Editing Swindler

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{{Game
|name=Swindler
|image=[[File:Swiindler_icon.png]]
|released=Flash: February 21st 2012<br>[[Nitrome Touchy]]
:'''iPhone'''
*Premium: October 31st [[2012]]
*Free: December 19th 2012
:'''Android'''
*Premium: November 21st 2012
*Free: December 19th 2012
HTML5: June 10th - July 17th
|link=[http://www.nitrome.com/games/swindler/index.html Nitrome.com (flash)], [https://poki.com/en/g/swindler-html5 Poki (HTML5)] 
|MAwards=
|awards=Nominated for Jay is Games Best of 2012 in the Physics category
|Levels=25
|type=
|genre=[[Game genres|Action]]
|websites=[[Nitrome.com]], [[Miniclip]]
|controls=Arrow keys
|preq/seq=
|development= 
|credits='''Characters and Animation'''<br>[[Markus Heinel]]<br>'''Background and Tiles'''<br>[[Martin Wörister]]<br>'''Programming'''<br>[[Romain Macré]]<br>'''Music'''<br>[[Dave Cowen]]
|menu=[[File:Swindler Menu.ogg|100px]]
|game=[[File:Swindler Main.ogg|100px]]
|special=
|avatarsFromGame={{AvatarWidget|ID=30|Picture=full_avatar-swindler.png}} 
|avatarsInGame={{AvatarWidget|ID=40|Picture=full_dirkvalentinetea.png}}
|description = Drop, tangle & roll your way through this action packed puzzle filled adventure!}} 
{{tocright}} 
'''Swindler''' (full name '''Swindler - The Great Drop'n Roller''') is an [[Game genres|action-platform]] game released on Tuesday, February 21st [[2012]]. The game was first hinted in the [[Nitrome 2.0 (skin)|Nitrome 2.0. skin]].

The player controls a [[Swindler (character)|green slime creature]] trying to get to the end of the level. The game bears some similarities to one of [[Nitrome]]'s older games, [[Dangle]]. 

This game was made a [[Distributable games|distributable game]] on April 25th, 2012. The game was also one of the launch titles for the iPhone and Android [[Nitrome Touchy]], released on October 31st [[2012]] for iPhone, and November 21st 2012 for Android. Along with being a launch title, it was the first and only Nitrome Touchy game to become free to play, becoming free to play on December 19th [[2012]]. An HTML5 port was released during the time period of June 10th - July 17th, [[2021]]<ref>Cosmic Cannon HTML5 was released on June 9th. Swindler was publicly present on Poki.com on June 17th according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20210717233059/https://poki.com/en/g/swindler-html5 this page crawl] on Wayback Machine, the earliest know date it was known to be present on the website.</ref>.

==Controls==
===Flash===
{{Kbd|up}}{{Kbd|down}} - Move up/Down

{{Kbd|left}}{{Kbd|right}} - Rotate level/Swindler Left/Right

{{Kbd|Space}} - Pickup bombs, boulders

{{Kbd|up}} - Get off of green slime
===[[Nitrome Touchy]]===
'''Buttons:''' ↑ button, ↓ button

'''Usage:''' The player will move swindler when they tilt their iPhone. To advance up or down, the player has to press either the up or down button.
====Condensed====
*[[File:Iphone-tilt.gif]]Tilt left/right - move level left/right
*↑ arrow - move swindler up rope
*↓ arrow - move swindler down rope

==Levels==
Players should note that these instructions will ''not'' get them the most points. It will only get them to the next level.
===Level 1===
Simply navigate through the maze and avoid touching the yellow goo on the wall. Get the chest.
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler Level 1]]}}
===Level 2===
Go to the bottom-right corner where the treasure chest is located. Avoid orange balls and yellow goo. Get the chest.
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler Level 2]]}}
===Level 3===
Go all the way down, leaning to the right. Then wrap around the switch, head back up, go through the door and get the treasure chest.
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler Level 3]]}}
===Level 4===
Use the block in the middle to avoid hitting spiky blocks. Hit all switches, then go through the door to the chest.
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler Level 4]]}}
===Level 5===
Go straight down, wrap around the block, go back up, over the switch, back down on the other side, and wrap around that block. Then go through the door to the chest.
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler Level 5]]}}
===Level 6===
Go down, around and through the tunnel. Avoid hitting the yellow mushrooms. Then go through the door to the chest.
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler Level 6]]}}
===Level 7===
Pick up the boulder, then drop it down the tunnel. Then rotate the world so that the boulder goes to the switch. Then go through the door to the chest.
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler Level 7]]}}
===Level 8===
Wrap around the group of switches, and avoid being hit by the sick orange goo. Then position Swindler in front of the last switch. When the goo shoots at Swindler, move out of the way. The vomit will push the switch. Then go through the door to the chest.
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler level 8 Nitrome]]}}
===Level 9===
Go down the left side to the small block. Then go to the second small block on the right. Go through the tunnel into the next room. Wrap Swindler around the first block he comes to, then lower him straight down into the next room. Wrap around the bottom block and lower into the next room. Wrap around either block, then go over the next block and down into the next room. Wrap around either of the bottom blocks, and get the treasure chest.
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler level 9 Nitrome]]}}
===Level 10===
Go down on the left, and get the bomb by pressing space. Then go back up. Avoid hitting walls as this will ignite the bomb. Go down on the other side and drop the bomb on the gate. When it explodes, go through and get the chest.
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler level 10 Nitrome]]}}
===Level 11===
The player has to first go down to the right, slide past the puffing orange goo, then go to were Swindler starts the level. The player now has to go down, turn left, and lower Swindler down. Swindler should then be wrapped entirely around the block (all the way around the block) and then press down on both switches. To the right of the chamber (where the boulder is) is another switch, so wrap swindler around that so the switches stay all the way down.

Lower Swindler into the chamber and pick up the boulder (by pressing the space-bar), then go all the way to the chest and drop the boulder (press space-bar again) on the rock. It will explode, so try to get out of the way. The player should avoid all contact with walls. The player can no lower him/herself to the treasure chest and complete the level.
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler level 11 Nitrome]]}}
===Level 12===
{{Empty}}
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler level 12 Nitrome]]}}
===Level 13===
{{Empty}}
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler level 13 Nitrome]]}}
===Level 14===
{{Empty}}
{{Vid|[[File:Swindler level 14 Nitrome]]}}
===Level 15===
{{vid walkthrough|[[File:Swindler - Level 15|full|center]]}}
===Level 16===
{{vid walkthrough|[[File:Swindler - Level 16|full|center]]}}
===Level 17===
{{vid walkthrough|[[File:Swindler - Level 17|full|center]]}}
===Level 18===
{{vid walkthrough|[[File:Swindler - level 18|thumb|center]]}}
===Level 19===
{{vid walkthrough|[[File:Swindler - level 19|full|center]]}}
===Level 20===
{{vid walkthrough|[[File:Swindler - level 20|full|center]]}}
===Level 21===
{{vid walkthrough|[[File:Swindler - level 21|full|center]]}}
===Level 22===
{{vid walkthrough|[[File:Swindler - level 22|full|center]]}}
===Level 23===
{{vid walkthrough|[[File:Swindler - level 23|full|center]]}}
===Level 24===
{{vid walkthrough|[[File:Swindler - level 24|full|center]]}}
===Level 25===
{{vid walkthrough|[[File:Nitrome - Swindler - Lv 25|full|center]]}}

===Ending===
{{Spoiler|The Swindler can be seen with two ladies in both sides with some hearts going out and with a lot of money behind him.[[File:Swindler_Ending.png|frame|The ending scene|center]]}}

==Enemies==
*'''[[Spherical orange goo]]''' - these are the 1st enemy found on level 2. They jump off walls constantly. They live in balls of goo presumably for hibernating. If the player gets caught in one it will swish it around, strangle the Swindler and absorb and melt in the bletcheys body.
*'''[[Inflatable yellow goo]]''' - These are yellow enemies that sleep, then awake when the player is around. They will then track the player, bouncing them when they approach.
*'''[[Inflatable orange goo]]''' - This enemy also tracks Swindler, except that when they near the player the inflatable orange goo will fatten, then all together bloat up, and their blimp like body turns into spikes and will kill Swindler if Swindler is not far away.
*'''[[Flail orange goo]]''' - These enemies cling onto flails and act like a spike-ball. They will swing with gravity. Kills Swindler on impact.
*'''[[Sick orange goo]]''' - These enemies cling onto walls. When their cheeks bloat up, they shoot orange acid at the player temporarily.
*'''[[Cord orange goo]]''' - This is actually a block covered with orange goo. If the cord touches it the cord orange goo will shriek and chase the player through the cord for the entire level. The cord orange goo will swallow the player if caught.
*'''[[Blowing yellow goo]]''' - These do not hurt the player. They are kept in cages and will blow at Swindler if near.
*[[Disk yellow goo|'''Disk yellow goo''']] - Tthey bounces around the level. If the player touches them, they spin fast and cut the player's cord, killing the player.

==Hazards==
* '''[[Orange_Tiles_(Swindler)|Orange Tiles]]''' - They are the only hazards in the game, they will kill the player on contact or if the rope touches the tile.

==Nitrome Touchy version==
Swindler was made [[Nitrome Touchy]] compatible upon the app's release. The player utilises both tilt and touch controls to move the swindler. By tilting their device left or right, the game's world is tilted in that respective direction (or reversed if the player has configured the game's settings). Pressing and holding the large arrow keys adjusts the length of the swindler's cord until the key is released. Hand buttons appear on the side between the arrows, allowing for the swindler to pick up and drop bombs and boulders.

At a later date, Swindler was included as one of the free Nitrome Touchy games playable without a premium purchase. 

<gallery>
File:Swindler_pic1.jpg|Playing Swindler on the Nitrome Touchy
</gallery>

==Previews==
===Nitrome 2.0 Skin  ===
The game was first hinted at in the [[Nitrome 2.0 (Skin)|Nitrome 2.0 Skin]].[[File:Pinkdler.png|right|In the 2.0 Skin]]

===September 2, 2011===
Nitrome released a 12 second teaser trailer for the game.<ref>Nitrome blog post: [http://www.nitrome.com/blog/articles/index-497.html Game Teaser Alert!]</ref>The trailer shows Swindler attaching his stretchy, sticky, tail-like head to a post, before jumping off the side of the platform.      
[[File:New Game Teaser!|center|500px|full]]

===February 17, 2012===
[[File:Swindler.png|200px|center|thumb|The preview image]]Nitrome released a screenshot of the game telling the name of it. It shows that probably all in the level is rotating and the main character has to collect green stars. A type of enemy is shown.
==Awards==
{{AwardsHeader}}
|Edge
|[[2012]]
|The Friday Game
|The Friday Game
|{{won}}<ref><u>Nitrome blog:</u> - [http://www.nitrome.com/blog/articles/604/ Swindler Reviewed By Edge!]</ref>
|-
|[[Jay is Games]]
|[[2013]]
|[[Jay is Games#Best of Casual Gameplay 2012|Best of Casual Gameplay 2012]]
|Best Physics game of 2012 (Browser games)
|{{won}}<ref><u>Nitrome blog:</u> - [http://www.nitrome.com/blog/articles/804/ Swindler: Best Physics Game 2012]</ref>
|}
==Glitches==
*The yellow goo on the walls no longer functions in the HTML5 version of the game. It is intended to spawn a small yellow goo crocodile-like enemy upon Swindler touching the goo that kills Swindler on contact, but this doesn't happen in the HTML5 version. Oddly, the goo is still fully functional in the HTML5 version of [[Swindler 2]].
==Trivia==
* The game was first hinted in the [[Nitrome 2.0 (Skin)|Nitrome 2.0 skin]]. The creature could be seen hanging from a pipe via is stretchy and sticky tail like head.
* The game has a concept similar to Dangle, where the player has to navigate the creature attached by a string down to the bottom of the level. This effect is also similar to Roly Poly, where the player must tilt the game's scenario, using gravity to move around the stage.
*For the [[Nitrome Jam]] game [[Jam:Computer Dreams|Computer Dreams]], there is an icon for Swindler in the "More projects created by this team members" section.
<gallery position="center" bordercolor="#000000" captionalign="center">
Swindler Jam Icon.png|The icon
</gallery>


==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Swindler}}
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[[Category:Art by Martin Wörister]]
[[Category:Programming by Romain Macré]]
[[Category:Music by Dave Cowen]]
[[Category:Miniclip games]]
[[Category:Art by Markus Heinel]]
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[[Category:Level-based games]]
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