 Crawford originally created Frog Fractions to entertain his friends , and to see their reactions when they first played it . Later on , he felt that with the indie genre taking off , Frog Fractions was taken more seriously among gamers . Crawford noted that although critics often described the game as a satire on old educational games , he never intentionally developed Frog Fractions with that in mind . Instead , Crawford explained that Frog Fractions had an educational theme because of the name 's alliteration , and because he considered educational games a part of his youth . 
