History VideoGame / RingOfPain

** Two floors down, [[spoiler:Dsicepline]] starts with high attack, defense, and speed, but they will be decreased each time it gets hit.

** Two floors down, [[spoiler:Dsicepline] starts with high attack, defense, and speed, but they will be decreased each time it gets hit.

* {{Irony}}: The first boss of the Light Path, [[spoiler:Confidence]], will whittle you down with ranged attacks at a distance. When you come close, it will prepare to jump to the opposite side of the ring. Cowardice?

* {{Irony}}: The first boss of the Light Path, [[spoiler:Confidence]], will whittle you down with ranged attacks at a distnce. When you come close, Confidence will prepare to jump to the opposite side of the ring in cowardice..

* GameFace: [[spoiler:Owl will expose his true face if you defy him. That little bird beak is actually a nose, and his sharp toothed mouth is where looked his neck was.]]

You soon meet Owl -- bird-friend, if unnerving sight.\\

But Shadow tells a different story:\\

* JokeItem: The Spoon, which goes into the weapon slot. It grants -2 attack and -2 defense, and you can get an achievement called "Here Comes The Airplane" for attacking Owl with it. There are achievements associated with using it, however.

* JokeItem: The Spoon, which goes into the weapon slot. It grants -2 attack and -2 defense, and you can get an achievement called "Here Comes The Airplane" for attacking Owl with it. [[spoiler:It's not as much of a joke if you are using the light that inverts all stat gains and penalties.]]

Alone, confused, and full of fear.

Monsters and treasures, upgrades to stats, and always a doorway.

ProceduralGeneration has built every room.\\

Then will Shadow or Owl be the one you call friend?

''Ring of Pain'' is a card-based {{Roguelike}} DungeonCrawler. The game begins with the player protagonist awaking in a dark and shadowed world in what appears to be a large bower-bird nest. Deciding to explore the nest, the player encounters horrific monsters, and a beckoning voice. Following the voice though a path in the nest, they stumble across a strange, but friendly bird-creature called Owl. Owl gifts the player with a candle and leaves them with a cryptic rhyme telling them to fight the dark. The dark Shadow however, asserts that Owl is not the friend he appears to be...

The core gameplay consists of levels constructed from cards. These cards may be monsters, treasures, potions, stat upgrades and at least one path to the next level. These cards are arranged in a ring with the player starting at a random location on the ring. The player must interact with the card on either side of them in a manner which (hopefully) allows them to reach the entrance of the next path, and closer to end of the Ring of Pain. If the player fails to reach the next path, they are killed and sent back to the beginning of the Ring.

* AmnesiacHero: There is virtually no backstory provided up-front. Nearly all plot exposition comes from brief visits with Owl and the Shadow, where you are allowed to ask one question each time. Based on the questions, it's clear the protagonist doesn't know anything more than the player does about what's going on.

* SecretlySelfish: Shadow suggests that Owl's generosity is not motivated by a desire to help the player. [[spoiler:Siding with Owl in the Light ending suggests the outcome is only good for Owl and is negative for the protagonist.]]
* SmallSecludedWorld: Based on suggestions from the trailers, Owl, and Shadow, the dungeon is some kind of "in-between world" created by the protagonist. Owl considers this world to be his home, and suggests it's the protagonist's own decision as to whether he/she will stay trapped inside indefinitely.

''Ring of Pain'' is a card-based {{Roguelike}} DungeonCrawler. The game begins with the player protagonist awaking in a dark and shadowed world in what appears to be a large bower-bird nest. Deciding to explore the nest, the player encounters horrific monsters, and a beckoning voice. Following the voice though a path in the nest, they stumble across Owl Friend. Owl Friend despite his monstrous appearance and is friendly. Owl Friend gifts the player with a candle and leaves them with a cryptic rhyme telling them to fight the dark. The dark however, asserts that Owl Friend is not the friend he appears to be...

* AmnesiacHero: There is virtually no backstory to the game or history for the protagonist. Nearly all plot exposition comes from brief visits with Owl and the Shadow, where you are allowed to ask one question each time. Based on the questions, it's clear the protagonist doesn't know anything more than the player does about what's going on.
* BeneathTheMask: One interpretation of the plot is that it takes some pages from Jungian psychology, with the Shadows representing suppressed aspects of the protagonist's self. This is further reinforced by the presence of a Mask inventory slot, as though the protagonist is willing to wear ''any'' falsehood if it means hiding what's beneath.

* DevilInPlainSight: If you think Owl Friend looks a little untrustworthy, [[spoiler:you're not wrong. He tries to kill you if you defy his wishes.]]

** Owl Friend, despite appearances, is a subversion, [[spoiler:as long as he thinks you will kill Shadow for him.]]
* GameFace: [[spoiler:Owl Friend will expose his true face if you defy him. That little bird beak is actually a nose, and his sharp toothed mouth is where looked his neck was.]]

* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: Owl Friend is actually a loombird, using yellow feathers to make himself more approachable.]]
* RainbowPimpGear: Seemingly parodied with the tacky-looking Rainbow Socks and Fancy Tights, both of which give good stats for their grey rarity. Dying with Rainbow Socks equipped grants you an achievement called Colorful Corpse.

* SecretlySelfish: Shadow suggests that Owl Friend's generosity is not motivated by a desire to help the player. [[spoiler:Siding with Owl in the Light ending suggests the outcome is only good for Owl and is negative for the protagonist.]]
* SmallSecludedWorld: Based on suggestions from the trailers, Owl, and Shadow, the dungeon was created by the protagonist. Owl considers this world to be his home, and suggests it's the protagonist's own decision as to whether he/she will stay trapped inside indefinitely.

* SecretlySelfish: Shadow suggests that Owl Friend's generosity is not motivated by a desire to help the player.

* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: Shadow suggests that Owl Friend's generosity is not motivated by a desire to help the player.

--> Hello Friend.
--> Pass me by and through the nest.
-->Take the light, with dark contests.

Ring of Pain is a card-based Rogue-like Dungeon Crawler.
The game begins with the player protagonist awaking in a dark and shadowed world in what appears to be a large bower-bird nest. Deciding to explore the nest, the player encounters horrific monsters, and a beckoning voice. Following the voice though a path in the nest, They stumble across Owl Friend. Owl Friend despite his monstrous appearance and is friendly. Owl Friend gifts the player with a candle and leaves them with a cryptic rhyme telling them to fight the dark. The dark however, asserts that Owl Friend is not the friend he appears to be...

The core gameplay consists levels constructed from card. These cards may be monsters, treasures, potions, stat upgrades and at least one path to the next level. These cards are arranged in a ring with the player starting at a random location on the ring. The player must interact with the card on either side of them in a manner which (hopefully) allows them to reach the entrance of the next path, and closer to end of the Ring of Pain. If the player fails to reach the next path, they are killed and sent back to the beginning of the Ring.

* RhymesOnADime: Almost all dialogue is written as rhyming couplets
* FeatheredFiend: The Loombirds are a mid to high level monster that can be encountered deep in the nest. They tend to move around the level looking for the player, and will attack the player even if he does not attack them. They will attack twice if the player does attack them.
Owl Friend despite appearances is a subversion, [[spoiler:as long as he thinks you will kill Shadow for him.]]

->''Deep within the Ring of Pain''
->''The cycle is complete again.''

* GameFace: [[spoiler:Owl Friend will expose his true face if you defy him. That little bird actually a nose, and his sharp toothed mouth is where looked his neck was.]]

Owl Friend despite appearances is a subversion, [[as long as he thinks you will kill Shadow for him.]]
* GameFace: [Owl Friend will expose his true face if you defy him. That little bird actually a nose, and his sharp toothed mouth is where looked his neck was.]

Owl Friend despite appearances is a subversion, [as long as he thinks you will kill Shadow for him.]

* PaperThinDisguise: [spoiler: Owl Friend is actually a loombird, using yellow feathers to make himself more approachable.]

* PaperThinDisguise: [Owl Friend is actually a loombird, using yellow feathers to make himself more approachable.]