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Happy Green Hills
Too busy to enjoy scenery
Featured Level

Creator

Jim Bonacci

Date created

December 14th, 2008

Play count

27,000,000+

Rating

4.06 (41,009 votes)

Playable character

Any

As of the release of the Happy Wheels (JavaScript Remake), this level unfortunately did not make it to the port. It is unknown if/when the level will be playable in the future.

Happy Green Hills is the very first level for Happy Wheels, made by Jim Bonacci. It has over 27 million plays, and a rating of 4.06 stars from 41,009 votes. It was the only level not made using the level editor as it was digitally hand-drawn by Jim. The level lends its name to the "Green Hills" background. It was finished in 2006, being the first and only level made for the game back then, and was officially released in 2008. The level placed you in a calm, hillside landscape. You could play as any character.

Gameplay

The player begins on a flat, grassy surface in front of a landmine. Not too far away is a small hill and a cave.

Inside The Cave

By the entrance of the cave is a slope. Then there is a log bridge and a large gear followed by two rocky platforms that can be used as a shortcut. Next is another gear with less and smaller teeth and three rocky elevators leading to the exit of the cave where the two paths join.

Over The Cave

The top of the cave contains a lot of blocky stones. There is a steep upward slope leading to ruins with a small, breakable stone wall. Past the ruins is a downward slope and the other side of the cave where the two paths meet.

After The Cave's Exit

There is a few ramps with steep pits and a couple of smaller caves, leading directly to the finish line, a stack of checkered blocks.

Glitches

  • Sometimes, with all characters, after you restart the level, the blood texture will be gone.
  • When the player holds on to a wall next to a rocky elevator or hold onto "nothing", the elevator will start to shake once it starts to rise because the arm is blocking the elevator from rising. This may cause it to rise and drop at the wrong time once the arm releases the elevator.
  • After restarting the level as Helicopter Man, any rotors that were broken off can be seen as non-interactive objects.
  • Happy Green Hills can't be played in the JavaScript version.

Fixed Glitches

  • Sometimes, when starting with Wheelchair Guy, Lawnmower Man's vehicle engine can be heard.
  • Previously, when viewing this level in the User Level Browser, the date that it was published would be shown as "11/30/99", meaning that it was released in 1999. This was fixed in the v1.75 update.

Trivia

  • The level unfortunately did not make it to the JavaScript port of the game. It being a fully vectored level would make is incredible difficult to recreate for the port.
    Happygreenhillsjs

    The message that appears when you attempt to play Happy Green Hills in the JS port

  • When the search function was down for the first time, the result would've always and only shown this level. While some may think this was an attempt to bump up the level's amount of plays, Jim said that he did not know why it was happening.
  • On certain computers, when "compressed textures" is enabled in the options menu, some non-fixed blocks will appear as normal blocks to speed up loading. This did not occur in the demo version. The "compressed textures" option will also cause the clouds to decrease in number and change their position and design slightly.
    Under the Log Bridge Glitch

    Under the log bridge.

  • There is a way to fall under the map; however, instead of falling off-screen like usual, the character can be seen falling down past the background limits and landing on an invisible floor. Smaller characters such as Irresponsible Son can be pushed down either side of the log bridge, allowing them to fall right through it.
  • Happy Green Hills is the only level to feature an alternative finish line (aside from tokens and triggers), which is a stack of checkered blocks.
  • The landmine in this level is very sensitive compared to the ones found in other levels. Even a slight touch on the slit will blow it up.
  • The light on the landmine no longer flashes in this level. It is unknown what version caused this to happen.
  • This was the first and only level published in 2008.
    Happy wheels swf hils

    Happy Green Hills opened with Adobe Flash Projector. (All photo)

  • All collisions in the level are handled by basic shapes (see gallery below).
  • The level's height is greater than the height of the space the level editor provides.
  • The green hills background is different compared to the one in the level editor.
  • if you go to http://totaljerkface.com/swf/levels/level1.swf and open the swf file in adobe flash projector, the program opens the file from an unseen view.

Gallery

Cancelled sequel

A sequel to the level, under the title level2 and also using custom-made objects, was in the works at some point, but was cancelled shortly after. Judging by the items in there, it's very likely that the level would've incorporated the second custom-drawn background: the city background. It's possible that Jim may have cancelled this level after he may have decided that the assets used in this level should be Level Editor items instead. The slideshow below displays all the custom objects made for the level. This sequel can be found here.

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