How I Made My Frog Game Feel Alive With Art Tricks

Here are ways I made my game Frog Corral feel alive! All through coding techniques and not any practiced art skills. Let me know in the comments if you have any other ideas!

I'm an indie developer making a cozy little game about rescuing frogs and solving puzzles. I'm here to show my progress and offer some game design tips. Don’t miss out on these devlogs :)

It's called Frog Corral. You must rescue a group of frogs by bringing them to water. Use your little frogs to help each other and solve puzzles along the way. My goal is to release this game January or Februrary 2023!

#indiegames #cozygaming #frogs

[krazykashewkat]

omg i found you through your "little guy" video, and when i clicked on your profile i saw this! i've played this game and didn't realise that you're the one who made it! it was so fun and so cute, i love the games you make, the ideas are so original :D

[Soraphis]

make the plants swing left-right based on their UV's V coordinate, so the higher the pixel in the texture the more motion.
this makes the bottom most pixel stay in place.

[pinhead]

Oh god from the title I thought this was gonna be another "Using an AI to help make a game" or whatever, but it turned out to be way cooler! You've earned a sub from me my friend.

[SimonSix]

Can't wait to play the finished version! I'm so glad you're making a comfy froggy game 💚

[TheGuy]

This reminds me of an old mobile game about taking care of frogs that i liked as a kid. I don't remember what it was called but it was nice

[interruptured]

This is so so nice, I love finding little gems like these on my recommended :D

[lovfall]

Thank you for the tips! Always wondered what that darkened border effect was called :D

[curlyboyoli]

Bro is criminally underrated, so glad I found you on my youtube recommended list!

[sarbacane]

Looks absolutelly incredible! It really does feel alive

[jackguhl]

Only 220 subs and you're making some pretty great videos man. Keep it up.

[rohanvishayal]

Hello hello, game looks really nice. I noticed the hovering platform area, looks a bit empty, at 0:54, I suggest put some mud or snakes kind of creatures in the mud to make it appear deadly instead of just a hole. All the best :)

[bitbean]

I like watching this video when I need to calm down (frequently)

[agathosa]

Can you make this a series? Teach us more ways to add subtle effects to make the games look better?

[LuckyDucky]

add a bonus fly for collection in each lvl and get it when a frog eats it

[lilkangarooo]

Bro just watched ALL your videos and I love them! (+1 sub) Man I wish I could stay motivated on my games..

[nyuh]

ooohh ive seen that gradient over screen thing in TUNIC before. except its like a gradient between blue and orange. i didnt know this is a frequently used technique

[benyoungblade]

This game looks amazing! Love the work you’ve put into and I’m just here to say keep going!! Push it to the finish, you’ve already come so far. What’s the worst that can happen?

[SCYHE__]

i just tried your game and its awesome, well done on the art too, AD is super dope

welcome to the algorithm tho :)

[thebirdhasbeencharged]

lol the frog jumping sounds sound like the bedroom

[vinskiae]

I really love vignette. it works anywhere whether its video editing, graphic designing or game designing