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The author did reveal what the plot of the third game would have been about [https://web.archive.org/web/20220522012404/https://twitter.com/BizarreIdeaMan/status/1215035220468129798 here]], however, allowing for some closure.
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The author did reveal what the plot of the third game would have been about [https://web.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20220522012404/https://twitter.com/BizarreIdeaMan/status/1215035220468129798 here]], however, allowing for some closure.
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The author did reveal what the plot of the third game would have been about [[https://twitter.[https://web.archive.org/web/20220522012404/https://twitter.com/BizarreIdeaMan/status/1215035220468129798 here]], however, allowing for some closure.
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* DoubleJump: The double and triple jumps are justifies as some jetpack upgrade.
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* DoubleJump: The double and triple jumps are justifies justified as some a jetpack upgrade.
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* CollapsingLair: Taking the core causes the lair to collapse within 3 minutes. It's also optional.
* DoubleJump: The double and triple jumps are justifies as some jetpack upgrade.
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* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Robbie needs two upgrades in order to do the equivalent of crawling. Before that, he is still able to shuffle around before he gets his legs.
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* EleventhHourSuperpower: Invulnerability is obtained at the near the end of the game, making it easy to run past hazards and spikes.
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* ScoringPoints: The player is given points based on item collection, then has points deducted for time taken and deaths.
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The author did reveal what the plot of the third game would have been about [[https://twitter.com/BizarreIdeaMan/status/1215035220468129798 here]], however, allowing for some closure.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: How does a robot with enough agility to crawl through holes half it's height, lasers powerful enough to blow away any other robot in one hit, and the ability to ''triple jump'', somehow blow up on contact with [[spoiler:''sunlight'']]?
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* WeaksauceWeakness: How does a robot with enough agility to crawl through holes half it's its height, lasers powerful enough to blow away any other robot in one hit, and the ability to ''triple jump'', somehow blow up on contact with [[spoiler:''sunlight'']]?
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* UnwittingPawn: Robbie in both games; [[spoiler:both times be obeys his parents to fulfill a plan he doesn't fully understand, and which turns out to be awful for everyone else.]]
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* UnwittingPawn: Robbie in both games; [[spoiler:both times be he obeys his parents to fulfill a plan he doesn't fully understand, and which turns out to be awful for everyone else.]]
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* CuteMute: Robbie's lost his voice-box and communicates only through text-based means, though it isn't a problem until the second game and he needs to talk to Sis. [[spoiler:After he regains it, this trope no longer applies to him.]]
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* CuteMute: Robbie's lost his voice-box and communicates only through text-based means, means (this is reflected in the Kickstarter tech demo. where the audio accompanying his dialogue is unintelligible and filled with heavy static), though it isn't a problem until the second game and he needs to talk to Sis. [[spoiler:After he regains it, this trope no longer applies to him.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The first game has you [[spoiler:blowing up the reactor]], triggering a {{Metroid}}-esque timed escape. The second game has you [[spoiler:escorting your sister to Father]], at which point it becomes clear this was a ''bad'' idea.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The first game has you [[spoiler:blowing up the reactor]], triggering a {{Metroid}}-esque Franchise/{{Metroid}}-esque timed escape. The second game has you [[spoiler:escorting your sister to Father]], at which point it becomes clear this was a ''bad'' idea.
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* UnwillingRoboticisation: [[spoilers:What Mother and Father want to do to Sister.]]
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* UnwillingRoboticisation: [[spoilers:What [[spoiler:What Mother and Father want to do to Sister.]]
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* TVHeadRobot: [[spoiler:Mother and Father, though they only appear at the end of the second game.]] This actually makes them seem ''more'' creepy than the obviously non-human Robbie.
* UnwillingRoboticisation: [[spoilers:What Mother and Father want to do to Sister.]]
* UnwillingRoboticisation: [[spoilers:What Mother and Father want to do to Sister.]]
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* TheVoice: In the original game, Mother is only contacted through the texts she and Robbie exchange.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Mother explains what Robbie needs to do and offers some advice, though it quickly becomes clear that MissionControlIsOffItsMeds.
** Father in K.O.L.M. 2 is a more down-to-earth one, though it's necessary to go to the section of the building where he can't contact you.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Mother explains what Robbie needs to do and offers some advice, though it quickly becomes clear that MissionControlIsOffItsMeds.
** Father in K.O.L.M. 2 is a more down-to-earth one, though it's necessary to go to the section of the building where he can't contact you.
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* BolivianArmyEnding: The end of K.O.L.M. 2: [[spoiler:Robbie is either thrown to the lower floor or destroyed, with the screen fading to white as Mother tells Sister that it's time to 'Join the family'. Did she escape? Did Robbie survive? It doesn't look good, but nothing is certain.]]
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* ColorCodedCharacters: Mother is green, Father is yellow, Robbie is gray, and Sister is white; they all even talk in these colors.
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Mother and Father have no qualms about throwing Robbie away once he's finished his part in their plans, and plan to turn Sister into a robot like them against her will.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Mother and Father have no qualms about throwing Robbie away once he's finished his part in their plans, and plan to turn Sister into a robot like them against her will.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Mother becomes increasingly irritable at Robbie as the game continues.
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* AbusiveParents: Mother becomes increasingly irritable at Robbie as the game continues.continues, repeatedly telling him what a disappointment and how useless he is.
* AmbiguousInnocence: Robbie would never do something ''intentionally'' evil, but he really only knows what Mother has told him and what his limited experience has taught him.
* AmbiguousInnocence: Robbie would never do something ''intentionally'' evil, but he really only knows what Mother has told him and what his limited experience has taught him.
* BigBad: Mother in both games and [[spoiler:Father in the second]].
** BigBadDuumvirate: In the second, Mother and [[spoiler:Father work together]], however reluctantly.
* BigBadFriend: In the second game [[spoiler:Father]], who'd seemed to be ally, turns out to have been working with Mother the whole time.
** BigBadDuumvirate: In the second, Mother and [[spoiler:Father work together]], however reluctantly.
* BigBadFriend: In the second game [[spoiler:Father]], who'd seemed to be ally, turns out to have been working with Mother the whole time.
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* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong]]: Rob comes to this realization concerning his parents during the first game's EscapeSequence:
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* BrotherSisterTeam: Robbie and Sis team up to get past the numerous environmental obstacles in second game- Robbie can blast open gold and purple doors that Sis can't and survive prolonged periods in even contaminated water, while Sis can past through the harsh sunlight without burning up like Robbie.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Robbie certainly is; how old he is isn't clear, but his smallness compared to the environments and his naivety certainly make him seem quite young. Sadly, this innocence means that he doesn't realize when other people are using him for their own ends- see UnwittingPawn below.
* CloudCuckoolander: Implied by Sister's reaction to what Robbie says in the second game.
-->'''Sister:''' Robbie, you do say silly things.
* CuteBruiser: Robbie at the end of the first game; once he's been upgraded a few times, he can blast through anything that moves and survive falling into a pit of spikes without a scratch. While he's not as tough and there isn't as much combat in the second game, he's still strong enough to blast through doors and can turn himself into a living bomb to blow up weak walls.
* CuteMute: Robbie's lost his voice-box and communicates only through text-based means, though it isn't a problem until the second game and he needs to talk to Sis. [[spoiler:After he regains it, this trope no longer applies to him.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong]]: Rob comes to this realization concerning his parents during the first game's EscapeSequence:EscapeSequence]]:
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Robbie certainly is; how old he is isn't clear, but his smallness compared to the environments and his naivety certainly make him seem quite young. Sadly, this innocence means that he doesn't realize when other people are using him for their own ends- see UnwittingPawn below.
* CloudCuckoolander: Implied by Sister's reaction to what Robbie says in the second game.
-->'''Sister:''' Robbie, you do say silly things.
* CuteBruiser: Robbie at the end of the first game; once he's been upgraded a few times, he can blast through anything that moves and survive falling into a pit of spikes without a scratch. While he's not as tough and there isn't as much combat in the second game, he's still strong enough to blast through doors and can turn himself into a living bomb to blow up weak walls.
* CuteMute: Robbie's lost his voice-box and communicates only through text-based means, though it isn't a problem until the second game and he needs to talk to Sis. [[spoiler:After he regains it, this trope no longer applies to him.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:
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* BigBad: Mother in both games and [[spoiler:Father in the second]].
* TheFaceless: Mother and Father are always shown as silhouettes of heads.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Robbie continues not to question Mother even when she talks about how they'll ''rule the world'' with the power he's gotten.
* LightIsNotGood: In the second game, sunlight burns Robbie away within seconds, even with the shield.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Robbie continues not to question Mother even when she talks about how they'll ''rule the world'' with the power he's gotten.
* LightIsNotGood: In the second game, sunlight burns Robbie away within seconds, even with the shield.
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* SuperDrowningSkills: Although not instantaneous, Sis will still drown in water quickly if you don't find an air tank.
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* PullingThemselvesTogether: The goal of the first game is accomplish this, since your body parts were somehow scattered around the facility and you need to get them back.
* RobotKid: Robbie, who's obviously childlike despite being a moving square. [[spoiler:Turns out he ''is'' a kid, just one who was put in a robot body.]]
* SuperDrowningSkills: Although not instantaneous, Sis will still drown in water quickly if you don't find an air tank. It ''is'' instantaneous if the water is contaminated.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Robbie is concerningly cheerful about the prospect of fighting and killing his 'brothers' in order to survive.
* UsingYouAllAlong: In both games, though clearer in the second game where you have a definite goal: reunite Sis with Father. [[spoiler:Turns out it was so he could forcibly turn her into a robot.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Robbie in both games; [[spoiler:both times be obeys his parents to fulfill a plan he doesn't fully understand, and which turns out to be awful for everyone else.]]
* RobotKid: Robbie, who's obviously childlike despite being a moving square. [[spoiler:Turns out he ''is'' a kid, just one who was put in a robot body.]]
* SuperDrowningSkills: Although not instantaneous, Sis will still drown in water quickly if you don't find an air tank. It ''is'' instantaneous if the water is contaminated.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Robbie is concerningly cheerful about the prospect of fighting and killing his 'brothers' in order to survive.
* UsingYouAllAlong: In both games, though clearer in the second game where you have a definite goal: reunite Sis with Father. [[spoiler:Turns out it was so he could forcibly turn her into a robot.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Robbie in both games; [[spoiler:both times be obeys his parents to fulfill a plan he doesn't fully understand, and which turns out to be awful for everyone else.]]
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: You function fine as a disembodied head at the beginning of the first game, though until you regain the lost body parts the corresponding mechanics are hampered: you move very slowly until you find your legs, the screen is blurry until you get your eyes...
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* WhamLineWhamLine: In the first game, when Robbie recollects about the past:
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: At the end of the second game.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Mother and Father have no qualms about throwing Robbie away once he's finished his part in their plans, and plan to turn Sister into a robot like them against her will.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Father]]:''' You'd suit us better out of the way.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Mother and Father have no qualms about throwing Robbie away once he's finished his part in their plans, and plan to turn Sister into a robot like them against her will.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Father]]:''' You'd suit us better out of the way.
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No spoilers in the main body. Also, the kickstarter failing isn\'t really a spoiler at all. (Also \"it\'s\" should be \"its\".)
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There is also now a sequel: [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/k-o-l-m-2 K.O.L.M 2]] in which you meet Father and Sister. [[spoiler:That doesn't go well either.]]
A Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1831597808/kolm was made to help raise funds]] for it's long awaited conclusion and remakes of the first two games. [[spoiler: Sadly, it failed.]]
A Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1831597808/kolm was made to help raise funds]] for it's long awaited conclusion and remakes of the first two games. [[spoiler: Sadly, it failed.]]
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There is also now a sequel: [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/k-o-l-m-2 K.O.L.M 2]] in which you meet Father and Sister. [[spoiler:That doesn't go well either.]]\n\n
A Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1831597808/kolm was made to help raise funds]] forit's its long awaited conclusion and remakes of the first two games. [[spoiler: Sadly, it failed.]]
A Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1831597808/kolm was made to help raise funds]] for
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-->'''Robbie:''' [[spoiler:...I was made of meat]].meat]].
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* SuperDrowningSkills: Although not instantaneous, Sis will still drown in water quickly if you didn't find an air tank.
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* SuperDrowningSkills: Although not instantaneous, Sis will still drown in water quickly if you didn't don't find an air tank.
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* WhamEpisode: K.O.L.M. 2.
* WhamEpisode: K.O.L.M. 2.
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WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler:Robbie's mother clearly has no respect for him. And at the end of the sequel, his father turns out to be a pretty terrible person as well.]]
* WhamEpisode: K.O.L.M. 2. You discover that your father is alive and that you have a sister for starters.
* WhamEpisode: K.O.L.M. 2. You discover that your father is alive and that you have a sister for starters.
