Transformice

Transformice (sometimes abbreviated to TFM, or T4M) is an online independent multiplayer free-to-play platform video 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 overall 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 key objective of the overall game is to gather a piece of cheese put in 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 gather it. And, the ball player must take the collected cheese back once again 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 will find about 2 or even more players in the room. Players may also be given extra recognition within their stats for finishing first when you will find eleven or even more players in the room. Maps have a broad time limit of two minutes, where time a new map is loaded. Maps can instantly switch before the full 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 merely two mice left on the map. Dying adds one point to a player's score on the scoreboard, no matter what time in the overall game it is or the cause of death.

Whenever a player reaches the greatest score on the scoreboard, they will become a Shaman next map involving one. The typical objective of the Shaman is to greatly help the other mice obtain the cheese and bring it back 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 this by summoning objects such as for example boards, boxes, anvils, spirit, and balloons to produce buildings or contraptions such as bridges to cross gaps or some 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 an item firmly grounded and won't move, but it may rotate on the anchor. Yellow nails connect to the majority of 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 to become 'hard mode' Shaman. In hard mode, a Shaman cannot use red nails which anchor a subject solidly, nor would they use the Spirit tool, that may push mice and objects with a flash of light. Spirit is the only real object permitted to be cast outside of summoning range. In lieu of this, hard mode Shamans can create a pre-made 'totem', which is constructed on an in-game editor map. Totems could be constructed with up to 20 objects, but only 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 new player will unlock the 'divine mode' Shaman setting, an environment released being an update on May 26, 2014.[3] Along with 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 use a totem. Inspite of the constraints, divine mode Shamans have the capacity to spawn available objects almost anywhere on a map.

Collected cheese is also saved up and used as currency in the game. Players can use this currency to get virtual clothing items for their mouse in the game's item shop. Players may also buy virtual clothing items by purchasing 'fraises', an in-game currency that may be obtained by paying real money. Items are purely visual and don't give bonus stats. Players may also create their own maps via an in-game editor. Created maps must be verified with a test run of the map where in actuality the creator must be able to successfully collect the cheese and take 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 quantity of first place victories, accumulating saves as a Shaman, buying items from the shop and completing events. Badges are awarded for buying any kind 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 truly save more mice, a Wind Master is targeted on the Shaman's mobility, a Mechanician provides 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 opt to troll, whether playing whilst the Shaman or even a normal mouse. Shamans can kill other mice by striking them with cannonballs and other objects, creating structures that creates lag to other players, in addition to blocking them from progressing in the map by developing a structure that's impossible to pass. Normal mice can troll by stalling, which is to remain on the map for so long as possible without capturing the cheese. Normal mice might also choose to push the Shaman's buildings off the stage. In maps where there is collision detection, they could also push other mice, such as the Shaman, off the stage. Trollers may also use the in-game consumables to make a shaman build go haywire or decrease mice. Common consumables used are: Beachballs, Tombstones, Pumpkin Throwables, Crumbled paper Throwables and the Snowball.