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



* OperaGloves: Dawn wears 'em. In fact, she never, ever takes them off.
** The art style makes it unclear whether they are leather or nylon.
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** In glass cases in Vincenzo's secret lab, you can find a miniature warp core from [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration the Enterprise-D]], and [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800's hand]].

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** In glass cases in Vincenzo's secret lab, you can find a miniature warp core from [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration the Enterprise-D]], [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker's lightsaber]] and [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800's hand]].
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* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Many of the actions one takes the other characters will comment on in the game. Jump on Didi's shadow on the merry-go-round? Didi will apologize for getting in the way. Fail to open the door to have Didi stop the argument with her parents? [[spoiler: Kat will accidentally shoot Johnny]].

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* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: DevelopersForesight: Many of the actions one takes the other characters will comment on in the game. Jump on Didi's shadow on the merry-go-round? Didi will apologize for getting in the way. Fail to open the door to have Didi stop the argument with her parents? [[spoiler: Kat will accidentally shoot Johnny]].
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** There's a miniature warp core from [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: The Next Generation]] in a glass case in Vincenzo's secret lab.

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** There's In glass cases in Vincenzo's secret lab, you can find a miniature warp core from [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: The Next Generation]] in a glass case in Vincenzo's secret lab.the Enterprise-D]], and [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800's hand]].
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** There's a miniature warp core from [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration]] in a glass case in Vincenzo's secret lab.

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** There's a miniature warp core from [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration]] [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: The Next Generation]] in a glass case in Vincenzo's secret lab.
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Found a cool thing.

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** There's a miniature warp core from [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration]] in a glass case in Vincenzo's secret lab.
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''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 can see her, a young girl whom Dawn aids and protects.

Together they unravel the secrets of Didi's family: her mother, Kat, a rising star lounge singer and her father, Johnny, a con man in debt to the wrong people.

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''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 can see her, Didi, a young girl whom Dawn aids and protects.protects, can see her.

Together they unravel the secrets of Didi's family: her mother, Kat, a rising star lounge singer and her father, Kat's ex-husband Johnny, a con man in debt to the wrong people.
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\"Remember that a Shout Out must be deliberate on the part of the authors; simply resembling something from another work is not sufficient, and the very existence of tropes and popular culture means that it\'s natural for resemblances to appear without any intent on the part of the authors. Just because two characters use similar unusual weapons or wear similarly-shaped sunglasses doesn\'t mean one is a reference to the other; just because two plots are similar doesn\'t mean there\'s actually any connection between them. Small Reference Pools can also lead people to see shout-outs where none exist because their own favorite things loom large in their mind. A true shout-out is intended to be noticed, so if there\'s any doubt, it\'s probably just a coincidence. \"


** The city resembles [[VideoGame/{{Dishonored}} the void]]
** There will always be a lighthouse, a man, and a city. There are so many shout outs to the ''Franchise/BioShock'' series that it is close to fanfiction.
*** Didi looks very similar to Elizabeth.
*** The city seems to flow in the sky.
*** The Art Deco style is similar to that of Rapture.
*** Vincenzo visually resembles Sander Cohen [[spoiler:And he uses the shadows like Elizabeth the tears.]]
*** Vincenzos act produces a shadow that looks like a cartoonized handyman.
*** [[spoiler:The multiverse is a plot point.]]
*** [[spoiler:Dawns existence is similar to that of the Lutece twins.]]
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* 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.
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Silly rollercoaster maintenance techniques.

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* PercussiveMaintenance + HaveYouTriedRebooting: The rollercoaster has some major design flaws that prevent it from operating. You fix it by shooting cannonballs at malfunctioning parts and then turning it off and on again.
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* SceneryPorn: The game does a great job with the detail of its levels.
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* Operagloves: Dawn wears 'em. In fact, she never, ever takes them off.

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



* SexyWalk: Dawn.

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* SexyWalk: Dawn.Dawn and Kat.
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* 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.]]
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* {{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]].

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

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* LivingShadow: Dawn can become one at will, and it is the core mechanic of the game.game.
** Characters apart from Dawn and Didi appear this way as well, though it's implied this is only Dawn's perception of them rather than reality.

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* Operagloves: Dawn wears 'em. In fact, she never, ever takes them off.
** The art style makes it unclear whether they are leather or nylon.



** Operagloves: Dawn wears 'em. In fact, she never takes them off.
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**Operagloves: Dawn wears 'em. In fact, she never takes them off.
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* 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 her real father is Vincenzo.

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* 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 her [[spoiler:her real father is Vincenzo.Vincenzo]].

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Money Dear Boy -> Only In It For The Money


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


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

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* TheReveal: [[Spoiler: [[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.]]
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*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.]]

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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: Her mother, Kat, a rising star lounge singer and her father, Johnny, a con man in debt to the wrong people.

Preorders came with a theatre-style "programme" featuring a cast of characters, concept art and behind the scenes notes.

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''Contrast'' is a puzzle-platformer puzzle-platform game developed by Compulsion Games. Set in a 1920's 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 can see her, a young girl whom Dawn aids and protects.

Together they unravel the secrets of Didi's family: Her her mother, Kat, a rising star lounge singer and her father, Johnny, a con man in debt to the wrong people.

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



* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Didi

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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: DidiDidi.



* 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.

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



* 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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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: At the end of the game 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]].



* SexyWalk: Dawn

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* SexyWalk: DawnDawn.



** One of the achievements is [[BanjoKazooie No Backpack Bird Needed]].

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** One of the achievements is [[BanjoKazooie [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie No Backpack Bird Needed]].



** There will always be a lighthouse, a man, and a city. There are so many shout outs to the Bioshock Series that it is close to fanfiction
*** Didi looks very similar to Elizabeth
*** The city seems to flow in the sky
*** The Art Deco style is similar to that of Rapture
*** Vincenzo visually resembles Sander Cohen [[spoiler:And he uses the shadows like Elizabeth the tears]]

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** There will always be a lighthouse, a man, and a city. There are so many shout outs to the Bioshock Series ''Franchise/BioShock'' series that it is close to fanfiction
fanfiction.
*** Didi looks very similar to Elizabeth
Elizabeth.
*** The city seems to flow in the sky
sky.
*** The Art Deco style is similar to that of Rapture
Rapture.
*** Vincenzo visually resembles Sander Cohen [[spoiler:And he uses the shadows like Elizabeth the tears]]tears.]]



*** [[spoiler:The multiverse is a plot point]]
*** [[spoiler:Dawns existence is similar to that of the Lutece twins]]
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite Didi's cheerful outlook, it is clear in her dialog that she is well aware of her parent's are at a rocky point, money problems, her father's habit of messing up, and that her real father is Vincenzo.

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*** [[spoiler:The multiverse is a plot point]]
point.]]
*** [[spoiler:Dawns existence is similar to that of the Lutece twins]]
twins.]]
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite Didi's cheerful outlook, it is clear in her dialog that she is well aware of her parent's parents are at a rocky point, money problems, her father's habit of messing up, and that her real father is Vincenzo.



* 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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* ThrowItIn: An In Universe 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.



* TheVoiceless: Dawn
** VoiceForTheVoiceless: Didi

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* TheVoiceless: Dawn
Dawn.
** VoiceForTheVoiceless: DidiDidi.
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*** The Art Deko style is similar to that of Rapture

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*** The Art Deko Deco style is similar to that of Rapture
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*** Vincenzo visually resembles Sander Cohen [[spoiler:And he uses the shadows like Elizabeth the tears]]
*** Vincenzos act produces a shadow that looks like a cartoonized handyman.
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** There will always be a lighthouse, a Man, and a City. There are so many shout outs to the Bioshock Series that it is close to fanfiction

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** There will always be a lighthouse, a Man, man, and a City.city. There are so many shout outs to the Bioshock Series that it is close to fanfiction
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** The city resembles [[VideoGame/{{Dishonored}} the void]]
** There will always be a lighthouse, a Man, and a City. There are so many shout outs to the Bioshock Series that it is close to fanfiction
*** Didi looks very similar to Elizabeth
*** The city seems to flow in the sky
*** The Art Deko style is similar to that of Rapture
*** [[spoiler:The multiverse is a plot point]]
*** [[spoiler:Dawns existence is similar to that of the Lutece twins]]
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* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite Didi's cheerful outlook, it is clear in her dialog that she is well aware of her parent's are at a rocky point, money problems, and that her real father is Vincenzo.

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* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite Didi's cheerful outlook, it is clear in her dialog that she is well aware of her parent's are at a rocky point, money problems, her father's habit of messing up, and that her real father is Vincenzo.
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* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite Didi's cheerful outlook, it is clear in her dialog that she is well aware of her parent's are at a rocky point, money problems, and that her real father is Vincenzo.
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** You can find the [[DoctorWho TARDIS]] right outside the theatre, behind a gate.

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** You can find the [[DoctorWho [[Series/DoctorWho TARDIS]] right outside the theatre, behind a gate.
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* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Many of the actions one takes the other characters will comment on in the game. Jump on Didi's shadow on the merry-go-round? Didi will apologize for getting in the way. Fail to open the door to have Didi stop the argument with her parents? [[spoiler: Kat will accidentally shoot Johnny]].

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