The game consists of 24 scenes and is played entirely with the mouse. You choose an action and click or drag objects on each screen. Hot spots are not indicated, so this becomes a bit of a pixel hunt. If you have chosen the correct action, you ‘succeed’ and move to the next screen. Otherwise, you ‘fail’ and try again. You cannot proceed to the next scene until you have solved the current scenario.
There is no dialog and the soundtrack is a mix of upbeat instrumental music that changes with each scene. Steam achievements are not supported and the game saves after each success.
It took me about an hour to finish the game. I got stuck on a couple of screens because there are some very obscure hot spots to find. Other times, I missed a hot spot because it did not respond to the first few interactions.
I am not a fan of The Trolling Adventure. There was not enough going on in any single scene to hold my attention, and no real sense of anything when you are finished. At its core, it is a guessing game with pixel hunting.
If you are inclined to play a title with silly stick men, I’d recommend The Henry Stickmin Collection as an alternative to The Trolling Adventure. Henry Stickmin costs a few dollars more but has delightful humor, more complexity, a host of achievements to chase, and much smoother mechanics.
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