim freely -- but of course characters don't work that way in Game-Maker. The solution -- a quick fade-out when the character hops in the drink -- is functional, if a little distracting.