Transformice

Transformice (sometimes abbreviated to TFM, or T4M) is an online independent multiplayer free-to-play platform gaming, developed 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 premiered on Steam on January 30, 2015, as a free-to-play game.

The main objective of the overall game is to gather an item of cheese put into a minumum of one location on a map. Players control a mouse with the arrow keys or the WASD keys to run, duck, jump and perform various techniques, such as for instance wall jumping, long jumping, turn arounds, and corner jumping. Players' mice must touch the cheese to collect 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's updated in real-time. Bonus points are awarded for players who place first, second or third. Collecting cheese is recorded right into a player's permanent stats when you can find about 2 or maybe more players in the room. Players will also be given extra recognition in their stats for finishing first when there are eleven or maybe more players in the room. Maps have a general time limit of two minutes, of which time a fresh 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 only 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 is or the explanation for death.

When a player reaches the highest score on the scoreboard, they will turn into a Shaman next map involving one. The typical objective of the Shaman is to greatly help one other mice obtain the cheese and see it back once again to the hole. Doing this will award the Shaman with "saves" for every single mouse who completes the map, which are recorded onto the player's profile. The Shaman can do so by summoning objects such as boards, boxes, anvils, spirit, and balloons to produce 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 thing firmly grounded and will not move, but it could rotate on the anchor. Yellow nails connect to many 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 player can decide becoming a 'hard mode' Shaman. In hard mode, a Shaman cannot use red nails which anchor an item solidly, nor can they use the Spirit tool, that may push mice and objects with a flash of light. Spirit is the sole object permitted to be cast outside of summoning range. In lieu of this, hard mode Shamans can cause a pre-made 'totem', that will be constructed on an in-game editor map. Totems can be constructed with up to 20 objects, but only 1 red nail can be utilized being an anchor. A completed totem construction could be summoned instantly as a difficult 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 new player will unlock the 'divine mode' Shaman setting, a setting released being an update on May 26, 2014.[3] As well as not being 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 work with a totem. Inspite 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 utilize this currency to buy virtual clothing items due to their mouse in the game's item shop. Players may also buy virtual clothing items by purchasing 'fraises', an in-game currency which can be obtained by paying real money. Items are purely visual and do not give bonus stats. Players may also create their own maps via an in-game editor. Created maps should be verified with a test run of the map where in actuality the creator must manage to successfully collect the cheese and see it back to the hole. Once verified, players can choose to submit their map into rotation at the expense of 40 cheese.

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

An experience 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 advances the Shaman's ability to save lots of more mice, a Wind Master targets the Shaman's mobility, a Mechanician gives the Shaman more options as it pertains to building, a Wildling enhances both objects and mice, and a Physicist advances the Shaman's power.

Trolling is considered a part of the game, as stated in the in-game 'Help/Rules' menu.[5] Some players infrequently choose to troll, whether playing while the Shaman or even a normal mouse. Shamans can kill other mice by striking them with cannonballs and other objects, creating structures that triggers lag to other players, in addition to blocking them from progressing in the map by creating a structure that is impossible to pass. Normal mice can troll by stalling, that will be to remain on the map for provided that possible without capturing the cheese. Normal mice can also choose 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 create a shaman build go haywire or decelerate mice. Common consumables used are: Beachballs, Tombstones, Pumpkin Throwables, Crumbled paper Throwables and the Snowball.