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* HealingLoop: Either the player being forced to heal, and the enemy's attacks keeping their HP low, or an enemy that constantly heals, making the fight incredibly tedious.

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* HealingLoop: Either A poorly balance fight that's tedious because either you or the player being forced to heal, and the enemy's attacks keeping their HP low, or an enemy that constantly heals, making the fight incredibly tedious. can't deal damage faster than they can recover.
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* UselessItem: An item with no practical use because the developers forgot to add a reason to use it.
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not an error


* GameMod
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* OverflowError: A bug caused by a variable overrunning programmatic limits.

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this obviously goes to sub-indexes


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* IdiotProgrammingIndex
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* GameplayDerailment: A way to play the game the developers didn't

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* GameplayDerailment: A way to play the game the developers didn't intend.

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* AIBreaker
* ArtificialStupidity
* AscendedGlitch
* AutoIncorrect

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* AIBreaker
AIBreaker: A technique that can easily defeat enemy AI.
* ArtificialStupidity
ArtificialStupidity: AI that doesn't work.
* AscendedGlitch
AscendedGlitch: A glitch that is later turned into a legitimate game mechanic.
* AutoIncorrectAutoIncorrect: Autocorrect correcting a word that didn't need to be corrected



* DiscOneNuke
* DummiedOut

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* DiscOneNuke
DiscOneNuke: An item or character that, given early on, allows the player to easily breeze through the game.
* DummiedOutDummiedOut: Data that didn't make it to the actual game, but still can be accessed somehow.



* GameBreaker
* GameBreakingBug

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* GameBreaker
GameBreaker: A technique, character, or item that allows easy victory in a game.
* GameBreakingBugGameBreakingBug: A bug that can make the game unplayable.



* GameplayDerailment
* GlitchEntity
* GoodBadBugs
* HealingLoop

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* GameplayDerailment
GameplayDerailment: A way to play the game the developers didn't
* GlitchEntity
GlitchEntity: A character created through a flaw in the game programming.
* GoodBadBugs
GoodBadBugs: Bugs that are either amusing or useful for the player.
* HealingLoopHealingLoop: Either the player being forced to heal, and the enemy's attacks keeping their HP low, or an enemy that constantly heals, making the fight incredibly tedious.



* LordBritishPostulate
* MinusWorld

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* LordBritishPostulate
LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Excessive amount of loading screens,
* MinusWorldLordBritishPostulate: A character that is meant to be unkillable...is killable.
* MinusWorld: An entire level that's full of glitches.



* ObviousBeta
* PerpetualBeta
* PlayerExclusiveMechanic
* PortingDisaster
* ScrappyMechanic

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* ObviousBeta
ObviousBeta: A game with several noticeable bugs or broken features.
* PerpetualBeta
PerpetualBeta: A game that is constantly being developed, and still
* PlayerExclusiveMechanic
PlayerExclusiveMechanic: The AI doesn't use a feature that the player can use, even if it should.
* PortingDisaster
PortingDisaster: A port is noticeably inferior to the original game.
* ScrappyMechanicScrappyMechanic: A poorly thought out or programmed mechanic in a video game.



* SequenceBreaking
* StatsDissonance
* {{Wallbonking}}

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* SequenceBreaking
SequenceBreaking:
* StatsDissonance
StatsDissonance: Game stats don't match up with actual gameplay.
* {{Wallbonking}}{{Wallbonking}}: AI characters constantly walking into walls, thanks to poor pathfinding.
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* AutoIncorrect

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* GlitchEntity



* TheMissingno
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* StatsDissonance
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* HealingLoop
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An index of tropes about games not working as intended. Can sometimes be caused by using {{Cheat Code}}s.

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An index of tropes about games not working as intended. Can sometimes be caused by using {{Cheat Code}}s.
Code}}s. May cross over with NotTheWayItIsMeantToBePlayed if the player can gain an advantage in the game by using them.
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* IdiotProgrammingIndex

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cleaning


See also IdiotProgrammingIndex.

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* {{Unwinnable}}
** UnwinnableByMistake
** UnwinnableByDesign
** UnwinnableJokeGame
** UnwinnableByInsanity

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Found an unindexed index, and I thought I could stick it here. I do admit, though, it could be helped.

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* {{Wallbonking}}

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* LordBritishPostulate



* LordBritishPostulate


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* PlayerExclusiveMechanic

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Fake Skill was merged into Not The Intended Use per TRS thread.


* FakeSkill


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* NotTheIntendedUse

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Obligatory Zelda II reference.


A index of tropes about games not working as intended. Can sometimes be caused by using {{Cheat Code}}s.

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** UnwinnableJokeGame
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** UnwinnableByInsanity

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* LordBritishPostulate
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** UnwinnableByMistake

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** UnwinnableByDesign
** UnwinnableByInsanity

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Unwinnable By Design is about \'\'intentional\'\' unwinnable situations.


** [[UnwinnableByDesign By Design]]
** [[UnwinnableByMistake By Mistake]]

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** [[UnwinnableByDesign By Design]]
** [[UnwinnableByMistake By Mistake]]
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* DeadCharacterWalking
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darthwiki link zapped


* IdiotProgramming

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** UnwinnableByMistake

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** UnwinnableByMistake[[UnwinnableByDesign By Design]]
** [[UnwinnableByMistake By Mistake]]

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Fake Skill so belongs here


A index of tropes about games not working as intended. Can be caused by using {{Cheat Code}}s.

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A index of tropes about games not working as intended. Can sometimes be caused by using {{Cheat Code}}s.


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