History VideoGame / SpaceFuneral

See also ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}'', ''VideoGame/JimmyAndThePulsatingMass'', ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'', and ''VideoGame/{{Annventure}}'', other ''[[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 EarthBound]]''-inspired [=RPGs=] with dark atmospheres.

* StylisticSuck: Philip has a noticeably choppy walking animation and every character looks like a grotesque drawing.

* BalefulPolymorph:
** After defeating Rip-The-Blood, a genie turns Phillip into a fish. You can see a wizard in Malice to restore him, or just play the rest of the game with Phillip stuck in fish form.
** [[spoiler:Moon reveals that her alterations of the City of Forms changed the the forms of everyone in Space Funeral.]]

Made by Creator/{{thecatamites}} using UsefulNotes/RPGMaker 2003 and released in 2010, ''Space Funeral'' technically does have role-playing elements, but they're downplayed in favor of emphasizing its odd, garish aesthetics. The game's music, a motley mix of mellow '60s classic rock, '80s Japanese electronica, and other antiqued styles, only adds to the weirdness. Other highlights include largely macabre-yet-amusing writing, and a seemingly nonsensical story that intertwines wizards, Lucy from ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}, pirate squids, cranky mummies, literal crime lords, living slabs of steak, and Dracula. Oh, and there's enough blood for everybody!

* ArcWords:
--> It's too late for you.

* ShopFodder: The Diamond Skull. [[BribingYourWayToVictory Thankfully it can be sold for enough to buy]] [[InfinityPlusOneSword a Zorg Cannon]].

* VendorTrash: The Diamond Skull. [[BribingYourWayToVictory Thankfully it can be sold for enough to buy]] [[InfinityPlusOneSword a Zorg Cannon]].

** The Vengeful Ghoul enemy seems to reference [[BadGirlComic Fantomah]].

Made by thecatamites using UsefulNotes/RPGMaker 2003 and released in 2010, ''Space Funeral'' technically does have role-playing elements, but they're downplayed in favor of emphasizing its odd, garish aesthetics. The game's music, a motley mix of mellow '60s classic rock, '80s Japanese electronica, and other antiqued styles, only adds to the weirdness. Other highlights include largely macabre-yet-amusing writing, and a seemingly nonsensical story that intertwines wizards, Lucy from ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}, pirate squids, cranky mummies, literal crime lords, living slabs of steak, and Dracula. Oh, and there's enough blood for everybody!

A FanSequel called ''Space Funeral 2'' was created by [[http://gamejolt.com/games/space-funeral-2/10070 DarkChibiShadow]]. Another one, ''VideoGame/SpaceFuneralEarthBirth'', was made by tumblr user [[http://duckstapler.com/earthbirth.html Duck Stapler]]. Thecatamites himself actually liked the games and [[AscendedFanon declared]] them [[ApprovalOfGod canon]] (though the seriousness of it is debatable).

* TrialAndErrorGameplay: Hilariously, to competently navigate the main menu, one must recognize the standard placements for the "Start", "Load", and "Quit" options as they all are replaced with the same word, "Blood". This is averted for the actual game though.

** The Lion Village is a downplayed version of this as there is a lion villager that [[EarlyBirdCameo appears earlier]] at the Blood Docks, and entrance to the Lion Village can be accessed by a clear alternative path.

* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:After defeating Rip-The-Blood, a genie turns Phillip into a fish. You can see a wizard in Malice to restore him, or just play the rest of the game with Phillip stuck in fish form.]]
%% ** [[spoiler:The entire world.]]

* TheDon: Rip-The-Blood is the leader of the Criminals occupying Malice and has to be defeated because his men are guarding the entrance to the forest.

** The Lion Village is a downplayed version of this as there is a lion villager that [[EarlyBirdCameo appears earlier]] at the Blood Docks, and entrance to the Lion Village is merely an alternative path.