History VideoGame / Contrast

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Disney's Film/MaryPoppins is (indirectly) referenced by Didi at one point. In 1923. Nine years before even the book it was based on was released. This could be case of AlternateHistory.
* BlatantLies: Kat claims to Didi the gun she had was a toy. If you don't let Didi intervene the argument in time, you will know that it isn't.

* FairytaleMotifs: The Princess Puppet show's story mirrors the game's own story. The king worrying for the princess represents Johnny and how concerned he is for his wife and daughter's well-being. He employs a knight to help, just as Johnny asks Vincenzo to help him in his [[GetRichQuickScheme show]]. While not as helpless as the knight in the story, Vincenzo proves unhelpful when he initially refuses to help out of pride. So just like the princess, Didi and Dawn [[DamselOutOfDistress help Johnny's show instead]].

** You realize that no one is able to get to Vencenzo's lab aside from Dawn using her shadow powers. [[spoiler: Revealing that one requires shadow powers to access the lab]].

* GetRichQuickScheme: A big part of Johnny's backstory is that he's engaged in many such schemes to support his family. His lack of success, and the fact that this tends to put him in debt to some very bad people is the main reason why Kat kicked him out.
* GlorifiedSpermDonor: A partial aversion. [[spoiler:By the end of the story, Didi and Vincenzo are on good terms, but she still cares more about Johnny as a dad, and is happier to have him back in her life than her biological father.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Despite how cruel Vencenzo is to Didi, such as telling her straight to her face he never wanted a kid, he is 100% right about it. He knew full well he was not father material from giving a child support to being too busy to spend any time with a child. He even makes a point to Johnny that letting Didi stay with the magician would be a bad idea, given Vencenzo's work takes him to dangerous, far away places.]]
* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: Vincenzo reveals to be one. At first when Didi manages to get into his workshop and tells her who she is he flat out accuses that her mother put her up to this and he never wanted a child right to Didi's face. However by the end of the game he reveals that he actually does care for her to which he had sent his former assistant Dawn look after her.]]

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Vincenzo's reason for being in the circus as he is in debt.

* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite Didi's cheerful outlook, it is clear in her dialog that she is well aware of her parents are at a rocky point, money problems, her father's habit of messing up, and that [[spoiler:her real father is Vincenzo]].

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Despite being apparently a figment of Didi's imagination, Dawn is in fact a very real adult woman who just happens to dress like a showgirl, be completely silent, is capable of acrobatics worthy of a ninja, and is able to magically disappear into the shadows. This actually makes perfect sense, given that she belongs to the one profession in the world where all these talents are legitimate job qualifications- a magician's stage assistant.]]

The game was initially released on November 15, 2013, for Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/Xbox360 and [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], with the Platform/PlayStation3 release following on November 19. The game was also ported onto UsefulNotes/XboxOne on June 26, 2014. Pre-orders came with a theatre-style "programme" featuring a cast of characters, concept art and behind the scenes notes.

The game was initially released on November 15, 2013, for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/Xbox360 and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], with the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 release following on November 19. The game was also ported onto UsefulNotes/XboxOne on June 26, 2014. Pre-orders came with a theatre-style "programme" featuring a cast of characters, concept art and behind the scenes notes.

* LivingShadow: Dawn can become one at will, and it is the core mechanic of the game.

%%* SexyWalk: Dawn and Kat.
%%* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Kat does this during her performance.

%%* ShesGotLegs: Dawn has incredibly long, slim legs.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: You realize that no one is able to get to Vencenzo's lab aside from Dawn using her shadow powers. [[spoiler: Revealing that one requires shadow powers to access the lab]].

* TheVoiceless: Dawn never says a word.
** VoiceForTheVoiceless: Didi.

The game was initially released on November 15th, 2013, for UsefulNotes/Playstation4, UsefulNotes/Xbox360 and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], with the UsefulNotes/Playstation3 release following on November 19th. The game was also ported onto UsefulNotes/XboxOne on June 26th, 2014. Pre-orders came with a theatre-style "programme" featuring a cast of characters, concept art and behind the scenes notes.

** One of the pirate sayings Dawn does on the ride is [[Disney/PeterPan Second star to the right, and straight on till morning]].

* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Despite how cruel Vencenzo is to Didi, such as telling her straight to her face he never wanted a kid, he is 100% right about it. He knew full well he was not father material from giving a child support to being too busy to spend any time with a child.]]

''Contrast'' is a puzzle-platform game developed by Creator/CompulsionGames. Set in a 1920s styled, jazz themed world, players take the role of Dawn, a mysterious invisible woman who has the power to become a shadow on the wall, and use the shadows as platforms. Only Didi, a young girl whom Dawn aids and protects, can see her.

Pre-orders came with a theatre-style "programme" featuring a cast of characters, concept art and behind the scenes notes.
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** VoiceForTheVoiceless: Didi.

* BlatantLies: Kat claims to Didi the gun she had was a toy. If you don't let Didi in in time, you will know that it isn't.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Disney's MaryPoppins is (indirectly) referenced by Didi at one point. In 1923. Nine years before even the book it was based on was released. This could be case of AlternateHistory.

* ThrowItIn: An in-universe version. During the Princess Puppet Show, Johnny asks the audience what the princess did to get past a pit full of spikes. Didi suggests she used an umbrella like MaryPoppins. Dawn does just that.

** One of the pirate sayings Dawn does on the ride is [[PeterPan Second star to the right, and straight on till morning]].

* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Didi.

* BadassPrincess: The princess in the circus story (played by Dawn) has to keep rescuing her DistressedDude knight in shining armor.

* DisappearedDad: Johnny though not by choice.

* HighClassGloves: Dawn wears 'em. In fact, she never, ever takes them off.

* NonstandardGameOver: "Unfortunately, she impaled herself on the bamboo. Wait, that's not what happened!" *game over music*

* SexyWalk: Dawn and Kat.
* ShesGotLegs: Dawn has incredibly long, slim legs.
* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Kat does this during her performance.

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: The Lighthouse. It takes pretty much everything you have learned up to that point to pass it.
* TheVoiceless: Dawn.

''Contrast'' is a puzzle-platform game developed by Compulsion Games. Set in a 1920s styled, jazz themed world, players take the role of Dawn, a mysterious invisible woman who has the power to become a shadow on the wall, and use the shadows as platforms. Only Didi, a young girl whom Dawn aids and protects, can see her.

* CutHimselfShaving: Johnny claims his finger was broken by falling down some stairs.