History VideoGame / AryAndTheSecretOfSeasons

''Ary and the Secret of Seasons'' is a 3D action-adventure platformer game developed by Belgian indie studio Exiin, ported on consoles by Fishing Cactus and published by Modus Games. It follows the journey of a young girl named Ary across the magnificent world of Valdi, where each region is divided based on [[FourSeasonsLevel the four seasons]]. The game is structured similar to ''The Legend of Zelda'', with progress limited to certain areas of the game world until the player has collected a new weapon or ability for Ary to use. The game was released on Microsoft Windows via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on September 1, 2020.

One day, gigantic red crystals crash from sky, changing the regional seasons into their opposite and sending the world into turmoil. The guardians are summoned to the Dome of Seasons to investigate the crisis. Ary decides to set out and take her brother’s place, as her father is still grieving Flynn’s disappearance. However, the Guardians of Seasons is an old organization traditionally ruled by men. She disguises herself as a boy and take her father’s orb of winter, which allows her to use seasonal powers, joining the Guardians of Seasons, and is tasked with finding out the cause of the crisis.

One day, gigantic red crystals crash from sky, changing the regional seasons into their opposite and sending the world into turmoil. The guardians are summoned to the Dome of Seasons to investigate the crisis. Ary decides to set out and take her brother’s place, as her father is still grieving Flynn’s disappearance. However, the Guardians of Seasons is an old organization traditionally ruled by men. She disguises herself as a boy and take her father’s orb of winter, which allow her to use seasonal powers. She joins the Guardians of Seasons and is tasked with finding out the cause of the crisis.

* MadnessMantra: After the shocking revelation, Crocus slowly repeats to himself.
-> '''Crocus''': ''I understand...I understand...I understand...''

* SweetPollyOliver: Since the guardians are a fraternal organization, Ary disguises herself as a boy, cutting her hair and changing her clothes. The disguise fools some but ultimately is pointless, as everyone sees she is not a boy and it doesn't really affect anything in the story.
* ThatOneLevel: Two levels actually; the Summer temple and the Autumn temple. These two temples have more complicated puzzles that the other two temples. It's not made easier by the fact no temples or dungeons in the game have maps.

* HeroicBSOD: Befalls a few poor characters.
** Flynn's disappearance causes Ary's poor father to fall into a deep depression.
** Crocus stops responding when he learns of [[FutureMeScaresMe whom he really becomes]].

* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Played with. [[spoiler: Future Ary (A.K.A The Legendary Warrior)]] does meet up with our heroine, but she does not reveal her identity to her for it to even matter.

* SweetPollyOliver: Since the guardians are a fraternal organization, Ary disguises herself as a boy, cutting her hair and changing her clothes. The disguise fools some but ultimately is pointless, as everyone sees she is not a boy.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: [[spoiler:Future!Ary is the Legendary Guardian from 1,000 years ago, and future!Crocus is the Evil Mage, also from 1,000 years ago.]]

* ColossusClimb: [[spoiler:The FinalBoss golem involves using the Winter powers to create platforms to disable the golem's legs.]]
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: The Samhain golem, controlled by the Evil Mage.]]

* FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler:Crocus, upon learning he becomes the Evil Mage in the future, becomes terrified and tries to stop this future by imprisoning himself.]]
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: [[spoiler: The Legendary Warrior is Ary's future self, and the Evil Mage is Crocus' future self.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The Evil Mage reveals to Ary that Flynn is still alive, but not in the current time period, and escapes. Meanwhile, Ary resolves to learn how to time travel to rescue Flynn, evidently one day becoming the Legendary Warrior.]]

* TimeyWimeyBall: [[spoiler:The Legendary Warrior and the Evil Mage are Ary and Crocus' future selves, respectively. 1,000 years ago, the Legendary Warrior fought and sealed away the Evil Mage. Future!Ary recorded her deeds in a book and sends it Ary's present. So, [[MindScrew future versions of both characters fought 1,000 years in the past, future!Ary sent a message from the future, in the form of a book detailing events from 1,000 years ago, to the present, and then both characters eventually ended up in the present due to time travel where they fought again]].]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Prince Crocus masterminded everything to unseal and defeat the Evil Mage, only to learn that said Mage is his time-travelling future self.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:The Evil Mage is never fought directly. The golem he is controlling is destroyed, and the Mage has already been defeated by the Legendary Warrior when Ary finally confronts him.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Prince Crocus. He came to believe he could stop the Evil Mage. He knocks out the guardians and takes their weather orbs. He also imprisoned other children to harvest crystals to use as weapons. After finding out his future self ''is'' the Evil Mage, he performs a HeelFaceTurn.]]

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:The Samhain golem, controlled by the Evil Mage.]]

* MyFutureSelfAndMe: [[spoiler:The Legendary Warrior is Ary's future self, and the Evil Mage is Crocus' future self.]]

* PungeonMaster: Dagdann does this in the end credits, and the Autumn golem as well.

* TimeyWimeyBall: [[spoiler:The Legendary Warrior and the Evil Mage are Ary and Crocus' future selves, respectively. 1,000 years ago, the Legendary Warrior fought and sealed away the Evil Mage. Future!Ary recorded her deeds in a book and sends it Ary's present. So, [[MindScrew future versions of both characters fought in the past, future!Ary sent a message from the future to the present, and then both characters eventually ended up in the present due to time travel]].]]

* ColossusClimb: [[Spoiler:TheFinalBoss golem involves using the winter powers to create platforms to disable the golem's legs.]]

* MyFutureSelfAndMe: [[spoiler: The Legendary Warrior is Ary's future self, and the Evil Mage is Crocus' future self.]]
* NoFourthWall: While "drunk" on knockout gas, before passing out, Dagdann, the guardian of summer, rambles on about how he feels he's in a video game and criticizes side quests. He repeats this in the end game credits as well.
* PungeonMaster: Dagdann does this in the end credits, and the autumn golem as well.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The Evil Mage reveals to Ary that Flynn is still alive but in the current time period and escapes. Meanwhile Ary resolves to learn how to time travel to rescue Flynn, evidently one day becoming the Legendary Warrior.]]

* ThatOneLevel: Two levels actually. The summer temple and the autumn temple. These two temples have more complicated puzzles that the other two temples. Not made easier by the fact no temples or dungeons in the game have maps.

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:The Evil Mage is never fought directly. The golem he is controlling is destroyed, and the Mage has already defeated by the Legendary Warrior when Ary finally confronts him.]]

''Ary and the Secret of Seasons'' is an action-adventure game developed by Belgian indie studio Exiin, ported on consoles by Fishing Cactus[1] and published by Modus Games. The game was released on Microsoft Windows via Steam, and Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on September 1, 2020.

Ary and the Secret of Seasons follows the journey of a young girl named Ary across the magnificent world of Valdi, where each region is divided based on the four seasons. Ary has joined the Guardians of Seasons, an old organization traditionally ruled by men. 1,000 years ago, an Evil Mage attempted to take over the world, but was stopped and imprisoned in a time vault by the Legendary Warrior. In the current day, Ary, short for Aryelle, is the daughter of the winter guardian, Gwenn. Ary’s older brother, Flynn, was the winter guardian apprentice but disappeared sometime ago while with the spring guardian apprentice, Prince Crocus.

One day, gigantic red crystals crash from sky, changing the regional seasons into their opposite and sending the world into turmoil. The guardians are summoned to the Dome of Seasons to investigate the crisis. Ary decides to set out and take her brother’s place, as her father is still grieving Flynn’s disappearance. She disguises herself as a boy and take her father’s orb of winter, which allow her to use seasonal powers. She joins the guardians of seasons and is tasked with finding out the cause of the crisis.

''Ary and the Secret of Seasons'' is a 3D action adventure platformer. The game is structured similar to ''The Legend of Zelda'', with progress limited to certain areas of the game world until the player has collected a new weapon or ability for Ary to use.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: [[spoiler:future!Ary is the Legendary Guardian from 1,000 years ago and future!Crocus is the Evil Mage, also from 1,000 years ago.]]

* BigGood: The Legendary Warrior.
* ClarkesThirdLaw: While initially seen as magic, the golems pretty much state everything the people of Valdi view as magic, such as the weather changing orbs, is actually advance science. The golems themselves state they were created by a sufficiently advanced but extinct civilization. The Dome Of Seasons contains a hidden computerized room and the individual temples also contain rooms of highly advanced technology.
* SweetPollyOliver: Since the guardians are a fraternal organization, Ary disguises herself as a boy. She cuts her hair and changes her clothes. The disguise fools some but ultimately is pointless, as everyone sees she is not a boy.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Prince Crocus. He came to believe he can stop the Evil Mage. He knocks out the guardians and takes their weather orbs. He also imprisoned other children to harvest crystals to use as weapons. After finding out his future self is the Evil Mage, he performs a HeelFaceTurn.]]

Ary and the Secret of Seasons follows the journey of a young girl named Ary across the magnificent world of Valdi, where each region is divided based on the four seasons. Ary has joined the Guardians of Seasons, an old organization traditionally ruled by men. 1,000 years ago, an Evil Mage attempted to take over the world, but was stopped by the Legendary Warrior. In the current day, Ary, short for Aryelle, is the daughter of the winter guardian, Gwenn. Ary’s older brother, Flynn, was the winter guardian apprentice but disappeared sometime ago while with the spring guardian apprentice, Prince Crocus.

''Ary and the Secret of Seasons'' is a 3D action adventure platformer. The game is structured similar to ''The Legend of Zelda'', with progress limited to certain areas of the game world until the player has collected a new weapon or ability for Ary to use.