History VideoGame / BevelsPainting

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}'', which involves exploration in an alternate dimension of an artist's gallery, and ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'', which delves into the mind of the player character.

* SurpriseCreepy: The game actually starts out rather lighthearted, with the painting world looking like a SugarBowl where cute bears serve meals and some invisible guy plays piano. [[spoiler: Then you [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption end up killing said guy,]] and the world [[CrapsaccharineWorld turns hostile.]]]]

* AllJustADream: "Long Dream" implies that nothing meaningful really happened.

* AmbiguousEnding: The endings that aren't Downer Endings or Shaggy Dog Stories. They seem pretty happy, but thinking about them twice raises some unsettling questions.

* ArtInitiatesLife: [[spoiler:The white-haired Bevel]] is very likely the result of this.

* BittersweetEnding: Almost all of the endings that aren't Downer Endings qualify as this.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Bevel's world shows what a terrible life she has had.

* DownerEnding: Three of them are unambiguously bad. The ending names alone tell how bad it is.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Unless you ''really'' go out of your way, the game will turn into a ShaggyDogStory.
* EarnYourBadEnding: As with Earn Your Happy Ending, you have to go out of your way to make the story turn bad.
* EldritchLocation: Bevel's painted world, [[CrapsaccharineWorld though it doesn't seem so at first...]]

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Skulls, the other Bevel, and the Reaper. [[spoiler: Even the bear chef at one point!]]
* EvilLaugh: The Reaper does this a few times before he chases you.

* GoryDiscretionShot: When Bevel [[spoiler:kills the other Bevel and her friends]] in "Revenge."

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Implied with Bevel, who writes of a lonely past.

* JumpScare: Several appear throughout the game.

* KonamiCode: A variation is used to access the secret level.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Killing the other Bevel to get the black paint]] will not lead to a good ending.

* LivingMemory: White-haired Bevel is {{Implied|Trope}} to be this.

* MysticalWhiteHair: The playable Bevel. [[spoiler:Perhaps she's not the real Bevel...]]

* PortalPicture: The painting that Bevel goes through in the beginning.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The hostile skull's eyes, the other Bevel (sometimes), and the Reaper.

* SelfMadeOrphan: Implied on the path to the good endings.
* ShaggyDogStory: "Long Dream" and "Meaningless Illusion," the two endings most likely to be achieved.
* ShoutOut: The bonus level has one to ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.
* SpikesOfDoom: Particularly in the Red World.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}''.

* ShoutOut: The bonus level has one to ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''.

* BigBad: Bevel's main obstacle in escaping the painting is the [[EvilDoppelganger Other Bevel]], who seeks to kill her and keep her trapped. Exactly why, and what she is, [[MindScrew is unclear]].

''Bevel's Painting'' is a freeware horror exploration game by Maninu made in RPG Maker VX.

An artistic young girl named Bevel winds up inside one of her own paintings one day when she discovers the canvas is glowing. Inside, things look magical and fantasical, but things soon turn stranger. Everyone speaks a made-up language called "Bevelese." Bevel meets a girl who looks just like her, but with black hair instead of white; and [[BigBad the Other Bevel]] is rather insistent on not letting her escape. Memories surface in the form of the rooms that Bevel enters.

An artistic young girl named Bevel winds up inside one of her own paintings one day when she discovers the canvas is glowing. Inside, things look magical and fantasical, but things soon turn stranger. Everyone speaks a made-up language called "Bevelese." Bevel meets a girl who looks just like her, but with black hair instead of white. Memories surface in the form of the rooms that Bevel enters.

* ActionSurvivor: Bevel. She can survive the dangers of the world by running, hiding, [[spoiler:and throwing a mirror shard at the Reaper.]]

* BigBad: The other Bevel. [[spoiler: Maybe. [[MindScrew It’s not really clear.]]]]

* ShoutOut: The bonus level has one to VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} and VideoGame/{{Touhou}}.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To VideoGame/{{Ib}}.

* EldritchLocation: Bevel's painted world, though it doesn't seem so at first...

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Skulls, the other Bevel, and the Reaper.

* MoodWhiplash: Several; a particularly notable one in ["A Rousing Success," in which Bevel is chased by the Reaper, the other Bevel, and the bear chef, and then she finds herself in a white void. Then she gets cornered by the Reaper and the other Bevel, but it turns out that they are the rabbit and fairy from the beginning, and they have prepared a feast for her.

''Bevel's Painting'' is a freeware horror exploration game by Maninu made in RPG Maker VX.\\
An artistic young girl named Bevel winds up inside one of her own paintings one day when she discovers the canvas is glowing. Inside, things look magical and fantasical, but things soon turn stranger. Everyone speaks a made-up language called "Bevelese." Bevel meets a girl who looks just like her, but with black hair instead of white. Memories surface in the form of the rooms that Bevel enters.\\
An English-translated version can be obtained [[http://vgperson.com/games/bevelspainting.htm here]]

!! ''Bevel's Painting'' contains examples of:

* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:"Long Dream."]]

* AmbiguousEnding: The endings that aren't {{Downer Ending}}s or {{Shaggy Dog Stor|y}}ies. They seem pretty happy, but when you think about them twice...

** [[spoiler:Played straight in "Bevel's Painting." Once Bevel gives the brush to her other self, you now play as her. She has a different inventory.]]
** [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} in "Dead Inside." When Bevel stabs the heart with scissors, she turns into the other Bevel, but keeps the items in her inventory.]]

* ArtInitiatesLife: [[spoiler:The white-haired Bevel is very likely the result of this.]]
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: In the first world, Bevel gets a coronation. It is soon forgotten [[spoiler:unless you get "A Rousing Success."]]
* BehindTheBlack: [[spoiler:There's a switch in one room, but it's on the wall you can't see. If it's your first time playing, you're probably going to use the mirror shard to find the switch. Bevel should have seen the switch without having to use the mirror.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Almost all of the endings that aren't {{DownerEnding}}s qualify as this.

** That [[spoiler:mirror shard]] you got less than halfway through the game? You need to [[spoiler:throw it at the Reaper]] in order to have access to the best endings. Turns out you didn't need it to [[spoiler:find the button that opened the trapdoor]]. Oops...

** [[spoiler:The cloth]] can be aquired just a little past halfway. Combined with [[spoiler:the cleaning fluid]], which you get close to the end, you will have the ability to make a LastSecondEndingChoice that prevents the game from turning into a ShaggyDogStory.

** [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} in the Red World.]] You have to [[spoiler:kill the other Bevel]] to get the black paint, but [[spoiler:you can just use the candle instead of the black paint, so you don't have to kill the other Bevel.]] Of course, if you want the worst endings, this trope is played straight.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Bevel.

* EarnYourHappyEnding[=/=]EarnYourBadEnding: Unless you ''really'' go out of your way, the game will turn into a ShaggyDogStory.
* EldritchLocation: Bevel's painted world. Though it doesn't seem so at first...
* EmptyShell: [[spoiler:"Dead Inside," in which Bevel stabs the giant heart and then turns into her counterpart. This implies that black-haired Bevel is the real Bevel, and the white-haired Bevel is her now dead identity]].

* EvilLaugh: The Reaper.
* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}}. The other Bevel,]] while she does try to kill you, is not really evil. She's actually really nice if you talk to her on the way to the best endings. [[spoiler:{{DoubleSubverted|Trope}} in "Revenge," in which white-haired Bevel becomes evil and kills the other Bevel and her friends.]]
* GoldenEnding: {{Averted|Trope}}. WordOfGod says that none of the endings are true. Of course, some endings are obviously better than others.
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:When Bevel kills the other Bevel and her friends in "Revenge."]]
* GottaCatchThemAll: Several {{Chekhovs Gun}}s that unlock the good endings.
** The crayons in [[spoiler:the SecretLevel]].
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: {{Implied|Trope}} with Bevel.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Bevel uses a canvas scraper [[spoiler:to kill the other Bevel and her friends in "Revenge."]]
* JumpScare: Several.
* KillItWithFire: A girl is seen hanging over a huge fire. [[spoiler:"And I'm Gone" ends with Bevel lighting her painting on fire, forever trapping her in the painted world.]]

* LastSecondEndingChoice: [[spoiler:Cleaning the dirty door (or not)]] just before you escape can mean the difference between a ShaggyDogStory and a happy (or bad) ending. Well, you do need to have certain items in possession.
* LetThePastBurn: [[spoiler:"And I'm Gone." Bevel burns down her painting, destroying her entire painted world and trapping her in it. It is implied that the Bevel you're playing is actually the representation of her past, as is the world she painted.]]
* LivingMemory: [[spoiler:White-haired Bevel is {{Implied|Trope}} to be this.]]
* MoodWhiplash: Several; a particularly notable one in [[spoiler:"A Rousing Success," in which Bevel is chased by the Reaper, the other Bevel, and the bear chef, and then she finds herself in a white void. Then she gets cornered by the Reaper and the other Bevel, but it turns out that they are the rabbit and fairy from the beginning, and they have prepared a feast for her.]]

** [[spoiler:[[BittersweetEnding Bevel's Painting]]]]: One of the best endings, and one of two that actually shows the credits. After the credits, you are given the code to begin the SecretLevel. [[spoiler:Achieved by going through the four doors and giving the other Bevel your brush. Black-haired Bevel returns to the real world and paints a picture of white-haired Bevel.]]
** [[spoiler:[[SecretLevel Meeting]]]]: The ending of the SecretLevel. [[spoiler:Clearly a direct continuation of "Bevel's Painting." White-haired Bevel runs out of the painting and into black-haired Bevel's bedroom, while black-haired Bevel is watching.]]

* OhCrap: Bevel's reaction when the Reaper shows up when [[spoiler:she puts the torn picture back together]] or [[spoiler:she leaves after looking in the mirror and finding the shed key]]. [[spoiler:Also in "A Rousing Success," in which Bevel finds herself cornered by the Reaper and the other Bevel.]] It's shown by her backing away or putting her hands on her head.

* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan]]: Implied on the path to the good endings.
* ShaggyDogStory: "Long Dream" and "Meaningless Illusion." The two endings most likely to be achieved.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: To VideoGame/{{Ib}} and VideoGame/YumeNikki.

''Bevel's Painting'' is a freeware horror exploration game by Maninu made in RPG Maker VX.
An artistic young girl named Bevel winds up inside one of her own paintings one day when she discovers the canvas is glowing. Inside, things look magical and fantasical, but things soon turn stranger. Everyone speaks a made-up language called "Bevelese." Bevel meets a girl who looks just like her, but with black hair instead of white. Memories surface in the form of the rooms that Bevel enters.

* ActionSurvivor: Bevel. She can survive the dangers of the world by running, hiding, [[spoiler: and throwing a mirror shard at the Reaper.]]

** [[spoiler: Played straight in "Bevel's Painting." Once Bevel gives the brush to her other self, you now play as her. She has a different inventory.]]
** [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} in "Dead Inside." When Bevel stabs the heart with scissors, she turns into the other Bevel but keeps the items in her inventory.]]

** The crayons in [[spoiler:the SecretLevel]]

* KillItWithFire: A girl is seen hanging over a huge fire. [[spoiler: "And I'm Gone" ends with Bevel lighting her painting on fire, forever trapping her in the painted world.]]

** [[AllJustADream Long Dream]]: The easiest ending to get. [[spoiler: Achieved by exiting through the shed without the lit candle in possession. Bevel comes out of her painting absolutely exhausted.]]
** [[ShaggyDogStory Meaningless Illusion]]: The second easiest ending to get. [[spoiler: Achieved by exiting through the dirty door (or the clean door if you ignored other Bevel). Bevel enters and exits a locker. She is back in the real world, completely exhausted.]]

** {{Revenge}}: A DownerEnding that is in the same branch as the good endings. [[spoiler: Achieved by going through the four doors, ignoring the other Bevel, and leaving through the dirty door. Bevel gets a canvas scraper, returns to the real world, and kills the other Bevel and her friends.]]
** [[IJustWantToHaveFriends First and Last Friend]]: A good ending. [[spoiler: Achieved by going through the four doors and saying "right" when the other Bevel asks if they are friends. The Bevels make a toast to a new painting. Whether they are in the real world or the painting world is left ambiguous.]]
** [[SplitPersonalityMerge The Real Me]]: One of the best endings, and one of the two that actually shows the credits. [[spoiler:Achieved by going through the four doors, saying "wrong" when the other Bevel asks if they are friends, and leaving through the clean door. White-haired Bevel tells black-haired Bevel that they are the one and the same, and they merge. Bevel escapes through the canvas and finds herself in the real world, surrounded by her friends.]]

* OhCrap: Bevel's reaction when the Reaper shows up when [[spoiler: she puts the torn picture back together]] or [[spoiler: she leaves after looking in the mirror and finding the shed key]]. [[spoiler:Also in "A Rousing Success," in which Bevel finds herself cornered by the Reaper and the other Bevel.]] It's shown by her backing away or putting her hands on her head.

* SecretLevel: After getting [[spoiler:"Bevel's Painting"]], you are given a code that will begin the secret level. [[spoiler: It seems to be a direct continuation of the aforementioned ending, and completing it will result in a new ending.]]

* AmbiguousEnding: The endings that aren't {{Downer Ending}}s or {{Shaggy Dog Stor|y}}ies.

* CypherLanguage: Bevelese uses symbols in place of letters. [[spoiler: There's a file included with the download and a guide hidden in the Red World.]]

* DownerEnding: Lots of them.

* MysticalWhiteHair: The playable Bevel.
* OhCrap: Bevel's reaction when the Reaper shows up when [[spoiler: she puts the torn picture back together]] or [[spoiler: she leaves after looking in the mirror and finding the shed key]]. [[spoiler:Also in "A Rousing Success," in which Bevel finds herself cornered by the Reaper and the other Bevel.]]