History VideoGame / Gris

* SlipperyAsAnEel: The black ooze that pursues Gris throughout the game takes on the form of a giant eel in the water stage.

* Expy: The developers have acknowledged that the denizens of the polygon forest are based on [[Anime/PrincessMononoke Kodoma]] and [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Soot]] [[Anime/SpiritedAway Sprites]].

* WorldHealingWave: When Gris finally sings, it has the effect of rejuvenating and restoring colors to everything around her.

* ColourfulThemeNaming: "Gris" means "grey" in Spanish[[note]]Also in French, although the game was made in Spain by a Spanish team, so that's be the language it's referencing[[/note]]. The game starts in a grey, desolate wasteland, and it revolves around restoring color to the world.

* TheWoobie: Gris. Not hard for the audience to feel this way when they find out she's dealing with [[spoiler:the grief of losing her mother, who she was very close to.]]

* SequentialBoss: The Bird [[spoiler:in the forest stage, who assaults Gris multiple times before she can escape. It is not really defeated, however, given how it is more of a manifestation of Gris' depression than a real enemy, and it comes back in later stages as the Eel and, briefly, as Giant Gris, before turning into a giant sea of black goo and almost swallowing Gris before it is defeated by her and her mother singing together]].

* ColourfulThemeNaming: "Gris" means "grey" in Spanish and French. The game starts in a grey, desolate wasteland, and it revolves around restoring color to the world.

* WhamLine: Impressively, ''GRIS'' manages to have one, despite being a game with no words. In the climax, just when [[spoiler:a desperately singing Gris has been swallowed by the Darkness, a second voice - her mother - answers her.]]

* ColourfulThemeNaming: "Gris" means "grey" in Spanish and French. Grey is also the color of everything in the game at the start.

* ColourfulThemeNaming: "Gris" means "grey" in Spanish. Grey is also the color of everything in the game at the start.

* FiveStagesOfGrief: Each area of the game corresponds to a particular stage of grief.

* SequentialBoss: [[spoiler:The Bird in the forest stage, who assaults Gris multiple times before she can escape. It is not really defeated, however, given how it is more of a manifestation of Gris' depression than a real enemy, and it comes back in later stages as the Eel and, briefly, as Giant Gris, before turning into a giant sea of black goo and almost swallowing Gris before it is defeated by her and her loved one singing together.]]

* FiveStagesOfGrief: The achievements reveal that each area of the game corresponds to a particular stage of grief.

* TheReveal: Collecting every Memento unlocks a hidden scene that reveals [[spoiler:the woman whom Gris mourns is her mother, and the "stars" the player collects throughout the game are actually fireflies they caught together one memorable night.]]

* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:Just who is the woman whose death Gris mourns? Her mother? Best friend? A lover? A singing partner?]]
** Collecting every Memento unlocks a hidden scene that reveals [[spoiler:the woman is her mother, and the "stars" the player collects throughout the game are actually fireflies they caught together one memorable night.]]

* ColourfulThemeNaming: "Gris" means "grey" in French. Grey is also the color of everything in the game at the start.

* ExpositoryGameplayLimitation: If you've played ''Journey'', you already know the controller buttons for jumping and for singing -- however, using either command in the very first stage instead just brings Gris to her knees, as she is too devastated to do anything but slowly walk. [[spoiler:Although she regains her jumping ability early on, she cannot sing until the second half of the penultimate stage. Before that, all you can get out of her is a single weak sound -- this is strongly implied to be because singing brings back traumatic memories for her.]]

'''''GRIS''''' is an indie PuzzlePlatformer ArtGame from the Spanish Nomada Studio, published in December 2018 by Creator/DevolverDigital for the PC and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. The title heroine is a young girl dealing with a serious personal trauma, the exact nature of which is uncovered throughout the game, as you guide Gris through a surreal and initially bleak landscape of her devastated psyche.

''GRIS'' is an indie PuzzlePlatformer ArtGame from the Spanish Nomada Studio, published in December 2018 by Creator/DevolverDigital for the PC and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. The title heroine is a young girl dealing with a serious personal trauma, the exact nature of which is uncovered throughout the game, as you guide Gris through a surreal and initially bleak landscape of her devastated psyche.

''GRIS'' is an indie PuzzlePlatformer ArtGame from the Spanish Nomada Studio, published in December 2018 by Creator/DevolverDigital for the PC and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. The title heroine is a young girl dealing with a serious personal trauma, whose exact nature is uncovered throughout the game, as you guide Gris through a surreal and initially bleak landscape of her devastated psyche.

* ExpositoryGameplayLimitation: If you've played ''Journey'', you already know the controller button for jumping and for singing -- however, using either command in the very first stage instead just brings Gris to her knees, as she is too devastated to do anything but slowly walk. [[spoiler:Although she regains her jumping ability early on, she cannot sing until the second half of the penultimate stage. Before that, all you can get out of her is a single weak sound -- this is strongly implied to be because singing brings back traumatic memories for her.]]