Roly Poly (named Furball during development[3]) is a main puzzle game Nitrome released for Miniclip in 2006. In the game, the player must quickly guide a Hedgehog named Poly to the designated finish line by rotating it through a maze. It is the fourth Nitrome Game.
The levels in Roly Poly are grouped into three categories: easy, medium, and hard. Each category has ten levels, which are given their own special names. The player can start the game on the first level of any category.
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In this level, the player must hit the highest up switch, then the middle switch, and then the switch closest to the start. The hedgehog must be quick to get through the maze before time runs out.
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The hedgehog has to quickly collect the two keys so not to get hit by the spike traps, then flip onto the middle area, and last flip out while over the finish.
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In this level, the player must flip the stage slowly, so that the hedgehog rolls to a point under the finish. Then the player must quickly flip the stages so that the hedgehog falls into the finish.
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In this level, the player must manage the hedgehog's speed so that it slowly rolls to the finish without touching the moving lightning in front or in back of it.
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In this level, the player must slowly roll, using the small blocks as support, and then quickly rotate the board to cause the hedgehog to fall through the finish.
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Reaching the finish line may be as simple as rolling along a large curve, but a wheel of eight spike balls makes this task more difficult. The player has to make sure Poly is not between where the spikes might land or they will have to restart the level.
A very easy method to completing this level is to remember one thing: where a spike ball lands during one out-extension, it will not land the next time. Using this method, the player can effectively get to the end quite quickly.
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Time: 29 seconds
The only safe path to reach the finish line is to roll Poly across two sets of four tiny bumps, being careful to avoid any hazardous spikes. Rolling Poly across the first set will help him reach the first end, then moving the circle to the left will help him reach the finish line.
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Time: 59 seconds
Like level 11, Poly needs to dodge some giant arrows while taking cover in the gaps put in the level. Two arrows at a time will shoot across the screen to the left, while two more arrows will come across the screen to the right at the bottom of the screen, where the finish line is.
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Time: 3:59 seconds
Four keys scattered across the circle must be obtained in tiny compartments determined by moving doors. A few of these doors have electricity beaming in them, so the player has to be careful of the area Poly gets enclosed in.
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Time: 59 seconds
The path to the finish line is locked, so the player needs to roll over a series of bumps with trigger spikes as well as avoiding stationary spikes to reach the key. Then, the player must start Poly out on the same path he came from, except this time, taking a turn for the finish line.
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Time: 1:59 seconds
This level introduces retractable spikes, which periodically retract and then stick out again. The player needs to navigate Poly safely when the spikes retract to navigate through the curvy pathway and reach the finish line.
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Time: 59 seconds
This level is more fast paced as opposed to the other levels previously played. Most of it is made up of spikes. The player must use three fast-moving platforms to quickly roll on and reach the finish line.
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Time: 1:59 seconds
The path to the finish line in this level is divided into tiny sections determined by moving doors. When the doors closed, certain compartments emit electricity in them. This is randomized, and the player has to make sure they are in the right compartments so Poly will not get electrocuded.
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Time: 2:59 seconds
As the name suggests, the level is shaped in a U pattern, with three pipes on either sides of the level and one at the bottom of the "U" shape. The player must make that journey around the U shape in order to obtain the key. Once the key has been taken, Poly must make it back the way he came from. To make it in the finish line, the player should tip the hedgehog in the center of the U, being careful not to hit the spikes on either sides of the wall.
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Time: 59 seconds
While avoiding the spikes, Poly starts his journey on a short but fast moving platform to reach a moving door. Once the door opens, Poly can drop through and make his way to an open area, where two moving platforms on the same line meet. Then, while avoiding all the spikes on either sides, the hedgehog has to be rolled on the moving platforms in order to reach the finish line.
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Time: 2:59 seconds
The last level of the game, Poly navigates his way through a long maze of retracting spikes in order to reach the finish line, which completes the game.
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Mat Annal claimed in an interview with FreeGamesNews that the inspiration for Roly Poly came when Mat was playing around with a circular "maze toy", where one would have to rotate the maze to move in the ball bearing in the maze around.[4]
The main character bears a striking resemblance to SEGA's Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic was said to have been brown, like Poly, until an accident which gave him his current coloration.
The image quality of the game is almost the same plain quality of Sandman.
Roly Poly is considered by some Nitromians to be one of the hardest Nitrome games made.[citation needed]
↑Free Game News.com Free Game News.com - Matthew Annal (Nitrome) interview FreeGamesNews: Could you please introduce your latest creation, Roly Poly? Mat: ...The game [idea] came about after playing with one of those maze toys where you have to try and get the ball bearings on the right spots and thinking it would be cooler if it had moving parts.
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