Toolboy
Help our Hero in this difficult mission, discover new powers, solve puzzles, climb, jump, swim and face the opponents.
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March 18, 2021
5 years and 137 days ago
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Mixed15 reviews46.7%
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11 itemsAbout the Game
A story of a repair robot who during the weekend, instead of enjoying his free time watching a speedball game on a planet nearby, has to go to work and fix a malfunction in one of the corporate buildings, as he’s usually the one to be called in such cases.
By accident, he discovers a corporate management plot regarding a new project related to the department of power.
Unfortunately, the conspirators notice they are being overheard. Toolboy attempts to escape by solving more puzzles, and the more he solves, the more skills as superpowers he gains. Our bot also has an ally in the form of an old computer disconnected from the main system. Toolboy uses special information points to communicate with him and to get more clues.
Toolboy is an old-style platform game inspired by the classics, you will find here game mechanisms from such all-time classics as Mario, Rochard, Rayman.
Toolboy has 4 superpowers that launch on successive levels
- Remote control as a Controller
Power that allows to control some devices by changing their direction of rotation.
- Cube
Toolboy can turn himself into a cube that looks like an element of scenery, this disguise allows him to
to hide from drones scanning the area.
- SpeedRun
A super run that our Hero uses while speedrunning between levels to escape in from the enemies.
- Magnetic Walk
Skill that allows to move large objects, mainly containers, which can be used as climbing and jumping surfaces.
By accident, he discovers a corporate management plot regarding a new project related to the department of power.
Unfortunately, the conspirators notice they are being overheard. Toolboy attempts to escape by solving more puzzles, and the more he solves, the more skills as superpowers he gains. Our bot also has an ally in the form of an old computer disconnected from the main system. Toolboy uses special information points to communicate with him and to get more clues.
Toolboy is an old-style platform game inspired by the classics, you will find here game mechanisms from such all-time classics as Mario, Rochard, Rayman.
Toolboy has 4 superpowers that launch on successive levels
- Remote control as a Controller
Power that allows to control some devices by changing their direction of rotation.
- Cube
Toolboy can turn himself into a cube that looks like an element of scenery, this disguise allows him to
to hide from drones scanning the area.
- SpeedRun
A super run that our Hero uses while speedrunning between levels to escape in from the enemies.
- Magnetic Walk
Skill that allows to move large objects, mainly containers, which can be used as climbing and jumping surfaces.
