Frog Fractions is getting a Game of the Decade edition on Steam, and the demise of Adobe’s Flash support is partially to thank. Originally introduced to the public as a browser game in 2012, Frog Fractions quickly found a niche audience online who were amazed by the independent game’s quirky sense of humor, seemingly endless and occasionally random gameplay change-ups, and the general feeling of surprise which came from discovering what happens next.
To say too much about Frog Fractions is to spoil it for players who have not yet had the pleasure, but the game was popular enough to launch an ultimately successful Kickstarter campaign for a sequel and was also integrated into the tie-in title Glittermitten Grove. Frog Fractions 2, while not as groundbreaking a project as the original, still featured a plethora of unique ideas, such as including a text-based adventure game set within Dante’s The Divine Comedy and the ability to import a player’s save game from Mass Effect 2.
Now, it appears the browser-based Frog Fractions will finally be getting a Steam release, according to a recent listing on Valve’s storefront. The game is set to release in “mid to late 2020” and is tagged under “Free to Play,” which suggests that this new edition of Frog Fractions will not include a purchasing fee. Details on just what changes will be made to this new version are sparse, with the game’s description simply mentioning it as “The classic web game, remastered as a native executable!” The ability to play the game as a standalone product, and not something playable though Adobe Flash, is something which will become necessary for players quite soon, as Adobe has said it will cease support for the service by the end of 2020.
Since the developer of Frog Fractions, Twinbeard Inc., doesn’t appear to be asking for any money for this new Steam version of the game, it could be that there won’t be any new updates to the original formula at all, and this is simply what it purports to be, a version of the game which will be able to be played once Adobe ceases Flash support. As shown in the above embedded message from Twitter, even the game’s creator mentioned this was the main reason to move forward with this new version. However, as players of Frog Fractions likely know, things aren’t always what they seem.
It would be quite in-character for Twinbeard Inc. to quietly slip a few new secret updates into Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition before it releases on Steam later this year. Although the game remains something of a cult fascination and not a hit title, hopefully its induction into Valve’s Steam game distribution network will allow it to reach hundreds, if not thousands, of new players, and then those people can learn all about frogs, fractions, and Frog Fractions, for the first time.
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Source: Steam, Twitter
