![]() ![]() It's just not Frog Fractions without bug porn.TERMS OF SERVICE AND END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR FROGGY CASTLE Maybe Jim can tell us where he's hiding all the amphibian math. Our gaming editor Kyle Orland spent some time interviewing Crawford a few weeks ago, and we'll have that interview ready to run in a few more days. Two things we haven't encountered yet, even after three hours, are frogs and fractions. ![]() ![]() One thing that definitely is the same is the humor-based primarily around distorted gaming tropes and non sequitur, Frog Fractions 2's text-mode Rogue gameplay and its minigames all feel wonderfully, absurdly familiar. Like the first game, it rewards exploration however, unlike the original Frog Fractions, the sequel is very much not a linear experience. I've spent about three hours with the game so far, and there is some small sense of story beginning to emerge-sort of. The minigames vary in duration and complexity, but all are relatively easy to complete (so far). You wander the world, collecting keys and finding warp zones into a bunch of different minigames. We won't spoil more than a teeny bit here, but the game feels both very similar and very different from Frog Fractions. Replays are fun and you can keep an eye out for details you missed, but overall, Frog Fractions is a relatively linear experience. It's a surreal, rewarding trip-but unfortunately, you can only play through for the very first time once. The Flash-based game starts out simply enough, but once the player realizes how they can break the rules of the initial "level," it quickly transforms into a series of nearly incomprehensible (but fun!) scenes and events. Re-reading those sentences makes me feel weird-but nonetheless, that's what happened. Someone-probably Andrew Cunningham-dropped the link into staff chat, and one by one everyone was sucked into playing the weird, crazy fractions-tutor-gone-wild "game," meeting Draggy Ceilingeater and journeying to Bug Mars to become a Bug Porn mogul. The original Frog Fractions swept through Ars Technica a few years ago like a productivity-destroying storm. ![]() It's fun! We have donuts at every cult meeting! Disclosure: This author donated to the Frog Fractions 2 crowdfunding campaign in 2014 and he also really likes the games, so any overly enthusiastic language below is likely due to his desire to get more people converted to the cult of Frog Fractions. ![]()
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