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Character designs by Steven Sugar (background designer for Steven Universe & Owl House)

Movement is king in BIG HOPS and our kit goes deep. You can roll, dive, crouch jump, wall run, free climb, swim, belly slide, walk tightropes, pole swing, grind rails, ride minecarts and more. Everyone knows a great platformer starts with a great player controller and Hops' stacks up against the best-of-the-best.

You'll feel inspiration from Mario, Sonic Adventure, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Hat in Time, and more. And that's all just Hop's basic moveset- from there we've added a ton of froggy flavor and ways to build your own paths forward.

The core-mechanic in BIG HOPS is Hop's versatile frog tongue! It's cute, goofy, and adds a surprising amount of freshness to this action-puzzle-platformer

Your tongue is how you interact. Use your tongue to pull items to your hands, hookshot up walls, and tongue-swing your way to ridiculous speeds.

Doors, switches, corks, plungers, flowers, flingers, levers, and lick-picking are all quick work thanks to Hop's tongue. You'll keep finding novel, goofy tongue interactions even 10+ hours into your playthrough.

Deep movement and tongue-gameplay give BIG HOPS legs and a fresh flavor, but the real magic is using powerful Veggies to build your own paths through levels

You'll find new types of Veggies as you explore and each has a unique effect when you throw it down in the world. Let's look at some examples:

• Mushrooms become bounce pads to help clear hard jumps.
• Acorns can grow vines around walls and ceilings to help you climb farther.
• Balloons make temporary platforms and can stack to get serious height.
• Oil Balls create hookshot points you can bounce off without losing speed.
• Apples let you place your own tongue swinging points anywhere.
• Cacti launch tightropes you can use to cross big gaps.

**Since you can only hold one item at a time, Hop has a handy Backpack! **As you play, you'll discover new **Veggies **and unlock more Backpack Slots to store them. You can open the Backpack any time, and using it in a stressful moment will slow down time so you can plan your next moves.

Collectibles are a genre staple and there are lots in BIG HOPS! We've worked hard to give them all gameplay uses, so you never feel like you're just checking off boxes

• Earn Dark Drips to help with Diss' mysterious mission and unlock secrets.
• Collect Dark Bits to earn gameplay modifying Trinkets for your backpack.
• Buy Veggies + upgrade your Backpack, Wallet, and more at Drilson's Depot.
• Buy Outfits, Hats, & Dyes to customize Hop's look at Odette's Outfitters.
• Find and Identify real Bugs to fill your collection in Bugsy's Conservatory.
• Uncover Blueprints to build totally normal and not-at-all busted Gadgets.
• Find Mixtapes to play on in-game on your Boombox or Hop-man.

Equipping Trinkets means decorating your Backpack!

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Something we're proud of is how many different areas there are in BIG HOPS. As you explore the 4 main Worlds (Forest, Desert, Ocean, and Mountain), expect a lot of