I love Bonte Avond. It’s a Dutch indie studio whose games elegantly walk a line between being competent, polished projects and recognizing where it is worthwhile, or even hilarious, to cut corners. I first fell in love with Bonte Avond’s work via 2022’s Once Upon a Jester , which won the IGF Best Student Game Award in 2024, so it was a given that I immediately leap on their latest: Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime .

Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime is a narrative adventure about a bear dressed as a frog who’s having a rough go of it lately. Her neighbors imply she’s been somewhat of a shut-in recently, and when her friends try to celebrate her “bearday” with gifts and cake, the local beach bully shows up and ruins everything.…