Amazing Frog? News

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Time to spend those Sweeties! ( or Candy )
Take your Sweet Treats to the Tricks & Treats store and get yourself something kinda spooky. [/p][carousel][/carousel][p][/p][h3]How Do I Get my Hands on Those Sweet Treats?[/h3][p] Activating the pumpkin head and taking out those skeletons is a fast way to grab sweets.[/p][p][/p][h3]The Shark Blower[/h3][carousel][/carousel][p]You have the Shark Sucker... now you can get a blower to keep those frog blood suckers away.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Want some extra blow? You know where to stick it![/p][h3]Zombie Shark Blimp ![/h3][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Blood World is Available![/h3][p][/p][p]During the Halloween Event - The Bloodworld Box is available above the Fayju Building. (Don't forget the Blood World box is always available in its home by the giant toilet in the Sewer...)[/p][p][/p][h3]New FIENDS?[/h3][p]Looks like we have more company in Blood world![/p][carousel][/carousel][p]Also if you look around Bloodworld there are more vehicles for those awkward to get pumnpkins.[/p][p][/p][carousel][/carousel][p]A Helicopter in Blood world? and why not?[/p][p]
[/p][p][/p][p]You can use it to disperse the zombie hoards on the roof[/p][p] [/p][p]Happy Halloween ! [/p][p]
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[h2]Money Gun?[/h2][p][/p][p]Pew Pew take a twenty. Grab the Money - it shoots money[/p][h2]Bank of Swindon [/h2][p][/p][p]Grab your money gun and unlock your new Golden Vehicle Unlocked ontop of your hideout. Gold Helicopter now available for a mere 1 MIllion Frog Pounds saved in the Bank Of Swindon[/p][p][/p][p]Did I mention the Money gun actually shoots your money, So maybe don't burn it.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Looks like they moved the date of the halloween shop to open on the 29th? (wait isnt that today)[/p][p][/p][p]Protester Frogs seems to be dressing differently They look quite strong when you get them all together.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Don't forget Blood world is now available in in Swindon and we've added some surprises.[/p][p][/p][p]POV : you play with Hal[/p][p][/p]

[h3]It's The Gardeing update ! [/h3][p][/p][p]So whats in the Amazing delivery box? A lawn mower decorative trophy?[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Time to get yourself over to the farm and help trim them overgrown flowers![/p][p][/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Thats what lawn mowers are for, right? Keeping the grounds free from those pesky flowers? *[/p][p](* tbh, Hal and I don't really know much about gardening )[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p] Calm down ! you only get rewards when you do you job properly with a lawnmower![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Machinery warning?[/h3][p]So those thinking about getting up to mischief in the new lawnmowers... A WARNING. [/p][p][/p][p]We have found that the new machinery can be very dangerous[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]So be careful! Always drive responsibly when attending your horticultural duties.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]And I thought there would be nothing to mow at the beach...[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]So, what else has Fayju been up to?[/h2][p]Its no secret that we have been fixing up Amazing Frog? as we approach "Law and Order" We want to leave Early Access and continue updating. The version we leave Early Access with will also be the console version, so we have been resolving a lots of little issues. Thanks to every one who continue to submit bugs and issues on discord or here. (i do read them!)[/p][p]So about those upgrades and fixes...[/p][h3]Costumes and Accessories[/h3][carousel][/carousel][p]Some accessories were not in your wardrobe. It can be difficult for us to notice which accessories are missing since we have everything from legacy. So if you dont see the tutu or space helmet in the wardrobe, just go jump in the brown toilet again. If you see an alert that appears when you get in a brown toilet then it has likely unlocked some seperate accessories.[/p][p]If you see any other costumes that are not making their accessories available in Wardrobe, Or we are missing some any of your favourite legacy costumes ...let us know! [/p][p]( Also the tutu now has a 'boing' spring to it, very subtle )[/p][p][/p][h3]Underwater upgrades[/h3][carousel][/carousel][p]Gaz, again with the water? Well we are in Unity they don't make it easy. Trust us on this one though. We have had something in mind for above and below water that we have been working towards. Water rendering has been bugging me for years. We are finally happy with this new system and how it works on split screen. At least I can say we are locking in this water system as the "1.0" water, so it won't take any more of our dev time.[/p][p][/p][h3]File Selection?[/h3][p]If you are reading this bit - thank you and hello! This is generally the most "dev" section of the post.
So...file selection... kinda boring, but sooooo useful :)[/p][carousel][/carousel][p]I have been avoiding this for a while now as I know how precious players are about their save files. High risk development means more careful attention and more time (and more dev anxiety). Its a big step and important especially when it comes to resolving all available costumes and testing from our end. [/p][p]We needed multiple game files and we can buiold on this as we move forwad. We are convinced that this can lead to some exciting gameplay and content opportunities.[/p][p]So heres how it works. It will take your save file and duplicate it into "FIle 1".
THERE IS NO CODE IN THIS UPDATE THAT CAN DELETE YOUR SAVE FILE [/p][p]Start File 2 and 3 it will be from scratch - adding a delete function later and more possibilities will evolve here. Hal and I have a lot of plans but feel free to tell us what you would like to see "Extra Modes".[/p][p]OK , we are gonna throw a whole bunch O' updates at you over the coming weeks. Ee have a lot of things to announce and some cool stuff lined that we need to finish.[/p][p][/p][p]If only one of the consoles had some sort of "Game Preview" program which works a little like Early Access... That would mean we could launch Amazing Frog? on that console even in this Month! [/p][p]( heh heh he... shhhh! )
Enjoy the Lawnmowing Stimulation.[/p][p][/p]

[h2]The Taxi Job Update has arrived![/h2]

Yes... We hit a few 'bumps' in the road, but the new update and frog job is here! Let the series of Delivery updates commence with this Taxi update.

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[h3]Grab your Taxi [/h3]
its a Job for any frog, pick up a fare andy day of the week, earn Swindon Frog pounds and unlock some strange new outfits.



Don't forget to deliver your fare safely and quickly ( ...also we don't care how they get there! )

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[h3]Frogs Get Freaky in Ride Share[/h3]

If you are clever you can pick up multiple fares in one trip.





[h2]The New Water System[/h2]

We started working on the newer water system after the jam maker. I shared in the Status Update a few weeks back that we had been working on the water
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/332570/view/505080786253255049?l=english





[h3]Cool Hats To Collect?[/h3]

There are a bunch of new hats dotted around Swindonshire and if you get them all you gety a special reward - spoiler alert ... yes another hat !



[h3]Time to Get Horny and pick up some Frogs![/h3]




All aboard!! You can not toot the horn to entice local frogs to enter you vehicle and deliver them where ever you can drive to


Even toilet town!

Thry out the Catapults - they are like cannons, but from the past.
Perhaps the skeletons are bolstering their defences, is something worth defending?

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As always, esecially with an update that has taken this long, we have been making a lot of system changes. Particularly with the Frog intelligence. This is again helps us progress towards Law and Order.
We hope you and enjoy this update

[p]As we approach the next Major update for Amazing Frog? I thought It would be a good time to share a status update of what we have been developing in Swindonshire. We have been working on some big additions.[/p][p]Often in game development some steps, that seem very small, can end up taking quite a long to implement. On the positive side when these step are done well, larger subsequent steps can begin to happen very quickly.[/p][h3]New Water?[/h3][h3][/h3][p]We have been upgrading the Water System, making it feel more atmospheric. Which has enabled us to add many things we have been wanting to implement for some time. Things like splash effects, impact ripples and more fluid surface movement for boats and creatures.[/p][p][/p][p]The new Water has also helped up to create more synergy in the world's style throughout Swindonshire.[/p][p][/p][p]Also things like shore waves (...and some new boats)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]What is Delivery?[/h3][p]The next upcoming 'Job' is Taxi Driver. We needed to get this system right to empower us to create the other "delivery systems" that we have also been working on. I imagine you can guess what those other delivery systems maybe just from walking around the world. Hopefully, there will be still be some surprises in there.[/p][p][/p][p]While driving a Taxi, after you have found a citizen requesting a ride...[/p][p][/p][p]...you will be able to earn Frog Pounds and unlock costumes depending on a speedy (and successful ) journey[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]How does it lead to Law and Order?[/h3][p]This category of task we call "Delivery" is now more dependant on more advances in NPC management and behaviours[/p][p][/p][p]NPCS taking up seats and positions and even collecting or using items from the floor, but ultimately having a more determined sense of what they want do and where they need to be.[/p][p]This library that drives the behaviour is very much the basis of how we will bring 'Law and Order' to Swindon, but before we reach that goal there are still a few more steps.[/p][p][/p][h3]New Stuff to wear?[/h3][h3][/h3][p]Naturally, in the next major update there will be a bunch of new outfits and accessories[/p][p][/p][p]As you know we are always building new 'Things' for Amazing Frog? so expect some of that too...[/p][p][/p]