Game Profile: Jelly Battle – http://www.jellybattle.com

Jelly Battle was, and still is, one of our most successful games and was definitely the most well-received amongst the gaming community and portal sites. It’s also the one I enjoy playing the most revisiting it over three years on.

Jelly Battle is the sequel to Jelly Jumper, which introduced the flubber-style character and keyboard environment, and took the game to the next level – multiplayer. The premise is that you battle it out on the board with 3 other Jelly dudes and the last Jelly standing triumphs!

Each turns involves all four players simultaneously jumping to a nearby square and then activating the Action they have landed on. The different kinds of Action can be broken down into categories: Offensive (Purple), Damaging (Red), Defensive/Magical (Light Blue), Health (Green) and Teleport (Yellow).

Nuke – 30 damage to all opponents

Air Strike – Potential 30 damage to any visible opponents

Laser – 30 damage vertically and horizontally

Blast – Damage to nearby opponents based on proximity 40, 30 and 20

Random Drop – Selects a random visible player to drop an object onto – Anvil (25 damage, common), Hundredweight (30 damage, less common), Piano (50 damage, rare)

Handbag – Allows to swing a handbag in a 1 sqaure radius dealing 30 damage for a set number of turns

Shield – Protects you from damage for a set number of turns

Invisibility - Renders you invisible for a set number of turns, protects from air strikes and random drop (Invisibility is removed upon damage)

Jelly Rage – Doubles damage dealt for a set number of turns

Triple Jump – Extends the radius of your move area for a set number of turns

Debonus – Removes all other players’ bonuses

Freeze – Freezes one of your opponents on their square for one turn. Damage removes the freeze effect. Occasionally you may receive the Freeze All bonus, which freezes everyone.

Health – Restores a random amount of health between 30 and 50

Super Health – Restores you to your maximum health

Mine – Deals a random amount of damage between 20 and 40

Teleport – Transports you to a square at least 5 squares away.

The balance and distribution of the Actions is vital to the gameplay. Each Action is always counterable by another and the many different combinations of the possibilities of the four players’ moves requires quick and strategic thinking to come out victorious.

Chat is also available throughout the game, enabling plenty of Jelly banter and there are several ranks you can work your way up through via the sophisticated scoring system which takes into account your position and the quality of your opponents.

Jelly Battle has also been featured on BBC News Click, has been reviewed on Jayisgames and achieved our highest score on Newgrounds.

Who knows, maybe there’ll be a Jelly Battle 2 someday…

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