Froguelike News

[h2]Hello hello all froggos on this froggy Wednesday![/h2]

This week we have been working on improvements for two stories, the descriptions of all chapters in the beetles story (starting with the chapter "Hydrophobic") and the butterflies story (starting with the chapter "Graceful flutters") have been updated and the waves in all the chapters in the butterflies storyline have been balanced.

We have also started the work of adding new stories, Toad's story is first up. Even though it has been taking more time than expected, it is coming along and should be ready in time for next weeks update. Along with the new story there will be two new quests to complete.

Changes:

• Descriptions of all the chapters in the beetles storyline have been updated
  
• Descriptions of all the chapters in the butterflies storyline have been updated
  
• Balanced the waves in the butterflies storyline
  
• When starting a storyline, it is now 100% sure that you'll be offered the option to pick the next chapter in that storyline if all conditions are met for the next chapter
  
• Added 3 new morals to appear on the score screen
  
• Version number is now black
  

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a typo in the description for "Winged allies"
  
• Fixed the item sprites that were rendering on top of the reroll confirmation note in the chapter selection
  

As always, it is a good idea to back up your save file before starting the game after an update. If you want instructions for where to find the save file you can read the details below.
[expand] On Windows you can find the save file here: %AppData%/../LocalLow/Les Grenouilles/Froguelike

And on Mac here: ~/Library/Application Support/Les Grenouilles/Froguelike

The file you want to save a copy of is called "FroguelikeSaveFile.bin"
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We'll be hopping back to you next week, with a brand new story toadally worth a read!
Johanna and Rémi

This small patch fixes a crash that would occur when using the burrow item on the final three upgrades (snack pack, froins, and medicine) at the end of a run.

[h3]Bug fix[/h3]

• Fixed a crash that would occur when using the burrow item at the end of a run.
  

Since our January release into early access, we have been on a fantastic journey with Froguelike. We are incredibly grateful for your positive response. We are thrilled to have received almost 100 reviews on Steam and now have just over 1600 players, which is crazy!

We have consistently been updating Froguelike every week, adding new features and fixing any bugs that we encounter, and that's not going to change; we have some exciting updates in the works, including a new chapter selection screen that will make it easier to see what items, tongues, hats, and friends can be found in a chapter. This will allow you to make more informed decisions about how to play the story mode. We can't wait to share these updates with you when they are ready!

As always, it is a good idea to back up your save file before starting the game after an update. The details below provide instructions on where to find the saved file:
[expand] On Windows, you can find the save file here: %AppData%/../LocalLow/Les Grenouilles/Froguelike

And on Mac here: ~/Library/Application Support/Les Grenouilles/Froguelike

The file you want to save a copy of is called "FroguelikeSaveFile.bin"
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Have a hoppy Wednesday!

[h3]Greetings frogs! It is Wednesday![/h3]

This weeks update brings more balancing changes, this time focusing on making all the frogs more unique by changing their starting stats. Also, some of the tongues are getting an update and the higher tiers of bugs have been made a bit easier to eat.
We think it all makes the game a bit easier, but we are unsure if some changes might have made the game a little too easy sometimes. Please let us know what you think about it!

Changes:

• All frogs get a boost to health recovery while they have critical health (< 10%)
  
• All frogs descriptions have been updated
  
• Frog starts with better range and passive health recovery
  
• Toad starts with better armor, better walking speed, better damage, bigger tongue size and lower range
  
• Ghost starts with higher tongue speed, shorter cooldown and lower tongue size
  
• Ribbit starts with double duration on all tongue effects, triple poison damage against plants, better health recovery, no more damage debuff, and slightly better magnet range
  
• Kermit starts with better health recovery with a big bonus to it when swimming, better walking speed and slightly slower swimming speed, better duration boost, shorter cooldown and lower damage
  
• Thomas starts with 5 burrow instead of 3 hibernate, better range, and better tongue speed
  
• Stanley starts with more health, more armor, a lot more froins drop and 5 morph instead of 3
  
• Rotatongue now deals less damage, has less knock back, higher range, lower speed, longer cooldown, and goes in and out quicker (independently from its range)
  
• Regular tongue has higher range and deals more damage
  
• Wide tongue has lower range and lower speed but deals more damage
  
• Quick tongues have slightly higher knock back effect, are slightly faster and have slightly higher cooldown
  
• Freeze tongue does more base damage
  
• Poison tongue is now slower
  
• Plants give more XP
  
• Multiple XP pick ups are spawned when the XP gain is greater than 100 (instead of one XP pick up worth more)
  
• All higher tier bugs have been made slightly slower, easier to eat, and give more XP
  
• Updated the descriptions for burrow, morph and hibernate in the shop
  
• Changed to use the item names for burrow, morph and hibernate on the character selection screen stats
  

As always, it is a good idea to back up your save file before starting the game after an update. If you want instructions for where to find the save file you can read the details below.
[expand] On Windows you can find the save file here: %AppData%/../LocalLow/Les Grenouilles/Froguelike

And on Mac here: ~/Library/Application Support/Les Grenouilles/Froguelike

The file you want to save a copy of is called "FroguelikeSaveFile.bin"
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Hop on!
Johanna and Rémi

[h3]It's Wednesday, my bug eaters![/h3]

For this week we have a whole buffet of balancing changes, and it is more important than ever to eat as many bugs as you can!

New:

• Almost all passive, in run, items now scale with score when upgrading the item to its max level (the score is the amount of eaten bugs in the current chapter, the number that is shown next to the small fly in the top-right corner of the screen)
  

Changes:

• Less XP needed to level up for higher levels
  
• Passive health recovery is now active at all times
  
• Plaster in the shop is less powerful
  
• Plaster as a run item is more powerful
  
• Curse tongue gets a damage boost every level-up but its curse chance never decreases. The curse is still active even at the tongues max level
  
• Now the curse is active for either all or none of the enemies hit by the tongue
  
• Instead of writing "level max" when upgrading an item or a tongue in a run it now says either "level 5" or "level 10", still in red color as before
  
• The froggy grail is now maxed out at level 5 instead of level 3 (in a run), it now gives a total of 5 revives instead of 4
  
• Vampire tongue gives less health overall (always ~5% of inflicted damage) and it doesn't increase with level-up
  
• Vampire tongues get bigger and cover more area at higher level
  
• Rotatongue now damages close bugs too (the whole tongue is now dealing damage instead of just the tip), it also has a slightly stronger knock back effect
  
• Poison damage now stacks! If you inflict poison to a bug that is already poisoned, the poison damage increases
  
• Poison tongue is now cone-shaped and therefore it covers a bigger area
  
• Upgrading the poison tongue will no longer give you more poison tongues
  
• Poison tongue damage increases more when leveling up,
  
• Poison damage is now affected by tongue damage boosts from the Mighty shop item and in run item
  
• Plants are easier to eat and give more XP
  
• The "curse" from the figurine has been simplified: it now only increases the spawn rate of bugs but neither their health nor XP
  
• The spawn rate increase is now capped at 4x instead of 2x
  
• The Figurine effect has been increased
  
• Final wave of chapter "Toxic truth" has been made slightly easier
  

Bug fix:

• Fixed a bug where bounties would ignore damage taken
  

With the balancing changes we made, we hope that the game will feel slightly easier overall.
We also wanted to make the end-game more interesting by scaling your stats with score, giving you a good motivation to eat those bugs even after you level up to the max!
But most of all, we wanted to improve some of the tongues and items that were underused, such as the rotatongue, the poison tongue, and the plaster.

We hope that you enjoy it!
If you do, or if you don't, please let us know either way! You can reach us here on Steam or over at our Discord server.
We're trying our best to make the game as enjoyable as possible to everyone, but it is a tricky process and we need all the help and feedback we can get.

As always, it is a good idea to back up your save file before starting the game after an update. If you want instructions for where to find the save file you can read the details below.
[expand] On Windows you can find the save file here: %AppData%/../LocalLow/Les Grenouilles/Froguelike

And on Mac here: ~/Library/Application Support/Les Grenouilles/Froguelike

The file you want to save a copy of is called "FroguelikeSaveFile.bin"
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Time to munch!
Johanna and Rémi

[h3]Greetings, my Frogaholics![/h3]

We are currently working on a balancing update that should hit the public branch Soon™.
In the meantime, those of you who are part of our Experimental Frogram can try it out right now!

What changed?

• Less XP is needed to level up at higher level
  
• Passive health recovery is active at all times and should be more noticeable now
  
• Plaster shop item is now weaker
  
• Plaster run item (upgrade) is now stronger
  
• Vampire tongue heals less but hits more bugs, its healing capacity can not be upgraded anymore
  
• Curse tongue is still cursed at max level, its curse can't be removed anymore
  
• Rotatongue hits way more enemies (the whole tongue hits instead of just the tip)
  
• Some items max level upgrade now scale with the amount of bugs eaten in a chapter
  

How can I join the Experimental Frogram?
To be part of our small team of extreme frog lovers, here are the steps you must follow:

• Join our discord server by clicking HERE
• Go to "Channels & Roles" and claim the @Froggies role
  
• Access the #experimental channel for further instructions...
  

It is a good idea to back up your save file before starting the game after an update, especially on our Experimental branch. If you want instructions for where to find the save file you can read the details below.
[expand] On Windows you can find the save file here: %AppData%/../LocalLow/Les Grenouilles/Froguelike

And on Mac here: ~/Library/Application Support/Les Grenouilles/Froguelike

The file you want to save a copy of is called "FroguelikeSaveFile.bin"
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Thank you for being interested in Froguelike development!

Croak to you soon.
Johanna and Rémi