Frog Fractions 2 Has been found disguised as a fairy town game
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[url]http://kotaku.com/the-two-year-mystery-is-over-this-is-frog-fractions-2-1790505179[/url]
[QUOTE]Frog Fractions 2 has been unearthed. A collective called the Game Detectives discovered the sequel to developer Jim Crawford’s viral, psychedelic browser game inside another Steam game after a two-year hunt.
Glittermitten Grove, released on Steam mid-December, actually contains Frog Fractions 2, as I discovered while poking around in the Frog Fractions 2 Discord today. Its description reads, “Just like the faeries in your garden, we love collecting berries for our prickleberry loaves and finding treasure with our special fribblesham fireworks. Come join us in our faerieland, full of strange adventure!”
We always knew Frog Fractions 2 would exist within another game. In 2014, Crawford launched a Kickstarter for Frog Fractions 2. In it, Crawford insists that what fans are contributing to “won’t be called ‘Frog Fractions 2.’ It will probably be called something like ‘Lost Kingdom: Reckoning,’ by Fork Bomb LLC or ‘Turbo Finance 2015’ by Vespenta Holdings.” Frog Fractions 2, he implied, would be hidden inside another game. The mystery gave rise to the meme, “Is this Frog Fractions 2?” when a new, unknown game came on Steam.
A humorously complex alternate reality game (ARG) lead up to Frog Fractions 2’s release. It involved 23 other indie games on Steam. Developers hid puzzle pieces inside those games as a part of Crawford’s ARG. The ARG soon bled into real life, at one point involving a letter from a “time traveler” found in a real-life library book in Berkeley, California. The most recent development before today’s release was the unlocking of a mystery box.[/QUOTE]
for those curious, frog fractions 2 was the cause of the eye sigil ARG
if you kickstarted it, you will see your humble bundle code right now in your humble bundle link.
the game:
[url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/536890/[/url]
if you haven't played the classic (dont read anything about it, it's free. jump in):
[url]http://twinbeard.com/frog-fractions/[/url]
So yes, expect every shit steam game to possibly not be a shit steam game
that's a cool way to do it god
[quote]A collective called the Game Detectives discovered the sequel to developer Jim Crawford’s viral, psychedelic browser game inside another Steam game after a two-year hunt[/quote] everything about this sentence is fucking incredible
kinda throws off the innocent game, if it's published by adult swim
[QUOTE=Ithon;51587218]kinda throws off the innocent game, if it's published by adult swim[/QUOTE]
I dunno, they also published Duck Game and the many sequels to Robot Unicorn Attack. :v:
[QUOTE=Grandzeit;51587282]I dunno, they also published Duck Game and the many sequels to Robot Unicorn Attack. :v:[/QUOTE]
umm I looked at the steam page, it's played off to be innocent except for finding what's burred beneath and it being adult swim which wouldn't publish a game like this is pretending to be.
I mean, it's under the disguise like that unicorn breeding game everyone used as a gag gift.
I can't fucking believe that the eye sigil ARG has been for frog fractions 2 this whole time. That's completely insane.
what was eye sigil arg?
[QUOTE=Ithon;51587350]what was eye sigil arg?[/QUOTE]
[url]https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/those-mysterious-symbols-hidden-in-24-games-have-crossed-over-with-frog-fractions-2[/url]
[QUOTE=postal;51587192]everything about this sentence is fucking incredible[/QUOTE]
This is the same group of people that worked on the red herring ARG.
I just played the first one
what the fuck?
video games will never be the same again after this
from the update notes on the game's steam page:
[QUOTE]Increased the fraction of chests that contain sparkles. [/QUOTE]
heh
This is crazy. It's like something out of a YA videogame distopia
Having never heard of this game or this ARG before, I just finished Frog Fractions for the first time a few moments ago and experienced that ride. With all that backstory in mind and seeing the Steam Store link...
[QUOTE=Wii60;51587139]So yes, expect every shit steam game to possibly not be a shit steam game[/QUOTE]
...I saw "Adult Swim Games" there in the trailer and everything made sense.
Reminds me of Soda Drinker pro
[url]http://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=Frog_Fractions_2[/url]
Overview if anyone is interested.
This has been going on since 2014 lol
is there a video showing the discovery? they found FF2 inside that fairy game?
i might not be reading this correctly
Glittermitten Grove is actually freaking amazing. There's all sorts of games in there. Even ZZT and Nethack.
[QUOTE=Jelman;51588595][url]http://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=Frog_Fractions_2[/url]
Overview if anyone is interested.
This has been going on since 2014 lol[/QUOTE]
Holy crap, that's one of the most amazing ARGs I've ever seen. Definitely up there with Sombra's ARG and Steam's Winter Sale ARG.
[QUOTE=Robber;51588721]Sombra's ARG[/QUOTE]
That was barely an ARG, more a "go to this site, now wait 3 days, repeat"
[QUOTE=meharryp;51588757]That was barely an ARG, more a "go to this site, now wait 3 days, repeat"[/QUOTE]
It actually got pretty interesting once we got the Lumerico website.
I definitely liked ARGs like the Potato Sack one more, though.
apparently the game has an option to [sp]import your mass effect 2 save[/sp]
funny stuff
[url=http://www.giantbomb.com/podcasts/the-jig-is-up-lets-talk-frog-fractions-2-with-jim-/1600-1844/]Jeff of Giant Bomb sat down with Jim Crawford to talk about FF2[/url]
[QUOTE=Robber;51588721]Holy crap, that's one of the most amazing ARGs I've ever seen. Definitely up there with Sombra's ARG and Steam's Winter Sale ARG.[/QUOTE]
Is this sarcasm?
[QUOTE=Mr.Moustachio;51589041]Is this sarcasm?[/QUOTE]
It has to be
Is frog fractions that game where you eat fractions and then butterflies and you go into a space ship and everything?
i played that game on shrooms, it was amazing
[QUOTE=Mr.Moustachio;51589041]Is this sarcasm?[/QUOTE]
The second part is, yes. I guess Poe's law is in full effect here.
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