<![CDATA[Frog's Princess - News]]>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 18:08:14 +0930Weebly<![CDATA[Little changes...]]>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:30:00 GMThttp://frogsprincess.com/blog/little-changesHow unfair is this!  A prince has studied for years to travel by magic.  He automatically assumes that a young princess who called for help is useless.  But as we shall see, her magic is far greater than his.  AND she helps people.

Even though we "finished" the game in 2020, we have been making small improvements when we revisit it.  In this clip, we have added two expression changes to Emma.
]]><![CDATA[Even now we are finding errors!]]>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:30:00 GMThttp://frogsprincess.com/blog/even-now-we-are-finding-errorsUh... someone is missing from the rescue team.
Under night time trees, a line of people march. At the front is a prince beside a King, followed by two princesses and then nine soldiers. They pass behind an old tree bearing a wonderful golden fruit which glows in the dark.
But we put her back in.
Under night time trees, a line of people march. At the front are a prince and princess beside a King, followed by two princesses and then nine soldiers. They pass behind an old tree bearing a wonderful golden fruit which glows in the dark.
]]><![CDATA[And the secret is out!]]>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:12:03 GMThttp://frogsprincess.com/blog/and-the-secret-is-outThis is what happens when you are old and have had different careers.  They come back to haunt you...
This is an image of a website news article which is a composite of text and images. The link below this image will take you to the text and images. The images feature Kathy smiling in front of a Women in Innovation Award wall, Kathy and Onnie Chan, and Kathy in front of a GCAP sponsor wall.
https://sae.edu.au/insights/meet-former-tax-agent-who-teaches-video-game-development/
]]><![CDATA[Frog's Princess arises!]]>Sat, 29 Jun 2024 14:30:00 GMThttp://frogsprincess.com/blog/frogs-princess-arisesHere is Frog's Princess being enjoyed at AVCon, Adelaide's anime and video game festival, which was held at the Adelaide Showgrounds on 29 and 30 June this year.
In a crowded convention centre, a mother and small girl sit at a booth. The mother types on a keyboard and they both look up to watch the results off screen. In the foreground is a table poster with an image of a princess saying Has she the resilience to defy the disbelievers and save the kingdom?
Frog's Princess players at AVCon 2024, Adelaide.
]]><![CDATA[Scott Purcival to the rescue again!]]>Tue, 14 May 2024 13:09:16 GMThttp://frogsprincess.com/blog/scott-purcival-to-the-rescue-againBlind players can play the original Frog's Princess storybook but they need help setting it up.  We held off on posting updates because we wanted it to be fully accessible to blind players playing independently.

Two programmers attempted to fix this but were unable to.

And then along came Scott!

Yes, Scott Purcival who made the original storybook playable, and optimised it, and made the characters customisable, that Scott.  He was the one who you might remember made the dancing frog timer and surprised the team one day with a Swimmy Frog game!  He is now working at Tea Games doing much more sophisticated projects than interactive novels, but they were kind enough to let him work on Frog's Princess for us.
Head and shoulders of a handsome man in an office chair looking directly at the camera wearing glasses and sporting a moustache and the start of a beard.
Scott Purcival, 2024
]]><![CDATA[The back arrow tried to escape!]]>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:30:00 GMThttp://frogsprincess.com/blog/the-back-arrow-tried-to-escapeWhen you make a lot of small changes, sometimes you can accidentally move things around.

Here we found the back arrow for the mirror was too high.

This is what it looked like before it was fixed.
]]><![CDATA[Soldier Willard moves]]>Sat, 23 Mar 2024 13:30:00 GMThttp://frogsprincess.com/blog/soldier-willard-movesWe know Soldier Willard always follows the rules, but that is because he always tries to protect his King.

Here after Emma and Francis defeat the Witch, he turns to his King while Francis is telling Emma what happened while she was unconscious.
]]><![CDATA[Small changes]]>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 13:30:00 GMThttp://frogsprincess.com/blog/small-changesWe have spent 3 years making small changes like this one.

Emma was too large in the previous version of Chapter Two, Scene One, Page 7.

Now she is the right size!
]]><![CDATA[Radio interview]]>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:01:12 GMThttp://frogsprincess.com/blog/radio-interviewOh my goodness, it's been a while!  After faithfully keeping up our blog for more than 4 years, we seem to have taken ahem... a year's break.

So what have we been doing?

Well, Kathy has been teaching at SAE Creative Media Institute for the past year.  However today she was contacted by a radio announcer and she places the interview here for your listening pleasure.

Note that Kathy is introduced 6:34 minutes into this excerpt [1:19:33 in the actual show].

The thrust of her message is that it takes indie developers to make really original games.
A screenshot from the ABC Listen App showing a play bar for a full episode of Drive, showing that the viewer is up to 1:49:36 out of a 2:25:05 show. Credits are to Jolene Laverty, Presenter.
]]><![CDATA[Get behind that tree!]]>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:06:13 GMThttp://frogsprincess.com/blog/get-behind-that-treeOver the past couple of years we have made a significant number of small corrections to Frog's Princess, and there are only the big ones to go before we put out a big patch.

However occasionally we have a little visit and make more little corrections.

Would you believe it, when the cart was driving behind the lemon tree, Iron Henry showed in front of it!  Well, we can't have that, so we fixed it today.
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