Line #44 VideoGame/TheSeaWillClaimEverything


1	[[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Stavros_2953.png]]
2	->''"We are all like islands, the philosopher said. Perhaps it's true. But I cannot help but remember an older saying, scratched on a cave wall somewhere by a long-forgotten prophet: in the end, the sea will claim everything."''
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4	''The Sea Will Claim Everything'' is an AdventureGame with an emphasis on narrative, created by [[http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/ Jonas]] and [[http://verena-kyratzes.net/ Verena Kyratzes]] and composed by [[http://chrischristodoulou.bandcamp.com/album/the-sea-will-claim-everything Chris Christodoulou]]. After Underhome is foreclosed on and [[SapientHouse traumatised by]] government agents, The Mysterious Druid creates a portal to the [[http://landsofdream.net/ Lands of Dream]] and asks the player to help heal Underhome and save it and its inhabitants. Along the way, the player becomes involved in the affairs of the local islands, which are sinking under debt and being bought and privatised by Lord Urizen.
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6	''TSWCE'' is an oddball that [[GenreBusting doesn't fit very well into existing video game genres]]. A personal, political, and philosophical work reflecting on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_government-debt_crisis Greek government-debt crisis]], ''TSWCE'' may be best described as a children's story book for adults.
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10	!! Contains the following tropes:
11	* ADogNamedDog: Moddey Dhoo, "black puppy" in his language.
12	* AffectionateParody: Of early AdventureGames.
13	** There are four verbs, three of them entirely superfluous, all of them adding FlavorText. They are "poke", "sniff", "ingest", and "give to snobby mouse for evaluation".
14	** The infamous PixelHunt is playfully subverted. Details below under [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pixel Hunt]].
15	* ActionGirl: Many of the soldiers on the Isle of the Stars.
16	* AIIsACrapshoot:
17	** EDDIE generally averts this, but also [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzags]] this [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]].
18	--> "I say do as you please, so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. And if someone disagrees, [[DisproportionateRetribution murder them]]. (That was a joke.) (No it wasn't. I'm a killer AI.) (No I'm not.) (You would say that.)"
19	** Subverted and then inverted by [[spoiler:Primus]].
20	* AnimateInanimateObject: Plants, fungi, and ''rocks''.
21	* TheBartender: Oi Stagson, keeper of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Oi's Inn]].
22	* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:Primus]].
23	* CastOfSnowflakes: With the exception of the mayors.
24	* ContinuityNod: To other games set in the Lands of Dream.
25	** Books written by Raven Locks Smith from [[http://landsofdream.net/games/the-book-of-living-magic/ The Book of Living Magic]] can be found.
26	** [[spoiler:Primus and Herr Schaedel]], from ''The Book of Living Magic'' and ''The Fabulous Screech'', respectively, make cameos .
27	** Squiggles from ''VideoGame/TheStrangeAndSomewhatSinisterTaleOfTheHouseAtDesertBridge'' and The Fabulous Screech from ''[[http://landsofdream.net/games/the-fabulous-screech/ The Fabulous Screech]]'' can be summoned via alchemy. They'll complain about you messing with the continuity, though.
28	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The new mayors of the Isles of the Moon, Sun, and Stars.
29	* DiegeticInterface
30	* EmbarrassingFirstName: Subverted. The, whose surname is Mysterious Druid (as in The Mysterious Druid), is quite proud of his name. [[spoiler: His parents were interrupted by a natural disaster. They sacrificed their lives to save countless others]].
31	* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: The subnana.
32	* FlavorText: Enough to fill '''an actual novel''', since almost everything can be clicked.
33	* FungusHumongous: Tree-sized mushrooms can be found on the Isle of the Moon.
34	* FunnyAnimal: Many characters.
35	* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Related to the DiegeticInterface and there being NoFourthWall. You have to actually disable the graphics by flicking a switch on the left side of your portal to get through the Unspeakable Cave lest you go mad.
36	* GenderEqualEnsemble
37	* GhibliHills
38	* [[GlobalAirship Global Ship]]: Given to you by Captain Pelargos. You need a compass and a sextant before you can navigate, though.
39	* HeelFaceTurn: A centaur soldier on the Isle of the Sun if you reveal to him that [[spoiler:the rulers of the islands are all the same and have been embezzling money from ''all'' off them]].
40	* InterfaceScrew: Ingesting certain objects can cause your UI to turn blue, stony, or goth. Don't worry, the effects wear off after a while.
41	* InterspeciesRomance: Druids with mutants, cats with dogs, and most scandalously of all, mushrooms with ''flowers''.
42	* JumpScare: PlayedForLaughs. [[BearsAreBadNews One possible alchemy outcome]], and happens whenever you enable the graphics in the Unspeakable Cave Cave.
43	* MagicMushroom: Certain types of mushrooms are used in alchemical recipes.
44	* NoFourthWall: The game window is actually a portal into the Lands of Dream.
45	* OrganicTechnology: Technodruid biotechnology.
46	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Milish is a dragon that eats rocks. He's ''almost'' nine hundred years old, a child by his species' standards.
47	* PixelHunt: Playfully subverted. The player needs to find some fertiliser in a room full of boxes. The fertiliser isn't in any specific box--after clicking on a specific number of boxes, the player finally finds it and never has to look inside another box again. The subversion becomes obvious when the flavour text starts rhyming.
48	* PlotCouponThatDoesSomething: Tokens owned by the families who overthrew the almost-forgotten Timber Tyrant of the Isles. [[spoiler:They're needed to access his tomb, which contains treasure that the islands can use to pay off their debts]].
49	* PortTown: Port Darragh of the Isle of the Moon, Afthonia of the Isle of the Sun, and Sadaqah of the Isle of the Stars.
50	* PortalToThePast: Can be created via alchemy, though you can't step through it.
51	* SapientHouse: Underhome.
52	* SeaMonster: One can be found on the world map and talked to once you get your [[GlobalAirship Global Ship]]. It wants to explore the world.
53	* SceneryPorn
54	* ShiftingSandLand: The desert of the Isle of the Stars.
55	* {{Shout Out}}s: Quite a few. It might deserve its own page.
56	** One to Creator/ValveSoftware.
57	* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: Level 5, almost perfect equality.
58	* SpeechImpairedAnimal: Moddey Dhoo, the black puppy.
59	* StarfishAliens: Katzensaeule, the caterpillar from the Beyond.
60	--> "Your customs are as peculiar to me as your lack of limbs. In particular I wonder about why you keep to one shape throughout your lives, changing only upon death."
61	* UtilityMagic
62	* WiseTree: Stavros, the philosopher.
63	* WholesomeCrossdresser: EDDIE the holographic AI. Minus his [[AIIsACrapShoot murderous tendencies]].
64	* YouALLLookFamiliar: The new mayors of the Isles of the Moon, Sun, and Stars. The only thing that distinguishes them from each other are their hats and glasses. [[spoiler: They're all the same person]].
65	* YouNoTakeCandle: Moddey Dhoo.

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