Frog Island

10/10 I cried at the end

When I first got this game, my thought was, "oh, cool! A cute cozy game for 8 bucks. Should keep me entertained for a bit." 100hrs later and I'm still not 100% done. This game is so satisfying, so beautiful, so whimsical, and so emotional. You can absolutely see all the love and care that went into crafting this masterpiece of a game. Frog island has been one of the best cozy gaming experience that I've had the pleasure of immersing myself into, and has easily become one of my personal favorites. Highly recommend this if you love caring for frogs, solving puzzles, and heartwarming emotional storytelling.

love the game, amazing art, amazing music, and runs well, very cozy and fun and not boring. quests are some hard to figure out so maybe some hints would help

Super chill cozy game. You can tell the creator put a lot of love into every aspect of it.

Really interesting little game, with everything I expected and a bunch of things I didn't! The joy of a solo dev game is that you know you're getting as close to one person's vision as possible, and the drawback is that sometimes that makes for a somewhat strange experience. The frog attracting/befriending part works pretty much exactly like you'd guess: put down furniture for the frogs, they turn up, you interact with them in various ways to raise your friendship with them. The variety of frogs, items, decorations, and frog accessories is great, and everything is unbelievably cute. Farming, foraging, catching bugs, shopping, and exploring the island are all also exactly like you'd expect. I really appreciate the timer over the crops so you know exactly how long something will take! Cooking and fishing were the speedbumps for me. I didn't initially realize the game will guide you toward new recipes if you're only one ingredient away, and after I burnt my first tutorial meal I was scared to waste any of my scarce ingredients for way too long. Some more recipes or quests that encourage you to cook early on might be nice to make it clear that the system is actually pretty friend…

Splendid Frogs.