Frog Prince

Frog Prince is a quick hop-and-tongue platformer set in a storybook swamp at dusk. The sky runs from deep violet overhead to burnt orange along the treeline, willows trail their branches in black water, fireflies drift between the reeds and the whole marsh sways very slightly in the wind. Your frog is a round green thing with two enormous eyes, a wide grin and a little gold crown that never quite sits straight.

Every hop is charged. Hold the button and the frog squashes down while a dotted arc shows exactly where it will land; let go and it launches, with just enough steering in the air to save a bad guess. The tongue does everything else. Flick it at a fly for points and a mid-air boost that turns a falling arc into a second jump, or stick it to a brass ring hanging from a vine and hold on — now you are a pendulum. Pump with left and right, reel yourself in, and let go at the top of the swing to clear a gap that legs alone would never reach.

Twelve short levels run from a quiet row of lily pads to a swamp of drifting logs, pale pads that sink the moment you stand on them, springy cattail heads you can bounce up like a ladder, chains of hanging rings, and a heron that watches the shallows and strikes at anything sitting still. Three dewdrops hide in every level and a lantern halfway through lights as you pass it, so a mistake costs you seconds rather than the whole pond. Each level also has a time trial with no checkpoints at all, and your best time for every one of them is kept in your browser.