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Press release:
Manchester, UK – 3rd March, 2022.
The UK-based indie games publisher Merge Games and the Denmark-based indie games developer Half Past Yellow, are today very excited and happy to announce that their charming and colorful sandbox puzzle adventure game “Time on Frog Island” (previously called “Trading Time: A Croak Tale”) is coming digitally and physically to PC and consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch) this Summer (2022).

After working with the community and testers, Merge Games made the decision to change the name to Time on Frog Island as they feel it better represents the gameplay experience.

In Time on Frog Island, a sailor is shipwrecked on a strange island after a terrible storm and he awakes to find his boat in ruins. Clutching his precious potted plant, the sea dog goes about trying to fix his boat and find his way home. However, the peculiar frog-like locals don’t speak his language and they aren’t about to give up the items he needs without something in exchange! A spaghetti network of trades will take him all over this strange island as he seeks out materials to fix his boat.

Meet a cast of friendly characters, solve head-scratching puzzles, find hidden treasures, and much more as you explore this toadally awesome island sandbox adventure.

Features:

Explore at your own pace

Make your own path in this island sandbox, you never know what will be around the next corner!
Get to know the froggy locals and help out where you can.
Discover new items by fishing and farming, and concoct simple brews that will change how you traverse the island.
Learn from the frogs and put your new skills to the test around the island.

Trade to fix your boat

Ask around for the items you need, but bear in mind that you might need to do a frog a favour to get what you want.
Solve interesting puzzles to get your hands on required items.
Try not to get too sidetracked by island life!

Experiment with everything!

Run faster, jump higher, fall slower, anything is possible if you’re holding the right item.
Discover different ways to complete those crucial trades.
Each object you pick up could end up being the key to something bigger

Merge Games will be producing physical retail copies of Time on Frog Island for Nintendo Switch ($34.99 / €34.99 / £29.99), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Xbox One/X|S ($29.99 / €29.99 / £24.99). Time on Frog Island will be available from all good retail outlets as well as the Signature Edition store where it is available to pre-order now. Digital versions will be available from the relevant official platform stores.

To keep up to date on Time on Frog Island, please follow the game on Twitter and Instagram, like us on Facebook and join us on Discord. Fans can Wishlist Time on Frog Island on Steam now.

About Merge
Merge Games is a global video game publisher, developer and distributor based in Manchester, UK. The company publishes and distributes games worldwide for PC, consoles and streaming platforms, including Dead Cells, Streets of Rage 4, Spirit of the North, Cloudpunk, Aragami and Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX. Merge is also developing its own survival game, Smalland, in house. In 2021, Merge Games was acquired by Zordix AB (publ). For more information, please visit www.mergegames.com

About Half Past Yellow
Half Past Yellow is an independent game development studio, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, founded and run by a group of close friends over their shared love of the high-pressure experimental environment of game jams. With over 20 years of combined experience in the industry, the members of Half Past Yellow have worked extensively with other studios on contemporary titles across several different platforms such as Affordable Space Adventures (WiiU, 2015), Frantics (PS4, 2018), and Mutazione (Cross-Platform, 2019) among others. Time on Frog Island marks Half Past Yellow’s second commercial title after Tiny Tomb (Mobile, 2019). For more information, please visit halfpastyellow.com