History VideoGame / AHomeFarAway

* DropTheHammer: [[spoiler:Skarsgaard]] wields a war hammer when he is in your party.

%%* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins

* SimpleStaff: The siblings' only weapon throughout the game.

%%* FriendToAllChildren: Remy.
%%** Penguincasso!
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Von Windlove (or at least, friend to all birds).
* FungusHumongous: The Swamp Underworld is full of them.

* GangplankGalleon: The Mighty Matey pirate ship.

* HubCity: Willow Town.

* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:Skarsgaard.]]

* SoftWater: How [[spoiler:Danais]] survives a fall from a cliff.
** This is actually [[FridgeBrilliance pretty clever]] if you really think about it!

* SupportingProtagonist: Danais in the second half of the game.

* WarpWhistle: The Zoomo Tornado Expressway.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The non-playable cast. In the second half of the game, you must interact with and keep track of approximately twenty townspeople. Just remembering their names can be a task for some. Fortunately, the Quest Log helps.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The game is a bit odd... if you compare the first half to the second half. While the first half is strictly linear and follows a set plot line, the second half just [[ItsUpToYou drops a ton of random quests that can mostly do in any order]].

%%* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys

* ChildMage: Both main characters.
* CircusOfFear: Harly's hideout.

* HeelFaceTurn: This is done by [[spoiler:Skarsgaard.]]

* JerkAss: Skarsgaard.
** Jaden Jackknife flees when it's time to fight but ends up [[spoiler:collecting the reward money anyway]]!

* NarratorAllAlong: [[spoiler:Danais.]]

''A Home Far Away'' is a [[FreewareGames freeware]] game made with VideoGame/RPGMaker that tells the story of [[YouCantGoHomeAgain two siblings who get lost and must find their way back home]]. Cue an onslaught of [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} weird characters]] and [[IrrelevantSidequest sidequests]] that could feel like a burden at times.

->''"Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than any magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration."'' - Charles Dickens (the game's opening quote)

A Home Far Away is a freeware game made with ''VideoGame/RPGMaker'' that tells the story of [[YouCantGoHomeAgain two siblings who get lost and must find their way back home]]. Cue an onslaught of [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} weird characters]] and [[IrrelevantSidequest sidequests]] that could feel like a burden at times.

It was made by Strangeluv and can be found [[http://rpgmaker.net/games/2226/ here]].
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* ActionGirl: Farrah.

* BlackoutBasement: Dimming Caverns.

* BossSubtitles: For each boss.

* CantHoldHisLiquor: Merick Graydu.
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Skarsgaard gets a lot after his HeelFaceTurn]].
* ChargedAttack

* ClimaxBoss: Harly Quinn.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Cap'n Grizzlybeard. Yep.

* DropTheHammer: [[spoiler:Skarsgaard after he joins your party.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins

* FriendToAllChildren: Remy.
** Penguincasso!

* FungusHumongous: The Swamp Underworld.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress
* GuideDangIt
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Skarsgaard.]]

* IdiotHero: Danais.

* IrrelevantSidequest: The entire second half of this game.

* KingMook: Plasmax.
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Plasmax's weakness.]]

* MeaningfulName: All over the place.
* MonsterClown: Harly again.
** Inverted with [[FriendToAllChildren Remy]].

* PortTown: Montrose.

* ReducedManaCost: Aurora Arcana.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain

A Home Far Away is a freeware game made with ''VideoGame/RPGMaker'' that tells the story of [[YouCantGoHomeAgain two siblings who get lost and must find their way back home]]. Cue an onslaught of [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} weird characters]] and [[IrrelevantSidequest sidequests]] that could feel like a burden at times. But those who have played it to the end, find the ending scenes [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming immensely rewarding]].

A Home Far Away is a freeware game made with ''VideoGame/RPGMaker'' that tells the story of [[YouCantGoHomeAgain two siblings who get lost and must find their way back home]]. Cue an onslaught of [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} weird characters]] and [[IrrelevantSidequest sidequests]] that [[LoveItOrHateIt could feel like a burden at times.]] But those who have played it to the end, find the ending scenes [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming immensely rewarding]].

* PointOfNoReturn: The first half of the game is so linear and segmented that it is impossible to return to previous locations once completed. Also, in the second half of the game, you can [[LostForever never ever return to any locations in the first half.]]

A Home Far Away is a freeware game that tells the story of [[YouCantGoHomeAgain two siblings who get lost and must find their way back home]]. Cue an onslaught of [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} weird characters]] and [[IrrelevantSidequest sidequests]] that [[LoveItOrHateIt could feel like a burden at times.]] But those who have played it to the end, find the ending scenes [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming immensely rewarding]].

!!Tropes used in ''A Home Far Away'':

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A Home Far Away is a freeware game that tells the story of [[YouCantGoHomeAgain two siblings who get lost and must find their way back home]]. Cue an onslaught of [[{{CloudCuckoolander}} weird characters]] and [[IrrelevantSidequest sidequests]] that [[LoveItOrHateIt could feel like a burden at times.]] But those who have played it to the end, find the ending scenes [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming immensely rewarding]].

* SomebodyElsesProblem: Presumably the reason why no one has solved all the problems in Willow before Farrah comes along.

* CapitalCity: Willow Town.

* [=~Somebody Else's Problem~=]: Presumably the reason why no one has solved all the problems in Willow before Farrah comes along.

* GameBreaker: Dewey's casino. Specifically, the "Archery, Balloon-Style" game. It has a fairly low entry cost, and is much easier to make a profit off of than the other two games. It can also be finished quickly, allowing you to gain incredible amounts of cash in just a few minutes.
** Aurora Chronos and Aurora Arcana, which give you twice as many turns and [[ReducedManaCost half MP cost]], respectively.
** [[spoiler:Skarsgaard]]'s Tripler ability is very cheap if you abuse it.

* MemeticMolester: Harly Quinn.

* TearJerker: The ending scenes.
** You have to be lacking a heart to not be moved in some way by that ending.
* ThatOneBoss: Yucca in the Dimming Caverns.
* ThatOneLevel: Azule Gorge.
** Also, the Rain Tree.
** Fairy Estuary.

* WhatAnIdiot: Farrah lets [[spoiler:Skarsgaard]] join the party during the second half of the game. Yes, even after he [[spoiler:tried to stone Danais to death while he was defenseless in the water]].
* {{Woobie}}: Danais and Remy.
** The Postman sitting by himself outside the park at night can make some players feel bad for him.

* CompleteMonster: Contrivingly averted, where [[spoiler:Skarsgaard, who once tried to ''stone Danais to death'', joins your party later on in the game. [[IdiotBall Farrah seems to have no problem with this]].]]
** [[spoiler:To be fair, Danais never actually tells her what happened to him in the gorge.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Having to rescue three monkeys named Curly, Larry and Moe inside a giant talking tree, for a shaman who gives you a drink in a fish-shaped bottle that cures "alcoholism".
** Also, a ''painting penguin'' named "Penguincasso". Even more bizarre is that ''he's actually good at painting''.

* CrazyCatLady: Somewhat averted. Winnifred Wispe is depicted as being surrounded by black cats, but nothing really indicates that she might be crazy.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The boss battle music in the first half of the game.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Lots, especially the scenes involving Cap'n Grizzlybeard.
** The sleepy milkman.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Definitely, definitely the ending scenes.
** If you go to a certain cliff at Featherhill Heights at night, you'll find [[spoiler:Scott and Anaya]] have both sneaked out of the house to spend some time together. It's minor but it makes you go, "Awww."