Square Meal Game

Square Meal is Nitrome's dungeon-crawling eating game: a green troll (and, in two-player, a blue one) has to clear room after room by turning the scenery into a weapon. Every level is stocked with blocks scattered around the floor. Pick one up, aim, and spit it at an enemy to knock it out cold, then swallow the stunned enemy whole before it wakes up. Fifty levels ramp from a handful of slow crawlers to tight rooms full of enemies, spikes and slippery floor tiles that punish careless movement.

The two-player mode is where it earns its name: both trolls share the same rooms and the same fate, so a stray block or a shove into spikes from your partner can end the run just as fast as an enemy can. It plays best as a short, focused session rather than something to leave running in the background.

Controls

• Player 1 (green troll): Arrow keys to move, Space to spit/eat
• Player 2 (blue troll): W/A/S/D to move, Ctrl to spit/eat

Tips

• Stun an enemy with a spat block before walking up to eat it — biting a fully awake enemy gets you hit instead.
• Keep a spare block in reach; running out of ammo mid-room while enemies close in is the most common way to lose a troll.
• Watch the floor as much as the enemies — spikes and slick tiles kill runs that would otherwise clear cleanly.
• In two-player, call out your throws; friendly fire from a mistimed spit is an easy way to lose a partner.

It suits a quick arcade session, solo or with a second player on the same keyboard, more than a long sit-down play.