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Update notes for 0.1.23

[h2]Hej hej it is Wednesday, fellow frogs![/h2]

This week's focus has been on improving Ribbit's story, the story is mostly the same but the chapter descriptions are updated, the chapters are more balanced and her story is now better reflected in the game. I will put some details under a spoiler, in case you haven't played it yet :)

Ribbit can't make friends with the other frogs because of her poisonous skin and tongue, that is now reflected in the game since she no longer can pick up friends, it is very sad, we are so sorry Ribbit! But, after completing Ribbit's story the other frogs stop being afraid of her, so on top of becoming stronger from eating all those tough plants, all frogs now want to be her friend! Yay!

Changes:

Ribbit's end chapter and storyline chapters have been rewritten and balanced
Ribbit can no longer pick up friend frogs of other kinds then the poisonous one before her story has been completed
Chapter 4 in Ribbit's storyline now requires you to eat 3 bounty plants to progress further in the story
Bounty rewards are changed to always be xp, froins and health pickups in random amounts (but more if the level of the bounty bug is higher)

Bug fixes:

The demo and early access version of the game now save settings for quick start individually
Corrected the end screens button navigation to again include the achievement arrows when using a controller or the keyboard

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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Croak to you soon fronds!
Johanna & Rémi

Update notes for 0.1.22

[h2]Hello and happy Wednesday, my frogs![/h2]

Since it is Wednesday we are bringing you another update, this time with some updates to Stanley’s storyline as well as some changes when you are picking up items or friends in a chapter. Let us know what you think! You can reach us here on Steam, in the forums, or on our Discord server.

Changes:

The title, description and balancing have been updated for Stanley’s story line
Chapter 2 of Stanley’s story now requires eating a bounty bug to progress
Chapter 3 of Stanley's story now requires to find 4 friends to progress
Ghost can no longer have non-ghost friends (they are scared of ghosts :( )
If you pick up an item in a chapter and that item is tied to an unfinished quest, you can’t refuse it
If you pick up the figurine in a chapter, you can’t refuse it (there is no escaping its curse!)
The descriptions of the Abacus is updated to ”Froins spawn rate +X%”
The description of the Figurine is updated to ”Bugs spawn rate +X%”

This week I also made sort of a movie poster, it is just for fun and for decoration in a cinema style movie room, but I thought I might as well show it here too

Update notes for 0.1.21

[h2]It is already Wednesday again, my froggy friends![/h2]

This week went by so quickly! And I wish I could say we have been working on updating the graphics, but sometimes other things come in the way (like attending events, enjoying the weather and working on the weekly update). I hope to get back to drawing a mockup and figuring out new graphics and new environments really soon!

But let's focus on this week instead, in this update we are adding a counter that appears after starting a chapter that says that you need to reach a goal to unlock the next chapter in that storyline. For now it is only present in a few storylines where the goal is to either eat a specific amount of bounties or to gather friends.

Along with adding this counter we also updated the description and added a goal to some chapters. As we continue on the big task of updating the descriptions of chapters (it has been ongoing since we updated the chapter selection screen that gave more space to display info about chapters) we might add goals to some chapters and add new kinds of goals that can be tracked while playing. If you have any ideas or suggestions for more ways to use this goal tracker, please let us know!

Changes:

Added a counter for chapters with a goal that is known to the player
Updated descriptions and goals for the chapters in Ghost's storyline
Added more variety of bugs in the chapters in Ghost's storyline
Moved friends closer to the starting spot in the chapters in Ghost's storyline
Updated the goal in chapter 3 of Stanley's storyline
Updated the description of the chapter "First hops"

Bug fixes:

Fixed the plants and the friends that was sometimes rendering under ponds

And 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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Let's crush those goals!
Johanna & Rémi

Update notes for 0.1.20

[h2]It is that time of the week again - update day, frog day, Wednesday, lets go![/h2]

This week we are adding a "quick start" button (on the main menu) and a "try again" button (on the end screen) to the game. Both buttons do the same, if you click it you get right back into the game playing as the same frog, starting with the same chapter and for those who have unlocked it you will be starting with the same difficulty as your last run.

We added this based on a suggestion we got on the Froguelike Discord server. If you also have suggestions or feedback for us or if you just want to see some frog memes or talk to us, you are very welcome to join! We also try to stay up to date with what's written on the Steam forums, so that's a way to reach us too :)

New:

Quick start button
Try again button

Bug fixes:

Game mode is cleared when clearing the save file

Update notes for 0.1.19

[h2]Good Wednesday all Froggies![/h2]

We are still spending most of our time working on updating the environments in the game, it is a difficult task and it is taking quite some time to figure out. We are both working on parts of it and right now I (Johanna) am working on drawing a mockup with different (and new) types of environments and obstacles and Rémi is working on new ways of generating the maps and ways to improve the performance of the game when it comes to things such as physics and colliding with different obstacles and environments.

We did have time to do some small changes as well.
We changed the reward for completing Stanley´s storyline to better fit the story of Stanley wanting to be more like a frog. The change makes it so that if you already finished Stanley's storyline there will be no difference, read the details here - Stanley used to start with 0 revive and swim speed at -50%, he now starts with 8 revives (for a total of 9 lives) and -90% swim speed. The buff rewarded for completing Stanley's storyline used to be +8 revives and is now instead upping the swim speed to -50%.
The chapter "Toad's challenge" that gives the chapter that starts Toad's storyline as a reward now appears as the first chapter in a run instead of the last, this way you don't have to play through a whole run just to be defeated in the last chapter.

Changes:

Changed the reward for completing Stanley's story
Updated the icon for completing Stanley's story
Made the chapter "Toad's challenge" appear as the first chapter in a run instead of the last chapter