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* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Dawn receives no damage no matter how high she falls from.
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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Dawn never "dies". If she falls off the level she pops back with no penalty and in the princess puppet show she just gets knocked out and can go right back in.
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* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: The Lighthouse. It takes pretty much everything you have learned up to that point to pass it.
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* MundaneUtility: [[spoiler: Vincenzo uses his power to go between dimensions to assist in his magic act.]]
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* UndyingLoyalty: Dawn does whatever Didi asks her to, without question. [[spoiler: This may be an extension of loyalty to her former partner Vincenzo, as Didi is his daughter.]]
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* UndyingLoyalty: Dawn does whatever Didi asks her to, without question. [[spoiler: This may be an extension of loyalty to her former partner Vincenzo, as Didi is his daughter.]]]]
* VoicelessProtagonist: Dawn
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* VoicelessProtagonist: Dawn
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* BlantantLies: 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.
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* 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.
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* BlantantLies: 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.
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** [[spoiler: This also happens if you do not open the door to let Didi stop her parents' argument. Kat will accidentally shoot Johnny and kill him]].
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* CutHimselfShaving: Johnny claims his finger was broken by falling down some stairs.
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* MoneyDearBoy: Vincenzo's reason for being in the circus as he is in debt.
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* DisappearingDad: Johnny though not by choice.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: At the end of the game Johnny tries to do this as he tries to convince Vincenzo to look after Kat and Didi since he is Didi's real father and Johnny believes he will just get them hurt one day. All three manage to talk him out of this]].
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*AdorablyCuteChild: Didi
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Didi refers to Dawn as an "acrobat" in connection to her platforming abilities. [[spoiler: We later learn that she was a magician's assistant, which presumably involved some acrobatics.]]
* ConMan: Johnny has a history of this, which has landed him some bad connections.
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Didi refers to Dawn as an "acrobat" in connection to her platforming abilities.abilities as well as being able to lift giant cannonballs and boxes. [[spoiler: We later learn that she was a magician's assistant, which presumably involved some acrobatics.]]
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* 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.]]
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** One of the pirate sayings Dawn does on the ride is [[PeterPan Second star to the right, and straight on till morning]].
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* ImaginaryFriend: This is what the adults think Dawn is to Didi. Kat even tries to convince the authorities that it's perfectly normal for little girls to have imaginary friends like that.
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* BadassPrincess: The princess in the circus story (played by Dawn) has to keep rescuing her DistressedDude knight in shining armor.
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* ShoutOut: You can find the [[DoctorWho TARDIS]] right outside the theatre, behind a gate.
** The princess puppet play is also a stylistic one to ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}''
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** You can find the [[DoctorWho TARDIS]] right outside the theatre, behind a gate.
** The princess puppet play is also a stylistic one to''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}''''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}''.
** One of the achievements is "[[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Now that's thinking with shadows!]]"
** You can find the [[DoctorWho TARDIS]] right outside the theatre, behind a gate.
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** One of the achievements is "[[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Now that's thinking with shadows!]]"
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* NonstandardGameOver: "And then, she impaled herself on bamboo. Wait, that's not what happened!" *game over music*
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* HotMom: Didi's mother, Kat.
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* 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.]]
* 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.]]
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* ShesGotLegs: Dawn has incredibly long, slim legs.
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* SuperpowerfulGenetics: [[spoiler: Didi gets her ability to perceive the shadow dimension Dawn is in from her father, Vincenzo.]]
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* {{Burlesque}}: Didi's mom engages in this. Also forms a major part of the game aesthetic.
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Didi refers to Dawn as an "acrobat" in connection to her platforming abilities. [[spoiler: We later learn that she was a magician's assistant, which presumably involved some acrobatics.]]
* HeroicMime: Dawn has neither dialogue nor personality, though she does have some backstory.
* InTheBlood: [[spoiler: Didi has an affinity for the shadow dimension, just like her father Vincenzo.]]
* InTheBlood: [[spoiler: Didi has an affinity for the shadow dimension, just like her father Vincenzo.]]
* MindScrewdriver: The final act provides a quick explanation for the shadow shenanigans.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Dawn does whatever Didi asks her to, without question. [[spoiler: This may be an extension of loyalty to her former partner Vincenzo, as Didi is his daughter.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Dawn does whatever Didi asks her to, without question. [[spoiler: This may be an extension of loyalty to her former partner Vincenzo, as Didi is his daughter.]]
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* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Kat does this during her performance.
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* ShoutOut: You can find the [[DoctorWho TARDIS]] right outside the theatre, behind a gate.
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Preorders came with a theatre-style "programme" featuring a cast of characters. characters, concept art and behind the scenes notes.
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Kat is a professional singer and a rising star. She gives a performance early in the game.
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* LoanShark: Johnny is in debt to one, whose goons break his finger to send the message that his plan to pay them back better succeed.
* LoveableRogue:Johnny.
The exact words used to describe Johnny in the cast list in the programme.
* LovelyAssistant: [[spoiler: Dawn. Before she was trapped in the shadow dimension, she was Vincenzo's assistant in his magic acts.]]
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''Contrast'' is a puzzle-platformer game developed by Compulsion Games. Set in a 1920's 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 can see her, a young girl whom Dawn aids and protects. Together they unravel the secrets of Didi's family.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Dawn and her shadow form.]]
''Contrast'' is a puzzle-platformer game developed by Compulsion Games. Set in a 1920's 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 can see her, a young girl whom Dawn aids and protects.
Together they unravel the secrets of Didi'sfamily.
family: Her mother, Kat, a rising star lounge singer and her father, Johnny, a con man in debt to the wrong people.
[[caption-width-right:350:Dawn and her shadow form.]]
''Contrast'' is a puzzle-platformer game developed by Compulsion Games. Set in a 1920's 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 can see her, a young girl whom Dawn aids and protects.
Together they unravel the secrets of Didi's
* ConMan: Johnny.
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* LoveableRogue: Johnny.
* LovelyAssistant: [[spoiler: Dawn.]]
* TheRoaringTwenties: When the game is set. Heavily uses the art style and music associated with thetimes.times.
* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Kat does this during her performance.
* StageMagician: Vincenzo.
* LovelyAssistant: [[spoiler: Dawn.]]
* TheRoaringTwenties: When the game is set. Heavily uses the art style and music associated with the
* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Kat does this during her performance.
* StageMagician: Vincenzo.
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''Contrast'' is a puzzle-platformer game developed by Compulsion Games. Set in a 1920's 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 can see her, a young girl whom Dawn aids and protects. Together they unravel the secrets of Didi's family.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* TheChanteuse: Kat.
* InvisibleToNormals: Only Didi can see Dawn. Also inverted, as Dawn can only see Didi - other people can only be seen by their shadows.
* LastSecondWordSwap: [[spoiler: "She used the magic mushrooms to get high...er up."]]
* LivingShadow: Dawn can become one at will.
* TheRoaringTwenties: When the game is set. Heavily uses the art style and music associated with the times.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* TheChanteuse: Kat.
* InvisibleToNormals: Only Didi can see Dawn. Also inverted, as Dawn can only see Didi - other people can only be seen by their shadows.
* LastSecondWordSwap: [[spoiler: "She used the magic mushrooms to get high...er up."]]
* LivingShadow: Dawn can become one at will.
* TheRoaringTwenties: When the game is set. Heavily uses the art style and music associated with the times.
