Transformice

Transformice (sometimes abbreviated to TFM, or T4M) is an online independent multiplayer free-to-play platform computer game, 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 overall game was 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 released 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 in at least one location on a map. Players control a mouse with the arrow keys or the WASD keys to perform, duck, jump and perform various techniques, such as wall jumping, long jumping, turn arounds, and corner jumping. Players' mice must touch the cheese to collect it. After which it, the gamer must take the collected cheese back to the map's mouse hole to finish. The amount of 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 in to a player's permanent stats when there are about 2 or 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 a broad time limit of two minutes, of which time a fresh map is loaded. Maps can instantly switch before the 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 point to a player's score on the scoreboard, no matter what amount of time in the overall game it's or the cause of death.

Each time a player reaches the greatest score on the scoreboard, they will become a Shaman in the next map involving one. The general objective of the Shaman is to help one other mice obtain the cheese and bring it back to the hole. Doing so 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 boards, boxes, anvils, spirit, and balloons to generate buildings or contraptions such as for example 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 a thing firmly grounded and will not 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 person can choose becoming a 'hard mode' Shaman. In hard mode, a Shaman cannot use red nails which anchor a subject solidly, nor would they use the Spirit tool, which can push mice and objects with a thumb of light. Spirit is the sole object permitted to be cast outside of summoning range. In lieu of this, hard mode Shamans can create a pre-made 'totem', which will be constructed on an in-game editor map. Totems could be constructed with as much as 20 objects, but just one red nail may be used 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 work with a totem. Regardless of the constraints, divine mode Shamans have the capability to spawn available objects almost anywhere on a map.

Collected cheese can also be saved up and used as currency in the game. Players can utilize this currency to buy virtual clothing items for his or her mouse in the game's item shop. Players may also buy virtual clothing items by purchasing 'fraises', an in-game currency that can be obtained by paying real money. Items are purely visual and don't give bonus stats. Players may also create their very own maps via an in-game editor. Created maps must certanly be verified by a test run of the map where in fact the creator has to manage to successfully collect the cheese and bring it back once again to the hole. Once verified, players can decide to submit their map into rotation at the price of 40 cheese.

An in-game achievement system awards players with new titles and badges. Titles are awarded for collecting specific variety 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 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 increases the Shaman's ability to truly save more mice, a Wind Master centers around the Shaman's mobility, a Mechanician provides the Shaman more options when it comes to building, a Wildling enhances both objects and mice, and a Physicist advances the Shaman's power.

Trolling is recognized as a part of the game, as mentioned in the in-game 'Help/Rules' menu.[5] Some players infrequently decide to troll, whether playing whilst the Shaman or perhaps a normal mouse. Shamans can kill other mice by striking them with cannonballs and other objects, creating structures that creates lag to other players, along with blocking them from progressing in the map by building a structure that is impossible to pass. Normal mice can troll by stalling, that will be to stay on the map for provided that possible without capturing the cheese. Normal mice may also choose to push the Shaman's buildings off the stage. In maps where there is collision detection, they are able to 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 decrease mice. Common consumables used are: Beachballs, Tombstones, Pumpkin Throwables, Crumbled paper Throwables and the Snowball.