History VideoGame / Transformice

A downloadable, free-to-play version of the game is also available on Main/{{Steam}}. It also has a WebAnimation series based off it using the ''Blender 3D'' engine, which can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFlHHPgPNqOgOu-9CVtke6w here]].

* GameMod: Starting with the ''Main/{{Steam}}'' release, people can now create their own games using the Transformice engine to be submitted to the ''Module'' mode. Using it, people have managed to create Transformice ''VideoGame/PropHunt'' and even Transformice ''VideoGame/{{Murder}}'' modes.

* RevenueEnhancingDevices: Starting around late beta, you can buy strawberries with real world money, which in turn can be used to buy costumes for your mouse. While you ''can'' get costumes by collecting cheese normally, it takes ''for freaking ever'' to do so, since costume items cost a lot of cheese and usually cost far fewer strawberries by comparison. [[note]]For example, a costume item that costs 1,000 or so cheese will likely cost around 50-100 strawberries, which is around a dollar in real life US currency.[[/note]] The ''Main/{{Steam}}'' version also allows you to use money from your Steam wallet to buy strawberries, too.

* BlessedAreTheCheesemakers: The entire goal of the game is to accumulate as much cheese as possible.

** There's an orange and white fur that was added after the Christmas 2015 event that looks suspiciously like a mouse version of ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}''.

* ShoutOut: "[[{{Seinfeld}} No cheese for you!]]"

*** You can buy [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge Simpson's]] hair, [[DragonBall Super Saiyan 2]] hair, {{Mario}}'s cap, ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'s helmet, ViewtifulJoe's helmet and VideoGame/MegaMan's helmet in the shop, as well as an eggshell hat reminiscent of [[VideoGame/YoshisIsland Yoshi's]]. [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Yuuka's PC-98 Nightcap]] is also available.
*** Red and green [[StarWars lightsabers]], [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Urahara's hat and Zangetsu]] are also available.
*** And now WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic-inspired hairstyles. Cue ColbertBump from Equestria Daily.
*** Elvis, ''Hatsune Miku'', and Rin Kagamine's hair appear in the shop.

* EldritchAbomination: Through dark shaman troll magic and abuse of Transformice physics, shamans are able to create a flying aberration formed of many anvils connected to each other with rotating anchors stacked on top of each other; the aforementioned Anvil God. In one of the maps, you must [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu face a resident Anvil God]] to get the cheese.

* BoringButPractical: When a Shaman unlocks Hard Mode, their "B" bullet command is disabled in exchange for getting more EXP when saving mice.[[note]]The "B" bullet is the most useful command to a sham since it locks the object in place, even in the air, although it'll rotate if touched.[[/note]] To make up for this, Hard Mode Shams get to create their own totem they can summon, which is a custom creation that can have one "B" bullet on it. While most shams will take advantage of this by having totems that can extend all the way across the map or create "airship"s with them, it's not uncommon to see most Hard Mode shams using a single small transparent plank as their totem, thanks to it being incredibly versatile to build off of for any map or situation.

* BoringButPractical: When a Shaman unlocks Hard Mode, their "B" bullet command is disabled in exchange for getting more EXP when saving mice.[[note]]The "B" bullet is the most useful command to a sham since it locks the object in place, even in the air, although it'll rotate if touched.[[note]] To make up for this, Hard Mode Shams get to create their own totem they can summon, which is a custom creation that can have one "B" bullet on it. While most shams will take advantage of this by having totems that can extend all the way across the map or create "airship"s with them, it's not uncommon to see most Hard Mode shams using a single small transparent plank as their totem, thanks to it being incredibly versatile to build off of for any map or situation.

[[caption-width-right:330:See that mouse in the center? That's the Shaman. His goal is to get the mice around him to the cheese and then back to the mouse hole, which unlocks more powers for him with the more mice he saves. Mice who get back more quickly than others get to be the sham more frequently, and thus unlock more powers quickly. [[NintendoHard May God]] [[LeeroyJenkins have mercy]] [[TooDumbToLive on everyone's souls]].]]

[[caption-width-right:330:See that mouse in the center? That's the Shaman. His goal is to get the mice around him to the cheese and then back to the mouse hole with his [[WreakingHavok often physics breaking]] powers. Mice who get back more quickly than others also get to be the sham more frequently. [[NintendoHard May God]] [[LeeroyJenkins have mercy]] [[TooDumbToLive on everyone's souls]].]]

[[caption-width-right:330:See that mouse in the center? That's the Shaman. His goal is to get the mice around him to the cheese and then back to the mouse hole with his [[WreackingHavok often physics breaking]] powers. Mice who get back more quickly than others also get to be the sham more frequently. [[NintendoHard May God]] [[LeeroyJenkins have mercy]] [[TooDumbToLive on everyone's souls]].]]

[[caption-width-right:330:See that mouse in the center? That's the Shaman. His goal is to get the mice around him to the cheese and then back to the mouse hole with his [[WreckingHavok often physics breaking]] powers. Mice who get back more quickly than others also get to be the sham more frequently. [[NintendoHard May God]] [[LeeroyJenkins have mercy]] [[TooDumbToLive on everyone's souls]].]]

[[caption-width-right:330:See that mouse in the center? That's the Shaman. His goal is to get the mice around him to the cheese and then back to the mouse hole, and the more mice he saves, the more experience and powers he unlocks. Mice who get back more quickly than others also get to be the sham more frequently. [[NintendoHard May God]] [[LeeroyJenkins have mercy]] [[TooDumbToLive on everyone's souls]].]]

[[caption-width-right:330:See that mouse in the center? That's the Shaman. His goal is to get the mice around him to the cheese and then back to the mouse hole. Mice who get back more quickly than others get to be the sham more frequently. [[NintendoHard May God]] [[LeeroyJenkins have mercy]] [[TooDumbToLive on everyone's souls]].]]

[[caption-width-right:330:See that mouse in the center? That's the Shaman. His goal is to get the mice around him to the cheese and then back to the mouse hole. [[NintendoHard May God]] [[LeeroyJenkins have mercy]] [[TooDumbToLive on his soul]].]]

* ArtifactTitle: The "transform" part of the name comes from an early version where the mice could transform into shaman items.
** Version 0.154 re-introduced the mouse transformation in maps 200 to 210.
** Version 1.82 introduced shaman skills, one of which allowed the shaman to give up to five mice the ability to transform into items for the rest of the round.

Because getting in each other's way is of course what this game is all about. Most maps are completely trivial and could easily be navigated successfully with zero casualties if it weren't for the fact that the mice tend to rush recklessly forward at the earliest opportunity. There are two reasons for this. The first reason lies in the scoring system. The player with the highest score gets to be Shaman in the next round, then their score is reset and they start over. Players score points by bringing cheese to the hole, and the more people they are quicker than, the more points they get. The second reason is that getting cheese first unlocks various [[CosmeticAward titles]]. [[HilarityEnsues The consequences of this arrangement are apparent.]]

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* LeeroyJenkins: The only way to describe the tactics of the "regular" mice at times. If they don't immediately die because of it, they all to frequently end up making the map {{Unwinnable}} for everyone else.

* HolidayMode: Starting around late beta, the game has themed levels pop up around certain holidays and will give existing levels holiday themed makeovers as well as few Holiday-themed {{Mini Game}}s that pop up at random in between the levels you can gimmick items from [[note]]such as eggs on Easter, candy on Halloween[[/note]] that you can trade in to get holiday-themed prizes such as ability to turn into a snow mouse, vampire mouse, and so on. While this includes obvious stuff like Halloween and Christmas, it's also done stuff for Easter, April Fools day... And oddly, considering it's not a holiday, school themed levels and {{Mini Game}}s around the time most major school systems start back up after the summer vacation. Interestingly enough, it's possible to keep holiday themed items well passed the event in question, though you won't be able to win any more of the "consumable" items until next year when it starts up again.

** Gravestone items. It immediately kills you to produce a gravestone slightly smaller than a box. It's intent is to pull a HeroicSacrifice so other players can use it to get past other obstacles. Most players, however, will use it to intentionally block paths[[note]]Thankfully, they despawn after a short while, but may the Sham have mercy on you if they pull this near the end of the round[[/note]] or mess up a shamans build.[[note]]Which , if the sham can't quickly recover from it, can mess up the round for everyone.[[/note]] Thankfully, it's only available around Halloween time. However, most players will still stock up on as many of them as possible while it's going on...

** Gravestone items. It immediately kills you to produce a gravestone slightly smaller than a box. It's intent is to pull a HeroicSacrifice so other players can use it to get past other obstacles. Most players, however, will use it to intentionally block paths[[note]]Thankfully, they despawn after a short while, but may the Sham have mercy on you if they pull this near the end of the round[[/note]] or mess up a shamans build.[[note]]Which , if the sham can't quickly recover from it, can mess up the round for everyone.[[note]] Thankfully, it's only available around Halloween time. However, most players will still stock up on as many of them as possible while it's going on...

** Gravestone items. It immediately kills you to produce a gravestone slightly smaller than a box. It's intent is to pull a HeroicSacrifice so other players can use it to get past other obstacles. Most players, however, will use it to intentionally block paths[[note]]Thankfully, they despawn after a short while, but may the Sham have mercy on you if they pull this near the end of the round[[note]] or mess up a shamans build.[[note]]Which , if the sham can't quickly recover from it, can mess up the round for everyone.[[note]] Thankfully, it's only available around Halloween time. However, most players will still stock up on as many of them as possible while it's going on...

** Gravestone items. It immediately kills you to produce a gravestone slightly smaller than a box. It's intent is to pull a HeroicSacrafice so other players can use it to get past other obstacles. Most players, however, will use it to intentionally block paths[[note]]Thankfully, they despawn after a short while, but may the Sham have mercy on you if they pull this near the end of the round[[note]] or mess up a shamans build.[[note]]Which , if the sham can't quickly recover from it, can mess up the round for everyone.[[note]] Thankfully, it's only available around Halloween time. However, most players will still stock up on as many of them as possible while it's going on...

* [[{{Griefer}} Griefing]]: If a Shaman is a dick, there isn't much the other mice can do about it. It is also possible on collision maps to screw over other players.

** Imagine if the other players had a deliberate means of knocking other players and shamans off precarious platforms and messing up careful structural design, including pushing invisible objects. Well, thanks to the likely seasonal addition of snowballs, they did, but they have been removed.

* NotTheIntendedUse: The ability to create one's own room is intended so that friends can play and chat together without having to deal with a crowd of onlookers. However, some mice will use it as a way to power grind for Shaman abilities since you get to be the sham more frequently in small groups, which makes up for the reduced amount of EXP you get from saving a small group of mice as opposed to a large one, there are less LeeroyJenkins to mess over the map, and it's easier to get first in them, which in turn gives more EXP.

* LeeroyJenkins: The only way to describe the tactics of the "regular" mice at times.

* NonindicativeName: The mice actually don't transform... until version 0.154, which introduced a couple of special maps where mice ''do'' transform.
** Update 1.82 also introduced skills, one of which allows shamans to give random mice near them the ability to transform into objects for the rest of the round