History Literature / TheSpectrumGame

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Prelude'' featured a somewhat lighter tone, with mild, occasional [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall breaking]]. This is largely absent in ''Book of Order'' onwards.

* AdaptationalHeroism: ''Iago''. Dear gods, Iago. Having gone from a ManipulativeBastard and a massive {{Jerkass}}, he is now something of a {{Keet}}, and is much more helpful. [[spoiler:Possibly subverted, however, given that Iago has been hinted to be hiding details of Inigo's past even this time around.]]

* ColorCodedCharacters: As colors are a motif in the story, each of the characters has a color associated with them:
** Inigo: Shades of purple in general. Seems to have settled on Violet as of Chapter 68.
** Iago: Black
** Azurine: Blue
** Silas: Yellow
** Makoto: Orange
** Minori: Indigo
** Scarlett: Red
** Valerie: Green
** Kotoba: Nothing concrete so far, but hers is implied to be Silver.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' meets ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', with sprinklings of ''Franchise{{Persona}}''.

** Scarlett is more of an AntiVillain, but she is mildly hinted to have developed feelings for Inigo.

* RedOniBlueOni: Zigzagged with Inigo and Silas. Outwardly, Inigo is icy, focused, and near-constantly serene, [[DissonantSerenity even when he shouldn't be]], while Silas is much more openly playful, friendly and jokey. Inwardly, however, Inigo is a wellspring of snarky comments and cuss words, and is shown to be rather zany and get stressed rather easily, while Silas is much more mellow and sensible, and you never get the feeling that he's properly ''pissed'', even in tense situations. Thus, it would appear that Silas is outwardly Red and inwardly Blue, while Inigo is outwardly Blue and inwardly Red.

* MoralityKitchenSink: All over the place. The only completely good characters are Silas and Azurine, and the only really evil one is Minori. Everyone else is somewhere in-between; Inigo and Makoto are well-meaning but ultimately selfishly motivated (though Inigo does at least [[CharacterDevelopment get better]], Valerie is generally just plain neutral, and Scarlett and Iago are {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s, though Scarlett is lighter than him in that she doesn’t ''want'' to be one, whereas Iago willingly walked that path.

* LesserOfTwoEvils: Libera is portrayed as this compared to Apex, as they would be a straight-up ''heroic'' faction if not for the fact that [[HeWhoFightsMonsters they go too far in their attempts to stop them]], which leads to them being TheHeavy. The actual characters within said groups go back and forth on this. While Libera’s Valerie is an AntiVillain who doesn’t partake in their more extreme operations, Apex’s Minori is just shy of an absolute monster, who engages in sociopathic acts of sadism. On the flip side, Apex’s Makoto is shown to want to change his organisation’s ways from the inside, and is generally depicted as a sympathetic JerkassWoobie, while Libera’s Scarlett ''does'' participate in her group’s terrorist actions, and until her motivations are revealed, she is usually seen as more of a nuisance than anything. * MoralityKitchenSink: All over the place. The only completely good characters are Silas and Azurine, and the only really evil one is Minori. Everyone else is somewhere in-between; Inigo and Makoto are well-meaning but ultimately selfishly motivated (though Inigo does at least [[CharacterDevelopment get better]], Valerie is generally just plain neutral, and Scarlett and Iago are {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s, though Scarlett is lighter than him in that she doesn’t ''want'' to be one, whereas Iago willingly walked that path.

* LesserOfTwoEvils: Libera is portrayed as this compared to Apex, as they would be a straight-up ''heroic'' faction if not for the fact that [[HeWhoFightsMonsters they go too far in their attempts to stop them]], which leads to them being TheHeavy. The actual characters within said groups go back and forth on this. While Libera’s Valerie is an AntiVillain who doesn’t partake in their more extreme operations, Apex’s Minori is just shy of a CompleteMonster, who engages in sociopathic acts of sadism. On the flip side, Apex’s Makoto is shown to want to change his organisation’s ways from the inside, and is generally depicted as a sympathetic JerkassWoobie, while Libera’s Scarlett ''does'' participate in her group’s terrorist actions, and until her motivations are revealed, she is usually seen as more of a nuisance than anything. * MoralityKitchenSink: All over the place. The only completely good characters are Silas and Azurine, and the only really evil one is Minori. Everyone else is somewhere in-between; Inigo and Makoto are well-meaning but ultimately selfishly motivated (though Inigo does at least [[CharacterDevelopment get better]], Valerie is generally just plain neutral, and Scarlett and Iago are {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s, though Scarlett is lighter than him in that she doesn’t ''want'' to be one, whereas Iago willingly walked that path.

The story was inspired by several other works, most noticeably ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' and ''WebAnimation/RWBY'', but is, for the most part, its own story. Written on Wattpad, it was taken down and completely overhauled in October 2020, and is much different from the story it was before that.

The Spectrum Game is a book written by Iceaura39. While it is planned to be a series, there is only one book out.

In the world of Arcadia (a fantasy, original continent taking inspiration from [[{{Americasia}} America and Asia]]), there exists a strange energy, known as 'Natura'. People master Natura and use it, and as a result, magic duels and the like are common forms of entertainment.

Vice & Virtue Institute is a school dedicated to helping people born with Naturae to master it. This book is about the life of Inigo Windflower, a young boy with a connection to a mystical force. Inigo gets accepted into the school, and meets new people.

However, Inigo has a problem: retrograde amnesia. He can't remember a thing about his past, except the words 'Inigo', 'Valerie', and 'Malum Militia' keep popping up in his head.

One day, he is called to the office of the principal, and obtains a strange pocket watch, with the order to keep it on him at all times. One day after receiving it, however, he is sent to a nightmarish haven, with everything out to kill him.

In short, he wants to live life like a normal person, but Life has other plans for him. Between the world and the watch, to a ghostly figure claiming to be his father, a politician who seems to be gradually giving him memories, to his own conflicting morality, Inigo's life is anything but normal.

Find out what happens in The Spectrum Game.

Please note that the above tropes are not in alphabetical order.

* {{Americasia}}: Arcadia is said to be one.
* BadassAdorable: Inigo and Azurine are both very cute, but can hold their own in battle just fine. Silas, too, but he's a bit more [[{{Hunk}} manly]] than the trope usually suggests.
* EvilCounterpart: Iago. It's not just in personality. Look at his picture and tell us that he doesn't look like an evil PaletteSwap of Inigo.
* FreudianTrio: [[TheDitz Azurine]] is TheId. [[TheStoic Inigo]] is TheSuperego. [[OnlySaneMan Silas]] is TheEgo.
* {{Jerkass}}: Inigo.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Enough of a heart of gold to help Silas with his training, and is generally a decent person behind his lack of social skills.
* MightyGlacier: Silas isn't a very fast runner, and lugging around that heavy axe doesn't make things any easier, but he has a lot of power to make up for it. Iceaura reveals that his highest stat is actually Defense.
* NiceGuy: Makoto may have a bit of a temper, but he's still the nicer of the two protagonists. He's only ''really'' mean to Inigo.
** Azurine as well. She's probably the nicest character in the book at the moment.
** Silas may not appear this way at first, but once he's determined you're a good person, he'll act kindly towards you.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The three heroic males introduced so far. Silas is the Nice one. He's kind, encouraging, and very much a CulturedBadass. Inigo is Mean, being snarky, abrasive, and acts snappily to most who try to get close to him (both [[IneffectualLoner figuratively]] and [[HatesBeingTouched literally]].). Makoto is the In Between. He's a nice enough person, and treats most people with respect, but his obsession with {{Revenge}} prevents him from being the nicest he can be.
** The three females fit this, too. Azurine is Nice, being warm, friendly, soft-spoken and a PerpetualSmiler and WideEyedIdealist. Minori is Mean, somehow being less willing to let others in than Inigo, and being even ruder in comparison. Scarlett is In Between, being as friendly as Silas, but also being TheGadfly who loves trolling people.
* RPGElements: There are many. Enough for Silas and Iago to compare the world to a video game several times (though, in Iago's case, he was likely just trying to make Inigo pissed.)
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' meets ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler''.

* RPGElements: There are many. Enough for Silas and Iago to compare the world to a video game several times (though, in Iago's case, he was likely just trying to make Inigo pissed.)

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Azurine, Inigo and Silas respectively.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Azurine, Inigo and Silas respectively.

* EvilCounterpart: Iago. It's not just in personality. Look at his picture and tell us that he doesn't look like an evil version of Inigo.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Azurine, Inigo and Silas respectively.
* TheComicallySerious: Inigo takes things very seriously. ''Very'' seriously.

* MightyGlacier: Silas isn't very fast, but he has a lot of power to make up for it. Iceaura reveals that his highest stat is actually Defense.

Vice & Virtue Institute is a school dedicated to helping people born with Naturae to master it. This book is about the life of Inigo Windflower, a young boy with the ability to copy the natures of other people's Naturae, as well as manipulate his own. For instance, if an enemy uses an earthquake, if he intends to, he can copy it and make shockwaves as a result. Inigo gets accepted into the school, and meets new people.

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Enough of a heart of gold to help Silas with his training, and is generally a decent person behind his lack of social skills.

Find out what happens in The Spectrum Game.

In the world of Arcadia (a fantasy, original continent taking inspiration from [[Americasia America and Asia]]), there exists a strange energy, known as 'Natura'. People master Natura and use it, and as a result, magic duels and the like are common forms of entertainment.