Striped Zebras’ Mojam 2 game Battle Frogs is based on the themes nuclear, French, and spaceship. This game was worked on by Poi Poi, Nathan, and Kris.
No need to give out the controls for Battle Frogs because they are right in the game if you pay attention. There are some things to remember when playing though which I will list:
- In the beginning you have to avoid the frogs because you have no weapon.
- When you do get your weapon keep in mind that the hitboxes for the frogs and the character are different than it appears. Keep your distance.
- Sometimes the boss frog does not show up right away, but do not walk all the way into the reactor room or you will die to gas.
- The tadpoles do not go very far on the last boss, so it is easy to stay out of the range.
Battle Frogs does very well with sticking to their theme. Everything in the game makes sense in a weird way and fits well. I like that they took time to put in all the little details like the French baguette as the health bar and the croissant as the health refill. In regards to covering the theme I can not think of another thing they could have done.
The art style of Battle Frogs is very cute and fun. Striped Zebras obviously put a lot of time into making sure the game looked nice. The projectiles from the big boss frog being tadpoles are a nice touch.
Unfortunately the place where Battle Frogs does not shine is gameplay. The controls are fine, but the hit boxes for the character and frogs are way too big. So it will look like there is no way the character will get hit, but health goes away anyway and it is hard to judge if a shot is going to hit the frog or not. It is understandable though that a game made in such a short time period would have problems like these though especially since the people making it as they said on the Mojang site are not used to making this type of game.
Overall I wish they would work on it more. The game was pretty short and I would like to see what else they would put on the spaceship.
