History VideoGame / EpiphanyCity

* BewareTheSuperman: [[SupermanSubstitute Superb Man]], who is a CorruptCorporateExecutive with ''extremely'' CondescendingCompassion who has "you must not have achieved very much" his CatchPhrase. [[spoiler:It's not really ''that'' surprising when he becomes a FallenHero due to his entitlement.]]

''Epiphany City'' is a 2022 AdventureGame developed by Cameron Ladjevardi and David Elliot, released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and itch.io.

* HatePlague: [[spoiler:After Superb Man becomes corrupted and brings darkness upon the city, several citizens become depressed or apethetic. Rose in particular gets angry at Lily, and after Superb Man is defeated apologizes and says she felt compelled to say those mean things]].

* TraumaCongaLine: Happens to Lily in the prologue. First of all, only her mother and her best friend want to come to her birthday party, and then her mother announces that she's dying of a heart condition that they can't afford the surgery for. Despite Lily's efforts at commissions, she can't raise enough money, and damages her wrist from overworking herself. Then she enters a competition and paints a really good picture of Superb Man, only for him to dismiss it and choose a bad quality picture as the winner because the artist is the son of someone from an important company. Even worse, Lily keeps getting rejected from all the jobs she's applied to, and is evicted when she can't pay the rent. As she leaves to stay with her mother at Rose's house, her suitcase gets damaged. Then, after six months, her mother has died, and Rose isn't happy with Lily doing barely anything with her life due to her despair.

* BewareTheSuperman: [[SupermanStandIn Superb Man]], who is a CorruptCorporateExecutive with ''extremely'' CondescendingCompassion who has "you must not have achieved very much" his CatchPhrase. [[spoiler:It's not really ''that'' surprising when he becomes a FallenHero due to his entitlement.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The game autosaves after every puzzle you complete, and resets the puzzles if you leave the room should you mess up. There's also no point where you can get a Game Over, [[spoiler:later in the game, if you fail to stop Mischief or Kaiser's attacks then you just have to start the puzzle over, and the final battle is impossible to lose]].

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:It's implied that Mischief's father Kaiser abuses his son, as the latter is ''terrified'' of him and fears disappointing him in any way. Later in the game, when Mischief hesitates to fight Lily, Kaiser overwhelms and corrupts him with darkness so that he'll do it]].
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The game autosaves after every puzzle you complete, and resets the puzzles if you leave the room should you mess up. There's also no point where you can get a Game Over, [[later in the game, if you fail to stop Mischief or Kaiser's attacks then you just have to start the puzzle over, and the final battle is impossible to lose]].

** Mischief seems to be one of [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Lancer]], although it's unknown if this was intentional or not.

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:It's implied that Mischief's father Kaiser abuses his son, as the latter is ''terrified'' of him and fears disappointing him in any way. Later in the game, when Mischief hesitates to fight Lily, Kaiser overwhelms and corrupts him with darknes so that he'll do it]].

* TraumaCongaLine: Happens to Lily in the prologue. First of all, only her mother and her best friend want to come to her birthday party, and then her mother announces that she's dying of a heart condition that they can't afford the surgery for. Despite Lily's efforts at commissions, she can't raise enough money, and damages her wrist from overworking herself. Then she enters a competition and paints a really good picture of Superb Man, only for him to dismiss it and choose a bad quality picture as the winner because the artist is the son of someone from an important company. Even worse, Lily keeps getting rejected from all the jobs she's applied to, and evicted when she can't pay the rent. As she leaves to stay with her mother at Rose's house, her suitcase gets damaged. Then, after six months, her mother has died, and Rose isn't happy with Lily doing barely anything with her life due to her despair.

* Expy:

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:It's implied that Mischief's father abuses his son, as the latter is ''terrified'' of him and fears disappointing him in any way]].

* ChekhovsGun: The running gag of reading the prophecy upside-down became crucial in the endgame, as [[spoiler:this causes it to be rewritten and ''actually'' describe the game's events]].

* JerkassHasAPoint: As unfair as Lily's situation is, Superb Man ''is'' right in saying she stole the powers he was supposed to have.

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: [[spoiler:The Dark Forest includes combat-oriented button-pushing minigames that must be completed quickly and precisely]].

* MoonLogicPuzzle: Due to how the game works, several puzzles are solved in unintuitive ways, usually involving the shape of objects mimicking another--the Ocean Flower, for example, is discovered by placing 4 unrelated setpieces together in such a way that, when combined with a setting sun for the middle piece, they become a flower.

* RealityWarping: Using the magic picture frames, Lily can alter objects around her and reshape the world, such as rotating a clock to change the actual time of day.

Lily is an artist who seems to have everything going for her, until her mother becomes ill. After a failed attempt to save her mom's life via crowdfunding and commissions, she seems to have hit rock bottom, living at her friend Rose's apartment after falling into a deep depression. The only joy in her life comes from idolizing the town superhero, Superb Man, and when she has to give up a chance to see him, Lily loses all hope...until she finds a mysterious prophecy that enhances innate abilities.

* BlackComedy: Lily's misfortunes, such as a montage of not being picked for job interviews, being kicked out of her apartment, hurting her wrist to the point of her hand comically falling off, and having her mom candidly talk about dying, are played for dark humor.

* FailureHero: Lily initially fails at everything she tries to do, mainly due to circumstances beyond her control.

* JerkassHasAPoint: As unfair as Lily's situation is, Superb man ''is'' right in saying she stole the powers he was supposed to have.

* SuperEmpowering: The superpowers Lily receives enhance her existing abilities as an artist, while Superb Man's powers enhanced his charisma, looks, and strength as he was a former personal trainer.

* EmbarrassingRealName: Superb man's real name is Herbert, much to his chagrin.