History VideoGame / Inscryption

* EyeScream: Using the "special knife" allows you to do this to add a large amount of weight to the scale during battles...by carving out your own eye and putting it on said scale. Thankfully, Leshy always offers you a new one after the battle. [[spoiler:It's necessary to unlock more of the story.]]

* EyeScream: Using the "special knife" allows you to do this to instantly win a match. [[spoiler:It's necessary to unlock more of the story.]]

* InMediaRes: The shadowy figure at the other end of the table implies that the player is just the latest in a series of unfortunate guests. Enforced in that the game starts with "Continue" while the "New Game" option is outright missing from the main menu [[spoiler:and has to be unlocked]].

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: You’ve defeated Leshy and sealed him inside a card. You can finally see what this “new game” option does. Turns out your adventure has only just begun...]]
* DoubleMeaning: [[spoiler:Unlocking the "New Game" option doesn't start the game over from scratch, as may be expected; you instead start a "new" version of the game unlike what you've been playing thus far.]]

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: [[spoiler:When you make it to the end of the game and beat Leshy, after some events play out, you finally access the "New Game" option at the title screen. And choosing this option has you start a "new game" with completely different, 8-bit graphics and 2 new types of cards to unlock. The roguelike deck building aspect is also removed, with you simply unlocking more and more cards to work with (giving you more flexibility for your deck, though you are required to have at least 20 at any time).]]

* BloodMagic: One of the main mechanics is sacrificing cards on the field in order to play better cards. Between games, you can also sacrifice a card to give its ability to another card. [[spoiler:It turns out this is only one of four card types, but since it's the card type that your opponent Leshy specializes in, it's what you start with. After your first run ends, you also start unlocking bones cards which are a sort of indirect form of Blood Magic (your cards must die to gain currency used to summon other cards. The other two card types that don't unlock until the second half aren't this at all.]]

* EyeScream: Using the "special knife" allows you to do this to instantly win a match. [[spoiler: It's necessary to unlock more of the story]]
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: [[spoiler:After you make it to the end of the game and beat Leshy, after some events play out you finally access the "New Game" option at the title screen. And choosing this option has you start a new 8bit game with with (obviously) completely different graphics and 2 new types of cards to unlock. The roguelike deck building aspect is also removed with you simply unlocking more and more cards to work with (giving you more flexibility for your deck, though you are required to have at least 20 at any time).]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Can’t think of a more fitting fate [[spoiler: for Leshy than sealing him in a card with his own camera.]]
* InstantWinCondition: [[spoiler:In the final battle against your captor, on his final life he will summon a giant field sized card representing the moon that has a massive amount of health and will grind you down pretty fast if you cannot destroy it quickly. But if you play a card with the venomous trait, that card will instantly destroy the moon just like any other card, causing your victory.]]

* KillerGameMaster: ZigZagged. The shrouded entity you face in this game has ill intent, and it shows in the tutorial with some of their actions, but they are equal parts fair and cruel. One notable example, is upon reaching a boss fight with [[VideoGameLives more than one flame on your candle]] for the first time, the entity will extinguish all but one flame, leaving you one shot to beat the boss. However, for every flame they extinguish, you gain a "The Smoke" card, a 0/1 card which grants 4 extra bones upon death.

* NoNameGiven: Subverted. You eventually learn, and the developers have revealed out of game, that your mysterious opponent's name is Leshy.

* RealityWarper: The opponent seems to have shades of this [[spoiler: especially in the final boss. One moment you are staring down at the map and suddenly you ''are'' the piece on the map.]]

* HalfwayPlotShift: [[spoiler:After you make it to the end of the game and beat Leshy, after some events play out you finally access the "New Game" option at the title screen. And choosing this option has you start a new 8bit game with with (obviously) completely different graphics and 2 new types of cards to unlock. The roguelike deck building aspect is also removed with you simply unlocking more and more cards to work with (giving you more flexibility for your deck, though you are required to have at least 20 at any time).]]

* BloodMagic: One of the main mechanics is sacrificing cards on the field in order to play better cards. Between games, you can also sacrifice a card to give its ability to another card.

* PhantomZonePicture: You get one made of you if you lose (which implies that you might be playing a ''succession'' of victims), and it's implied that some (if not all) of the cards are these - the [[StarterMon Stoat]] in particular stands out in your starting deck. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that Leshy taking photos of people seals them in cards.]] [[spoiler:When you turn the tables on him and finally get the chance to look around his locked room you realize that sealing people in cards ''leaves a corpse behind.'']]
[[spoiler:On top of that, this is how Leshy has trapped the other scribes in cards.]]

* PhantomZonePicture: You get one made of you if you lose (which implies that you might be playing a ''succession'' of victims), and it's implied that some (if not all) of the cards are these - the [[StarterMon Stoat]] in particular stands out in your starting deck. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that Leshy taking photos of people seals them in cards.]]

''Inscryption'' is a [[GenreBuster rouguelike, psychological horror-esque, escape room puzzle, deck building game]]. It's developed by Daniel Mullins Games, known for the renowned ''VideoGame/PonyIsland''. Its release date is October 19th 2021, however a demo was released September 25th 2021, and a concept demo titled ''Sacrifices Must Be Made'' was released in 2017.

* PhantomZonePicture: You get one made of you if you lose (which implies that you might be playing a ''succession'' of victims), and it's implied that some (if not all) of the cards are these - the [[StarterMon Stoat]] in particular stands out in your starting deck.

You play as [[FeaturelessProtagonist someone]] who has had the misfortune of ending up in [[HiddenVillain someone's]] cabin. Forced to play a cruel and twisted card game for your life, you'll need to explore the cabin you're trapped in, build your deck, win battles, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick make sacrifices.]]

* TheDarknessGazesBack: Your mysterious opponent is seen only as a pair of glowing eyes in the darkness. You can also see their hands sometimes, but their face is permanently shrouded in shadow. [[spoiler: Not so since there are moments where you can see they a humanoid mass of plant matter resembling a bearded old man.]]

* TricksterMentor: Has shades of this. They force a loss on you in the tutorial to introduce the lives mechanic on you. They claim their boss battles are a true test of skill, and as such, reduce your lives to one (though they do reimburse you with some a pretty strong card) however, should you lose, all that happens is you start again, with a stronger deck.

* TheDarknessGazesBack: Your mysterious opponent is seen only as a pair of glowing eyes in the darkness. You can also see their hands sometimes, but their face is permanently shrouded in shadow. [[spoiler: Not so since there are moments where you can see they are an old man with twigs and leaves in their hair.]]

* GeniusBonus: [[spoiler: The mysterious game-master is named Leshy. In slavic myth, he is a spirit of the forest and the hunt who values fair play but despises treachery. Now consider how the game-master acts.]]

* TheDarknessGazesBack: Your mysterious opponent is seen only as a pair of glowing eyes in the darkness. You can also see their hands sometimes, but their face is permanently shrouded in shadow.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: You’ve defeated Leshy and sealed him inside a card. You see what this “new game” option does. Turns out your adventure has only just begun.]]

* PhantomZonePicture: You get one made of you if you lose (which implies that you might be playing a ''succession'' of victims), and it's implied that some (if not all) of the cards are these - the [[StarterMon Stoat]] in particular sands out in your starting deck.

''Inscryption'' is a horror-esque, escape room, puzzle, deck building [[GenreBuster game.]] It's developed by Daniel Mullins Games, known for the renowned ''VideoGame/PonyIsland''. Its release date is October 19th 2021, however a demo was released September 25th 2021, and a concept demo titled "Sacrifices must be made" was released in 2017.

''Inscryption'' is a horror-esque, escape room, puzzle, deck building [[GenreBuster game.]] It’s being created by Daniel Mullins Games, known for the renowned ''VideoGame/PonyIsland''. Its release date is October 19th 2021, however a demo was released September 25th 2021, and a concept demo titled “Sacrifices must be made” was released in 2017.

You play as [[FeaturelessProtagonist someone]] who has had the misfortune of ending up in [[HiddenVillain someone’s]] cabin. Forced to play a cruel and twisted card game for your life, you’ll need to explore the cabin you're trapped in, build your deck, win battles, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick make sacrifices.]]

* ArcWords: “Sacrifices must be made.”
* BloodMagic: One of the main mechanics is sacrificing cards on the field in order to play better cards.

* KillerGameMaster: ZigZagged. The shrouded entity you face in this game has ill intent, and it shows in the tutorial with some of their actions, but they are equal parts fair and cruel. One notable example, is upon reaching a boss fight with [[VideoGameLives more than one flame on your candle]] for the first time, the entity will extinguish all but one flame, leaving you one shot to beat the boss. However, for every flame they extinguish, you gain a "The Smoke" card, a 0/1 card which grants 4 extra bones upon death

* TricksterMentor: Has shades of this. They force a loss on you in the tutorial to introduce the lives mechanic on you. They claim their boss battles are a true test of skill, and as such, reduce your lives to one (though they do reimburse you with some a pretty strong card) however, should you lose, all that happens is you start again, with a stronger deck.

Inscryption is a horror-esque,escape room,puzzle,deck building [[GenreBuster game.]] It’s being created by Daniel Mullins Games, known for the renowned [[VideoGame Pony Island.]] Its release date is October 19th 2021, however a demo was released September 25th 2021, and a concept demo titled “Sacrifices must be made” was released in 2017.

You play as [[FeaturelessProtagonist Someone]] who has had the misfortune of ending up in [[HiddenVillain Someone’s]] cabin. Forced to play a cruel and twisted card game for your life, you’ll need to explore the cabin your trapped in, build your deck, win battles, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Make sacrifices.]]


! Tropes must be made. Inscryption provides examples of the following tropes:

* DemBones: On your second run (after your first death) you unlock bone tokens,which are granted whenever one of your creatures dies. You can use these tokens to summon special cards.
* ItsAWonderfulFailure: Kinda. Should you run out of lives, the entity will “Sacrifice You”. This entails throwing you into some kind of closet, and allowing you to make a card of yourself, from a few random cards in your deck. They then take a photo of you, and the game starts anew, but this time, you have a much stronger deck.
* KillerGameMaster: ZigZagged. The shrouded entity you face in this game has ill intent, and it shows in the tutorial with some of their action but they are equal parts fair and cruel.
** One notable example, is upon reaching a boss fight with [[VideoGameLives more than one flame on your candle]] for the first time, the entity will extinguish all but one flame, leaving you one shot to beat the boss. However, for every flame they extinguish, you gain a “The Smoke” card,a 0/1 card which grants 4 extra bones upon death
* LiteralMetaphor: Should you reach the boss with more than one life,the entity will snuff all but one flame, leaving you with one life. They then say they will “Let you keep the smoke.” A seeming taunt of your impending doom..and then you actually get a card called “The smoke” which is fairly useful.
* TricksterMentor: Has shades of this. They force a loss on you in the tutorial to introduce the lives mechanic on you. They claim their boss battles are a true test of skill, and as such, reduce your lives to one (though they do reimburse you with some a pretty strong card) however,should you lose,all that happens is you start again,with a stronger deck.

** One notable example, is upon reaching a boss fight with [[VideoGameLives more than one flame on your candle]] for the first time, the entity will extinguish all but one flame, leaving you one shot to beat the boss. However, for every flame they extinguish, you gain a “The Smoke” card,a 2/1 card which grants extra bones.
* LiteralMetaphor: Should you reach the boss with more than one life,the entity will snuff all but one flame, leaving you with one life. They then say they will “Let you keep the smoke.” A seeming taunt of your impending doom..and then you actually get a card called “The smoke” which is fairly strong.

You play as [[FeaturelessProtagonist Someone]] who has had the misfortune of ending up in [[HiddenVillian Someone’s]] cabin. Forced to play a cruel and twisted card game for your life, you’ll need to explore the cabin your trapped in, build your deck, win battles, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Make sacrifices.]]