History VideoGame / BrokenAge

'''''Broken Age''''' is an AdventureGame by Creator/DoubleFine released for the PC, with the first act released in January of 2014 and the second in April 2015. It is notable for raising more than $3.3 million[[note]]about eight times the amount it asked for[[/note]] in crowd funding via Website/{{Kickstarter}}, starting a trend among video game developers in TheNewTens to use Kickstarter to fund their own passion projects.

* {{Retraux}}: [[EasterEgg Retro]] [[NostalgiaFilter Mode.]] [[note]]Go to options, turn down the resolution completely, then go to the hot-key change menu. There should be a picture of Vella and Shay, click on it, assign a button, then go to the game and press the assigned button for sweet, sweet pixels. For the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 version, just press R3 (Push the right stick) to toggle.[[/note]]

A Plaform/PlayStation4 version with both acts was released on April 28, 2015, and the second act was released on the same day for PC, Mac, and Linux, along with a boxed version published by Nordic Games.

A UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 version with both acts was released on April 28, 2015, and the second act was released on the same day for PC, Mac, and Linux, along with a boxed version published by Nordic Games.

* InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler: Doing Shay's story before Vella's makes it obvious that Mog Chothra is Shay's ship. Doing Vella's story first makes Mog Chothra more of a mystery.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Vella, and possibly[[note]]Many have their feet obscured by their dresses, so it's debatable[[/note]] every female character in her world, except the ones in Meriloft who have to wear cloudshoes.

* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: Mom certainly thinks so; everything on the ship is a cute doll, or a cute living doll. Shay disagrees.

* CrossdressingVoices: Ch't the little boy is played by Hynden Walch, best known for playing [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Starfire]] and [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Princess Bubblegum]].

** Vella's people were once proud warriors who'd fight the Mogs, but now they're mostly known for their baking. So, it makes sense that her full name is "Velouria [[AwesomeMcCoolName Beastender]] [[EdibleThemeNaming Tartine]]".

* TastesLikeDiabetes: In-universe, Shay regards the various missions that Mom prepares for him this way.

* KnifeNut: The [[ArtificialIntelligence knife]].
-->'''Vella:''' (When using the knife on most objects) I don't want to stab that.
-->'''Knife:''' I do.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: One of the puzzles involves getting the talking tree to laugh at a joke.
* AdultsAreUseless: Pretty much completely. The adults are easily hoodwinked by authority, afraid of change, and quick to dismiss the legitimate concerns of the young. In fact, several puzzles involve thwarting adult control or distracting adults so the young protagonists can do what really needs to be done.
** In act II, some of the adults aren't useless so much as in charge of the boring, grindy parts of the plan. Shay's mother in particular sits in her control room monitoring Marek while Vella goes around organizing their escape plan, which was a good call because one of Vella's actions would have immediately alerted Marek, had Hope not realized it and stalled the execution of that action.

* EasyEvangelism: Vella's family immediately swing around to her view on Mog Chothra after she manages to get it to leave without eating all the maidens or destroying the town. Other NPCs take the same view after [[spoiler: the Mog gets shot down]].

** In act II, Shay's mother sits around doing absolutely nothing while Vella goes around organizing their escape plan.