A small frog, a busy road and a river with no bridge. Each press moves you exactly one square, so timing your hops through the gaps is everything. Five lily pads wait on the far bank, and you need to fill them all.
Hop Across unblocked is part of Frank Force's open-source LittleJS Arcade. The frog, cars and logs are all drawn in code, and the sounds are made on the fly.
How to play Hop Across
You start on the bottom bank. First comes the road, where any car, truck or bus ends your frog. A grass strip in the middle is safe. Then comes the river, where you ride logs across. Frogs can't swim, so a hop into water is a lost life, and so is riding a log off the side of the screen.
At the top, five lily pads sway left and right. Land on an empty one to bring a frog home and send a new frog to the start. A pad that is already taken counts as a miss. Fill all five to clear the level, and the next one adds lanes, mixes directions and speeds things up.
A green bar at the bottom is your crossing timer, and it only starts draining after your first hop. Points come from new rows reached, frogs brought home, seconds left over and levels cleared.
Controls
| To… | Keyboard | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hop one square | Arrow keys or W A S D (one hop per press) | Click on the side of the frog you want to hop toward | Press the on-screen direction pad at the lower right |
| Start a game | Press Enter to highlight "Play", then Enter again | Click "Play" | Tap "Play" |
| Pause, restart or quit | Escape | Click the menu icon in the top corner | Tap the menu icon in the top corner |
Tips
- Read the road before moving. The timer waits for your first hop, so take a moment to watch the traffic.
- Count the beat of each lane. Vehicles in one lane share speed and spacing, so the gaps come back on a rhythm.
- Pause on the grass. No car or log reaches the middle strip, making it the place to plan the river.
- Walk along logs. Hopping sideways on a log keeps you away from the edge and lines you up with a pad.
- Choose a pad early. Pick an empty one while you're still on the last log, since a full pad is as bad as water.
Hop Across questions
What is the fly on a lily pad?
A bonus. Now and then a fly perches on a free pad for a short time, and getting a frog home to it while it sits there earns 200 points.
Does the game save my progress?
Your high score and best level are saved in the browser. Your best level is shown so you have something to beat.
Can I play on a phone?
Yes. After Play, a touch on the screen brings up a direction pad in the lower right. Each press is one hop, and holding the phone sideways helps.
