Square Meal

Square Meal is an action-multiplayer game released in July 2007. The player controls a troll trapped in a maze-styled dungeon whose goal is to eat (swallow) all present enemies after knocking them out with blocks. The game was planned a sequel, but due to other projects with higher priority at Nitrome the sequel was put on hold and never worked on again. It is not known if the sequel will ever be completed and released.

Controls
Green Troll

Move: left right up down Eat: Space

Blue Troll

Move: W, A, S, D Eat:

Gameplay
Square Meal plays like several other "elimination" type games made by Nitrome, where the player is left with the task of killing all enemies on the stage. This is how it is done in Square Meal, all enemies have to be killed. Since the player is an armless troll, they are unable to hold weapons. Instead, with the giant mouth, they have to pick up blocks in the mouth and toss them at enemies.

If it hits an enemy, it will knock them unconscious for a brief time. During this time, the player can go and eat them, killing them in the process as well as gaining points. Different types of enemies and blocks are encountered throughout the game.

Levels
In each level of Square Meal, the player's character, a green troll, has to clear the level of all enemies. To kill an enemy, the Troll has to eat a block, then spit it out at an enemy. The block - if it reaches the enemy - will knock the enemy unconscious for a short period of time. While the enemy is unconscious, the troll can go up and eat it, eliminating the enemy.

Level 1
Enemies: In this level there are five mud monsters.

Level 2
Enemies: There are two shells and four troll skeletons. This level introduces wooden blocks.

Level 3
Enemies:There are two shells and five mud fountains.

Level 4
Enemies:This level has three troll skeletons, three shells, and two mud fountains.

Level 5
Enemies:This level has ten mud fountains who walk around a rectangle made of blocks.

Level 6
Enemies:There are four shells and one mud fountain. This level introduces the games first hazard - spikes.

Level 7
Enemies:This level has six mud fountains.

Level 8
Enemies:This level has three mud fountains, two troll skeletons, and one shell.

Level 9
Enemies:This level has four mud fountains and two green finned creatures.

Level 10
Enemies:This level contains five mud fountains, with the level being made up of only wooden blocks.

Level 11
This level has seven mud fountains.

Level 12
This level has five mud fountains and two troll skeletons. Lots of stone blocks are scattered around this level.

Level 13
This level contains five shells; slippery floor is also introduced in this level.

Level 14
Four troll skeletons roam the level, along with most of the level taken up by slippery floor.

Level 15
Three troll skeletons appear in this level. Green blocks are also introduced in the level.

Level 16
Four troll skeletons and three mud fountains are present in this level.

Level 17
Six mud fountains are the enemies for this level, only they are walking on spikes.

Level 18
One green finned creature, three mud fountains, and one troll skeleton.

Level 19
This level has six troll skeletons, with only metal blocks scattered around.

Level 20
This level has two green finned creatures and four mud fountains.

Level 21
Two troll skeletons and four mud fountains patrol the level. Bomb blocks are introduced for the level.

Level 22
There are four mud fountains in this level.

Level 23
There are two shells mud fountains. On top of that, moving spikes are introduced.

Level 24
Three troll skeletons, along with a single mud fountain and shell are the enemies for this level.

Level 25
A single green finned creature, mud fountain, and troll skeleton are the enemies for this level. There are also three rows of spikes, with an enemy in each row.

Level 26
There are two shells, troll skeletons, and three mud fountains.

Level 27
Four mud fountains and two troll skeletons are the enemies for this level.

Level 28
In this level, four troll skeletons and two mud fountains are the enemies. There are also very few blocks in the level, lot of space, and some spikes.

Level 29
Four mud fountains and two troll skeletons walk around a level scattered with much food.

Level 30
This level holds nine mud fountains, a large number of wooden blocks, and introduces stepping spikes.

Level 31
This level has six shells and some wooden blocks.

Level 32
This level has four mud fountains and three shells.

Level 33
This contains two mud fountains and green finned creatures.

Level 34
Seven mud fountains roam the area, three of which are near the player at the start of the level. Slippery floor is near the player when they start.

Level 35
This level contains six mud fountains. Many stone blocks are placed around the level, along with green blocks placed on the walls of the level.

Level 36
Three mud fountains and green finned creatures are all the enemies the level contains.

Level 37
Eight mud fountains are placed around the level.

Level 38
This level contains only wooden blocks. Three green finned enemies are placed in separate squares of turquoise, where they will fly out and move around the level.

Level 39
This level is made up of narrow paths, three troll skeletons and two mud fountains.

Level 40
Four mud fountains and two troll skeletons roam the level.

Level 41
This level contains six mud fountains and many green blocks. To complete the level, the green blocks should be bounced of each other to stun the enemies.

Level 42
Six mud fountains are present in this level.

Level 43
Many moving spikes are placed throughout this level which contains four mud fountains and a single troll skeleton.

Level 44
Many bomb blocks are placed throughout the level, along with bomb blocks being the only block in the level. Six troll skeletons complicate the level.

Level 45
A single shell and four mud fountains are the enemies for this level.

Level 46
A vast amount of stepping spikes are scattered throughout the level, sometimes in places unexpected. A single mud fountain and troll skeleton roam the level.

Level 47
Bomb blocks, and only bomb blocks, must be used to stun five mud fountains and one shell.

Level 48
Four mud fountains have to be stunned whilst avoiding stepping spikes present in every other tile.

Level 49
Four green finned enemies move about the level.

Level 50
Four troll skeletons, two mud fountains, and shells are placed in pairs, each pair in a section with the entrance blocked by two bomb blocks. These bomb blocks have to be precisely shot so they either explode and take out the enemy or stun them. This is the last level in the game, and it is hard, there are only bomb blocks so the player has to remember not to keep the block in the mouth for long.

Interactive Objects

 * Food - Gives the player 100 points when eaten. It also acts as an obstacle, preventing the troll from passing through it. If two players eat it at the same time, each player gets 50 points.

Blocks
The troll can swallow most blocks and spit them out to knock out enemies, although each have different effects.


 * Turquoise Stone - This stone forms the dungeon wall and is present in every level. It can't be eaten.
 * Stone Block - This stone can be shot at enemies and will knock them unconscious upon impact; the block however will keep travelling until it hits the wall or another block.
 * Wooden Blocks - This block shatters upon impact with an enemy, another block, or the wall.
 * Metal Block - The block will decrease in speed once shot.Metal_Box.png
 * Jelly Block - This block will rebound off other block, and knock unconscious enemies, but will kill the troll on contact.
 * Bomb Block - This block will detonate in the troll's mouth in 10 seconds. It will kill an enemy if it is caught in the explosion.

Enemies
Enemies in Square Meal must be eaten by the troll once unconscious in order to pass the level.


 * Mud Monsters - These walking enemies are almost completely covered in mud. They grant 100 points upon being eaten.
 * Troll Skeletons - These enemies walk around the level, and will charge at the troll on sight. The player obtains 100 points upon devouring them
 * Shell - These enemies will walk short distances before bringing their shell down. They are protected from all attacks when their shell is down.
 * Fish Men - These enemies have the ability to fly over blocks as well as follow the player in the direction they are going in. They cannot be hurt while flying.

Hazards

 * Slippery Floor - Slippery floor will slide the player at a low speed in the direction of the slippery floor.
 * Spikes - Spikes will kill the troll on contact, but not harm, enemies.
 * Moving Spikes - These spikes will move up and down out of the floor.
 * Stepping Spikes - The Spikes will go up when the player stands on them.

Miniclip Awards
Square Meal Gold 6500 points

Glitches

 * It is possible to walk through a wall by standing next to it, pressing the direction away from it, and quickly(before the step is complete)pressing the direction toward the it. The wall may then be walked out of onto any empty adjacent space.  This can be done twice in a row, which can trap the player.
 * Sometimes when the bomb block explodes and the troll is caught in the blast, the troll may sometimes become invisible instead of being killed. When the troll is invisible, it can do all the usual things it would be able to do while visible, but if it touches a monster, it will die.

Trivia

 * On level 44, the stone blocks spell the word "Nitrome", just as one level in Bad Ice-Cream.
 * Bad Ice-Cream, released 3 years later, has a similar gameplay and enemies from Square Meal.