Oodlegobs

Oodlegobs is a puzzle platform main game released on August 29th 2013 for Flash and Nitrome Touchy. The player plays as many Oodlegobs as they try to invade and destroy the MewTube company.

Controls
left right - Move left/right space - Jump down - Lead all Oodlegobs to one Oodlegob up - Cause Oodlegobs to climb on top of each other

Gameplay
In each level of Oodlegobs, the player has to reach a giant cat computer at the end of the level. Usually the player will start from an oodlegobs hive with a small amount, or even one oodlegob. Placed throughout levels are cats, which when eaten cause two other Oodlegobs to form.

Levels of the game often require that the player interact with various buttons in order to open the necessary exit out of the room into another room. Throughout the game the player may have to split Oodlegobs into groups and go to multiple areas in order to advance farther in the game.

Levels
Oodlegobs has 15 levels.

Development
Oodlegobs first started as a game idea of a swarm of small creatures, the story created by Nitrome pixel artist Giuseppe Longo through mocking up of the game.

Oodlegobs' design was also influenced by the game "Badland", the trailer of the movie "World War Z" , and the candy M&M's. Furthermore, the game's usage of cats was based off the general enjoyment of people watching humorous cat videos.

June 13, 2013
On June 13 2013, Nitrome released a preview image on their blog. In the preview image, there is a large purplish grey computer standing in front of a dark purple background. On the computer screen, there are several windows open. The most prominent of these windows, the one that is on top, is opened to a website called MewTube. Underneath the computer, on the right corner, is a pink blob with big white teeth and big black eyes.

Cuboy also makes a cameo in this preview, appearing at the bottom-left corner of the computer.

August 1, 2013
On August 1st, 2013, Nitrome announced an upcoming game, Oodlegobs, on their blog. They also released a preview image of the game.

Cameos

 * Nitrome Towers is seen in the introduction.

Spike glitch
Rarely, when an oodlegob comes in contact with a spike, it will not die, but rather become immobilized.

Unlimited glitch
In level five, there is an area with two Oodlegob hives. If Oodlegobs are at them both at the same time, every generator will generate unlimited Oodlegobs, although when there are too many, the game will freeze.

Nitrome Touchy
Oodlegobs was made Nitrome Touchy compatible on August 16th 2013.

Trivia

 * Parts of Oodlegobs are influenced by internet culture, these being:
 * The expression on the teenager's face briefly changes to a troll face.
 * MewTube is a parody of YouTube.
 * In the help section of the menu, the mention of "make cheezburgers out of them" is a reference to the website I Can Haz Cheesburger?.
 * The intro has two cats of the internet that went viral.
 * Keyboard Cat
 * Nyan Cat in the form of a doughnut with a trail of stars.
 * Oodlegobs is one of a few Nitrome games to completely lack enemies.
 * The name "Oodlegobs" is a combination of the words "oodles" and "gobs", "oodles" meaning a bunch or a lot, and "gobs" meaning something slimy. This is a reference to the main characters, since there are a lot of them and they are slimy.
 * The gameplay slightly resembles that of Kirby Mass Attack in that a lot of the same type of character are being used to play the game.