History VideoGame / EvenTheOcean

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Everyone in Whiteforge is killed to hammer home the GreenAesop: a last minute fix can't save the planet.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: Turns out [[spoiler: the Geomes were only destroying the stations to stop their damage and rebalance the worlds energy... which might have averted the real threat]].

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Mayor Biggs turns out to be the one responsible for unbalancing the world with the generators he had built, but he shows himself to actually care for his people, especially Aliph whom he behaves as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure towards, and was trying to bring the citizens prosperity. When Aliph confronts him, he is trying to save what little people he can from the flood he caused.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The game has several modes and settings to make the game easier or even cut out the platforming levels completely and focus only on the story, if you’re struggling. There's even an option to disable dying!

* DevelopersForesight: It's possible to visit the power plant at Boreas before the one at Dreamdram. If you do so, then when Paxton tells Aliph she should have gone to Boreas to find Lopez first, she'll tell him she actually did that.

''Even the Ocean'' is a narrative action platformer about balancing the Light and Dark energies that hold the world together. Aliph, a lowly power plant technician for Whiteforge City, finds her world turned upside-down after a routine maintenance trip goes awry. Now, working directly with the city of Whiteforge's Mayor Richard Biggs to face the unknown menace of the Genomes, three giant {{Animalistic Abomination}}s that are destroying the generators powering Whiteforge, Aliph must navigate her newfound power and influence to balance the light and dark energies and save the city.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Aliph]] when she realizes that [[spoiler:the Genomes were trying to stop the environmental destruction brought about by the generators]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Aliph, by repairing the generators and destroying the Genomes, just allowed the generators to continue unbalancing the world and destroyed the very beings who had the power to fix the mess. She tries to stop it by turning off the one in Whiteforge, but by that point the damage has been done and TheGreatFlood comes anyway.]]

* OneNoteCook: Yara can cook muffins no problem, but admits that is the limit of her current culinary skills

* AlasPoorVillain: Turns out [[spoiler: the Geomes were only destroying the stations to stop their damage and rebalance the worlds energy… which might have averted the real threat]].

* BigBad: The three [[AnimalisticAbomination Genomes]] are the giant monsters that threaten the city of Whiteforge and seek to destroy its generators. [[spoiler:Until it is revealed that [[GoodAllAlong they were doing so to save the world]] from the environmental imbalance that the generators were causing. The true antagonist is Mayor Richard Biggs, who has the generators built in the first place.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:In the end, it's too late to stop the world from being destroyed by the flood, but Aliph and Yara ask Humus (who has lived through past civilizations) to tell the story of what happened in the hope that the next apocalypse can be prevented by the next civilization]].

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Everyone in Whiteforge is killed to hammer home the GreenAesop: a last minute fix can't save the planet.]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Yara comforts Aliph and they sing Even the Ocean together even as the first giant wave comes to claim the city.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The game has several modes and settings to make the game easier or even cut out the platforming levels completely and focus only on the story, if you’re struggling.

* AnimalisticAbomination: All three Geomes resemble an animal respective to their element.

* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: Happens between Yara and Aliph.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Humus comes across as this.

* DivertingPower: Aliph has to do this on several occasions.
* ElementalEmbodiment: Each of the Geomes represent an element of nature.

* GhostTown: Karavold

* JumpPhysics: In the factory levels especially when under strong influence of either purple or blue energy.

* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Yara more or less describes Cassidy as having been this to her, at least to some extent.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The mayor comes across as this, at least through most of the game.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Cassidy]], and later [[spoiler:Paxton]]
* TheGreatFlood: [[spoiler:The eventual fate of Whiteforge.]]
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Yara comforts Aliph and they sing Even the Ocean together even as the first giant wave comes to claim the city.]]
* QueerMedia: LGBTQ+ relationships are normalized and treated positively in this platformer game, with both male and female same-gender relationships represented.

* GreenAesop: The story as a whole has a definate environmental theme. The conflict comes about because [[spoiler:the Whiteforge generators threw the world off-balance, and this is what threatened the world]].

''Even the Ocean'' is a narrative action platformer about balancing the Light and Dark energies that hold the world together. Aliph, a lowly power plant technician for Whiteforge City, finds her world turned upside-down after a routine maintenance trip goes awry. Now, working directly with Whiteforge's Mayor Richard Biggs to face the unknown menace of the Genomes, Aliph must navigate her newfound power and influence to balance the light and dark energies and save the city.

* BigBad: The three [[AnimalisticAbomination Genomes]] are the giant monsters that threaten the city of Whiteforge and seek to destroy its generators. [[spoiler:Until it is revealed that [[GoodAllAlong they were doing so to save the world]] form the imbalance that the generators were causing. The true antagonist is Mayor Richard Biggs, who has the generators built in the first place.]]

* GreenAesop: The story as a whole has a definate environmental theme.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Even the ocean is a recurring piece of music/lullaby within the game that plays/ is sung whenever Yara or Aliph are upset and trying to comfort themselves and/or each other.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Aliph]] when she realises her mistake and [[spoiler: the Geomes true nature.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Aliph]], although it wasn’t all her fault and [[spoiler: whether or not the disaster could have been averted completely is up for debate.]]

* TheGreatFlood: [[spoiler:The eventual fate of Whiteforge]]
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Yara comforts Aliph and they sing Even the Ocean together even as the first giant wave comes to claim the city.]]
* QueerMedia:"LGBTQ+ relationships are normalized and treated positively in this platformer game, with both male and female same-gender relationships represented.

''Even the Ocean is a narrative action platformer about balancing the Light and Dark energies that hold the world together. Aliph, a lowly power plant technician for Whiteforge City, finds her world turned upside-down after a routine maintenance trip goes awry. Now, working directly with Whiteforge's Mayor Biggs to face an unknown menace, Aliph must navigate her newfound power and influence to balance the light and dark energies and save the city.

* AlasPoorVillain – Turns out [[spoiler: the Geomes were only destroying the stations to stop their damage and rebalance the worlds energy….which might have averted the real threat.]]
* AnimalisticAbomination: All three Geomes resemble an animal respective to their element
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The game has several modes and settings to make the game easier or even cut out the platforming levels completely and focus only on the story, if you’re struggling.
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: Happens between Yara and Aliph

* DefrostingIceQueen – Yara is quite cold towards Aliph at first, but later apologises for her behaviour and befriends her.

* CooldownHug: Aliph and Yara each give one to the other at different points in the story.

* TheGreatFlood: Karavold, an ancient civilisation you eventually explore is believed to have been wiped out this way. [[spoiler: also the eventual fate of [[HistoryRepeats Whiteforge]], as they inadvertantly repeated the previous civilisations mistakes]]

* Cloudcuckoolander: Humus comes across as this.

* TheGreatFlood: Karavold, an ancient civilisation you eventually explore is believed to have been wiped out this way.

* AlasPoorVillain – Turns out [[spoiler: the Geomes were only destroying the stations to stop their damage and rebalance the energy….which might have averted the real threat.]]

* QueerMedia:"LGBTQ+ relationships are normalized and treated positively in this platformer game, with both male and female same-gender relationships.

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Yara comforts Aliph and they sing Even the Ocean together even as the first giant wave comes to claim the city.]]

* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Cassidy]], and later [spoiler: Paxton]]

* StrawmanHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Delores]] makes several attempts to stop you, claiming [[spoiler: the factories are bad and the Geomes are good]], at the time it seems to contradict everything the player and Aliph have been led to believe, with hindsight however….