Turbo Pudding

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Six rooms, from the Acorn to the Crown

· The Turbo Pudding team · 3 min read

The Crown room at night, on a deep indigo sky with small stars and soft dark clouds: across the top runs a wide band of purple stone blocks with four tall pillars rising from it, the points of the crown, and a Coneroll, a round brown pinecone with big eyes and a green sprout, stands between two of them under a gray scribble of a cloud; below, on a long ledge of purple blocks in the middle, Tirra, a round orange fledgling with a spiky orange crest, faces right toward Lee, a round lilac fledgling with a curly purple crest and a long curled tail, who has just blown a clear bubble with a Burrnut, a chestnut in a spiky green case, curled up inside; on a ledge at the left walks a Skimmer, a blue-gray pond skater with thin legs, and on the right ledge another Skimmer stands next to a Jellydrop, a pale blue jellyfish with pink wavy tentacles, both with gray clouds over their heads; dark purple hills fill the bottom of the room

Tirralee is a climb of fifty rooms, one screen each, from the roots of the Skyward Tree up to the nest where Mama sings. Every room is a picture of something, and every room has its own clock: when it runs out, the sky goes dark, “DUSK!” flashes up, and ten seconds later the Duskmoth comes for your empty bubbles. Pop three at once, or let a firefly loose, and the light comes back.

We’ve shown a dozen rooms on Saturdays already. Here are six we hadn’t. The picture at the top is the Crown, the fifth room of level 10 and the last one before the final boss: four tall points of stone over the night sky, and Lee has just caught a Burrnut under them.

Acorn, in the woods

The second room of level 3 is an Acorn. Its cap is three widening rows of ledges, its nut is a solid block below that narrows to a point, and a tiny stem sticks up on top. You get 42 seconds here before dusk. Lee caught a Stompling right on top of the cap.

The Acorn room in the woods, on a pale yellow-green sky with soft white clouds: in the middle stands a big acorn built from blocks, a cap of light brown blocks with grassy tops above a darker brown nut that narrows toward the bottom; on top of the cap Lee, a round lilac fledgling with a curly purple crest and a long curled tail, faces left with a clear bubble at the beak, and inside it curls a Stompling, a little brown root with a green sprout; Tirra, a round orange fledgling with a spiky orange crest, is in midair just to the left; two more Stomplings with gray scribbles of clouds over their heads stand on grassy side ledges, a red Spotkin ladybird sits on a lower ledge at the left, and green fir trees and hills fill the bottom of the room
Searched “acorn platformer.” Got one big enough to stand on.

Lily pond, in the rain

Level 5, room 3: short ledges float like lily pads, and the floor has a wide gap in the middle where the pond would be. Two Shellies sit on the lowest pads. Lee went for a Burrnut instead, one of the chestnuts that throw burrs.

The Lily pond room in the rain, on a pale blue sky with thin rain streaks and white clouds: gray stone ledges with mint-green tops float at different heights like lily pads; on a pad at the upper left Tirra, the round orange fledgling, faces right toward Lee, the round lilac fledgling, who has just blown a bubble with a Burrnut, a green spiky chestnut case, inside; another Burrnut sits on a pad at the right under a gray scribble of a cloud, two Stomplings, little brown roots with green sprouts, stand on the middle pads, and two Shellies, cream snails with red-brown spiral shells, sit on the lowest pads near the green hills at the bottom
Typed “rainy day games for kids.” The snails agreed.

Paper plane, in the clouds

The fourth room of level 7 has two long rows of cloud ledges for wings and a tall column of lilac blocks for the body. Two Conerolls guard the wings. Tirra caught one before it could charge.

The Paper plane room in the clouds, on a soft pink sky with a white cloud: two wide rows of white cloud blocks form the wings, and a tall column of pale lilac blocks below them forms the body of the plane; on the upper wing Tirra, the round orange fledgling, faces right with a fresh bubble at the beak holding a Coneroll, a round brown pinecone, and Lee, the round lilac fledgling with a curly crest, faces Tirra from the right; another Coneroll sits on a ledge at the right edge, and six Stomplings with gray clouds over their heads stand on cloud ledges all around the room
Search: “paper plane game.” This one you climb, not throw.

Feather, in the clouds

At the end of level 7 Lee finds a feather and asks, “Whose feather is this?” Level 8 answers with a whole room shaped like one: a long shaft down the middle and short vanes on both sides. On two rows, the wind pushes bubbles out toward the walls and then up along them.

The Feather room in the clouds, on a soft pink sky: a thin column of pale lilac blocks runs down the middle as the shaft of the feather, with short white cloud ledges on both sides as the vanes; near the top Tirra, the round orange fledgling, stands on the shaft facing right, and Lee, the round lilac fledgling, stands on a ledge to the right with a bubble holding a Coneroll, a brown pinecone; at the upper left two Jellydrops, pale blue jellyfish with pink wavy tentacles, float together under gray scribbles of clouds, another Coneroll waits on a ledge nearby, and Stomplings stand on ledges at the top left and bottom
People also ask: can a feather be a level? Ask Lee.

Star, at night

Level 9 is night, and its second room is a Star, with a point at the top and long arms across the middle. Every six seconds a firefly bubble rises here. Tirra caught a Skimmer, the quickest walker in the Tree. Two Nimblings doze below, and each needs two bubbles.

The Star room at night, on a deep indigo sky with small stars and a pale yellow crescent moon at the upper right: purple stone ledges form a star, with a short point at the top and a long row of blocks for the arms across the middle; on the arms Tirra, the round orange fledgling, faces right with a bubble at the beak holding a Skimmer, a blue-gray pond skater, and Lee, the round lilac fledgling, stands at the right edge facing back; a second Skimmer walks on the arms to the left, a Burrnut, a green spiky chestnut case, sits on a ledge at the far left, Stomplings stand on the top point and on a lower right ledge, and two Nimblings, fluffy white little clouds with sleepy gray faces, rest on ledges lower down
Search history: “star level platformer,” then “why is the cloud asleep.”

The first two levels are free to play in your browser at tirralee.com. Play alone, or with a friend on the same keyboard. The full game is $4.99, paid once. More about the game is on the Tirralee page.

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