Shakedown Troll

Your bridge. Their pockets.

Grab a passing traveller, hoist them upside down, and shake a shower of coins into your hoard. Hold steady for a leisurely shakedown or wiggle for a faster payday. Knights swat a slow hand, goats butt back, and everyone leaves with an excuse.

Turn loose change into bigger mitts, a toll sign and goblin helpers for timed Goblin Shifts. Send adventuring parties off in search of richer returns, collect odd little Curios, and watch Market Day change the traffic. When your hoard is large enough, take the Plunge: trade this run for Tales, buy lasting Lore, and work your way across three bridges toward a very unusual final customer: the Moon.

• One physical grab-and-shake action, with mouse, touch and keyboard controls.
• Five upgrades, eight Lore perks and 24 Curios to discover.
• Warm pixel scenery, synthesized sound effects and a folk music loop.
• Choose Easygoing or Hands-on play, and switch styles in the Ledger.
• Start a 20-second Goblin Shift, then let your helpers rest before the next shift.
• Local progress saving and offline earnings from your toll sign. Goblins earn only during shifts while you play.

Controls

Press a traveller to grab, move up and down to shake, and release to let go. On keyboard, hold Space to grab or use Enter to toggle your grip; Up and Down shake, Left and Right select, and 1-5 buy upgrades. G starts a Goblin Shift, M toggles sound, P pauses, L opens the Ledger, and ? shows help. Landscape gives the bridge the most room; portrait play is supported too.

Made with AI assistance

The design was human-directed, and the code, art and audio were produced with AI tools (Claude Code and OpenAI Codex). See the bundled asset credits for provenance.