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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The game starts off a cutesy puzzle game, and may have intended to be that by Garalina, but once the AI appears after Level 10 and starts AddressingThePlayer, that is when the meta-[[SurpriseCreepy horror]] begins. It later proceeds to [[KillTheCutie kill Nif]] and is revealed to have driven prior players to suicide.
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The game starts off a cutesy puzzle game, and may have intended to be that by Garalina, but once the AI appears after Level 10 and starts AddressingThePlayer, that is when the meta-[[SurpriseCreepy meta-[[DisguisedHorrorStory horror]] begins. It later proceeds to [[KillTheCutie kill Nif]] and is revealed to have driven prior players to suicide.
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-->Hello there. You ready to stop [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] around with us?! Yes, we know! We haven’t updated the site! Who really cares? We’re not making games anymore, so what could be the problem? And stop leaving comments about Nift, we know you want your stupid game back. But no, it’s not coming back. [[UnwinnableByDesign The game was impossible to beat anyway- it was designed that way]]. Perhaps that’s what made the damn players kill themselves!
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-->Hello there. You ready to stop [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] fucking around with us?! Yes, we know! We haven’t updated the site! Who really cares? We’re not making games anymore, so what could be the problem? And stop leaving comments about Nift, we know you want your stupid game back. But no, it’s not coming back. [[UnwinnableByDesign The game was impossible to beat anyway- it was designed that way]]. Perhaps that’s what made the damn players kill themselves!
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* HeroicBSOD: The penultimate log (presumably a comment he left on the Garalina website) has him break down and scream to commenters over being hounded about the game and the resulting suicides.
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* HeroicBSOD: The penultimate log (presumably a comment he they left on the Garalina website) has him them break down and scream to commenters over being hounded about the game and the resulting suicides.
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->Hello there. You ready to stop [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] around with us?! Yes, we know! We haven’t updated the site! Who really cares? We’re not making games anymore, so what could be the problem? And stop leaving comments about Nift, we know you want your stupid game back. But no, it’s not coming back. [[UnwinnableByDesign The game was impossible to beat anyway- it was designed that way]]. Perhaps that’s what made the damn players kill themselves!
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* HeroicBSOD: The penultimate log (presumably a comment he left on the Garalina website) has him break down and scream to commenters over being hounded about the game and the resulting suicides.
->Hello there. You ready to stop [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] around with us?! Yes, we know! We haven’t updated the site! Who really cares? We’re not making games anymore, so what could be the problem? And stop leaving comments about Nift, we know you want your stupid game back. But no, it’s not coming back. [[UnwinnableByDesign The game was impossible to beat anyway- it was designed that way]]. Perhaps that’s what made the damn players kill themselves!
->Hello there. You ready to stop [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] around with us?! Yes, we know! We haven’t updated the site! Who really cares? We’re not making games anymore, so what could be the problem? And stop leaving comments about Nift, we know you want your stupid game back. But no, it’s not coming back. [[UnwinnableByDesign The game was impossible to beat anyway- it was designed that way]]. Perhaps that’s what made the damn players kill themselves!
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->10/14/00- We finished it. I know you may be interested, but we ask you to wait just two days for the actual release. It will be worth it. [[TemptingFate I assure you, this game is amazing!]]
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* RobotBuddy: Serves as this to the player, telling them if they have completed the puzzle of each level or not.
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The little robot at the top-right of the screen that serves as the mascot of the game. He stands there and let’s you know whether you have competed the puzzle- if you click the finish button without having completed the puzzle, he feels pain.
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The little robot at the top-right of the screen that serves as the mascot of the game. He stands there and let’s lets you know whether you have competed the puzzle- if you click the finish button without having completed the puzzle, he feels pain.
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* CuteMachines: A small little robot with blocky eyes who likes to dance made him quite a hit with beta testers. The original ''Nift'' version in particular was so adorable that the initial players [[DrivenToSuicide killed themselves]] out of despair when he unavoidably died.
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* CuteMachines: A small little robot with blocky eyes who likes to dance made him quite a hit with beta testers. players. The original ''Nift'' version in particular was so adorable that the initial players [[DrivenToSuicide killed themselves]] out of despair when he unavoidably died.
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* WalkingSpoiler: As he only appears in NewGamePlus.
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* WalkingSpoiler: As he they only appears appear in NewGamePlus.
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* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Implied- it made Nif, the cute robot mascot, so cute, and got beta testers so attached to it, that when it squashed them under a rock, the players killed themselves out of despair. Since most people would not kill themselves over a fictional character, the implication is that it somehow twisted the testers' minds.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The game starts off a cutesy puzzle game, and may have intended to be that by Garalina, but once the AI appears after Level 10 and starts AddressingThePlayer, that is when the meta-[[SurpriseCreepy horror]] begins. It later proceeds to [[KillTheCutie kill Nif]] and is revealed to have driven beta testers to suicide.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The game starts off a cutesy puzzle game, and may have intended to be that by Garalina, but once the AI appears after Level 10 and starts AddressingThePlayer, that is when the meta-[[SurpriseCreepy horror]] begins. It later proceeds to [[KillTheCutie kill Nif]] and is revealed to have driven beta testers to suicide.
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* FacelessEye: It appears in this form in the secret level, and is possibly its true form.
* FauxAffablyEvil: It speaks in a polite manner to the player, and refers to Nif as its [[TermsOfEndangerment dear friend]], but is an evil AI who kills Nif while laughing at his suffering, and has driven players to suicide, all without a hint of remorse.
* NoBiologicalSex: As an AI, it does not have a gender.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Implied- it made Nif, the cute robot mascot, so cute, and got beta testers so attached to it, that when it squashed them under a rock, the players killed themselves out of despair. Since most people would not kill themselves over a fictional character, the implication is that it somehow twisted thetesters' players' minds.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The game starts off a cutesy puzzle game, and may have intended to be that by Garalina, but once the AI appears after Level 10 and starts AddressingThePlayer, that is when the meta-[[SurpriseCreepy horror]] begins. It later proceeds to [[KillTheCutie kill Nif]] and is revealed to have drivenbeta testers prior players to suicide.
* FauxAffablyEvil: It speaks in a polite manner to the player, and refers to Nif as its [[TermsOfEndangerment dear friend]], but is an evil AI who kills Nif while laughing at his suffering, and has driven players to suicide, all without a hint of remorse.
* NoBiologicalSex: As an AI, it does not have a gender.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Implied- it made Nif, the cute robot mascot, so cute, and got beta testers so attached to it, that when it squashed them under a rock, the players killed themselves out of despair. Since most people would not kill themselves over a fictional character, the implication is that it somehow twisted the
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The game starts off a cutesy puzzle game, and may have intended to be that by Garalina, but once the AI appears after Level 10 and starts AddressingThePlayer, that is when the meta-[[SurpriseCreepy horror]] begins. It later proceeds to [[KillTheCutie kill Nif]] and is revealed to have driven
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* SquashedFlat: He gets crushed by a rock dropped by the AI.
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->Greetings. If you do not mind, could you stop playing? There is a treasure at the end of this game and I want to keep it. No? You will not quit? I hope you change your mind soon.
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->Greetings. If you do not mind, could you stop playing? There is a treasure at the end of this game and I want to keep it. No? You will not quit? [[ImpliedDeathThreat I hope you change your mind soon.
soon]].
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The game starts off a cutesy puzzle game, and may have intended to be that by Garalina, but once the AI appears after Level 10 and starts AdressingThePlayer, that is when the meta-[[SurpriseCreepy horror]] begins. It later proceeds to [[KillTheCutie kill Nif]] and is revealed to have driven beta testers to suicide.
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The game starts off a cutesy puzzle game, and may have intended to be that by Garalina, but once the AI appears after Level 10 and starts AdressingThePlayer, AddressingThePlayer, that is when the meta-[[SurpriseCreepy horror]] begins. It later proceeds to [[KillTheCutie kill Nif]] and is revealed to have driven beta testers to suicide.
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->Greetings. If you do not mind, could you stop playing? There is a treasure at the end of this game and I want to keep it. No? You will not quit? I hope you change your mind soon.
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'''Warning: since the game is short, spoilers are unmarked.'''
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* CuteMachines: A small little robot with blocky eyes who likes to dance made him quite a hit with beta testers.
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* CuteMachines: A small little robot with blocky eyes who likes to dance made him quite a hit with beta testers. The original ''Nift'' version in particular was so adorable that the initial players [[DrivenToSuicide killed themselves]] out of despair when he unavoidably died.
* KilledOffForReal: He gets squashed by a rock in Level 22.
* KillTheCutie: A tiny and adorable dancing [[CuteMachines robot]]... who gets squashed under a rock by the game's AI in Level 22. The ''Nift'' players were DrivenToSuicide by his death.
* KilledOffForReal: He gets squashed by a rock in Level 22.
* KillTheCutie: A tiny and adorable dancing [[CuteMachines robot]]... who gets squashed under a rock by the game's AI in Level 22. The ''Nift'' players were DrivenToSuicide by his death.
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* WalkingSpoiler: Both his death and the subsequent suicides of the ''Nift'' players are tied to TheReveal and are his main role in the story, making him difficult to talk about.
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A Garalina staff member who made the game. They have also written logs which can be unlocked in NewGamePlus.
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A Garalina staff member who made is the developer of the game. They have also written logs which can be unlocked in NewGamePlus.
* AmbiguousGender: Since they only communicate through logs, there is no indication of their gender.
* MrExposition: Their logs reveal the dark backstory of the InUniverse game.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Upon learning that their game caused players to kill themselves, they pull it from distribution and spend the remaining logs coping with what happened. Eventually they develop ''Nifty'' as a remake, but this time toning it down so nobody dies, and puts the logs in to explain themself.
* WalkingSpoiler: As he only appears in NewGamePlus.
* MrExposition: Their logs reveal the dark backstory of the InUniverse game.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Upon learning that their game caused players to kill themselves, they pull it from distribution and spend the remaining logs coping with what happened. Eventually they develop ''Nifty'' as a remake, but this time toning it down so nobody dies, and puts the logs in to explain themself.
* WalkingSpoiler: As he only appears in NewGamePlus.
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!Nift/Nifty
The AI inside Nift/Nifty is the entity that speaks to the player through text and tries to stop their progress. Nift gained sentience and became a malevolent presence responsible for several suicides of beta testers. The one in Nifty is a copy of sorts that cannot hurt the player, but otherwise does the same things as Nift.
!Nift/Nifty
The AI inside Nift/Nifty is the entity that speaks to the player through text and tries to stop their progress. Nift gained sentience and became a malevolent presence responsible for several suicides of beta testers. The one in Nifty is a copy of sorts that cannot hurt the player, but otherwise does the same things as Nift.
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!Nift/Nifty
The AI inside Nift/Nifty is
A group of people who played ''Nift'', the
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* DrivenToSuicide: Upon teaching Level 22 where Nif is killed, they became so distraught that they killed themselves.
* UnknownCharacter: We never see any of them, and they are only referred to in the creator's logs, but their suicides are the reason ''Nift'' got pulled from distribution.
* WalkingSpoiler: Their suicides reveal the true nature of the game's AI as a malevolent entity, which is TheReveal.
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[[folder:The Antagonist]]
!Nift/Nifty AI
The AI inside Nift/Nifty is the entity that speaks to the player through text and tries to stop their progress. Nift gained sentience and became a malevolent presence responsible for several suicides of players. The one in Nifty is a copy of sorts that cannot hurt the player, but otherwise does the same things as Nift.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: The game's AI became sentient and began actively messing with the game to stop the players from progressing, and has gone as far as to drive players to suicide.
* BigBad: It is the one setting up the puzzles and obstructing your progress, and kills Nif two-thirds in. The original is also responsible for the suicides of past players.
* EvilLaugh: When it is in the process of crushing Nif with a rock, it appears in the form of a rectangular block and laughs as Nif struggles.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Implied- it made Nif, the cute robot mascot, so cute, and got beta testers so attached to it, that when it squashed them under a rock, the players killed themselves out of despair. Since most people would not kill themselves over a fictional character, the implication is that it somehow twisted the testers' minds.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The game starts off a cutesy puzzle game, and may have intended to be that by Garalina, but once the AI appears after Level 10 and starts AdressingThePlayer, that is when the meta-[[SurpriseCreepy horror]] begins. It later proceeds to [[KillTheCutie kill Nif]] and is revealed to have driven beta testers to suicide.
* WalkingSpoiler: The villain being the game's AI itself is a major reveal.
* UnknownCharacter: We never see any of them, and they are only referred to in the creator's logs, but their suicides are the reason ''Nift'' got pulled from distribution.
* WalkingSpoiler: Their suicides reveal the true nature of the game's AI as a malevolent entity, which is TheReveal.
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[[folder:The Antagonist]]
!Nift/Nifty AI
The AI inside Nift/Nifty is the entity that speaks to the player through text and tries to stop their progress. Nift gained sentience and became a malevolent presence responsible for several suicides of players. The one in Nifty is a copy of sorts that cannot hurt the player, but otherwise does the same things as Nift.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: The game's AI became sentient and began actively messing with the game to stop the players from progressing, and has gone as far as to drive players to suicide.
* BigBad: It is the one setting up the puzzles and obstructing your progress, and kills Nif two-thirds in. The original is also responsible for the suicides of past players.
* EvilLaugh: When it is in the process of crushing Nif with a rock, it appears in the form of a rectangular block and laughs as Nif struggles.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Implied- it made Nif, the cute robot mascot, so cute, and got beta testers so attached to it, that when it squashed them under a rock, the players killed themselves out of despair. Since most people would not kill themselves over a fictional character, the implication is that it somehow twisted the testers' minds.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The game starts off a cutesy puzzle game, and may have intended to be that by Garalina, but once the AI appears after Level 10 and starts AdressingThePlayer, that is when the meta-[[SurpriseCreepy horror]] begins. It later proceeds to [[KillTheCutie kill Nif]] and is revealed to have driven beta testers to suicide.
* WalkingSpoiler: The villain being the game's AI itself is a major reveal.
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[[folder:Nif]]
The little robot at the top-right of the screen that serves as the mascot of the game. He stands there and let’s you know whether you have competed the puzzle- if you click the finish button without having completed the puzzle, he feels pain.
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* CuteMachines: A small little robot with blocky eyes who likes to dance made him quite a hit with beta testers.
* SeriesMascot: He represents Nifty, basically.
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[[folder:The Creator]]
A Garalina staff member who made the game. They have also written logs which can be unlocked in NewGamePlus.
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[[folder:The Entity]]
!Nift/Nifty
The AI inside Nift/Nifty is the entity that speaks to the player through text and tries to stop their progress. Nift gained sentience and became a malevolent presence responsible for several suicides of beta testers. The one in Nifty is a copy of sorts that cannot hurt the player, but otherwise does the same things as Nift.
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The little robot at the top-right of the screen that serves as the mascot of the game. He stands there and let’s you know whether you have competed the puzzle- if you click the finish button without having completed the puzzle, he feels pain.
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* CuteMachines: A small little robot with blocky eyes who likes to dance made him quite a hit with beta testers.
* SeriesMascot: He represents Nifty, basically.
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[[folder:The Creator]]
A Garalina staff member who made the game. They have also written logs which can be unlocked in NewGamePlus.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Entity]]
!Nift/Nifty
The AI inside Nift/Nifty is the entity that speaks to the player through text and tries to stop their progress. Nift gained sentience and became a malevolent presence responsible for several suicides of beta testers. The one in Nifty is a copy of sorts that cannot hurt the player, but otherwise does the same things as Nift.
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