Heaps of Hops

by alchemic

co-authored: @arlius, @bigtex, @gizmolo, @happytrollangus, @wiredoverload, @chume33, @karkadan

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About

Welcome to Heeps of hops, a game where the only limits are all the limits we put in it. Frogs in our game have insane grip strength, making them able to rip resources out of nodes with their bare hands. The problem is they don't know how to organize very well. Could you help them build a tank perhaps? I heard a couple of the frogs asking for one.(something about helping with the war on bugs) If that's too hard just make some bread or something i dont know.

Screenshots

Credits

* @Alchemic - programming, game design
* @Arlius - art, animations
* @BigTex - art, sfx
* @chume33 - game design
* @Gizmolo - music
* @HappyTrollAngus - programming, playtesting
* @karkadan - art, game design
* @WiredOverload - programming, game design

Tools

- Game Engine: Godot 4.8-beta1
- Artwork: Aseprite, Blender
- Music: Logic Pro
- SFX: Bfxr

Assets

- Font: Role Playing Fonts III - Menu Card

Changelog

(Nothing affecting actual gameplay has been changed.)

- Updated win screen to indicate the difficulty that was played.
- Added autosave feature (autosaves occur every dawn).
- Fixed disappearing day label.
- Preload shaders to avoid lag spike when opening recipes menu (may cause initial launch to take longer).

Comments12

Stanewolfer20 Oct 2026, 11:40

Nice game it's like timberborn but with frogs !!! the music is really catchy and the gameplay is interesting revolving around your buildings and the paths you make for the frogs

Maxwell_Eliseev2820 Oct 2026, 16:23

A really cool pixel game with construction mechanics.

Septah20 Oct 2026, 16:36

super cutee, love the idea, quite unique imo :D

Capreola20 Oct 2026, 17:29

The game is fun but certainly not easy. I don't think frogs should depend on me for the organization. My skills might be even worse than theirs.
It takes a bit of trial and error to figure out how the paths work. I appreciate the tutorials. It would have been significantly harder without them.

Maakole21 Oct 2026, 02:26

Wow, this is a tough game. It's so hard to wrap your head around the mechanics, daily cycle, and recipes all at once. I've never played Factorio, but I imagine fans of it would salivate over this game. I just have 2 recommendations:

♠ A pause button in the game's easy mode, to let the player cheese the frog paths. Rn I can't tell what the difference is between easy and normal mode. Only concern is that it could totally change the gameplay style.

♠ I'd also recommend letting the player pan the map around by using the right mouse button. Right now everything except navigation can be done via the mouse. Might as well go full mouse-only when possible.

Gizmolo21 Oct 2026, 02:31

Hey @maakole thanks for the feedback! In easy mode, the goal is to craft and deliver bread to the target goal where in normal mode, the goal is to craft and deliver a tank to the target goal. The tank is a few more crafting tiers deeper than bread so it is significantly more challenging. Thanks for playing!

WiredOverload21 Oct 2026, 02:33

Hey @maakole , easy mode changes the end objective from crafting the tank, to crafting bread, which is a much less complex process. Non-WASD camera movement is definitely something we could have used but just ran out of time. Thanks for playing!

NBumgardner21 Oct 2026, 02:58

Congrats on finishing a good implementation of a looping path automation game! The banjo, harmonica, drums song is fun and fitting. Given more time, I have a few suggestions:

- Having an indicator for how long the day night cycle will last would be good for player feedback.
- The frogs seemed to not always turn right in a 2-tile wide road, so I figured using donuts is safer for understanding the pathing I build.
- Adding a downward pointing, bouncing arrow under each home would be nice until I build the missing road.

Nice job at scoping the tutorials smaller than the full game, so that I could understand a fewer buildings and resources at a time.

HappyTrollAngus21 Oct 2026, 04:12

AAAAAhhhhhh!!!!

Holy cow, I actually built the tank

Neeko6921 Oct 2026, 15:25

Very interesting game, very complex game as well. This can easily become a full game. I didn't actually manage to beat it, but I can see its vision! Congrats, pretty awesome game!

Kwetka21 Oct 2026, 15:27

The mechanics are very interesting! I’ll try playing again later.

youpz21 Oct 2026, 16:38

I was reading the recipe diagram and got stuck on the fact that the frogs always turn right. That's a funny little rule to build a whole transport system around. The jump from baking bread to manufacturing a tank is also quite a career move for them.

If you have a moment, I'd appreciate a rating on my latest game, Robot Workshop.

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