History Main / DeconstructionGame

* ''YumeNikki'': Exploration and sandbox gameplay.

* ''{{Silent Hill: Shattered Memories}}'': A deconstruction of the rest of the series, mostly.

* ''{{META}}'': Amateur adventure game design

** They forgot one thing. You can't upgrade the part limit on your ship.

* [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/495903 Super Press Space To Win Adventure RPG 2009]]: RPGs in general, and QuickTimeEvents.

* {{Haze}} Is a Deconstruction of First Person Shooters. It was a Failure However, Due To ExecutiveMeddling Forcing them to rewrite the plot several times until the message was Completely Gone.

* {{Haze}} Is a Deconstruction of First Person Shooters. It was a Failure However, Due To ExecutiveMeddling Forcing them to rewrite the plot several times until the message was all but gone.

In order to qualify, a single part of the game at the minimum must take at least one single trope, mechanic, or gimmick, and either explore it exhaustively to the possible point of MindScrew, or play it far too simple and flat to be taken seriously.

* [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/467574 :the game:]] and [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/522607 REPLAYING :the game:]]: CutAndPasteEnvironments. (These games aren't ''that'' funny, as the creator was trying a bit too hard, but they have their moments)

** OlderThanTheyThink, ''Desert Bus'' from ''Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors'' is that too.

* DwarfFortress: Extermly complex fantasy world, very detailed rule system, no visual graphics, no end sceanario. Still a fun game though.

A form of {{Deconstruction}}, which has apparently become a rising fad in freeware games.

A deconstruction game is a game that deconstructs aspects of video games in general. At the minimum it takes one aspect, and blows it up to such ridiculously exaggerated proportions that it simply becomes laughable, as if to make a point that "You can't make a game based just on this!" or with some, "If you enjoy games because of this one reason then you are an idiot!"

In order to qualify, a single part of the game at the minimum must take at least one single trope, mechanic, or gimmick, and either explore it exhaustively to the possible point of mindscrew, or play it far too simple and flat to be taken seriously.

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* {{Harvester}}: A deconstruction of EvilIsCool and the VillainProtagonist, and a MindScrew in general.

* [[http://www.videlectrix.com/racewalk.html 50k Racewalker]]: Complete and utter aggravating boringness pretending to be a game

* ''HalfMinuteHero'': Level grinding.

* DwarfFortress: Extermly complex fantasy world, very detailed rule system, no visual graphics, no end sceanario. Still a fun game though.

* [[http://armorgames.com/play/5115/replaying-the-game Replaying The Game]]: CutAndPasteEnvironments. (This game isn't ''that'' funny, as the creator was trying a bit too hard, but it has its moments)
** Also, [[http://armorgames.com/play/4309/this-is-the-only-level This Is The Only Level]].

* YouHaveToBurnTheRope: {{Portal}}. The game consists of a short tutorial hallway which serves as a tutorial, a boss fight, and a catchy theme song that plays over the credits. The song mocks the short length of the game, including suggesting that you just try playing it over again. There is no story given outside this, and there are only two characters (the player character and boss). And the theme song is longer than the game itself.
** And [[http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=2716.0 Advanced Set The Rope On Fire]] deconstructs "YouHaveToBurnTheRope", in that [[spoiler:the burnt rope comes to life and tries to kill you]].
* [[http://www.videlectrix.com/racewalk.html 50k Race Walker]]: Complete and utter aggravating boringness pretending to be a game

* ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/519030 Level Up!]]': Leveling up in games.

* [[http://www.e4.com/game/steamshovel-harry/play.e4 Steamshovel Harry]] is this for {{Forced Tutorial}}s. [[spoiler:There is no game. The earth will be destroyed in fifteen minutes-- and that's how long the tutorials take!]]