History VideoGame / GravityCircuit

*** We're shown (and told, by Nurse) that the Kai broke out of the healing tube and escaped Guardian HQ to fight off Virus Army. [[spoiler:But the the intro stage opens with Kai, atop a train, approaching HQ from ''outside'', and he encounters Nega being cornered by enemy bots when he's halfway there.]]

*** TheReveal that [[spoiler:[[TomatoInTheMirror Kai isn't the original (or even the first) Gravity Circuit]] mirrors a similar reveal at the climax of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3''.]]

** Before his boss fight, Bit tells Kai to "[[VideoGame/FZero show [him] your moves!]]"

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: [[SpinningPiledriver Heavenly Piledriver]]. [[spoiler:Kernel busts out a lot of spinning lariats and powerbombs while under Commander Circuit’s control.]]

* MonsterCompendium: There are Data Chips containing information on the enemies and bosses fought in the game which are dropped whenever they are defeated, as well as chips for NPCs dropped by interacting with them. These can be researched by [[{{Bookworm}} Alph]].

* DesperationAttack: The Rebel Circuits, [[spoiler:Nega, the Circuit Crystal, and the Kernel]] use their signature Burst Technique upon losing the first portion of their health, and will use it occasionally during the fight itself.
* EternalEngine: The Steelworks. Ark - Machinery is also this.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: The Commander Circuit fails to understand why the Circuits defected and assumes they started protecting the native bots in order to be worshipped by them. He then angrily remarks that he could've just ''made'' them new bots to do that. Nega reveals afterwards that the actual reason was that every time the Circuits left the planet, all bots on it would effectively die, and the Circuits defected when they found out.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:The Masters, who are the superiors of the Guardians and the driving force behind the Commander Circuit's actions.]]

* IShallTauntYou: Hash will point and laugh at you if one of his clones manages to shoot you. [[TalkToTheFist Hitting the real deal while he's laughing]] nets you an achievement.

* MultipleLifeBars: All bosses (aside from the Rebel Circuit rematches during [[spoiler:the Circuit Crystal]] boss fight) have two life bars. [[spoiler:Nega]] and the FinalBoss have three life bars. Kai can also pick up health upgrades that add a quarter of an extra bar to his health each.

* MonsterCompendium: There are Data Chips containing information on the enemies and bosses fought in the game which are dropped whenever they are defeated. These can be researched by [[{{Bookworm}} Alph]].

* PunnyName: Each of the circuits has a secondary name that also refers to their element. The music-slinging Wave Circuit, for example, is named "Medley".

''Gravity Circuit'' is a 2D [[ActionGame Action]]/[[PlatformGame Platform]] game developed by Domesticated Ant Games and published by PID Games. It was released on July 13, 2023 for PC on Patform/{{Steam}}, Platform/NintendoSwitch, Platform/Playstation4 and Platform/Playstation5.

''Gravity Circuit'' is a 2D [[ActionGame Action]]/[[PlatformGame Platform]] game developed by Domesticated Ant Games and published by PID Games. It was released on July 13, 2023 for PC on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/Playstation5.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Kernel on the surface seems like a PointyHairedBoss whose SkewedPriorities during mission briefings are the game's RunningGag. However, it's noted in lore that he earned his position because of his fighting capabilities. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he only gets to show this off after falling under the control of the Commander Circuit.]]
* BigBad: The Commander [[spoiler:Circuit]], the source of the Virus Army [[spoiler:and the tenth Guardian]].

* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Nega,]] whose boss fight comes directly after TheReveal [[spoiler:that he is in fact the original host for the Gravity Circuit. The fight is a MirrorMatch that serves to test both Kai and the player’s skills. In addition, Nega is the only boss other than the FinalBoss to have three health bars.]]
%%* CounterAttack: Catch Interrupt.
* TheCracker: Hash the Cipher Circuit attempts to hack into the city's computer systems from a warehouse.

%%* DanceBattler: Medley the Wave Circuit.

* DeflectorShields: Hardware Barrier creates a barrier around Kai that absorbs an attack to create a damaging shockwave.
* DesperationAttack: The Rebel Circuits, [[spoiler:Nega, the Circuit Crystal, and the Kernel]] use these upon losing the first portion of their health, and will repeatedly use them from there on out.

* FlunkyBoss: Trace summons enemies during the second phase of her boss fight, who you can then stun, grab and throw at her to send her flying across the room without the need of a Burst Technique. [[spoiler:The Commander Circuit also does this during his final phase, and the only way to damage him there is to throw stunned enemies at him.]]

%%* AnIcePerson: Blade the Cooler Circuit.

* MirrorMatch: The boss at the end of the first Ark stage. [[spoiler:Nega, as the original Gravity Circuit, posesses the same brawling capabilities as Kai, and throughout the fight will unleash similar moves to his own]]. To a lesser extent, every boss is this to a certain degree: their DesperationAttack will create similar move name text at the top of the screen to Kai's own Burst moves.

* RunningGag: During Kernel's exposition for the goal of each mission, he'll make a deflating comment at the end which seems very low-priority for what's happening at the moment (like asking Kai to bring back some snow so he can cool off his servos, or wanting Wave Circuit's e-signature). He'll make a related comment in the debriefing after every mission too.

*** Shift Circuit's pinch attack is named "Screen Divider", after Colonel.EXE's signature move.

*** [[spoiler:The game's FinalBoss is set up similar to the Sigma fight from ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'': a fight against a mobile character favoring close-range melee, followed by a BackgroundBoss with [[GiantHandsOfDoon big floating hands]].]]

* ThrowTheMookAtThem: An integral mechanic to the game is that Kai's grappling hook will grab defeated enemies, which he then hoists around. They can then be thrown at other enemies for massive damage.

*** [[spoiler:The game's FinalBoss is set up similar to the Sigma fighr from ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'': a fight against a mobile character favoring close-range melee, followed by a BackgroundBoss with [[GiantHandsOfDoon big floating hands]].]]

* MrExposition: Nega, who gives backstory on the Rebel Circuits and their purpose each time you talk to him after defeating one. He alao [[spoiler:explains the nature of the Gravity Circuit, the Ark, and Kai's origins when playing the Ark stages]].

** If the player falls into either spikes or a bottomless pit, or gets crushed, rather than instantly dying like in many traditional platformers, they instead take massive amounts of damage (which can be lessened with a Booster Chip) and respawn at the last safe place they came from.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Kernal on the surface seems like a PointyHairedBoss whose SkewedPriorities during mission briefings are the game's RunningGag. However, it's noted in lore that he earned his position because of his fighting capabilities. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he only gets to show this off after falling under the control of the Commander Circuit.]]

* BossRush: At the end of Ark - Machinery, though with a small twist: during [[spoiler:the fight with the Circuit Crystal]], Kai will be transported to one of the Rebel Circuit's arenas to fight them, rather than having a dedicated room with teleports or having them fought in a set order throughout the stage.

* LavaPit: There is a lot of deadly lava in steelworks.

* MultipleLifeBars: All bosses (aside from the Rebel Circuit rematches during [[spoiler:the Circuit Crystal]] boss fight) have two life bars. [[spoiler:Nega]] and the FinalBoss have three life bars.

* MirrorMatch: The boss at the end of Ark - Entrance. [[spoiler:Nega, as the original Gravity Circuit, posesses the same brawling capabilities as Kai, and throughout the fight will unleash similar moves to his own]]. To a lesser extent, every boss is this to a certain degree: their DesperationAttack will create similar move name text at the top of the screen to Kai's own Burst moves.

* MrExposition: Nega, who gives backstory on the Rebel Circuits and their purpose each time you talk to him after defeating one.

* PlayingWithFire: Ray the Optic Circuit.

* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:The Commander Circuit's actions resulted in a lot of innocent bots dying, and had his plan succeeded, he would have killed all of the bots on the planet outside of the Guardians. However, it can't be said that he didn't get a raw deal when the other Guardians decided they were tired to abandoning planets. As Nega acknowledges, they could have just told him that the bots the Ark generated were self-aware, but the Guardians decided to bury him under the earth rather than face him, leaving him trapped for centuries, able to do nothing but stew in his anger towards being betrayed for centuries.]]

** As of update 1.0.8, a training room is tucked away above the teleporter at HQ, with a room between the two. This room features a shattered window, with the drapes also being largely torn off. At first glance, this may seem to be another sign of Kai's escape from HQ alongside the damaged healing tube...[[spoiler:if you don't realize the drapes look awfully like Nega's cloak. It's another sign that he, and not Kai, was the one to bust out of HQ, with his disguise coming from said drapes.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:Nega has the design of a villainous robot, being dark purple in color and having a very angular visor, but he's against the Commander Circuit unlike the other Guardians. His boss fight against Kai is just to ensure that Kai is strong enough to take on the Commander.]]