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Happy Wheels is a game in its category. The name is quite deceptive, and a single run through with this 2D-scroller will make it clear that all is not as it seems. Happy Wheels utilizes a combination of ragdoll physics and gore to make a survival platformer where your single goal is to make it to the goal line, and endure whatever tasks that might entail.
Things get more interesting in that it is allows for community-based level design much like Mario Maker, though Happy Wheels unblocked predates Mario Maker by about half a decade. Some are easy, some are difficult, and almost all of them involve danger to your character, which can get graphically violent. It’s not unusual for a leg to fall off or to see intestines spilling out of your character should something go wrong, as it almost always inevitably does in this game. SMXLL You get to choose between a variety of problematic characters from Santa’s sleigh being pulled by elves, to a guy on a bike with his son on back, or even a businessman on a Segway to name a few. Depending on which character you choose the gameplay mechanics shift in different ways, though the level creator gets to choose which characters are available for their level. There are two versions of the game. The original was for PC, and the other is for iOS with an Android version still in development.
For PC, one controls their character through use of the arrow keys and jumps with the space bar, with the added ability to eject your character from their problematic vehicle of choice through use of the Z button. Sometimes the Shift or Control key can assist with other actions, but usually not. For the mobile version the controls are labeled in the bottom left and right of the screen in easy reach of the thumbs. The game was published by Fancy Force with the original game design by Jim Bonacci who was the artist and main programmer for the game. He started working on it in 2006, quoting other browser-based ragdoll physics games as his inspiration.
He developed the graphic violence as a response to his frustration how other games don’t show realistic consequences of dangerous and harmful actions. The only place the full version of the game can be found is on his website, totaljerkface.com but he has licensed demo versions to https://eunblocked.com/happy-wheels/
It’s easy to see why, too. Despite the game’s hyperviolence, if one can get past that and the occasionally grotesque character design, then it can become quite addictive in one’s quest to complete the levels.
The mobile version has fewer options and pre-selected levels, which can arguably take away from some of the enjoyment of the game, so playing it on the PC is the more advisable version. Sometimes the fun of the game comes from seeing in what horrible ways your character will get mutilated, as oftentimes the level design leaves such a minute chance of actual victory.