A Tiny Journey: An Elf's Story

A Tiny Journey: An Elf's Story is a lighthearted fantasy adventure indie game for the Nintendo Switch, PC, and Mobile via Google Play and App Store. This game centers around Triffle, a small, young elf who navigates a large world in a magic bubble. This game features animated cutscenes with cute and detailed animation. 
In the forest somewhere in the United Kingdom, lies Tippywood, a tiny town inhabited by tiny, adorable elves. Triffle, an inhabitant of the village sets off into the forest after working with his best friend Beatrix at the Toybox Toy Factory, a woodwork factory that creates different knick-knacks, gadgets and other fun things. Triffle stumbles upon a magical Treasure chest that has a golden star atop it. Triffle opens the chest and it reveals a star within an orb. Triffle then shows the orb to Beatrix, who tells her about the magical artifact. The artifact then wishes to life and tells Triffle and Beatrix about how this magical orb belongs to "Someone special who is the key to the village's magic". The plot unfolds as Tio get closer to his goal, and it's revealed their village is slowly losing it's life, and without the magic from that "special someone", it will become lifeless, and that Tio's star orb is the key to saving the forest. 
== Characters ==
* Triffle: A small, young elf boy who wears a green outfit and brown hair. On his green hat, he has a golden star on top. Triffle lives in the elf village of Tippleleaf Town, a small town located somwhere in the UK, inhabited by cute, small elves. Triffle works at the Toybox Toy Factory, a small wordwork factory that creates different gadgets. Triffle found the magic star pendant and with the help of Beatrix, his friend and workmate, encases Triffle in his magic bubble that protects him on his journey. Triffle is kind, timid, and gets along well with the other elves, especially Beatrix.
* Beatrix: A blond elf girl who is friends with Triffle. She dresses up like Triffle and the other elves and works with and plays with Triffle when they're not working. With Beatrix's kindness that sparks the magic of the wand of the magic chest, she makes the bubble spell around Triffle by circularly waving the wand around him. Beatrix is very kind, friendly and loves to play around with Triffle. She also cares deeply for him and wants him to be safe when he goes out into the woods.
== Gameplay ==
The gameplay has Triffle navigating stages in his magic bubble. If he reaches the end of a stage, it is cleared. Triffle can move left and right using directional pad on Switch, the arrow keys on PC, and tilt/button controls on mobile. The player can also press jump by pressing A/Spacebar/Jump button on mobile. There are also many hazards Triffle must watch out for that can pop his bubble and cause the player to lose a life. such as prickly brambles, wood, pits, etc. There are also gimmicks in levels that can help or hinder Triffle in his quest. The game also has a map system akin to Super Mario World, where the player can go to different levels of a world and play them. They can also go to Beatrix at the Toybox Toy Factory for hints or to craft items. The game also Gold Coins hidden in levels that can be used to unlock costumes.
== Magic Balloon Abilities ==
One core gameplay element includes colored sacks Triffle can collect that can allow him to create Magic Balloon Abilities. As long as Triffle has the required amount of color-coded sacks by finding each of these sacks in different areas of different levels in a world, as long as the player looks deep. the player can return to Beatrix at the Toybox Toy Factory to have her create these permeant powerups to give Triffle's bubble magic abilities that can be triggered by pressing Y (Switch), A key (PC), And it's own dedicated button on mobile. Each level has different fixed abilities that can be used to solve platforming puzzles. These abilities also trigger different animations when Triffle uses them. Each Balloon, effect and animation has it's own assigned ability shown below,
Magic Balloon Name	Colored Sacks Needed 	Ability 	Animation
Super Bounce 	3 red sacks to create the
Red Super Bounce Balloon	Allow Triffle to bounce up to higher areas. All the player needs to do
is to press the jump button again in midair to jump. 	Triffle taps the bubble in midair during the jump and he performs a somersalt.
Super Dash 	5 green sacks to create the
Green Super Dash Balloon	Allows Triffle to do a fast dash to defeat enemies as well as break loose walls. 	Triffle rolls inside of the bubble while the dash is in effect.
Water Bubble 	10 blue sacks to create the
Blue Water Balloon	Allows Triffle to enter water areas. If Triffle tries to enter an area with water without this ability equipped, he'll just float above the water.	Triffle is suspended in the bubble, pressing himself against it and looking around cautiously.
Bubble Balloon 	20 white sacks to create the
White Float Balloon	Allows Triffle to float around in areas where he needs to bypass large gaps. 	Triffle blows activating the ability, and while he's flying, spreads his arms out and flies excitedly.
Smashing Bubble 	25 orange sacks to create the 
Orange Smash Balloon	Allows Triffle to smash loose floors. 	Triffle uses his bottom to ground pound, and he bounces back up once the powerup is used again.
Light Bubble 	45 yellow sacks to create the
White Light Balloon	Triffle's bubble lights up in dark areas automatically upon entering them. 	Once the powerup is used, the bubble lights up and Triffle is curiously happy.
Sticky Bubble 	60 pink sacks to craft.	Triffle's bubble becomes sticky, allowing him to stick onto gooey surfaces. 	N/A
== Mini-games ==
There are three different minigames to play. They are either competitive or require getting a high score. These scores can be shared worldwide on a leaderboard online within the game.
Minigame 1: Bubble Bounce: Triffle must keep bouncing on wooden platforms perpetually for the highest score. If he falls out of the screen, the game ends.
Minigame 2: Treetop Tennis: In the style of pong, Triffle's pet squirrel Pippy and Beatrix's pet cat Tickle are controlling two floating bumpers bouncing Triffle or Beatrix back and forth. If the bubbled character gets past a player's goal, the opposing player gets a point and vice versa. 
Minigame 3: Blocks To Bust: In the style of Breakout/Arkanoid, Triffle must be bounce by Beatrix using a machine to break blocks.
== Outfits ==
For customization, the player can dress up Triffle in different silly outfits, as long as they have enough Gold Tokens to unlock them. The outfits are:
* Pajamas (Free)
* Red Elf Outfit (10 gold tokens)
* Blue Elf Outfit (15 Gold Tokens)
* Banana Suit (20 tokens)
* Robot Outfit (30 Tokens)
* Unicorn Outfit (40 Tokens)
* Teddy Bear Outfit (50 Tokens)
* Bunny Suit (60 Tokens)
* Wizard Outfit (70 Tokens)
* Knight Outfit (80 Tokens)
* The Special One (Santa Claus) (100 Tokens)
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