History VideoGame / EverybodyEditsFlash

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: There are no consequences for the player if their character dies, except a small two second wait while the [[DigitalAvatar smiley]] [[MadeOfExplodium explodes]] and respawns to the most recent {{checkpoint}}. How punishing this is depends on the world. Some worlds are rather cruel, giving the player [[CheckpointStarvation no checkpoints over long stretches of challenges]]. Others--especially the linear, [[NintendoHard very demanding]] types of worlds--will place a checkpoint after each challenge, meaning that checkpoints will sometimes bring the player back less than half a minute of play, or even a few seconds. These types of worlds can easily get a dedicated player hundreds, if not thousands of deaths in a single play session.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Bruce is based off Creator/BruceCampbell. The character debuted with a blog post titling him a Zombie Slayer, [[ShoutOut referencing Campbell's role]] as the zombie slayer [[Characters/EvilDeadAshWilliams Ash Williams]] in the ''Film/EvilDead'' franchise.

''Everybody Edits'', [[{{Retronym}} retroactively known as]] ''Everybody Edits Flash'', is the first installment of the ''VideoGame/EverybodyEdits'' series of online {{Level Editor}}s with DropInDropOutMultiplayer. It began in 2010, when Danish game developer Chris Benjaminsen made a simple game and would continue to expand on it.

* AscendedMeme: Users jokingly called original design of the Astronaut Smiley the "Fishbowl Astronaut" on the official forums when they petitioned for its return. The Staff brought it back as the FishbowlHelmet Smiley.

* CityGuards: The Policeman smiley comes with a blue police cap, a serious expression, and a uniquely blue color on the LevelMapDisplay.

* ColorCodedWizardry: The wizard smileys have colored headgear depending on the element they represent, though being {{Digital Avatar}}s we don't get to see their wizardry in action.

* ADogNamedDog: A few smilies are based off animals, and are all referred to their smiley names. The exception is the Laika smiley, and formerly the Cow smiley when it was named Moo Moo.

* EinsteinHair: The MadScientist smiley comes with wild gray spikes of hair.

* FishbowlHelmet: The Fishbowl Helmet, whose design was originally used for the Astronaut appears as a [[https://everybodyedits.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/ee_astronaut.png fishbowl with metal ridges]]. The FlavorText implies that it's just pretending to be an astronaut.

* KnightInShiningArmor: The Templar smiley wears knight armor, and its FlavorText describes it as having unmatched courage.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The "Purple Ghost" resembles the ''VideoGame/PacMan'' ghost Pinky, with a simple BedsheetGhost appearance and three spikes.
* LevelAte: The candyland pack adds blocks shaped like large candy canes, chocolate, and jelly beans.

* LoadingScreen: There were three separate loading screens. The latter two were removed in ''Everybody Edits Offline'', as the lack of online play made the game much quicker to load.
** The first loading screen, which plays while loading the game. It had monochrome text that reads ''Everybody Edits'' made out of in-game blocks, being filled with color left-to-right like a bar until the game fully loads. In 2015, a percentage counter was added to the screen. In 2018, the blocky text was replaced with the game's logo.
** The second loading screen, which appeared while loading the [[GameLobby lobby]]. It showed a screenshot of the game that updates around every month, along with a logo that [[SpecialEditionTitle appropriately updates for holidays]].
** The third loading screen, which was shown while loading a level. It showed the controls for the game, and text reminding the player to be patient.

** Key doors and gates open and [[TemporaryPlatform solidify]] if keys of the same color are touched, for five seconds. There isn't any way to hold keys, so it just acts as a timer.

* MadScientist: The Mad Scientist smiley has [[EinsteinHair spiky gray hair]], a grin, and some goggles.

* NightVisionGoggles: While the GogglesDoNothing, the Nightvision smiley is this nonetheless.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Bruce smiley and [[NonPlayerCharacter NPC]] are based off Creator/BruceCampbell. The smiley debuted with a blog post titling him a Zombie Slayer, [[ShoutOut referencing Campbell's role]] as the zombie slayer [[Characters/EvilDeadAshWilliams Ash Williams]] in the ''Film/EvilDead'' franchise.

** The Creator/{{Bruce|Campbell}} smiley and NPC more realistic compared to the rest of the [[DigitalAvatar smileys]] and [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]]. They have irises, pupils, and hair, though they still [[TheNoseless lack a nose]]. The smiley in particular has a realistic head shape as well.

*** Laika is one of the only smileys with a visible, non-round face.
*** The [[BedsheetGhost Purple Ghost]], unlike most smileys is not fully round and has no mouth.

* OneHitPointWonder: A smiley dies when hurt in any way.

** The Red Ninja and Gold Ninja are recolored Ninja smileys.
** The wood backgrounds in the Wild West pack are recolored versions of the Pirate background.
** The Outer Space sand block is a recolor of the Sand pack blocks.
** The Toxic background is a recolor of the Cave backgrounds.

* ShoutOut:
** Several smilies are based off characters (or in one case, a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed real person]]). These include the Creator/{{Bruce|Campbell}}, Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}, [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas Grinch]], [[VideoGame/PacMan purple ghost]], Franchise/{{Terminator}}, and Franchise/{{Superman}} smilies.
** The Deep Thought [[NonPlayerCharacter NPC]] appears as a regular PC desktop and monitor, and acts as a multi-layered reference to the super intelligent PC of the same name from ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
*** The NPC was obtained as an EasterEgg by collecting [[ArcNumber 42 gold coins, 42 blue coins, and 42 deaths]], a reference to Deep Thought's {{anticlima|x}}ctic answer of JustForFun/FortyTwo.
*** Unlocking the NPC causes a message and sound clip saying "Don't Panic", which is printed on the back of the first book in the series.
*** The NPC's FlavorText and unlocking message states that it's a computer of "infinite majesty and calm", same way the book characterizes Deep Thought when revealing its [[TheMeaningOfLife Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything]].
* SolidClouds: The Cloud pack comes with solid cloud blocks.
%%* SpaceZone: The Sci-Fi package and low-gravity worlds.

* TemporaryPlatform: There are timed blocks that switch every five seconds, along with key gates which temporarily appear when the [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience matching-colored key]] is pressed.

* TheWildWest: The Wild West Pack adds blocks like wooden boards and railings for western worlds.

* ZombieApocalypse: It is possible to spread a zombie infection between smileys using the zombie effect.

* AscendedMeme: The user "Cow" made a nonsensical forum post filled with mooing, which was quickly closed and got lots of user attention. Six days later, the Moodonna [[NonPlayerCharacter NPC]] was added to the game with a description imitating the style of the forum thread:

** The [[http://jawapa.everybodyedits.com/ JaWapa sub-domain]][[note]]the former name of [[http://minimal.everybodyedits.com the minimal website]], named after [=JaWapa=] until he was demoted from the staff team[[/note]] of the game's official website or the world ID "[[LeetLingo PWr1ckr01lEI]]" would JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} the user. This was eventually removed after the website temporarily went down for security reasons in August 2019.

* FlavorText: The energy shop has descriptions for most of its items, many of which were for flavor instead of being informational.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The Female smiley was the only smiley explicitly referenced as being female until the Lady and Summer Girl smilies were introduced.

* TutorialFailure: [=MrShoe's=] tutorial worlds didn't account for the addition of new blocks later. This results in an awkward situation where liquids, boost arrows, time doors, and several other blocks go unmentioned in the tutorials. The next tutorial, the Tutorial Campaign, seems to have been made with the future in mind—the third tutorial has an empty area just for later showcasing effects that would eventually be added to the game.
* VideoGameTutorial: In addition to the menu, campaign, and home world tutorials, there have been three tutorials throughout the game's history, including:
** The original tutorial world, showcasing {{gravity|screw}}, [[LevelEditor editing]], coin doors, and [[{{Teleportation}} portals]].
** The [=MrShoe=] tutorials, which came in three levels:
### Moving Tutorial, for moving, jumping, LadderPhysics, and [[FollowTheMoney coins]]
### Gravity Tutorial, for gravity arrows and dots, as well as portals
### Editing Tutorial, for editing worlds
* WreathedInFlames: The flame potion gave a ring of fire around a smiley as decoration before it was removed from the game. The fire graphic was later repurposed for the [[ManOnFire dangerous effects of lava]].

* NoFairCheating: ''Everybody Edits Offline'' restricts the player from using cheats like GodMode, [[LevelEditor editing]], or fake players in campaign worlds.

* LadderPhysics: There are ladders that come with the Ninja Package, slowing down smiley movement. The same behavior is used for several other blocks in the game.
* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: Lava is translucent and acts like water, but orange and slightly thicker. And it kills those who touch it.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The "Purple Ghost" smiley is pretty clearly based off the ''VideoGame/PacMan'' ghost Pinky.

* BigRedDevil: The Devil smiley is a light red, with a grin and demon horns.

** The wood backgrounds in the Wild West are recolored versions of the Pirate background.

* EndlessGame: The game never ends, as long as players keep making levels.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Pretty much all the smilies (besides Creator/{{Bruce|Campbell}}, {{Santa|Claus}}, [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas Grinch]], and Franchise/{{Superman}}) are only known by their titles.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Some of the rewards for [[RandomEvent randomly finding a magical coin]] are the various magic-themed smileys, which have no effect on the gameplay.

** Many of the {{Flavor Text}}s in the Energy Shop were Shout-Outs:

* ExcitedShowTitle: The main logo uses an exclamation point, making the name appear as ''Everybody Edits!''.

* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: There's an ElaborateUndergroundBase hidden both inside and under moai heads.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The level is about a large alien underground base under a few [[EenieMeenieMinyMoai moai]] statues.

[[AC:Iraka -- Halloween Night]]
* {{Halloweentown}}: Beyond the vibrant green fields and the river, there's plenty of spooky things--a graveyard, jack-o'-lanterns, a castle, and much more.

[[AC:Iraka -- Jump Jump Jump]]
* GreenHillZone: The level starts off in a vibrant, green, hilly area with decorated with plants and fences.
* ShoutOut: There's an area where one must climb platforms shaped like ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' blocks.
* SolidClouds: A chain of cloud blocks appear as platforms.
* TreasureRoom: The LevelGoal is in a gold room with several gold coins and a diamond block.

[[AC:Kirby -- Slidey Minis]]
* NoPunctuationIsFunnier: Some of the signs have no punctuation just to show absurd the level is.

[[AC:Lop -- Humm Chocolate]]
* EasterBunny: A white bunny figure appears, among the other Easter iconography throughout the level.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Sparkles appear below the two bells in the level.
* HeartSymbol: Two hearts with wings are seen floating around, adding to the Easter mood. They also appear in the "happy" section.
* SavedByTheChurchBell: Two winged bells can be seen flying in the sky, releasing [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkles]]
* SpeechBubbles: A large duck has a thought bubble with the text "Humm Chocolate", [[TitleDrop the title of the level]].
* TitleDrop: A duck has a ThoughtBubble with the text "Humm Chocolate", which is the name of the level.

[[AC:M4nu -- TIME MACHINE MINIS]]
* DooWopProgression: There's a group of platforms with music blocks on them that play the Doo-Wop Progression in order.
* MusicalGameplay: There are piano blocks everywhere, placed in various patterns so that they harmonize when the player goes through them. For example, climbing a vine plays chromatic rising notes, and completing an section of the world plays a satisfying major chord. One part uses the DooWopProgression.
* TimeTravel: The player character ventures to various different eras, including TheFuture.

[[AC:NSFW Crew -- NSFW Easter Island]]
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: There's an ElaborateUndergroundBase hidden both inside and under moai heads.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The level is about a large alien underground base under a few [[EenieMeenieMinyMoai moai]] statues.

[[AC:[=Sensei1=] -- 4 monster battles]]
* CriticalHit: Sometimes a player will do 2 damage instead of 1 towards an enemy.
* ExcusePlot: The plot is that somebody offers you a trophy if you can beat three monsters.
* OverworldNotToScale: The world map is rather small. Buildings aren't much bigger than the player, but they become properly-sized when entered. Inverted with some elements like ducks and pigs, which are clearly bigger than they realistically would be.
* RolePlayingGame: This level is done in a typical turn-based Role-Playing Game style.