History VideoGame / DinkSmallwood

* AllMythsAreTrue: "Joppa Isle doesn't exist, it's just a story for kids."
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Goblins.

* BottomlessMagazines: You never run out of arrows in the game
* BrokenBridge: Literally.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu

* GirlNextDoor: Libby.
* [[spoiler:InfantImmortality: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] The Dead Dragon Carcass Cult is made of what appear to be young girls, though they turn out to be demonic shapeshifters, transforming into Boncas after you reveal yourself. A more straightforward example is that Mary, the young girl being held hostage, can be caught in the crossfire, costing you the quest [[NonStandardGameOver (and your life)]] if she dies. [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential You can off your gossipy neighbor with no consequence, though.]]]]

* {{Mordor}}: The Darklands.

* [[spoiler:SoundtrackDissonance: During the boss fight with the demonized Bishop Nelson’s Dead Dragon Carcass Cult, your fight for your life is accented by...Blue Danube.]]

--->'''Man''': What the hell are you doing?
--->'''Dink''': What do you mean?
--->'''Man''': I mean you just barging in here, no knocking, nothing! What's with that?
--->'''Dink''': (''pause'') And there's like... something WRONG with that?

* SurrealHumor: The game presents itself as a boilerplate fantasy game but then it's full of bizarre non-sequiters and unexpected stabs of black comedy. This is first seen when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Dink chastises his neighbor's pet duck to return home after running off]], [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext whereupon the duck says "Bite me."]] Dink can also do and say some decidedly unheroic things that are played for absurd comedy.

* SurrealHumor: The game presents itself as a boilerplate fantasy game but then it's full of bizarre non-sequiters and unexpected stabs of black comedy.

->'''Dink''': I'm NOT a pig farmer! \\

''Dink Smallwood'' is a Comedy RolePlayingGame, telling the standard tale of [[FarmBoy a farm boy]] who dreams of becoming a mighty warrior, after Dink receives a visit from a local wizard. Dink's house burna in a fire, killing his mother and beginning his [[TheHerosJourney epic]] and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] journey to save the kingdom from cults, rogue knights, goblins, famine, and an ancient who destroyed all other ancients. Also, let's not forget the [[DieChairDie evil furniture.]]

* AssholeVictim: You unlce, Jack, is consistently rude to you and abuses his wide Maria. If you decide to beat him to death,hee stays dead for the rest of the game without any effect the plot. In fact, your aunt gets over it in a minute.

* DomesticAbuse: Dink sees his aunt Maria being beaten by her husband, which he apparenlty does a lot.

* IncestSubtext: Aftet killing her abusive husband, you suggest to your aunt Maria sharing a bed with her because yours is too small. She refuses for obvious reasons, with Dink only responding with "And?"

''Dink Smallwood'' is a Comedy RolePlayingGame, tellinf the standard tale of [[FarmBoy a farm boy]] who dreams of becoming a mighty warrior. After Dink receives a visit from a local wizard, Dink's mother and house burn in a fire, beginning his [[TheHerosJourney epic]] and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] journey to save the kingdom from cults, rogue knights, goblins, famine, and an ancient who destroyed all other ancients. Also, let's not forget the [[DieChairDie evil furniture.]]

The game was made by Seth Robinson of Robinson Technologies in 1997, and was originally sold in stores, with a shareware version online. In 1999, Seth released the game as freeware, and can be downloaded [[http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/download.htm here]]. Even later, ''Dink'' became open source (using a variant of the license of zlib) in hopes of making it available on more systems. (If your operating system isn't supported by official freeware version, there may be a version of ''[[http://www.freedink.org/ GNU FreeDink]]'', which replaces all components not covered by the zlib-like license, available.)

The game also includes tools,l for creating new adventures for Dink called "D-Mods". One D-Mod, Mystery Island, which was also created by Seth, is included with the official release of the game (''GNU [=FreeDink=]'' users will need to install it separately using the included [=DFArc=] utility). Other D-Mods, along with the bulk of the ''Dink'' community, can be found at [[http://www.dinknetwork.com/ The Dink Network]].

* BottomlessMagazines: The arrow version.

* CosmicDeadline: the second half of the game is markedly less polished than the first parts.

** AssholeVictim: You can kill [[spoiler:your abusive uncle]]. He stays dead for the rest of the game and this does not affect the plot.

* IncestSubtext: You get very close to your aunt Maria after saving her from her abusive husband. You are even able to suggest sharing a bed with her because yours is too small. Though unsurprisingly, she refuses.
* JerkJock: Milder Flatstomp. [[spoiler: While Dink is questing, Milder wins a jousting tournament and becomes a knight.]]

* NewsTravelsFast

* IncestSubtext: You get very close to your aunt Maria after saving her from her abusive husband. You are able to suggest sharing a bed with her because yours is too small.
* JerkJock - Milder Flatstomp. [[spoiler: While Dink is questing, Milder wins a jousting tournament and becomes a knight.]]

* PlayingWithFire: The first spell Dink learns is a fireball spell, and some trees are flammable [[spoiler:and hide underground treasure troves]].

''Dink Smallwood'' tells the [[Website/TheRPGClichesGame standard 32-bit RPG tale]] of [[FarmBoy a farm boy]] who dreams of becoming a mighty warrior. After Dink receives a visit from a local wizard and Dink's mother and house burn in a fire, Dink begins his [[TheHerosJourney epic]] and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] journey to save the kingdom from cults, rogue knights, goblins, famine, and an ancient who destroyed all other ancients. Also, lets not forget the [[DieChairDie evil furniture.]]

''Dink Smallwood'' was made by Seth Robinson of Robinson Technologies in 1997, and was originally sold in stores, with a shareware version online. In 1999, Seth released the game as freeware, and can be downloaded [[http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/download.htm here]]. Even later, ''Dink'' became open sourced (using a variant of the license of zlib) in hopes of making it available on more systems. (If your operating system isn't supported by official freeware version, there may be a version of ''[[http://www.freedink.org/ GNU FreeDink]]'', which replaces all components not covered by the zlib-like license, available.)

''Dink Smallwood'' is also notable for having a game development system right alongside the game, for creating new adventures for ''Dink'' called "D-Mods". One D-Mod, Mystery Island, which was also created by Seth, is included with the official release of the game (''GNU [=FreeDink=]'' users will need to install it separately using the included [=DFArc=] utility). Other D-Mods, along with the bulk of the ''Dink'' community, can be found at [[http://www.dinknetwork.com/ The Dink Network]].

* DomesticAbuse: Dink sees his aunt Maria being beaten by her husband.
* [[strike:DoomedHometown]] [[DoomedHometown Doomed Home]]

* GameMod - Fan-made adventures ("D-MODS") are still produced to this day.

* PortTown: Averted. A city called [=PortTown=] is mentioned several times, but it is never seen in game.

* SwordFight

* YouALLLookFamiliar

* RushJob: the second half of the game is markedly less polished than the first parts.

** AssholeVictim: You can kill [[spoiler:your abusive uncle]].

* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Your various attacks can be used on [=NPCs=] as well as monsters. Effects vary from crying for mercy to outright murder. And that's not counting the harm you can do with words alone...

''Dink Smallwood'' is also notable for having a game development system right alongside the game, for creating new adventures for ''Dink'' called "D-Mods". One D-Mod, Mystery Island, which was also created by Seth, is included with the official release of the game (''GNU [=FreeDink=]'' users will need to install it separately using [=DFArc=]). Other D-Mods, along with the bulk of the ''Dink'' community, can be found at [[http://www.dinknetwork.com/ The Dink Network]].

''Dink Smallwood'' is also notable for having a game development system right alongside the game, for creating new adventures for ''Dink'' called "D-Mods". One D-Mod, Mystery Island, which was also created by Seth, is included with the official release of the game (''GNU [=FreeDink=]'' users will need to install it separately). Other D-Mods, along with the bulk of the ''Dink'' community, can be found at [[http://www.dinknetwork.com/ The Dink Network]].

''Dink Smallwood'' was made by Seth Robinson of Robinson Technologies in 1997, and was originally sold in stores, with a shareware version online. In 1999, Seth released the game as freeware, and can be downloaded [[http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/download.htm here]]. Even later, Dink became open sourced (using a variant of the license of zlib) in hopes of making it available on more systems. (If your operating system isn't supported by official freeware version, there may be a version of ''[[http://www.freedink.org/ GNU FreeDink]]'', which replaces all components not covered by the zlib-like license, available.)

''Dink Smallwood'' is also notable for having a game development system right alongside the game, for creating new adventures for Dink called "D-Mods". One D-Mod, Mystery Island, which was also created by Seth, is included with the official release of the game (''GNU [=FreeDink=]'' users will need to install it separately). Other D-Mods, along with the bulk of the Dink community, can be found at [[http://www.dinknetwork.com/ The Dink Network]].

''Dink Smallwood'' was made by Seth Robinson of Robinson Technologies in 1997, and was originally sold in stores, with a shareware version online. In 1999, Seth released the game as freeware, and can be downloaded [[http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/download.htm here]]. Even later, Dink became open sourced (using a variant of the license of zlib) in hopes of making it available on more systems. (If your operating system isn't supported by official freeware version, there may be a version of [[http://www.freedink.org/ GNU FreeDink]], which replaces all components not covered by the zlib-like license, available.)

''Dink Smallwood'' is also notable for having a game development system right alongside the game, for creating new adventures for Dink called "D-Mods". One D-Mod, Mystery Island, which was also created by Seth, is included with the original game. Other D-Mods, along with the bulk of the Dink community, can be found at [[http://www.dinknetwork.com/ The Dink Network]].

''Dink Smallwood'' was made by Seth Robinson of Robinson Technologies in 1997, and was originally sold in stores, with a shareware version online. In 1999, Seth released the game as freeware, and can be downloaded [[http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/download.htm here]]. (If your operating system isn't supported by the version on there, there may be a version of [[http://www.freedink.org/ GNU FreeDink]] available.) Even later, Dink became open sourced in hopes of making it available on more systems.

''Dink Smallwood'' was made by Seth Robinson of Robinson Technologies in 1997, and was originally sold in stores, with a shareware version online. In 1999, Seth released the game as freeware, and can be downloaded [[http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/download.htm here]]. Even later, Dink became open sourced in hopes of making it available on more systems.

''Dink Smallwood'' tells the [[TheRPGClichesGame standard 32-bit RPG tale]] of [[FarmBoy a farm boy]] who dreams of becoming a mighty warrior. After Dink receives a visit from a local wizard and Dink's mother and house burn in a fire, Dink begins his [[TheHerosJourney epic]] and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] journey to save the kingdom from cults, rogue knights, goblins, famine, and an ancient who destroyed all other ancients. Also, lets not forget the [[DieChairDie evil furniture.]]

* FailOSuckyname: Dink Smallwood.

''DinkSmallwood'' tells the [[TheRPGClichesGame standard 32-bit RPG tale]] of [[FarmBoy a farm boy]] who dreams of becoming a mighty warrior. After Dink receives a visit from a local wizard and Dink's mother and house burn in a fire, Dink begins his [[TheHerosJourney epic]] and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] journey to save the kingdom from cults, rogue knights, goblins, famine, and [[spoiler:an ancient who destroyed all other ancients. Also, lets not forget the [[DieChairDie evil furniture.]]]]

Examples of tropes from Dink Smallwood:

* [[spoiler:AuthorAvatar: As a FinalBoss, nonetheless!]]

* MemeticMutation: The Dead Dragon Carcass needing sacrifices on [[http://www.dinknetwork.com/ The Dink Network]].

* YouALLLookFamiliar

* [[spoiler:AuthorAvatar: As a FinalBoss, noneless!]]
* BigNo: when Dink sees his burning house and his mother in it.