Transformice

Transformice (sometimes abbreviated to TFM, or T4M) is an online independent multiplayer free-to-play platform game, created by French game designers, known by their aliases Melibellule and Tigrounette. Melibellule produces the game's artwork and graphics, while Tigrounette programs the game's functions and mechanics. The game was initially released on May 1, 2010, playable on browsers as a browser game[1] until Adobe Flash Player was discontinued on December 31, 2020. Transformice was published on Steam on January 30, 2015, as a free-to-play game.

The main objective of the overall game is to collect a piece of cheese put into at least one location on a map. Players control a mouse with the arrow keys or the WASD keys to operate, duck, jump and perform various techniques, such as wall jumping, long jumping, turn arounds, and corner jumping. Players' mice must touch the cheese to get it. After which it, the player must take the collected cheese back to the map's mouse hole to finish. How many cheese and mouse holes varies between maps. Players are awarded points on a scoreboard that is updated in real-time. Bonus points are awarded for players who place first, second or third. Collecting cheese is recorded into a player's permanent stats when you can find about 2 or even more players in the room. Players will also be given extra recognition inside their stats for finishing first when you will find eleven or more players in the room. Maps have an over-all time limit of two minutes, where time a new map is loaded. Maps can instantly switch before enough time limit if all players complete the map or die. The timer will change to 20 seconds if the Shaman dies or there if are just two mice left on the map. Dying adds one time to a player's score on the scoreboard, no real matter what time in the overall game it's or the explanation for death.

When a player reaches the best score on the scoreboard, they will become a Shaman in the next map involving one. The overall objective of the Shaman is to simply help another mice obtain the cheese and bring it back once again to the hole. This will award the Shaman with "saves" for every mouse who completes the map, which are recorded onto the player's profile. The Shaman can do so by summoning objects such as for instance boards, boxes, anvils, spirit, and balloons to create buildings or contraptions such as for example bridges to cross gaps or several other obstacles. A Shaman can 'anchor' or connect boards and boxes to other world objects or summoned objects with various-colored nails. Red nails keep a subject firmly grounded and will not move, but it could rotate on the anchor. Yellow nails connect to most other objects, particularly red-nailed ones, and keep an object's placement, but can move. Blue nails connect two objects but are loose and can rotate.

Upon reaching 1,000 total saves as a Shaman, a new player can choose to become 'hard mode' Shaman. In hard mode, a Shaman cannot use red nails which anchor a subject solidly, nor can they use the Spirit tool, which can push mice and objects with a thumb of light. Spirit is the only real object permitted to be cast outside summoning range. In lieu of this, hard mode Shamans can produce a pre-made 'totem', which can be constructed on an in-game editor map. Totems could be constructed with up to 20 objects, but just one red nail can be utilized as an anchor. A completed totem construction could be summoned instantly as a tough mode Shaman and is immediately functional, but may only be summoned once per map. After saving 5,000 total mice, 2,000 being in hard mode, a player will unlock the 'divine mode' Shaman setting, a location released being an update on May 26, 2014.[3] In addition to not to be able to use red nails and the Spirit tool, a divine mode shaman cannot use yellow nails which connect and stabilize most objects, nor can they make use of a totem. Regardless of the constraints, divine mode Shamans have the ability to spawn available objects almost anywhere on a map.

Collected cheese can be saved up and used as currency in the game. Players can use this currency to buy virtual clothing items for their mouse in the game's item shop. Players also can buy virtual clothing items by purchasing 'fraises', an in-game currency that can be obtained by paying real money. Items are purely visual and do not give bonus stats. Players also can create their particular maps via an in-game editor. Created maps must be verified with a test run of the map where the creator needs to have the ability to successfully collect the cheese and bring it back again to the hole. Once verified, players can decide to submit their map into rotation at the cost of 40 cheese.

An in-game achievement system awards players with new titles and badges. Titles are awarded for collecting specific numbers of cheese, obtaining a specific amount of first place victories, accumulating saves as a Shaman, buying items from the shop and completing events. Badges are awarded for buying almost any fur (except plains) from the shop and completing events.

An event and level system[4] was added on July 29, 2013, allowing mice to unlock Shaman abilities and traits by collecting cheese and saving mice. The abilities are separated into five trees: Spiritual Guide, Wind Master, Mechanician, Wildling, and Physicist. A Spiritual Guide increases the Shaman's ability to truly save more mice, a Wind Master centers on the Shaman's mobility, a Mechanician gives the Shaman more options in regards to building, a Wildling enhances both objects and mice, and a Physicist advances the Shaman's power.

Trolling is recognized as a the main game, as previously mentioned in the in-game 'Help/Rules' menu.[5] Some players infrequently decide to troll, whether playing since the Shaman or perhaps a normal mouse. Shamans can kill other mice by striking them with cannonballs and other objects, creating structures that causes lag to other players, along with blocking them from progressing in the map by developing a structure that is impossible to pass. Normal mice can troll by stalling, which can be to keep on the map for as long as possible without capturing the cheese. Normal mice can also decide to push the Shaman's buildings off the stage. In maps where there's collision detection, they could also push other mice, such as the Shaman, off the stage. Trollers may also use the in-game consumables to produce a shaman build go haywire or decrease mice. Common consumables used are: Beachballs, Tombstones, Pumpkin Throwables, Crumbled paper Throwables and the Snowball.