History SoYouWantTo / WriteAMetaGame

Needless to say, this is only possible in a video game or VisualNovel.

And there are infinite possibilities.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Otherwise, your player will utter the EightWordsOfDoom and stop playing forever. That's not to say that you have to utterly trash the player's computer: ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' was actually pretty tame by the creator's standard, because he didn't want to mess with your computer too much (which would make the game essentially a playable virus). Despite this, [[spoiler: Monika still knows your name (she gets it off of your user account).]]

*** The final boss of a genocide run [[spoiler: breaks all the typical rules of the game: he starts first (typically only you can do this), overrides your InvincibilityFrames so he can be extremely competent despite having only 1 ATK, [[GlassCannon dodges every single attack so he can survive your]] OneHitKill attacks (he's the only monster who does this), ''attacking you in the menu'', and going to sleep during his turn so you can't do anything. He has to be defeated by maneuvering the bullet box over to the Fight button.]]

* NoticingTheFourthWall: At some point, the meta character(s) will need to realize the existence of the player. This can happen before the story (see VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub, most routes), or during the story (also in VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub, try [[spoiler: deleting Monika before the start of Act 1]] and [[NoticingTheFourthWall watch]] [[DrivenToSuicide what]] [[BadEnding happens]])

** Occurs twice in {{VideoGame/Undertale}}:

*** The final boss of a genocide run [[spoiler: breaks all the typical rules of the game: he starts first (typically only you can do this), overrides your InvincibilityFrames so he can be extremely competent despite having only 1 ATK, [[GlassCannon dodges every single attack so he can survive your]] OneHitKill attacks (he's the only monster who does this), _attacking you in the menu_, and going to sleep during his turn so you can't do anything. He has to be defeated by maneuvering the bullet box over to the Fight button.]]
** In VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub, [[spoiler: Monika deletes her potential romantic competition from the game so you can only choose her, then locks you in a room with her where she literally does nothing but talk. The only way to defeat her is to go into the game directory and delete characters/monika.chr, at which point she will have a HeelRealization and [[DyingMomentOfAwesome restore the other characters]]. ]]
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Otherwise, your player will utter the EightWordsOfDoom and stop playing forever. That's not to say that you have to utterly trash the player's computer: VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub was actually pretty tame by the creator's standard, because he didn't want to mess with your computer too much (which would make the game essentially a playable virus). Despite this, [[spoiler: Monika still knows your name (she gets it off of your user account).]]

** In {{VideoGame/Undertale}}, EXP and LV stand for [[spoiler: Execution Points]] and [[spoiler: Level of Violence]] respectively, which is fitting for a game about pacifism.

*** The final boss of a genocide run [[spoiler: breaks all the typical rules of the game: he starts first (typically only you can do this), overrides your InvincibilityFrames so he can be extremely competent despite having only 1 ATK, [[GlassCannon dodges every single attack so he can survive your]] OneHitKill attacks (he's the only monster who does this), *attacking you in the menu*, and going to sleep during his turn so you can't do anything. He has to be defeated by maneuvering the bullet box over to the Fight button.]]

** In VideoGame/Undertale, EXP and LV stand for [[spoiler: Execution Points]] and [[spoiler: Level of Violence]] respectively, which is fitting for a game about pacifism.

** Occurs twice in VideoGame/Undertale:

* Occurs twice in VideoGame/Undertale:
* The final boss of a neutral run [[spoiler: has six save files to his name, and is more than willing to use them. He can only be defeated by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard making the SOULs he's using to save and load rebel against him]].]]
* The final boss of a genocide run [[spoiler: breaks all the typical rules of the game: he starts first (typically only you can do this), overrides your InvincibilityFrames so he can be extremely competent despite having only 1 ATK, [[GlassCannon dodges every single attack so he can survive your]] OneHitKill attacks (he's the only monster who does this), *attacking you in the menu*, and going to sleep during his turn so you can't do anything. He has to be defeated by maneuvering the bullet box over to the Fight button.]]
* In VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub, [[spoiler: Monika deletes her potential romantic competition from the game so you can only choose her, then locks you in a room with her where she literally does nothing but talk. The only way to defeat her is to go into the game directory and delete characters/monika.chr, at which point she will have a HeelRealization and [[DyingMomentOfAwesome restore the other characters]]. ]]

* In VideoGame/Undertale, EXP and LV stand for [[spoiler: Execution Points]] and [[spoiler: Level of Violence]] respectively, which is fitting for a game about pacifism.

True metafiction PlayedForDrama is HARD. It requires one or more of the characters in the work to [[FourthWallRealization realize they're in a work of fiction]], and for that to impact the plot.

You could, for instance, [[VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub have your characters directly interact with the game itself]]. You could [[VideoGame/Undertale make traditional gaming concepts into actual parts of the universe.]]