Shadow Frog
Keyword: Story-oriented Game, Story telling, Deathloop-like
My role: sole game programmer, alpha story building, first draft story writing.
You can play this game or find the downloads via my itch: ︎ Link
Reference and Inspiration
We mainly took the reference of “Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk”. You can find the Steam page of this game via this ︎LINK
This game is a monochrome game about the world and the challenges of suffering from severe trauma and psychosis. Through art, music and text, this short game manages to tell a Psychological horror game.
Psychological horror games emphasize mental and emotional aspects to frighten or unsettle players, avoiding jump scares.
With ChatGPT, we chose a funny words combination “Shadow Frog” as our beginning to write the story of the game.
Story
(Spoiler! Select the black blocks with your mouse cursor to view.)
You are a traveler (a frog), and you wake up outside a village, having forgotten everything. The village has implemented various defense measures, and they seem to mention something called "Shadow Frog." Upon your request, they allow you to enter the village. You want to learn more, but they forbid you from mentioning that term. Out of curiosity, you approach a door that seems to be calling you, and you walk inside.
You are a traveler (a frog), and you wake up outside a village, having forgotten everything.The villagers are reinforcing their defenses, mentioning a prophecy about something that cannot be named about to awaken. But what is it exactly? Almost by chance, you find yourself in front of a somewhat familiar door, and you enter.
You are a traveler (a frog), and you wake up outside a village, having forgotten everything. The villagers seem to know who you are and guide you towards that door. In order to unravel the mysteries in your mind, you step inside.
You are a traveler (a frog), and you wake upin the darkness. A voice tells you that you are the Shadow Frog, destined to awaken every thousand years, enter this door, and transform into the dark shadow creature, tasked with eliminating everyone else.
Our Scripts
Art
Art is made by my teammateWe drew lots of frogs, such as this:
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Other frogs: This is a course project for DM-UY - 4153 Experimental Game Narratives instructed by Prof. Toni Pizza under NYU Tandon IDM. Teammate: Juliana Soranno