Overview Scrogger is a homebrew game programmed by Scrognito scognito.drunkencoders.com and was first released JAN 08. Version 0.2 of Scrogger was released in March 08 and this is the version I am reviewing. It is a simple puzzle game that will occupy your mind for a considerable amount of time. GamePlay – 7/10 The concept is very simple. You have to jump a frog from one log to the next. Each time you jump the log you just left will disappear. Jump around until all logs have disappeared apart from the last one you land on. Sounds easy right.. Wrong. There are a couple of restrictions to make the puzzle interesting. The frog can jump forward, left and right but is not allowed to jump backward or diagonal. There are over 10 levels to get through with 100 random layouts. The levels have from 10 to over 20 jumps to complete. The levels get harder as you go along and one level could keep you occupied for hours. The frog can be controlled with either the stylus or the D-pad. I preferred the D-pad as the control was much quicker. If you get stuck and have not cleared the level you just need to press select to restart the level. Levels can be skipped by using the konami trick. Graphics - 7/10 Graphics for Scrogger were created by Kenney kenney.nl/ . They are simple but effective. The background on the touchscreen has static shrubs and the water wobbles like jelly. The only changing objects are the logs you jump on and of coarse the frog which jumps around. The top screen has the games logo which is used across all platforms of the game. It also displays the current level and a reminder to press the select button to retry the level. Sound – 4/10 I might be wrong but I could only distinguish 2 looping, carnival sounding soundtracks throughout the whole game and both got annoying real quick. It was great that Scrognito programmed the option to hit the left shoulder button to turn the music off. The sound effects remain and they are a series of squeaks for every jump made and a croak when you re-start the level. Conclusion Scrogger is a great brain bender to play while waiting for the bus. If and once you pass level 10 you just start it again due to the random levels you will get further game play out of it. With more levels and varying game play this game could easily go commercial. Scrogger also exists for Wii, Gamecube and PSP. Download from here: scognito.drunkencoders.com/ Special Thanks to Azza who referred me to the Wii version of this game and in doing so I found the DS version.
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