šŸŽ® Blaugust Day 2: Frog Detective 2

2025 August 02 // Video Games
Dark forested path leading to the town of Warlock Woods

I kept putting off writing todayā€™s Blaugust entry until now, and now it is suddenly after 11pm! I have less than an hour to get this up before the clock rolls over! So I am going to cheat and just blogify some Frog Detective 2 screenshot LP posts I threw up on Mastodon late last night. (You can see my screenshot LP of the first game here.) I guess ā€œscreenshot LPā€ is overselling it since I stopped taking screenshots during the main part of the game because I didnā€™t want to give too much away. If you like what you see here, you should definitely check out the game for yourself!

Just like with the first case, Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard is a first-person point-and-click mystery game. You talk to people, take down their statements in your handy dandy notebook, collect clues, solve the mystery, that kind of thing. Except, you know, more chill, and can be played in about an hour. I love a good one-session game, so this is my jam.

We kick things off with the Supervisorā€¦

The penguin supervisor talking on the phone to the frog detective: 'The new resident of the woods is... special...'
The penguin shouting in huge letters: 'INVISIBLE!'
'AND A WIZARD!'
In small text as if the supervisor is whispering: 'An invisible wizard.'

Oh my god?! I finally get to meetā€¦

Lobster cop, a lobster wearing a police uniform, grinning hugely and winking one eye
Red text reading 'Lobster Cop' on a white background with two lobster claws on either side
Lobster Cop running dramatically down the office hallway
Lobster Cop speaking to the Frog Detective outside of his office, where you can see rows of trophies and plaques along the walls: 'Ah! It's the famous Frog Detective!'

The book slander continues šŸ˜”

Lobster Cop to Frog Detective: 'Tip number 3: Carry a notebook!'
Frog Detective: 'Oh, I'm not really big on books.'
Frog Detective: 'They are, without exception, factually inaccurate.'

A new element this time around is the aforementioned notebook, which you get to decorate with stickersā€¦ I may have gone a bit overboardā€¦

3D rendering of my notebook with a bunch of colorful stickers plastered on the cover, and a confirmation box asking "Good book?" with options "yep" and "nah"

I love Lobster Cop but what is up with some of these pictures on his wall šŸ˜­

Lobster Cop standing behind his desk inside of his office. Behind him is a huge picture of himself grinning widely, and many trophies and awards. On the left wall are a bunch of photos of Lobster Cop
A photo of Lobster Cop standing behind a trash can surrounded by a ring, and five yellow banana peels places equidistantly on the ring
Lobster Cop standing in a skeletal pink forest. In a tree behind him is some kind of horse-like creature with two long front legs danging down. In the background are a couple of white floating ghosts heading behind a wall
Grainy black-and-white night footage of Lobster Cop grinning hugely and a white smiling ghost floating far in the background

It was hard to pick a favorite suspect because there are so many good characters here, but then I met Mary and she just blew all the competition away.

Frog Detective talking with Mary the fabulous gray rhinoceros. Mary: "I love to sing at threeeeeeeeeeeee AM!"

I am also quite taken by Carlos. Heā€™s got a shop full of junk, and an absolutely atrocious work ethic. Carlos, it is time for a vacation.

Carlos the zebra standing in his store full of plants, photographs, and other goods. Each item is labeled with a number.

Just like the first episode, it was cute, quick, and lovely. Do you want to hang out with funny animals in an incredibly chill, low-stakes game for about an hour? The Frog Detective games are perfect for this.

Train of carts circling the town for the wizard parade and carrying all the townspeople. Frog Detective is in the foreground wearing a pink party hat over one eye and dancing

Another case solved!

Slight spoilers

This time around, there were also two endings, though they arenā€™t radically different. But at least when you tell the truth, you get one last amazing anecdote about Mary, undefeated queen of my heart.

Barney the delivery sheep: 'Not as bad as my first impression!'
Frog Detective standing beside Lola the now-visible wizard Lola: 'What did you do?'
Barney: 'I ran over Mary by accident.'
Mary the rhinoceros: 'Haha, yeah.'

And thatā€™s it for this time! Tomorrow, we will be going to Pixel Art Park so I hope to be able to blog about that! See you then šŸ‘‹