Article: Pocket Frogs

Red Dot Diva observes that one of the key ingredients of a successful electronic game is its addictive factor. People generally don't keep buying drugs because of their good non-toxic values, do they? ;)

When "Pocket Frogs" was featured as a Free app to download on her iTunes one day, Red Dot Diva decided to give it a try. She quickly found Nimblebit's free "Pocket Frogs" game to be super-addictive. The game is straightforward but sometimes, simplicity does have its good points.

On a basic level, "Pocket Frogs" is about breeding and growing a bunch of oh-sooooo-cute froggies in different habitats that one may own.

A player can take the frogs to the Pond and tame them, or keep them "happy" by eating lots of buzzing dragonflies. While hopping from lily pad to lily pad, the frogs can also find gifts, which may consist of extra frog-money, other frog breeds, stamps or potions. (More on those later!)

While doing the lily-pad-pond-dance, the frog could also breed with other "wild" frogs by unceremoniously plopping on top of a chosen mate. Apparently those webbed creatures don't even flirt or bat a nictitating membrane... The hoppity sluts! ;)

These colourful froggies have three basic traits - their primary base colour, a secondary pattern colour, and the type of pattern itself. One could breed and check the possible outcomes from the frogs that are already placed in the habitats. The outcomes are based on genetics and a roll of the dice (unless both parent-frogs are of the exact same pattern, then you'll get the same pattern-offspring).

Although... Red Dot Diva muses - does it mean that the happier the parent-frog, the higher the chance the offspring will take the appearance of that parent?
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To check out an American charity "Save The Frogs", click here. Pocket Frogs - NimbleBit