History VideoGame / Nifty

* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Many puzzles require you to look at the header of the game window and/or into the files of the folder that came with the game, usually to get passwords and directions on how to complete a puzzle, and a hombrewed texture editor packaged with ''Nifty'' is necessary to progress through a later stage. One level also makes you [[spoiler:delete the save files]] in order to progress (though [[spoiler:this does nothing to the actual game]]), and NewGamePlus is accessed by [[spoiler:moving files into a specific folder]].

* TheMostDangerousVideoGame: [[spoiler:''Nift'', the original game, [[AIIsACrapshoot developed sentience]] and killed Nif, the in-game RobotBuddy, then used his death to [[PsychicAssistedSuicide drive players to suicide]].]]

* UnwinnableByDesign: InUniverse, the original ''Nift'' was apparently designed to be impossible to beat for some reason. You need a special file creator that was packaged with the game but not with the original to get past a certain level.

''Nifty'' is a meta puzzle horror game by Tony Domenico aka THROMPD which serves as a loosely-connected spinoff to ''WebVideo/{{Petscop}}''. The game is separated into 30 levels, and each level consists of a screen in which the player must click blocks on the screen in order to cycle through colors and make certain colors appear. The goal is to complete the objective displayed on the top of the screen, then click the Finish button to advance to the next level. All the while, a robot known as Nif appears on the top right of the screen, showing whether you are progressing or not. The main gimmick is that quite a bit of these puzzles require you to [[FromBeyondTheFourthWall access the game's files]], adding the meta element to the game.

InUniverse, the game is a fan remake of ''Nift'', yet another unreleased title developed by the company Garalina (who developed but never released ''Petscop''). Naturally, though the game seems normal, it becomes clear something is strange about it... especially when an entity tells the player to stop playing, and starts getting in the way.

Can be downloaded on the creator's website [[https://thrompd.hinchy.co/ here]]. See also ''VideoGame/ThereArePeopleInTheBlocks'', another puzzle game by THROMPD.

* TermsOfEndangerment: The BigBad, [[spoiler:the Nift AI]], calls Nif their “dear friend”, just before [[spoiler:killing him with a big rock]].

InUniverse, the game is a fan remake of ''Nift'', yet another unreleased title developed by the company Garalina (who developed but never released ''Petscop''). Naturally, though the game seems normal, it becomes clear something is strange about it... especially when something tells the player to stop playing, and starts getting in the way.

InUniverse, the game is a fan remake of ''Nift'', yet another unreleased title developed by the company Garalina (who developed but never released ''Petscop''). Naturally, though the game seems normal, it becomes clear something is strange about it.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:''Nift/Nifty'' itself]] is the mysterious entity that seeks to keep you from reaching the end of the game, and [[spoiler:drove the prior players to suicide]].

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Level 22 challenges you to [[spoiler:save Nif from the rock that is crushing him]]. Unfortunately, there is no way to accomplish this, [[spoiler:and he will be SquishedFlat when you go to click the finish button]].

''Nifty'' is a meta puzzle horror game by Tony Domenico aka THROMPD which serves as a loosely-connected spinoff to ''WebVideo/{{Petscop}}''. The game is separated into 30 levels, and each level consists of a screen in which the player must click blocks on the screen in order to cycle through colors and make certain colors appear. The goal is to complete the objective displayed on the top of the screen. All the while, a robot known as Nif appears on the top right of the screen, showing whether you are progressing or not. The main gimmick is that quite a bit of these puzzles require you to [[FromBeyondTheFourthWall access the game's files]], adding the meta element to the game.

* RhythmGame: Level 29 requires the player to press a button according to the beat of the music.

''Nifty'' is a meta puzzle horror game by Tony Domenico aka THROMPD which serves as a loosely-connected spinoff to ''WebVideo/{{Petscop}}''. The game is separated into 30 levels, and each level consists of a screen in which the player must click blocks on the screen in order to cycle through colors and make certain colors appear. The goal is to complete the objective displayed on the top of the screen. All the while, a robot known as Nift appears on the top right of the screen, showing whether you are progressing or not. The main gimmick is that quite a bit of these puzzles require you to [[FromBeyondTheFourthWall access the game's files]], adding the meta element to the game.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:''Nifty'' itself]] is the mysterious entity that seeks to keep you from reaching the end of the game, and [[spoiler:drove the prior players to suicide]].

''Nifty'' is a meta puzzle horror game by Tony Domenico aka THROMPD which serves as a loosely-connected spinoff to ''VideoGame/{{Petscop}}''. The game is separated into 30 levels, and each level consists of a screen in which the player must click blocks on the screen in order to cycle through colors and make certain colors appear. The goal is to complete the objective displayed on the top of the screen. All the while, a robot known as Nift appears on the top right of the screen, showing whether you are progressing or not. The main gimmick is that quite a bit of these puzzles require you to [[FromBeyondTheFourthWall access the game's files]], adding the meta element to the game.

''Nifty'' is a meta puzzle horror game by Tony Domenico aka THROMPD, the creator of ''WebVideo/{{Petscop}}'' which serves as a loosely-connected spinoff. The game is separated into 30 levels, and each level consists of a screen in which the player must click blocks on the screen in order to cycle through colors and make certain colors appear. The goal is to complete the objective displayed on the top of the screen. All the while, a robot known as Nift appears on the top right of the screen, showing whether you are progressing or not. The main gimmick is that quite a bit of these puzzles require you to [[FromBeyondTheFourthWall access the game's files]], adding the meta element to the game.

Can be downloaded on the creator's website [[https://thrompd.hinchy.co/ here]].

''Nifty'' is a meta puzzle horror game by the creator of ''WebVideo/{{Petscop}}'' which serves as a loosely-connected spinoff. The game is separated into 30 levels, and each level consists of a screen in which the player must click blocks on the screen in order to cycle through colors and make certain colors appear. The goal is to complete the objective displayed on the top of the screen. All the while, a robot known as Nift appears on the top right of the screen, showing whether you are progressing or not. The main gimmick is that quite a bit of these puzzles require you to [[FromBeyondTheFourthWall access the game's files]], adding the meta element to the game.

* MythologyGag: Level 16 is a big reference to ''VideoGame/ThereArePeopleInTheBlocks'', another game by thromp. It has a similar puzzle in that you have to click all the blocks with stick figures in them and avoid the ones with evil smiles on them, only it is not timed unlike the original game.

* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Many puzzles require you to look at the header of the game window and/or into the files of the folder that came with the game, usually to get passwords and directions on how to complete a puzzle, and a hombrewed texture editor packaged with ''Nifty'' is necessary to progress through a later stage. One level also makes you [[spoiler:delete the save files]] in order to progress (though [[spoiler:this does nothing to the actual game]]), and NewGamePlus is accessed by moving files into a specific folder.

''Nifty'' is a meta puzzle horror game by the creator of ''WebVideo/{{Petscop}}'' which serves as a loosely-connected spinoff. The game is separated into 30 levels, and each level consists of a screen in which the player must click blocks on the screen in order to cycle through colors and make certain colors appear. The goal is to complete the objective displayed on the top of the screen. All the while, a robot known as Nift appears on the top right of the screen, showing whether you are progressing or not.