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Frog Fractions: Best Educational Game since the Early '90s!

BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell CollectorRegistered User regular
edited October 2012 in Games and Technology
Frog Fractions!

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Learn about fractions with the help of a friendly frog! Eat bugs and earn fruit! Use fruit to purchase more than a dozen upgrades!

Check out the IGF page!

Super secret hint for getting more fruit:
Swim down

Use spoilers for stuff beyond the first pond, please!

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    EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    The creator is a friend of a friend, and I was just about to make a thread on the game. It helped me understand fractions more than school ever did. Everyone should try it once.

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    IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    That was amazing, in defiance of my rather low expectations. You really do just have to go and have fun with it for yourself, however.
    What the heck did I just play? Did I play the game, or did it play me? Was this made by Hideo Kojima?

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    Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    Got rather bored around:
    The text adventure part, the underwater bit went on for too long and I lost patience.

    Helped me with my fractions though.

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    SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    Yeah, the
    underwater part was boring and overlong and the narration wasn't funny

    But the rest was pretty zany.

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    BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    I think the
    Underwater part is a parody of a very specific thing in indie games. Poorly-designed mazes with weird narration is definitely a trend.

    But I thought the boxing stuff was funny, so I didn't really mind.

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Somebody tell me how this helps you learn fractions. The game is fun but the fractions just seem to pop up and don't mean anything.

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    TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Somebody tell me how this helps you learn fractions. The game is fun but the fractions just seem to pop up and don't mean anything.
    hahahahaha

    You didn't just beat @EvilBadman to making this thread; I was planning on making it soon too. Robert Yang has a blog post about this game which I more or less agree with. Frog Fractions is great.

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    Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    Oh, I see. It's just a lame joke that fails spectacularly.

    Game's still awesome.

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    CarnarvonCarnarvon Registered User regular
    I am stuck at the perfume part. Someone spoil this shit for me.

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    BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    Carnarvon wrote: »
    I am stuck at the perfume part. Someone spoil this shit for me.
    Pour the pink goop from the can into the hole in the pod.

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    CarnarvonCarnarvon Registered User regular
    Behemoth wrote: »
    Carnarvon wrote: »
    I am stuck at the perfume part. Someone spoil this shit for me.
    Pour the pink goop from the can into the hole in the pod.
    That's what I wanted to do, but I can't figure out the commands for it. "fill can with goop" and "fill can with machine" do nothing.

    Taneli
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    BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    Carnarvon wrote: »
    Behemoth wrote: »
    Carnarvon wrote: »
    I am stuck at the perfume part. Someone spoil this shit for me.
    Pour the pink goop from the can into the hole in the pod.
    That's what I wanted to do, but I can't figure out the commands for it. "fill can with goop" and "fill can with machine" do nothing.
    The can has to be in position

    Have you gotten the tape?

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    CarnarvonCarnarvon Registered User regular
    Behemoth wrote: »
    Carnarvon wrote: »
    Behemoth wrote: »
    Carnarvon wrote: »
    I am stuck at the perfume part. Someone spoil this shit for me.
    Pour the pink goop from the can into the hole in the pod.
    That's what I wanted to do, but I can't figure out the commands for it. "fill can with goop" and "fill can with machine" do nothing.
    The can has to be in position

    Have you gotten the tape?
    Nope.

    Taneli
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    Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    just beat it.

    I think this is the best flash game I've ever played.

    There was a steam sig here. It's gone now.
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    EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    TychoCelchuuu wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Somebody tell me how this helps you learn fractions. The game is fun but the fractions just seem to pop up and don't mean anything.
    hahahahaha

    You didn't just beat @EvilBadman to making this thread; I was planning on making it soon too. Robert Yang has a blog post about this game which I more or less agree with. Frog Fractions is great.

    I made the tactical decision to unleash on SE++ this morning. It's been pretty great.

    FyreWulff wrote: »
    I should note that Badman is fucking awesome
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    ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    Oh god the end to this thing.

    I don't need the Internet anymore. I have all I need forever.

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    RubycatRubycat Registered User regular
    I don't know what I played, but I played and beat it. and umm... hmm...

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    XaviarXaviar Registered User regular
    I'm.. unclear as to what just happened. But I think I liked it?

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    KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    What are you even talking about? All I did was eat bugs for like 5 minutes, got bored and stopped playing.
    Maybe I need to play it with sounds?

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    XaviarXaviar Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    Did you get any of the upgrades?

    Did you get
    hyperdrive?

    That's really where the game starts.

    [edit] I don't want to say any more than that, because as an Edutainment game, it is really about discovering the rules and solutions on your own, as you play.

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    FremFrem Registered User regular
    I went it with low expectations and they were all shattered. Shattered, I say! Just when you think it can't get any stranger, it does. Repeatedly.

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    TurkeyTurkey So, Usoop. TampaRegistered User regular
    Needed a guide in parts, but won. I feel so much smarter now!

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    TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Oh, I see. It's just a lame joke that fails spectacularly.

    Game's still awesome.
    It doesn't fail spectacularly, it's just one of those many brilliant things that you end up disliking.

    My favorite fractions were
    The ones in the text adventure, because nothing drives home the absurdity of the point system that some text adventures use like the double absurdity of getting the same fractions-as-points you got in droves for gobbling up bugs.

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    Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    TychoCelchuuu wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Oh, I see. It's just a lame joke that fails spectacularly.

    Game's still awesome.
    It doesn't fail spectacularly, it's just one of those many brilliant things that you end up disliking.

    My favorite fractions were
    The ones in the text adventure, because nothing drives home the absurdity of the point system that some text adventures use like the double absurdity of getting the same fractions-as-points you got in droves for gobbling up bugs.

    When that part first began...
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    There was a steam sig here. It's gone now.
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