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4	An index of tropes about games not working as intended. Can sometimes be caused by using {{Cheat Code}}s. May cross over with NotTheWayItIsMeantToBePlayed if the player can gain an advantage in the game by using them.
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6	See also IdiotProgrammingIndex.
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9	!!Tropes:
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11	[[index]]
12	[floatboxright:Sub-indexes:
13	+ IdiotProgrammingIndex
14	+ {{Unwinnable}}
15	]
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18	* AIBreaker: A technique that can easily defeat enemy AI.
19	* ArtificialStupidity: AI that doesn't work.
20	* AscendedGlitch: A glitch that is later turned into a legitimate game mechanic.
21	* AutoIncorrect: Autocorrect correcting a word that didn't need to be corrected.
22	* DeadCharacterWalking: A glitch causes a character who should be dead to be registered as alive.
23	* DiscOneNuke: An item or character that, given early on, allows the player to easily breeze through the game.
24	* DummiedOut: Data that didn't make it to the actual game, but still can be accessed somehow.
25	* DungeonBypass: Somehow, the player is able to skip a dungeon, usually through glitches.
26	* GameBreaker: A technique, character, or item that allows easy victory in a game.
27	* GameBreakingBug: A bug that can make the game unplayable.
28	* GameplayDerailment: A way to play the game the developers didn't intend.
29	* GlitchEntity: A character created through a flaw in the game programming.
30	* GoodBadBugs: Bugs that are either amusing or useful for the player.
31	* HealingLoop: A poorly balanced fight that's tedious because neither you nor the enemy can deal damage faster than the other can recover.
32	* KillScreen: Well, good job playing the game long enough to reach ''this'' screen.
33	* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Excessive amount of loading screens,
34	* LordBritishPostulate: A character that is meant to be unkillable...is killable.
35	* MinusWorld: An entire level that's full of glitches.
36	* NotTheIntendedUse: A player uses the games mechanics against it to play the game in an unintended way.
37	* ObviousBeta: A game with several noticeable bugs or broken features.
38	* OverflowError: A bug caused by a variable overrunning programmatic limits.
39	* PerpetualBeta: A game that is constantly being developed, and still
40	* PlayerExclusiveMechanic: The AI doesn't use a feature that the player can use, even if it should.
41	* PortingDisaster: A port is noticeably inferior to the original game.
42	* ScrappyMechanic: A poorly thought out or programmed mechanic in a video game.
43	* ScriptBreaking: Performing events in a video game out of order.
44	* SequenceBreaking: Using unintended shortcuts in a video game to get to a certain area before you're supposed to.
45	* StatsDissonance: Game stats don't match up with actual gameplay.
46	* UselessItem: An item with no practical use because the developers forgot to add a reason to use it.
47	* {{Wallbonking}}: AI characters constantly walking into walls, thanks to poor pathfinding.
48	[[/index]]
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