History VideoGame / ColorgraveUniverse

* ''Veritus'' (Estimated release 2024)

* ''Claire A La Mode'' (Estimated release 2024)
* ''Howling Crown'' (Estimated release 2024)

* AnachronicOrder: While the games released so far take place in chronological order, WordOfGod has said that this won't be the case for all of them. ''Curse Crackers'' takes place about ten years after the events of ''Prodigal'', and ''Veritus'' takes place another few years after that, but ''Howling Crown'' has been stated to take place at some point in between ''Prodigal'' and ''Curse Crackers''.
%%* BreakingOldTrends: ''Claire A La Mode'' will be the first game in the series to feature [[SuddenlyVoiced voice acting]]. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen It also would have been]] the first game to move away from the pixel art style, but problems with development led to the creators deciding to give it a pixel art style after all.

%%* SuddenlyVoiced: ''Claire A La Mode'' will feature voice acting from many of the characters, several of which already appeared unvoiced in previous games such as Caroline, Elinore, and the titular Claire herself.

The Colorgrave Universe, also known as the Colorverse, is a common name given to a series of games that take place across at least two different worlds but in the same universe with some characters crossing over between them. Most of these games have a retro art style that takes some inspiration from the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor palettes. They were developed by [[https://store.steampowered.com/developer/colorgrave Colorgrave]], a team of developers that also shares its name with one of the characters featured within the games.

* {{Retraux}}: The games not only use a pixel art style but also often use limited color palettes in most of their sprites to resemble the style of UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor games, as well as the soundtracks having a lot of chiptune in them. There are some elements that break away from this, such as a few changes in art and animation, as well as using more vibrant colors in some places, and the music tracks including other instruments, but overall the games invoke a retro feel to them.

* CosmeticAward: Each game has the ability to unlock different color palettes for the player character, and different art for the main menu, earned by completing certain in-game achievements.

* PlanetOfHats: Downplayed with the Ledamran races, who usually follow a certain theme based on the Scale they were gfited by but aren't completely limited to it. For example, the Oathen are mostly warriors, but Jacky is interested in history which would be more fitting for a Loren, and the Hearthen are known to be more supportive towards people but Bonnie is skilled in magic and combat while Genevive wants to become a Knight.

** The Knights in Ledamra are quite strict with the way they imprison criminals in Hyrain, their [[FloatingContinent floating prison]], even going so far as to keep the ones they consider the msot dangerous [[CrystalPrison trapped in crystal]], as well as punishing anyone who tries and fails to challenge a Titled by making them collect the souls of the dead, but they're doing so in order to keep the peace and prevent another war from happening.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Ledamra seems more bright and quirky compared to the world of Lyrian, but it isn't any less dangerous. There is a strict law system, the 7 people in the most powerful positions known as the Titled can be challenged by anyone which results in either them losing their Title or the one who challenged them being punished, there is some prejudice towards the Ungifted and a bit between the different types of Gifted as well, and if that doesn't sound too bad, everyone's hatred manifests as a power called Malice, which if left unchecked can cause the seeds that anyone can have inside them to grow and transform into a powerful monster called a Malevolent, killing the host in the process.

* BreakingOldTrends: ''Claire A La Mode'' will be the first game in the series to feature [[SuddenlyVoiced voice acting]]. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen It also would have been]] the first game to move away from the pixel art style, but problems with development led to the creators deciding to give it a pixel art style after all.

* NoBodyLeftBehind: Ledamrans don't leave bodies behind when they die, instead turning into flames known as souls, which are collected and taken to a place called the Grave by the Reapers.

* SuddenlyVoiced: ''Claire A La Mode'' will feature voice acting from many of the characters, several of which already appeared unvoiced in previous games such as Caroline, Elinore, and the titular Claire herself.

** The Knights in Ledamra are quite strict with the way they imprison criminals in Hyrain, their [[FloatingContinent floating prison]], as well as punishing anyone who tries and fails to challenge a Titled by making them collect the souls of the dead, but they're doing so in order to keep the peace and prevent another war from happening.

* ''Veritus'' (Estimated release 2023)

** The Scales created by Armadel seem to have different skin colors. Blindgaze's is dark blue, Oathbind's is red, and while Colorgrave is currently grey all over, official artwork shows her with grey-ish purple skin. Seeminly averted with Lorebright, who appears to have a caucasion skin tone.

** The Revante are humanoid beings with pointy ears, white hair, and grey skin.

* NoBodyLeftBehind: Ledamrans don't leave bodies behind when they die, instead turning into flames known as souls, which are collected and taken to a place called the Grave by the Reapers, people who committed a crime and were sentenced to carry out such a task a certain number of times.

The Colorgrave Universe is a common name given to a series of games that take place across at least two different worlds but in the same universe with some characters crossing over between them. Most of these games have a retro art style that takes some inspiration from the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor palettes. They were developed by [[https://store.steampowered.com/developer/colorgrave Colorgrave]], a team of developers that also shares its name with one of the characters featured within the games.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Ledamra seems more bright and quirky compared to the world of Lyrian, but it isn't any less dangerous. There is a strict law system, the higher-ranked Knights known as the Titled can be challenged by anyone which results in either the Knight losing their Title or the one who challenged them being punished, there is some prejudice towards the Ungifted and a bit between the different types of Gifted as well, and if that doesn't sound too bad, everyone's hatred manifests as a power called Malice, which if left unchecked can cause the seeds that anyone can have inside them to grow and transform into a powerful monster called a Malevolent, killing the host in the process.

* RedBaron: The highest-ranked Knights in Ledamra are known as the Titled, with each of them having their own unique title. If a Titled is defeated by someone who challenges them, they become a Subtitled, while the other person becomes a Titled.

** The Titled Knights in Ledamra are quite strict with the way they imprison criminals in Hyrian, their [[FloatingContinent floating prison]], as well as punishing anyone who tries and fails to challenge them by making them collect the souls of the dead, but they're doing so in order to keep the peace and prevent another war from happening.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In ''Prodigal'', the residents of the Colorless Void refer to themselves as monsters, which fits their different appearances well enough, but ''Curse Crackers'' reveals that they are one of the races gifted by the Scales and known as the Graven, after their Scale Colorgrave. Unlike the other races, the Graven don't follow any specific rules when it comes to their appearances or abilities, but it's still odd to see them call themselves monsters in this game, which is probably down to the developers not having finalized their origins or even come up with the other Scales and races just yet. In addition, the way some of them talk to Oran in ''Prodigal'' make it sound as if mages are ordinary humans, while ''Curse Crackers'' establishes that only those gifted by the Scales can be mages, while anyone with a normal human appearance can't. It has been explained by the creators that all the races of Ledamra [[OurHumansAreDifferent are technically humans]], but it's unclear if the same can be said for the Graven.

** Downplayed when it comes to the different types of Gifted; they're generally on good terms with each other, but the other races don't get on well with the Gazen, who can see Malice and will often make people uncomfortable when talking about it, and the Hearthen aren't allowed to play card games because they might use their ability to hear other people's feelings to cheat.

* BreakingOldTrends: ''Claire A La Mode'' will be the first game in the series to feature [[SuddenlyVoiced voice acting]].

* BreakingOldTrends: ''Claire A La Mode'' will be the first game in the series to feature voice acting.

* OurHumansAreDifferent: The Ledamrans as a whole are sometimes referred to as humans despite there being six different species of them based on which Scale they were Gifted by, as well as the Ungifted who are just ordinary humans. This is not counting the more monstrous-looking Graven, who refer to the other races as humans while calling themselves monsters.

* FantasyPantheon: There are several Gods, and also powerful beings that are considered to be Gods. The ones we know of so far are Nyxian, the God of Hate, Armadel, the God of Life, Veritus, the God of Shadow, and Revulan, the God of Storm, and Kieger, the God of Metal. There are also Gods of Light, Water, and Earth, but their names are unknown. There are also beings who are not true Gods but are still worshipped as them, such as [[spoiler:Raem, Var, and Zolei]].

The Colorgrave Universe is a common name given to a series of games that take place across at least two different worlds but in the same universe with some characters crossing over between them. Most of these games have a retro art style that takes some inspiration from the GameBoyColor palattes. They were developed by [[https://store.steampowered.com/developer/colorgrave Colorgrave]], a team of developers that also shares its name with one of the characters featured within the games.