History VideoGame / ThereIsNoGameWrongDimension

Don't go [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/There_Is_No_Game__Wrong_Dimension/ here]] to buy the game on Steam. There ''was'' an April 2021 UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch rerelease, though everything ends up on there eventually, even games that don't exist.

** If the player loses the UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch-like game in the fake credits sequence enough, the series of crates the player has to jump over will be replaced with a single chair. [[spoiler:A missable achievement requires you trigger it]].

** During the fake credits, one of the games you have to play is made to look like it was made for the UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch.

* StylisticSuck: [[spoiler:''Legend of the Secret: Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free']] is a painfully straight-laced AllegedlyFreeGame replete with obnoxious pop-up ads, microtransactions, deliberately-tedious gameplay choices, and ProductPlacement out the wazoo. The only difference from the real deal is that it's ''nowhere near tedious enough'', since that would stop being funny and start being aggravating.

* PercussiveMaintenance: When we first see [[spoiler: the Creator, he punches his Wi-Fi router to make the Internet work]].

** Some of the game's actual puzzles can be downright outlandish, with lampshades aplenty, but exploration is often limited so you should quickly realize what to do anyway. Special mention to [[spoiler:the AllegedlyFreeGame part, where a series of in-game switch combinations have to be found in the pop-up ads, hidden in a QR code and a game of sudoku respectively, that otherwise have nothing to do with ''Legend of the Secret''.]]

* PreAsskickingOneLiner: When Creator manages to trap The Glitch on his computer with Game, The Glitch mocks them... until he hears [=GiGi's=] voice.
-->'''Creator''': Now you're stuck inside my computer!
-->'''The Glitch''': *''sarcastic''* Oh... I'm shaking in my virtual boots.
-->'''Game''': I would be if I were you
-->'''The Glitch''': Oh yeah? Why?
-->'''Game''': Because now, Glitch...
-->'''[=GiGi=]''': There's going to be a game
-->'''The Glitch''': *''panicked''* The transfer! No! No! No!

* PossessionLevitation: Mr Willhelm floats because of Mr Glitch being stuck to him.

* CheatersNeverProsper: Game tapes the winning symbols to his cards during the [[RockPaperScissors Rashambo]] game at the start, and the user uses his scissors to cut the rope.

* NeverLearnedToRead: Averted with Game, but all the other games can not read [[spoiler:Hero and Princess's dialogue in one of [[TheStinger the stingers.]]]] This is because they all come from the other options of the language menu, and thus can't read other languages than their own.

* UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories: Referenced in Chapter 1. Game's decoy folders each have one .txt file containing "real" FBI secrets, and ''all'' of them (UFO sightings, the assassination of John F Kennedy, and Roswell) are the result of a weather balloon.

** During the fake credits sequence, two of the developers credited are Tim Elfman and Buster Chaplin. Slotting their names into open spots will affect the game in a fitting way. For instance, making Tim Elfman the Audio Designer will remix the background music into the style of Danny Elfman, whereas making him the graphics designer will turn everything into a whimsically-nightmarish expy of Tim Burton's classic ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. The latter two creators make appearances via their being in clips from ''[[Creator/BusterKeaton The Boat]]'' and ''[[Creator/CharlieChaplin Shoulder Arms]]''.

* ConspiracyTheories: Referenced in Chapter 1. Game's decoy folders each have one .txt file containing "real" FBI secrets, and ''all'' of them (UFO sightings, the assassination of John F Kennedy, and ) are the result of a weather balloon.

While you could have reasonably called it a puzzle game, it would have a [[GenreBuster little bit harder]] to pin down than that (But it isn't, because there is no game). It would have had elements of [[DeconstructionGame subversive RPGs]], puzzle games, point-and-click adventure games, and visual novels. A core part of the gameplay might have come from experiencing it firsthand and seeing what the developers would have pulled off next, so keep that in mind while reading the following page; [[WalkingSpoiler merely knowing that these tropes would have been in the game could have served as a form of spoiler]]. But it's probably fine, because [[OverlyLongGag there is no game]]. Of course, it doesn't really matter, because one thing is for sure--[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial There Is No Game]]. You can go and do something else, or [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife maybe spend all of your free time editing]] Wiki/TVTropes.

''Hello, Troper! This is [[Wiki/TVTropes the web-page]] speaking. I've got some bad news. Actually, there are no tropes...''

** Several games--including the aforementioned ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'', ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', and ''VideoGame/{{Superhot}}'' --appear as BrandX knock-offs.

** Several games--including the aforementioned ''VideoGame/PapersPlease''--appear as BrandX knock-offs.

Don't go [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/There_Is_No_Game__Wrong_Dimension/ here]] to buy the game on Steam. There ''was'' an April 2021 UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch rerelease, though, let's face it, everything ends up on there eventually, even games that don't exist.

Don't go [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/There_Is_No_Game__Wrong_Dimension/ here]] to buy the game on Steam. There ''was'' an April 2021 UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch rerelease, though; let's face it, everything ends up on there eventually, even games that don't exist.