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* HumanoidAbomination: Due to the intentionally surreal and dream-like feeling of the game, along with its claymation, every single character and enemy in the game, with notable exceptions in Somsnosa and maybe Pongorma, is either this or a downright EldritchAbomination in terms of design.
** Made even more apperent with the enemies in the second game due to the higher amounts of animations, their otherwordly designs, movements and jitters all combine to form creatures that seem to belong in nightmares.
** Made even more apperent with the enemies in the second game due to the higher amounts of animations, their otherwordly designs, movements and jitters all combine to form creatures that seem to belong in nightmares.
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* LudicrousGibs: When killed, enemies in the second game explode in what can only be described as giant pieces of meat.
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* HaveANiceDeath: In both games, the game over animation shows Wayne's flesh melting off his face, leaving him as a skeleton.
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: ALL party members use gloves as weapons. Not to punch enemies, mind you, but to amplify the power of Gestures.
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* LetsPlay: Several. Most notably [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Vinny’s]] over [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtgkR0QzWI here]].
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** Several. Most notably [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Vinny’s]] over [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtgkR0QzWI here]].
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** Gibby and Wayne, as in a Gibbous and Waning moon respectively. There's also Veiwax in the sequel, referring to a Waxing moon.
** Gibby and Wayne, as in a Gibbous and Waning moon respectively. There's also Veiwax in the sequel, referring to a Waxing moon.
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* SurrealHumor: Most of the first game is literally random, often causing non-sequiturs.
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* SurrealHumor: SurrealHumor:
** Most of the firstgame game's dialogue is literally random, often causing non-sequiturs.non-sequiturs.
** Beyond the random text, the actual plot-relevant dialogue uses archaic and obscure words, usually because of how [[InherentlyFunnyWord silly]] they sound.
** Most of the first
** Beyond the random text, the actual plot-relevant dialogue uses archaic and obscure words, usually because of how [[InherentlyFunnyWord silly]] they sound.
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** Most of the dialogue is randomly
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* GuideDangIt: With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.
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** With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.
** With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.
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* HumanResources: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon]].
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* HumanResources: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon]]. In the sequel, the first Meat you are likely to collect is from what appears to be an injured and dying Wayne that lacks a carapace.
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* DancePartyEnding: [[spoiler: After beating Gibby in Hylics 2, Wayne and co. land on a concert stage where you can play the instruments for a cheering crowd.]]
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** Hylics 2 doesn't have randomly generated text [[spoiler: until the final act]], and even then the pause menu [[WhereWasIGoingAgain has a reminder of what your next objective is]].
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** The sequel gives a bit more context, but is still very strange.
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Its world, from environments to battle sprites and animations, is made entirely from pastel claymation.
You play mainly as Wayne (with intermissions between acts the Player Character is Dracula), a man with a waning moon for a head, on a vague quest to meet the King of the Moon, Gibby. The plot, if there can be said to be one, is heavily buried under symbolism and the general surrealism of the world.
You play mainly as Wayne (with intermissions between acts the Player Character is Dracula), a man with a waning moon for a head, on a vague quest to meet the King of the Moon, Gibby. The plot, if there can be said to be one, is heavily buried under symbolism and the general surrealism of the world.
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Its world, from the environments to the battle sprites and animations, sprites, is made entirely from pastel claymation.
You play mainly asWayne (with intermissions between acts the Player Character is Dracula), Wayne, a man with a waning moon for a head, on a vague quest to meet Gibby, the King of the Moon, Gibby.Moon. The plot, if there can be said to be one, is heavily buried under symbolism and the general surrealism of the world.
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A sequel, ''Hylics 2'', was released in 2020. Described as a "recreational program with a unique graphic style and droll scenario", it follows Wayne and company as they seek to prevent Gibby's Resurrection.resurrection.
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** The sequel is much more comprehensible, but still extremely weird.
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A sequel, ''Hylics 2'', is in development, possibly with a new protagonist named "Decres". You can watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fpbkpsx3cM here]].
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A sequel, ''Hylics 2'', is was released in development, possibly 2020. Described as a "recreational program with a new protagonist named "Decres". You can watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fpbkpsx3cM here]].unique graphic style and droll scenario", it follows Wayne and company as they seek to prevent Gibby's Resurrection.
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* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Gibby.]] is one.
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* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Gibby.]] [[spoiler:Gibby]] is one.
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%%* HopelessBossFight: In the sequel, there's the first encounter with [[spoiler:Gibby Redivivus]].
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* HumanResources: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon.]]
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* HumanResources: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon.]]moon]].
%%* LegendaryInTheSequel: The Beta version of the sequel starts at Waynehouse, in which an entire generation of new Waynes are raised and guided by Elder Wayne.
** The Beta version of the sequel has been streamed by "thevoiceofdog", starting [[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/609432895 here]].
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* NonStandardGameOver: touching Touching the Ambulant Skulls causes instant death.
%%* ResurrectTheVillain: In the sequel's Beta, preventing this is your main goal. [[spoiler:You fail, and Gibby Redivivus must be defeated.]]
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**Another example is the Meat Grinder in the Afterlife area. [[note]]You literally [[LevelGrinding grind]] to gain extra health.[[/note]]
* SurrealHorror:
* SurrealHumor:
* UnreliableNarrator: Save for a few phrases, Dracula’s narration is as randomly generated as the other {{Non Player Character}}s.:
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* ArtGame: Possibly the UrExample, at least for the people who associate the trope entirely with its TrueArtIsIncomprehensible aspect.
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* ArtGame: Possibly the UrExample, at least for the people who associate the trope entirely with its A TrueArtIsIncomprehensible aspect. Game, even.
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‘’Hylics’’ is a video game created by Mason Lindroth, described as "a recreational program with light JRPG elements".
The world, from environments to battle sprites and animations, is made entirely from pastel claymation.
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The game can be downloaded here [[https://mason-lindroth.itch.io/hylics]], and can be completed in about ~2 hours.
A sequel, ''Hylics 2'', is in development, possibly with a new protagonist named "Decres".
A sequel, ''Hylics 2'', is in development, possibly with a new protagonist named "Decres".
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The game can be downloaded here [[https://mason-lindroth.itch.io/hylics]], io/hylics here]], and can be completed in about ~2 hours.
A sequel, ''Hylics 2'', is in development, possibly with a new protagonist named "Decres". You can watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fpbkpsx3cM here]].
A sequel, ''Hylics 2'', is in development, possibly with a new protagonist named "Decres". You can watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fpbkpsx3cM here]].
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!! Hylics contains examples of: \\
* AerithAndBob: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
* AfterTheEnd: Implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeological treasure.\\
* AllThereInTheManual: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.[[note]]Interestingly enough, there are unused sprite sheets of distinct characters that are also labeled Dracula. Whether they are prototypes of the Dracula seen in the game or characters simply cut out from the game due to certain constraints is anybody's guess.[[/note]] \\
* ArtGame\\
* BigBad: Gibby, King of the Moon.\\
* CallAHitPointASmeerp: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
* DaylightHorror: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastel claymation.\\
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for health.\\
* GainaxEnding\\
* AerithAndBob: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
* AfterTheEnd: Implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeological treasure.\\
* AllThereInTheManual: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.[[note]]Interestingly enough, there are unused sprite sheets of distinct characters that are also labeled Dracula. Whether they are prototypes of the Dracula seen in the game or characters simply cut out from the game due to certain constraints is anybody's guess.[[/note]] \\
* ArtGame\\
* BigBad: Gibby, King of the Moon.\\
* CallAHitPointASmeerp: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
* DaylightHorror: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastel claymation.\\
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for health.\\
* GainaxEnding\\
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!! Hylics contains examples of: \\
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* AerithAndBob: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, andDracula.\\
Dracula.
* AfterTheEnd: Implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeologicaltreasure.\\
treasure.
* AllThereInTheManual: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.[[note]]Interestingly enough, there are unused sprite sheets of distinct characters that are also labeled Dracula. Whether they are prototypes of the Dracula seen in the game or characters simply cut out from the game due to certain constraints is anybody's guess.[[/note]] \\
[[/note]]
*ArtGame\\
ArtGame: Possibly the UrExample, at least for the people who associate the trope entirely with its TrueArtIsIncomprehensible aspect.
* BigBad: Gibby, King of theMoon.\\
Moon.
* CallAHitPointASmeerp: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\\n\n
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
]] is one.
* DaylightHorror: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastelclaymation.\\
claymation.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat forhealth.\\
health.
*GainaxEnding\\
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* AerithAndBob: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and
* AfterTheEnd: Implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeological
* AllThereInTheManual: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.[[note]]Interestingly enough, there are unused sprite sheets of distinct characters that are also labeled Dracula. Whether they are prototypes of the Dracula seen in the game or characters simply cut out from the game due to certain constraints is anybody's guess.
*
* BigBad: Gibby, King of the
* CallAHitPointASmeerp: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology.
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Gibby.
* DaylightHorror: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastel
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for
*
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* GuideDangIt: With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.\\
* HubWorld: The Afterlife.\\
* HumanResources: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon.]]\\
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Skill learned from the Three Sages, Legend of Melting.\\
* LetsPlay: Several. Most notably Vinny’s. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtgkR0QzWI]]\\
* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext\\
* MeaningfulName: Gibby and Wayne as mentioned below, but the title of the game, Hylics, is a reference to Gnosticism. A hylic is a body that’s completely material- fitting for a world made of clay.\\
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* HumanResources: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Skill learned from the Three Sages, Legend of
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* NonStandardGameOver: touching the Ambulant Skulls causes instant death.\\
* PreAssKickingOneLiner : “You dare approach me? My feelings will embrace your memories until you beg me to hark! Now pardon thine little spirit. It is the last time you will.” [[spoiler:Spoken when you challenge Gibby.]]\\
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* UnreliableNarrator: Save for a few phrases, Dracula’s narration is as randomly generated as the other {{Non Player Character}}s.\\
* WordSalad: Most of the dialogue is randomly generated.
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* UnreliableNarrator: Save for a few phrases, Dracula’s narration is as randomly generated as the other NPCs.\\
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* MythologyGag: Somsnosa is named after [[http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=18575 another game]] Mason made for Ludum Dare 26.
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* BloodKnight: Pongorma, fairly literally.\\
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Also Pongorma, who vows to aid you in your violent endeavors after defeat.\\
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Also Pongorma, who vows to aid you in your violent endeavors after defeat.\\
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‘’Hylics’’ is a video game created by Mason Lindroth, described as "a recreational program with light JRPG elements". The world, from environments to battle sprites and animations, is made entirely from pastel claymation. You play mainly as Wayne (with intermissions between acts the Player Character is Dracula), a man with a waning moon for a head, on a vague quest to meet the King of the Moon, Gibby. The plot, if there can be said to be one, is heavily buried under symbolism and the general surrealism of the world.
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‘’Hylics’’ is a video game created by Mason Lindroth, described as "a recreational program with light JRPG elements".
The world, from environments to battle sprites and animations, is made entirely from pastelclaymation. claymation.
You play mainly as Wayne (with intermissions between acts the Player Character is Dracula), a man with a waning moon for a head, on a vague quest to meet the King of the Moon, Gibby. The plot, if there can be said to be one, is heavily buried under symbolism and the general surrealism of the world.
The world, from environments to battle sprites and animations, is made entirely from pastel
You play mainly as Wayne (with intermissions between acts the Player Character is Dracula), a man with a waning moon for a head, on a vague quest to meet the King of the Moon, Gibby. The plot, if there can be said to be one, is heavily buried under symbolism and the general surrealism of the world.
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* Let’sPlay: Several. Most notably Vinny’s. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtgkR0QzWI]]\\
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* Stealth Pun: Gibby and Wayne, as in a Gibbous and Waning moon respectively.\\
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respectively.
**Another example is the Meat Grinder in the Afterlife area. [[note]]You literally [[LevelGrinding grind]] to gain extra health.[[/note]]
**Another example is the Meat Grinder in the Afterlife area. [[note]]You literally [[LevelGrinding grind]] to gain extra health.[[/note]]
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* CallAHitPointaSmeerp: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\
* Climax Boss: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
* Climax Boss: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
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* CallAHitPointaSmeerp: CallAHitPointASmeerp: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\
*Climax Boss: ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist}}: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for health.\\
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* AllThereIntheManual: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.[[note]]Interestingly enough, there are unused sprite sheets of distinct characters that are also labeled Dracula. Whether they are prototypes of the Dracula seen in the game or characters simply cut out from the game due to certain constraints is anybody's guess.[[/note]] \\
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* AllThereIntheManual: AllThereInTheManual: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.[[note]]Interestingly enough, there are unused sprite sheets of distinct characters that are also labeled Dracula. Whether they are prototypes of the Dracula seen in the game or characters simply cut out from the game due to certain constraints is anybody's guess.[[/note]] \\
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* AerithandBob: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
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* AerithandBob: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
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* AerithAndBob: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
* AerithandBob: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
* AerithAndBob: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
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* AerithAndBob: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
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* AerithAndBob: AerithandBob: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
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• {{Aerith and Bob}}: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
• {{After The End}}: implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeological treasure.\\
• {{All There In the Manual}}: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.\\
• {{Art Game}}\\
• {{Big Bad}}: Gibby, King of the Moon.\\
• {{Blood Knight}}: Pongorma, fairly literally.\\
• {{Defeat Means Friendship}}: Also Pongorma, who vows to aid you in your violent endeavors after defeat.\\
• {{Call A Hit Point a Smeerp}}: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\
• {{Climax Boss}}: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
• {{Daylight Horror}}: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastel claymation.\\
• {{Death Is A Slap On The Wrist}}: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for health.\\
• {{Gainax Ending}}\\
• {{Greek Chorus}}: Dracula, the Narrator.\\{{Guide Dang It}}: With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.\\
• {{Hub World}}: The Afterlife.\\
• {{Human Resources}}: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon.]]\\
• [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Sword]]: The Skill learned from the Three Sages, Legend of Melting.\\
• {{Let’s Play}}: Several. Most notably Vinny’s. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtgkR0QzWI]]\\
• {{Makes Just As Much Sense In Context}}\\
• {{Meaningful Name}}: Gibby and Wayne as mentioned below, but the title of the game, Hylics, is a reference to Gnosticism. A hylic is a body that’s completely material- fitting for a world made of clay.\\
• {{NonStandard Game Over}}: touching the Ambulant Skulls causes instant death.\\
• [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Asskicking One-Liner]]: “You dare approach me? My feelings will embrace your memories until you beg me to hark! Now pardon thine little spirit. It is the last time you will.” [[spoiler:Spoken when you challenge Gibby.]]\\
• {{Stealth Pun}}: Gibby and Wayne, as in a Gibbous and Waning moon respectively.\\
• {{Surreal Horror}}\\
• {{Surreal Humor}}\\
• {{Unreliable Narrator}}: Save for a few phrases, Dracula’s narration is as randomly generated as the other NPCs.\\
• {{Word Salad}}: Most of the dialogue is randomly generated.
• {{After The End}}: implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeological treasure.\\
• {{All There In the Manual}}: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.\\
• {{Art Game}}\\
• {{Big Bad}}: Gibby, King of the Moon.\\
• {{Blood Knight}}: Pongorma, fairly literally.\\
• {{Defeat Means Friendship}}: Also Pongorma, who vows to aid you in your violent endeavors after defeat.\\
• {{Call A Hit Point a Smeerp}}: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\
• {{Climax Boss}}: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
• {{Daylight Horror}}: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastel claymation.\\
• {{Death Is A Slap On The Wrist}}: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for health.\\
• {{Gainax Ending}}\\
• {{Greek Chorus}}: Dracula, the Narrator.\\{{Guide Dang It}}: With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.\\
• {{Hub World}}: The Afterlife.\\
• {{Human Resources}}: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon.]]\\
• [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Sword]]: The Skill learned from the Three Sages, Legend of Melting.\\
• {{Let’s Play}}: Several. Most notably Vinny’s. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtgkR0QzWI]]\\
• {{Makes Just As Much Sense In Context}}\\
• {{Meaningful Name}}: Gibby and Wayne as mentioned below, but the title of the game, Hylics, is a reference to Gnosticism. A hylic is a body that’s completely material- fitting for a world made of clay.\\
• {{NonStandard Game Over}}: touching the Ambulant Skulls causes instant death.\\
• [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Asskicking One-Liner]]: “You dare approach me? My feelings will embrace your memories until you beg me to hark! Now pardon thine little spirit. It is the last time you will.” [[spoiler:Spoken when you challenge Gibby.]]\\
• {{Stealth Pun}}: Gibby and Wayne, as in a Gibbous and Waning moon respectively.\\
• {{Surreal Horror}}\\
• {{Surreal Humor}}\\
• {{Unreliable Narrator}}: Save for a few phrases, Dracula’s narration is as randomly generated as the other NPCs.\\
• {{Word Salad}}: Most of the dialogue is randomly generated.
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• {{After The End}}: implied
* AfterTheEnd: Implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeological treasure.
• {{All There In the Manual}}:
* AllThereIntheManual: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.
• {{Art Game}}\\
• {{Big Bad}}:
* ArtGame\\
* BigBad: Gibby, King of the Moon.
• {{Blood Knight}}:
* BloodKnight: Pongorma, fairly literally.
• {{Defeat Means Friendship}}:
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Also Pongorma, who vows to aid you in your violent endeavors after defeat.
• {{Call A Hit Point a Smeerp}}:
* CallAHitPointaSmeerp: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology.
• {{Climax Boss}}:
* Climax Boss: [[spoiler:Gibby.
• {{Daylight Horror}}:
* DaylightHorror: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastel claymation.
• {{Death Is A Slap On The Wrist}}:
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist}}: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for health.
• {{Gainax Ending}}\\
• {{Greek Chorus}}:
* GainaxEnding\\
* GreekChorus: Dracula, the
* GuideDangIt: With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.
• {{Hub World}}:
* HubWorld: The Afterlife.
• {{Human Resources}}:
* HumanResources: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon.
• [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Sword]]:
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Skill learned from the Three Sages, Legend of Melting.
• {{Let’s Play}}:
* Let’sPlay: Several. Most notably Vinny’s. [[https://www.youtube.
• {{Makes Just As Much Sense In Context}}\\
• {{Meaningful Name}}:
* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext\\
* MeaningfulName: Gibby and Wayne as mentioned below, but the title of the game, Hylics, is a reference to Gnosticism. A hylic is a body that’s completely material- fitting for a world made of clay.
• {{NonStandard Game Over}}:
* NonStandardGameOver: touching the Ambulant Skulls causes instant death.
• [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Asskicking One-Liner]]:
* PreAssKickingOneLiner : “You dare approach me? My feelings will embrace your memories until you beg me to hark! Now pardon thine little spirit. It is the last time you will.” [[spoiler:Spoken when you challenge Gibby.
• {{Stealth Pun}}:
* Stealth Pun: Gibby and Wayne, as in a Gibbous and Waning moon respectively.
• {{Surreal Horror}}\\
• {{Surreal Humor}}\\
• {{Unreliable Narrator}}:
* SurrealHorror\\
* SurrealHumor\\
* UnreliableNarrator: Save for a few phrases, Dracula’s narration is as randomly generated as the other NPCs.
• {{Word Salad}}:
* WordSalad: Most of the dialogue is randomly generated.
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{{Aerith and Bob}}: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
{{After The End}}: implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeological treasure.\\
{{All There In the Manual}}: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.\\
{{Art Game}}\\
{{Big Bad}}: Gibby, King of the Moon.\\
{{Blood Knight}}: Pongorma, fairly literally.\\
{{Defeat Means Friendship}}: Also Pongorma, who vows to aid you in your violent endeavors after defeat.\\
{{Call A Hit Point a Smeerp}}: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\
{{Climax Boss}}: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
{{Daylight Horror}}: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastel claymation.\\
{{Death Is A Slap On The Wrist}}: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for health.\\
{{Gainax Ending}}\\
{{Greek Chorus}}: Dracula, the Narrator.\\
{{Guide Dang It}}: With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.\\
{{Hub World}}: The Afterlife.\\
{{Human Resources}}: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon.]]\\
[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Sword]]: The Skill learned from the Three Sages, Legend of Melting.\\
Let’s Play: Several. Most notably Vinny’s. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtgkR0QzWI]]\\
{{Makes Just As Much Sense In Context}}\\
{{Meaningful Name}}: Gibby and Wayne as mentioned below, but the title of the game, Hylics, is a reference to Gnosticism. A hylic is a body that’s completely material- fitting for a world made of clay.\\
{{NonStandard Game Over}}: touching the Ambulant Skulls causes instant death.\\
[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Asskicking One-Liner]]: “You dare approach me? My feelings will embrace your memories until you beg me to hark! Now pardon thine little spirit. It is the last time you will.” [[spoiler:Spoken when you challenge Gibby.]]\\
{{Stealth Pun}}: Gibby and Wayne, as in a Gibbous and Waning moon respectively.\\
{{Surreal Horror}}\\
{{Surreal Humor}}\\
{{Unreliable Narrator}}: Save for a few phrases, Dracula’s narration is as randomly generated as the other NPCs.\\
{{Word Salad}}: Most of the dialogue is randomly generated.
{{After The End}}: implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeological treasure.\\
{{All There In the Manual}}: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.\\
{{Art Game}}\\
{{Big Bad}}: Gibby, King of the Moon.\\
{{Blood Knight}}: Pongorma, fairly literally.\\
{{Defeat Means Friendship}}: Also Pongorma, who vows to aid you in your violent endeavors after defeat.\\
{{Call A Hit Point a Smeerp}}: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\
{{Climax Boss}}: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
{{Daylight Horror}}: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastel claymation.\\
{{Death Is A Slap On The Wrist}}: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for health.\\
{{Gainax Ending}}\\
{{Greek Chorus}}: Dracula, the Narrator.\\
{{Guide Dang It}}: With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.\\
{{Hub World}}: The Afterlife.\\
{{Human Resources}}: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon.]]\\
[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Sword]]: The Skill learned from the Three Sages, Legend of Melting.\\
Let’s Play: Several. Most notably Vinny’s. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtgkR0QzWI]]\\
{{Makes Just As Much Sense In Context}}\\
{{Meaningful Name}}: Gibby and Wayne as mentioned below, but the title of the game, Hylics, is a reference to Gnosticism. A hylic is a body that’s completely material- fitting for a world made of clay.\\
{{NonStandard Game Over}}: touching the Ambulant Skulls causes instant death.\\
[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Asskicking One-Liner]]: “You dare approach me? My feelings will embrace your memories until you beg me to hark! Now pardon thine little spirit. It is the last time you will.” [[spoiler:Spoken when you challenge Gibby.]]\\
{{Stealth Pun}}: Gibby and Wayne, as in a Gibbous and Waning moon respectively.\\
{{Surreal Horror}}\\
{{Surreal Humor}}\\
{{Unreliable Narrator}}: Save for a few phrases, Dracula’s narration is as randomly generated as the other NPCs.\\
{{Word Salad}}: Most of the dialogue is randomly generated.
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• {{Aerith and Bob}}: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
• {{After The End}}: implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeological treasure.\\
• {{All There In the Manual}}: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.\\
• {{Art Game}}\\
• {{Big Bad}}: Gibby, King of the Moon.\\
• {{Blood Knight}}: Pongorma, fairly literally.\\
• {{Defeat Means Friendship}}: Also Pongorma, who vows to aid you in your violent endeavors after defeat.\\
• {{Call A Hit Point a Smeerp}}: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\
• {{Climax Boss}}: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
• {{Daylight Horror}}: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastel claymation.\\
• {{Death Is A Slap On The Wrist}}: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for health.\\
• {{Gainax Ending}}\\
• {{Greek Chorus}}: Dracula, the Narrator.\\{{Guide Dang It}}: With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.\\
{{Guide Dang It}}: With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.• {{Hub World}}: The Afterlife.\\
{{Hub World}}: The Afterlife.\\
• {{Human Resources}}: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon.]]\\
• [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Sword]]: The Skill learned from the Three Sages, Legend of Melting.\\
Let’s Play: • {{Let’s Play}}: Several. Most notably Vinny’s. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtgkR0QzWI]]\\
• {{Makes Just As Much Sense In Context}}\\
• {{Meaningful Name}}: Gibby and Wayne as mentioned below, but the title of the game, Hylics, is a reference to Gnosticism. A hylic is a body that’s completely material- fitting for a world made of clay.\\
• {{NonStandard Game Over}}: touching the Ambulant Skulls causes instant death.\\
• [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Asskicking One-Liner]]: “You dare approach me? My feelings will embrace your memories until you beg me to hark! Now pardon thine little spirit. It is the last time you will.” [[spoiler:Spoken when you challenge Gibby.]]\\
• {{Stealth Pun}}: Gibby and Wayne, as in a Gibbous and Waning moon respectively.\\
• {{Surreal Horror}}\\
• {{Surreal Humor}}\\
• {{Unreliable Narrator}}: Save for a few phrases, Dracula’s narration is as randomly generated as the other NPCs.\\
• {{Word Salad}}: Most of the dialogue is randomly generated.
• {{After The End}}: implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeological treasure.\\
• {{All There In the Manual}}: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.\\
• {{Art Game}}\\
• {{Big Bad}}: Gibby, King of the Moon.\\
• {{Blood Knight}}: Pongorma, fairly literally.\\
• {{Defeat Means Friendship}}: Also Pongorma, who vows to aid you in your violent endeavors after defeat.\\
• {{Call A Hit Point a Smeerp}}: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\
• {{Climax Boss}}: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
• {{Daylight Horror}}: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastel claymation.\\
• {{Death Is A Slap On The Wrist}}: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for health.\\
• {{Gainax Ending}}\\
• {{Greek Chorus}}: Dracula, the Narrator.\\{{Guide Dang It}}: With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.\\
• [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Sword]]: The Skill learned from the Three Sages, Legend of Melting.\\
• {{Makes Just As Much Sense In Context}}\\
• {{Meaningful Name}}: Gibby and Wayne as mentioned below, but the title of the game, Hylics, is a reference to Gnosticism. A hylic is a body that’s completely material- fitting for a world made of clay.\\
• {{NonStandard Game Over}}: touching the Ambulant Skulls causes instant death.\\
• [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Asskicking One-Liner]]: “You dare approach me? My feelings will embrace your memories until you beg me to hark! Now pardon thine little spirit. It is the last time you will.” [[spoiler:Spoken when you challenge Gibby.]]\\
• {{Stealth Pun}}: Gibby and Wayne, as in a Gibbous and Waning moon respectively.\\
• {{Surreal Horror}}\\
• {{Surreal Humor}}\\
• {{Unreliable Narrator}}: Save for a few phrases, Dracula’s narration is as randomly generated as the other NPCs.\\
• {{Word Salad}}: Most of the dialogue is randomly generated.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Wayne, the Protagonist.]]
‘’Hylics’’ is a video game created by Mason Lindroth, described as "a recreational program with light JRPG elements". The world, from environments to battle sprites and animations, is made entirely from pastel claymation. You play mainly as Wayne (with intermissions between acts the Player Character is Dracula), a man with a waning moon for a head, on a vague quest to meet the King of the Moon, Gibby. The plot, if there can be said to be one, is heavily buried under symbolism and the general surrealism of the world.
The game can be downloaded here [[https://mason-lindroth.itch.io/hylics]], and can be completed in about ~2 hours.
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!! Hylics contains examples of:
\\
{{Aerith and Bob}}: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
{{After The End}}: implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeological treasure.\\
{{All There In the Manual}}: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.\\
{{Art Game}}\\
{{Big Bad}}: Gibby, King of the Moon.\\
{{Blood Knight}}: Pongorma, fairly literally.\\
{{Call A Hit Point a Smeerp}}: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\
{{Climax Boss}}: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
{{Daylight Horror}}: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastel claymation.\\
{{Death Is A Slap On The Wrist}}: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for health.\\
{{Gainax Ending}}\\
{{Greek Chorus}}: Dracula, the Narrator.\\
{{Guide Dang It}}: With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.\\
{{Hub World}}: The Afterlife.\\
{{Human Resources}}: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon.]]\\
[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Sword]]: The Skill learned from the Three Sages, Legend of Melting.\\
Let’s Play: Several. Most notably Vinny’s. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtgkR0QzWI]]\\
{{Makes Just As Much Sense In Context}}\\
{{Meaningful Name}}: Gibby and Wayne as mentioned below, but the title of the game, Hylics, is a reference to Gnosticism. A hylic is a body that’s completely material- fitting for a world made of clay.\\
{{NonStandard Game Over}}: touching the Ambulant Skulls causes instant death.\\
[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Asskicking One-Liner]]: “You dare approach me? My feelings will embrace your memories until you beg me to hark! Now pardon thine little spirit. It is the last time you will.” [[spoiler:Spoken when you challenge Gibby.]]\\
{{Stealth Pun}}: Gibby and Wayne, as in a Gibbous and Waning moon respectively.\\
{{Surreal Horror}}\\
{{Surreal Humor}}\\
{{Unreliable Narrator}}: Save for a few phrases, Dracula’s narration is as randomly generated as the other NPCs.\\
{{Word Salad}}: Most of the dialogue is randomly generated.\\
[[caption-width-right:350:Wayne, the Protagonist.]]
‘’Hylics’’ is a video game created by Mason Lindroth, described as "a recreational program with light JRPG elements". The world, from environments to battle sprites and animations, is made entirely from pastel claymation. You play mainly as Wayne (with intermissions between acts the Player Character is Dracula), a man with a waning moon for a head, on a vague quest to meet the King of the Moon, Gibby. The plot, if there can be said to be one, is heavily buried under symbolism and the general surrealism of the world.
The game can be downloaded here [[https://mason-lindroth.itch.io/hylics]], and can be completed in about ~2 hours.
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!! Hylics contains examples of:
\\
{{Aerith and Bob}}: Pongorma, Somsnosa, and Dedusmuln compared to Wayne, Gibby, and Dracula.\\
{{After The End}}: implied by the ruins buried in the environment, and Dedusmuln considering a paper cup an archaeological treasure.\\
{{All There In the Manual}}: The narrator’s name, Dracula, is found in the game’s files.\\
{{Art Game}}\\
{{Big Bad}}: Gibby, King of the Moon.\\
{{Blood Knight}}: Pongorma, fairly literally.\\
{{Call A Hit Point a Smeerp}}: Several stats are called strange things- Health and Mana are Flesh and Will, while base stats are things like Jollility and Philology. \\
{{Climax Boss}}: [[spoiler:Gibby.]]\\
{{Daylight Horror}}: Even the scarier parts of the game are still in pastel claymation.\\
{{Death Is A Slap On The Wrist}}: After dying you get sent to the Afterlife, a land filled with fishes and checkpoints. It’s also here you can trade Meat for health.\\
{{Gainax Ending}}\\
{{Greek Chorus}}: Dracula, the Narrator.\\
{{Guide Dang It}}: With the plot left to the player’s speculation and most dialogue being randomly generated, figuring out what you’re supposed to do can be difficult.\\
{{Hub World}}: The Afterlife.\\
{{Human Resources}}: After battles, you get Meat which can be exchanged for health. Also [[spoiler:the money machine built on the moon.]]\\
[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Sword]]: The Skill learned from the Three Sages, Legend of Melting.\\
Let’s Play: Several. Most notably Vinny’s. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtgkR0QzWI]]\\
{{Makes Just As Much Sense In Context}}\\
{{Meaningful Name}}: Gibby and Wayne as mentioned below, but the title of the game, Hylics, is a reference to Gnosticism. A hylic is a body that’s completely material- fitting for a world made of clay.\\
{{NonStandard Game Over}}: touching the Ambulant Skulls causes instant death.\\
[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Asskicking One-Liner]]: “You dare approach me? My feelings will embrace your memories until you beg me to hark! Now pardon thine little spirit. It is the last time you will.” [[spoiler:Spoken when you challenge Gibby.]]\\
{{Stealth Pun}}: Gibby and Wayne, as in a Gibbous and Waning moon respectively.\\
{{Surreal Horror}}\\
{{Surreal Humor}}\\
{{Unreliable Narrator}}: Save for a few phrases, Dracula’s narration is as randomly generated as the other NPCs.\\
{{Word Salad}}: Most of the dialogue is randomly generated.\\
