Lillapad

I played this game as a part of my new "Freebie Friday" series, where I explore the steam page for free games to see if they're slop or not. Gameplay here: https://youtu.be/8M5vwxRLfX4?si=pjUmsa8pZbTq9k1V Review: Lillapad is a cute 3D platformer where you play as Lilla, a little girl who is turned into a frog. The goal is simple, find 2 golden lotus petals to transform back into a human. The gameplay is easy but, I will say, feels jank at some points. The movement can feel floaty when jumping and the swing mechanic with your tongue was weird. The mechanic would have you click the LMB to propel you forward from a branch. The lower you were from the branch, the farther it would push you forward. I had a lot of trouble with this at first and I think a different approach would have been easier. However, I do give props for it being different than most swings in other games. The puzzles in the "levels" were straight forward and would use each mechanic nicely. There is 1 collectible type in this game which are red buttons. There are only 10 of them, which I found to be a great number for the size of the game. I genuinely enjoyed my time with Lillapad and would recommend if you're looki…

A metaphor for the matrix (tadpole pill or frog pill), which Itself i don't think was a metaphor for anything . Cute game to play with a partner, good job! The leaf swinging mechanics were hard to pick up on at first, Idk if a kid could do that, but as a grown adult (60 years old) who is very smart (i have a job), it was actually fun to get the hang of. Havn't finished yet, but excited to finish it with my partner. Thanks for cute free game.

Pushing a lily pad: there should be some kind of stopper on the lily pad to ACTUALLY push it. I was having difficulties 'cause I'm pushing to end up getting on it with no way of steering it. Lastly I can't seem to reach another flower branch when 'tongue swinging'. I just end up stuck on one branch to then be flung sideways not forward swinging

Lillapad is a really cute little puzzle platformer that I found surprisingly charming. I play as Lilla, a young girl who has been cursed into a tadpole by the mysterious King Frog, and the only way to become human again is to explore a magical pond and restore the Golden Lilypad. I liked how simple the premise is because it gives the game an immediate sense of direction without making the story overly complicated. The main mechanic is the ability to switch between tadpole and frog forms by hopping onto special lilypads. I enjoyed how this changes the way I approach the environment because each form can interact with the world differently. The puzzles are built around understanding when I need one form and when I need the other, so even simple areas can make me stop and think about how I want to move forward. Exploration is another part I really liked. The pond is presented as a small magical world with different areas to discover, and searching around for the missing petals gives me a reason to look beyond the obvious path. I enjoyed finding little details and working out how different parts of the environment connect, especially when a puzzle solution suddenly becomes clear afte…

A pretty cute game with some well thought out mechanics, especially for something free. Be careful with the movable lily pad, so you don't accidentally push one underneath things instead of beside them.

Nice little game about torturing tadpoles. The grappling is frustrating though, so I didn't make it very far before I turned the game off.