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* {{Prequel}}: ''VideoGame/JonesOnFire'' - an EndlessRunner about Jones' fire fighter past, saving kittens. Comes up in ''Hot Tin Roof'' when Jones comes across some cats she saved as kittens. Franky's [[FanClub fans]] even wear cardboard fedoras.

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* {{Prequel}}: ''VideoGame/JonesOnFire'' - an EndlessRunner EndlessRunningGame about Jones' fire fighter past, saving kittens. Comes up in ''Hot Tin Roof'' when Jones comes across some cats she saved as kittens. Franky's [[FanClub fans]] fans even wear cardboard fedoras.



* SavePoint: To save, Jones must use the toilet. [[JustifiedSavePoint Justified]] in that you can find a bathroom in almost any modern building. Don't forget to use the sink afterwards.

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* SavePoint: To save, Jones must use the toilet. [[JustifiedSavePoint Justified]] {{Justified|SavePoint}} in that you can find a bathroom in almost any modern building. Don't forget to use the sink afterwards.

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* HatOfAuthority: Hats are a big deal, since only detectives from the Depot can wear fedoras. Franky is the first cat to join the Depot, thus making her ''The Cat That Wore A Fedora''.



* NiceHat/FedoraOfAsskicking/HatOfAuthority: Hats are a big deal, since only detectives from the Depot can wear fedoras. Franky is the first cat to join the Depot, thus making her ''The Cat That Wore A Fedora''.
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* SequenceBreaking: To an extreme, due to the game's Metroidvania nature allowing player to come across key NPCs before the designer intended. In the release versions, at least, it was possible to find many clues for a murder ''before you were told it even happened'', or to rescue an innocently accused suspect from jail, before he even got arrested.

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* SequenceBreaking: To an extreme, due to the game's Metroidvania nature allowing player to come across key NPCs {{Non Player Character}}s before the designer intended. In the release versions, at least, it was possible to find many clues for a murder ''before you were told it even happened'', or to rescue an innocently accused suspect from jail, before he even got arrested.
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'''''Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora''''' is a genre-mashup VideoGame by Creator/GlassBottomGames. In it you play as Private Inspector Emma Jones, recently paired up with rookie detective Frankie, a [[TalkingAnimal talking white cat]]. The game combines FilmNoir aesthetics with AdventureGame logic, retro 3D graphics and FourthWall comedy. The game is available [[http://hottinroofgame.com/ here.]]

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Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora''''' Fedora'' is a genre-mashup VideoGame by Creator/GlassBottomGames. In it you play as Private Inspector Emma Jones, recently paired up with rookie detective Frankie, a [[TalkingAnimal talking white cat]]. The game combines FilmNoir aesthetics with AdventureGame logic, retro 3D graphics and FourthWall comedy. The game is available [[http://hottinroofgame.com/ here.]]

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'''''Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora''''' is a genre-mashup VideoGame by Creator/GlassBottomGames. In it you play as Private Inspector Emma Jones, recently paired up with rookie detective Frankie, a [[TalkingAnimal talking white cat]]. The game combines FilmNoir aesthetics with AdventureGame logic, retro 3D graphics and FourthWall comedy.

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'''''Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora''''' is a genre-mashup VideoGame by Creator/GlassBottomGames. In it you play as Private Inspector Emma Jones, recently paired up with rookie detective Frankie, a [[TalkingAnimal talking white cat]]. The game combines FilmNoir aesthetics with AdventureGame logic, retro 3D graphics and FourthWall comedy.

comedy. The game is available [[http://hottinroofgame.com/ Homepage]]
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* DialogueTree: Used in the conversations as standard. Many of them often fail to reset after the events that initially triggered them, though.


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* {{Pun}}: There's a cafe named "Slice of Pi". It also doubles as a reference to game's blocky, curve-deprived graphics.


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* SequenceBreaking: To an extreme, due to the game's Metroidvania nature allowing player to come across key NPCs before the designer intended. In the release versions, at least, it was possible to find many clues for a murder ''before you were told it even happened'', or to rescue an innocently accused suspect from jail, before he even got arrested.
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* SamusIsAGirl: And twice, since "Jones", the blocky 3D badass investigator is... Emma Jones, and her partner, the only cat to have made it into the force, is called Frankie, which is actually short for Francine.
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* {{Prequel}}: ''VideoGame/JonesOnFire'' - an EndlessRunner about Jones' fire fighter past, saving kittens. Comes up in ''Hot Tin Roof'' when Jones comes across some cats she saved as kittens.
* NiceHat: Hats are a big deal, since only detectives from the Depot can wear fedoras. Franky is the first cat to join the Depot.

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* {{Prequel}}: ''VideoGame/JonesOnFire'' - an EndlessRunner about Jones' fire fighter past, saving kittens. Comes up in ''Hot Tin Roof'' when Jones comes across some cats she saved as kittens.
kittens. Franky's [[FanClub fans]] even wear cardboard fedoras.
* NiceHat: NiceHat/FedoraOfAsskicking/HatOfAuthority: Hats are a big deal, since only detectives from the Depot can wear fedoras. Franky is the first cat to join the Depot.Depot, thus making her ''The Cat That Wore A Fedora''.
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* FantasticRacism: The pecking order is Blockians at the top, followed by cats, then birds, then rats. Rats are at the bottom of the social order, with the only jobs available to them are in handling garbage.



* {{Prequel}}: ''VideoGame/JonesOnFire'' - an EndlessRunner about Jones' fire fighter past, saving kittens. Comes up in ''Hot Tin Roof'' when Jones comes across some cats she saved as kittens.



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'''''Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora''''' is a genre-mashup VideoGame by Creator/GlassBottomGames. In it you plays as Private Inspector Emma Jones, recently paired up with rookie detective Frankie, a [[TalkingAnimal talking white cat]]. The game combines FilmNoir aesthetics with AdventureGame logic, retro 3D graphics and 4th wall comedy.

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'''''Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora''''' is a genre-mashup VideoGame by Creator/GlassBottomGames. In it you plays play as Private Inspector Emma Jones, recently paired up with rookie detective Frankie, a [[TalkingAnimal talking white cat]]. The game combines FilmNoir aesthetics with AdventureGame logic, retro 3D graphics and 4th wall FourthWall comedy.



* AbnormalAmmo: Jones uses a Webley Mark 2/3 because it fires a variety of non-lethal ammunition. Starting off with the Thud rounds (good for breaking boxes), progressing to Bubble rounds, Grappling hook and more.
* ActionGirl: Detective Emma Jones. Prior to being a detective, she was a firefighter.

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* AbnormalAmmo: Jones uses a Webley Mark 2/3 because it fires a variety of non-lethal ammunition. Starting It starts off with the Thud rounds (good for breaking boxes), progressing boxes) and progresses to Bubble rounds, Grappling hook a grappling hook, and more.
* ActionGirl: Detective Emma Jones. Prior to being a detective, she Jones was a firefighter.firefighter before becoming a detective.



* BreakingTheFourthWall: Franky will do this if Jones doesn't "get" the hints she's dropping about items, such as how to save or how flowers upgrade HitPoints.
* ButThouMust: Quoted directly by Frankie if the player tries to leave Jones' office before she answers the phone (thus starting off the story).
* DaChief: Boss of the Depot, no one [[TheNameless knows his name]].

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Franky will do this if Jones doesn't "get" get the hints she's dropping about items, such as how to save or how flowers upgrade HitPoints.
* ButThouMust: Quoted directly by Frankie if the player tries to leave Jones' Jones's office before she answers the phone (thus starting off the story).
* DaChief: Boss of the Depot, no Depot. No one [[TheNameless knows his name]].



* NiceHat: Hats are a big deal, only detectives from the Depot can wear fedoras. Franky is the first cat to join the Depot.

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* NiceHat: Hats are a big deal, since only detectives from the Depot can wear fedoras. Franky is the first cat to join the Depot.

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* DaCheif: Boss of the Depot, no one [[TheNameless knows his name]].

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* DaCheif: DaChief: Boss of the Depot, no one [[TheNameless knows his name]].



* Retraux: The game's use of simple blocky 3D for everything. Also used for comedy when Jones has to explain she's a woman.
* Save Point: To save, Jones must use the toilet. [[JustifiedSavePoint Justified]] in that you can find a bathroom in almost any modern building. Don't forget to use the sink afterwards.
* Swiss Army Gun: Overlaping with AbnormalAmmo, the Webley Mark 2/3 is Jones' primary tool for solving puzzles.

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* Retraux: {{Retraux}}: The game's use of simple blocky 3D for everything. Also used for comedy when Jones has to explain she's a woman.
* Save Point: SavePoint: To save, Jones must use the toilet. [[JustifiedSavePoint Justified]] in that you can find a bathroom in almost any modern building. Don't forget to use the sink afterwards.
* Swiss Army Gun: Overlaping SwissArmyGun: Overlapping with AbnormalAmmo, the Webley Mark 2/3 is Jones' primary tool for solving puzzles.puzzles.
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'''''Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora''''' is a genre-mashup VideoGame by Creator/GlassBottomGames. In it you plays as Private Inspector Emma Jones, recently paired up with rookie detective Frankie, a [[TalkingAnimal talking white cat]]. The game combines FilmNoir aesthetics with AdventureGame logic, retro 3D graphics and 4th wall comedy.

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'''This game contains examples of:'''
* AbnormalAmmo: Jones uses a Webley Mark 2/3 because it fires a variety of non-lethal ammunition. Starting off with the Thud rounds (good for breaking boxes), progressing to Bubble rounds, Grappling hook and more.
* ActionGirl: Detective Emma Jones. Prior to being a detective, she was a firefighter.
* AdventureGame: The overall story arc of the game is like an adventure game, looking for clues and talking to suspects.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Franky will do this if Jones doesn't "get" the hints she's dropping about items, such as how to save or how flowers upgrade HitPoints.
* ButThouMust: Quoted directly by Frankie if the player tries to leave Jones' office before she answers the phone (thus starting off the story).
* DaCheif: Boss of the Depot, no one [[TheNameless knows his name]].
* PlatformGame: There is a lot of climbing and jumping in this game.
* NiceHat: Hats are a big deal, only detectives from the Depot can wear fedoras. Franky is the first cat to join the Depot.
* Retraux: The game's use of simple blocky 3D for everything. Also used for comedy when Jones has to explain she's a woman.
* Save Point: To save, Jones must use the toilet. [[JustifiedSavePoint Justified]] in that you can find a bathroom in almost any modern building. Don't forget to use the sink afterwards.
* Swiss Army Gun: Overlaping with AbnormalAmmo, the Webley Mark 2/3 is Jones' primary tool for solving puzzles.

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