A STUDENT MICROSITE ABOUT TRAVEL FROG (旅かえる)

Behind the Game

A small team and a gentle idea

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From cats to a frog

A small team at Hit-Point planned and developed Travel Frog as a follow-up to the company’s flagship app, Neko Atsume. Both are low-pressure and non-competitive.

The frog and a small mouse climbing a chain-link fence under a blue sky

The title

The Japanese title joins tabi (旅, journey) and kaeru (カエル, frog). Kaeru also sounds like the word for returning from a journey (帰る).

The frog in its leaf hat, sitting on a stone beside a small bamboo pot while ants carry food across a stream

Designed to be shared

Several choices were made so people would want to talk about the game online.

Screenshots

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Players can post screenshots directly from within the game.

Different photos

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Each player may get slightly different pictures from the same destination.

Left to imagine

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The frog’s character and destinations were not made clear.

Only hints

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Store item descriptions are hints, not specific information.