Tadpole Tales

how do i play this game? NO download option.

A M A Z I N G

Cool artstyle

 This is probably one of the best games I've played on itch.io However a few hours ago it was working, now it just temporarily bricks my computer, I don't know if this is a problem with my PC or the game itself. But like I said 10/10 for this

So nice!

Cool game!

Easily the best "Clean-em-up" I've ever played, hands down!

I forgot to post before when I first played this months back, but I've played a few more times since off camera and I can safely say I'm still no good at this genre of game X)

That being said, there was never a dull moment in this. The art is truly wonderful to look at, the animation is flawless, the mechanics are easy to grasp (just hard for me, haha) and no matter how many times I've lost I've kept trying to come back for more. This has been SO much fun to play, and I can't wait to check out some of your other titles!

So how come I can control the tadpole with a controller, but I can't shoot with any buttons? Like, the joystick works. Just found that a bit odd.

thanks!

very nice game but annoyingly difficult because of the speed and the very small chance of getting hearts theres just too many monsters shooting at you to dodge and theres no checkpoints

Looks super fun at the start before downloading! Even better when I download it!!!!!!

I loved watching the dev logs for this! Its so cool to actually play it! :D

super fun, love the color palette too.

This game is really chilled. Love the artwork and design, great stuff to play!!

Wholesome.

A couple small things:

1) The stones in the pond (it actually took me a while to realize they were there) do not have parallax so it looks like they are on top of the water and not on the bottom.

2) Where can I get the frames for the main menu background? I would like to put that as my own background, it's really nice and chill.

Thank you for this game. Well polished and fun.

Duck <333

very cuphead-esque

Thanks for a very fun game! https://belongplay.ru/tadpole-tales/

Really loved the art of this game and it's so simple that I had such a chill time playing it

Hey, guys, I played this game on my Youtube channel and I would very much appreciate it if you checked it out this game is really fun and I highly recommend it. 

Game pLay looks like cuphead kinda

Cool Game. The art is really good and the music matches the level. The gameplay felt a little slow. If I died I didn't really want to wade through the same section again before the boss. Adding powerups that increase the players abilities beside the heart would help out a lot I think.

Cute game! Sadly, performance tanks for me after beating the first duck boss. Goes from running fine to 5 or less fps.

I love this game. Why?
Because when i first opened it, it crashed my computer entirely, making me realise i had to take a break from the internet.
Thank you

I wanna play this but it keeps quitting at the loading screen

What a great little game! check out my gameplay of it :)

5 out of 5 frogs. wholesome. rewarding. gameplay. dropped $5 into the pond for the devs. cant wait to see whats next. also agree with everyone about the checkpoint system. but then playing for an hour, ya know i kinda like the replayability and wonder how the difficulty curve would be maintained if they added checkpoints. so maybe it really is best how it is. also really liked ur footage TsukuruHouse and Cleo

Hey Andrew and Giacomo,
Been following all the devlogs and am so happy to see that the game has been published, it looks amazing!!! I own a mac and am unable to play the game, would love to see a mac build sometime in the future :) Can't wait to follow your next gamedev project

amazing game, the cute visuals elevate the game a lot. Also, the bosses animations are super cool, definitely a must play for all the shoot em up addicts like me :P.

The only grips i have with the game is that it needs a checkpoint system, al least after every boss. The game is not that hard with it's moment to moment gameplay, the real difficulty comes with having to beat the game in one sitting.

Loved this game!

*the witch's house flashbacks*

Stumbled upon this masterpiece on Reddit....Must say the Visuals are absolutely stunning and so is the Gameplay....Great Game overall....Keep up the Great work and have a Great day!!

Gorgeous animation and art style. :) Echoing other comments, I would suggest adding checkpoints and maybe increasing the number of lives starting out as well. Difficulty-wise it's still acceptable for me (similar to Cuphead, it's possible to progress with repeated attempts). 

On the technical side, the game hung very badly upon loading and crashed. It was only playable for me on Steam, but I still experienced some lag upon startup and during gameplay. This is a very cute, fun game that has a lot of potential. I would be happy to replay if the overall experience was smoother.

Great concept for a side scrolling shooter and really charming art style. My only complaints are a) the movement is too slow to maneuver through some of the tighter gaps between projectiles (as well as to respond to the projectile speed of the second boss) and the maximum powerup state makes it impossible to dodge literally everything.