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How do you compose an intelligent-sounding music for a comedy game that’s anything but? Indie game studio, Twinbeard might have an answer for you in this week’s #WeeklyGameMusic with Curiosity, composed by…Twinbeard. Let’s pretend to be smart by listening to this calming music from the parody edutainment Flash game, Frog Fractions, where it recounts the completely ridiculous “history” of boxing.

Hmm, how to describe Frog Fractions? Well, as one would expect, it features a frog, and a bunch of “fractional” insects trying to eat at its precious apples. By clicking on the insects, the frog will slurp it up, keeping the apples preserved. The frog earns points when it collects an apple that has dropped from a tree. Later, an upgrade allows the frog to swim right and left across the pond, as well as quite oddly, down. Swimming down will̷͇̈́.̵̢̉.̶̦͌.̶̣̀ḋ̷̘ő̷̤ ̶͈̐ṡ̸̭o̴̭͂m̷̜͝e̸͙͋t̸̮̃h̵̬̍ǐ̶̤n̵̠͆g̴̢̒.̵̪̽

Frog Fractions is available for free on PC via Steam.

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Ever wondered what would happen if you threw the infamous Final Fantasy music composers, Nobuo Uematsu, to write music for a comedic, nonsensical real-time strategy game? Wonder no more, fellow readers who ask such bizarrely specific questions: this week’s #WeeklyGameMusic has your answer! Here’s Honkey Tonkey Fantasy, from the Japan-only game, 半熟英雄対3D (Hanjuku Hero VS 3D, roughly translates to half-boiled hero), created by none other than Square Enix.

Prince Almamoon’s kingdom is under attack by extra-dimensional beings from the 3D world! They…they’re even voice acted!! With this newfound threat, the “great” prince orders his silent, text-only 2D army to fight back.

The battle system in Hanjuku Hero is broadly divided into two modes: real-time strategy phase, and the Pikmin-like battle phase. The former involves ordering groups of armies to move towards a way-point. When either two groups of opposing armies collide on the map, or your army runs into a fort, the battle phase begins, where both armies are thrown into an isolated stage to fight. The player moves the general, and with it, the armies that follow said general, charging into the opposing forces. To turn the tides in their favor, at any point, the player may use a limited number of “trump cards,” who’s effect can vary from spreading out the opposing army, to reviving fallen soldiers.

半熟英雄対3D was released in Japan on the Playstation 2. Outside of potentially South Korea, it has not been published elsewhere, or ported to any other console.

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Tag: Comedy

#WeeklyGameMusic: Curiosity (Frog Fractions)

#WeeklyGameMusic: Honkey Tonkey Fantasy (半熟英雄対3D)