History VideoGame / LostInRandom

* DontFearTheReaper: The Grim Reaper appears to ferry the souls of the Bag Brothers after Even defeats them, transporting Even to Fivetropolis afterwards. Although he presents an ominous figure, when Even confides in him her desire to give up after all she's been through he scolds her in a surprisingly normal sounding voice. He implores her to see that she's more equipped to succeed than she realizes, gives Dicey his final pip upgrade, and urges her to hurry and defeat the Queen, because he's tired of ferrying children.

* HealingPotion: One of the cards the player can select. Apparently, Even likes the blueberry flavor.

* KidHero: Even isn't even twelve when she embarks on her adventure.

* PoorCommunicationKills: As Even angrily shouts at the ruling siblings of Threedom, the entire war happened because their father was assassinated and, rather than share information and look for the real killer, immediately suspected each other for it.

* ShutUpHannibal: Odd says this [[spoiler:[[MomentOfAwesome right towards The Queen after her sister freed her from her control]] and right before she and her sister Even escape.]]

* IndustrialEvil: Fivetropolis is a giant factory settlement that mass produces the Queen's forces.

* DontFearTheReaper: The Grim Reaper appears to ferry the souls of the Bag Brothers after Even defeats them, transporting Even to Fivetropolis afterwards. Although he presents an ominous figure, when Even confides in him her desire to give up after all she's been through he scolds her in a surprisingly normal sounding voice. He implores her to see that she's more equipped to succeed than she realizes, and gives Dicey his final upgrade, finishing with an urging to defeat the Queen, because he's tired of ferrying children.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Even gets a verbal dressing down from the Grim Reaper that she's a lot more equipped to succeed than she thinks, and implores her to quit whining about her setbacks and focus on how much she's achieved. Then he gives Dicey his final pip upgrades and urges her to hurry up and overthrow the Queen, as he's tired of ferrying children to the afterlife.

* DontYouDarePityMe: When Even meets the Shadowman again, imprisoned near the end of the game, she has the dialogue option of expressing pity for being the kind of person that needs to be feared. The Shadowman [[VillainousBreakdown does not take this well]].

* FightLikeACardPlayer: In order to fight off enemies, Even must gather "dice energy" to draw various cards from her deck, roll Dicey, and then pick cards to play based on the number she rolled. The cards will allow her to summon various weapons, heal herself, or unleash hazards to damage enemies.

* TheGrimReaper: A benevolent version appears in this game, transporting Even to Fivetropolis and giving Dicey his final upgrade.

* TimeStandsStill: Rolling Dicey freezes enemies, giving the player time to choose what cards to play, until Even attacks them.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: During Even's HeroicBSoD, she meets the Bag Brothers, who offer to smuggle her home to Onecroft in their bag. But accepting this, Even soon realised that they were EvilAllAlong and that the bag was a monster that ate all that was put into it. It's lucky that Even defeated the Bag Brothers, otherwise this mistake would've costed her life.

* CallToAdventure: Also known as the Dice Wielder's Journey.

* CallToAdventure:

* TimeSkip: Happens twice during the game. The first time was years after [[spoiler:Queen Aleksandra's sister Natalya suffered a fatal accident, which was when she took over all of Random.]] And then the second time was a year after Odd's 12th birthday, as well as being the day she was taken from home, being the day that Even sets out on her adventure.

* HeroicBSOD: Even hits one in Fourburg, having grown physically drained by her journey and emotionally drained by nightmares about Odd.

--> '''The Queen''': Hah! [[BigYes YES. YES!]] Bring the dice to me, and we shall-
--> '''Odd''': Hey. [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Shut it, Lady.]]

* DontYouDarePityMe: When Even meets the Shadowman again, imprisoned near the end of the game, she has the dialogue option of expressing pity for being the kind of person that needs to be feared. The Shadowman [[VillainousBreakdown does not take this well.]]

** There is also the Shadowman, a boogeyman-like figure who preys on children who wander out into the dark streets of Threedom.

* HeroicBSOD:

* HypnoTrinket: [[spoiler:The mask the Queen gives odd seems to be this. When she wears it, it seems to induce feelings of resentment towards her sister, to the point where Odd will willingly attack Even.]]

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:The Queen's robot army is field by the fears and nightmares of children chosen to be Sixers.]]

''Lost in Random'' is a 2021 action adventure/strategy video game developed by Yoink!, written by Creator/RyanNorth, and published by Creator/{{Electronic Arts}} under their EA Originals label.

Set in a dark fantasy world combining fairy tale and board game motifs, the game follows a young girl named Even on a quest to rescue her older sister Odd from the wicked queen of Random. Along the way, Even befriends a sapient dice named Dicey, whose strange powers may be the key to Even’s survival.

* ActionPrologue: The game begins with a flashback with [[spoiler: the Queen and her sister as children]] fighting in a mysterious arena.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:The Queen's sister]], frozen in their moment of death, pleads to be freed and allowed to die because they're fully conscious and in pain while in that stasis. There's also the victims of the sinister bag of holding, whose spirits are still trapped within it long after their bodies have been devoured by it.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The game ends with Even, Odd, Dicey, and the other escaping Sixer children fleeing the Queen’s crumbling tower on parasols, floating down to an unknown destination in Random.]]

* BedsheetGhost: One of these acts as a guide to Even on her quest. [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that the ghost is the spirit of the Queen’s sister, whose body was frozen in time at the moment of her death.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: By the time Even finally finds Odd, she has been twisted and corrupted by the mask given to her by the Queen, and more than happy to attack her little sister.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Even didn't have much on her life besides her family, which gets broken when Odd is taken away from her. In her quest to get her back, Even is put through the emotional wringer, particularly at being beaten and betrayed in her journey, being at her lowest just before Sixtopia.
* CrapsackWorld: Random is this in spades. The land is split into six districts divided and tightly controlled by a wicked Queen who will happily have an entire town destroyed if it suits her needs. Worse still, upon reaching their twelfth birthday, every child must roll the Queen’s dice and, depending on the number they roll, must leave their family forever to go live in a different town.

* TheDragon: Nanny Fortuna, who handles corralling the abducted children and spreading the Queen’s propaganda.

** [[spoiler: The Queen is apparently serving a triumvirate of them, giving them children as tribute in exchange for her powers.]]
** There is also the Shadowman, a boogeyman like figure who preys on children who wander out into the dark streets of Threedom.

* FightLikeACardPlayer: In order to fight off enemies, Even must gather “dice energy” to draw various cards from her deck, roll Dicey, and then pick cards to play based on the number she rolled. The cards will allow her to summon various weapons, heal herself, or unleash hazards to damage enemies.

* HostileShowTakeover: [[spoiler: While Even explores Fivetropolis, the Queen has the narrator imprisioned and attempts to take control of Even’s story.]]

* HypnoTrinket: [[spoiler:The mask the Queen gives odd seems to be this. When she wears it, it seems to induce feelings resentment towards her sister, to the point where Odd will willingly attack Even.]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler: When Even finally reunited with Odd, she is too corrupted to think straight and Even is forced to fight her sister to bring her back to her senses.]]
* InteractiveNarrator: A loading screen reveals that everybody has their own narrator. While Even spends most of her journey unaware of hers,[[spoiler: the Queen is able to have him captured and imprisoned. Once Even finds him in Sixtopia, she realizes who he is and is able to communicate with him for the remainder of the game.]]

* KidHero: Even isn’t even twelve when she embarks on her adventure.
* LargeAndInCharge: The Mayor of Two-Town towers over his constituency, as does his less-benevolent personality Royam.

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:The Queen’s robot army is field by the fears and nightmares of children chosen to be Sixers.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: Odd says this [[spoiler:[[MomentOfAwesome right towards The Queen of Random after her sister freed her from her control]] and right before she and her sister Even escape.]]
--> '''The Queen''': Hah! [[BigYes YES. YES]]! Bring the dice to me, and we shall-

* WretchedHive: Fourburg has devolved into this, having been destroyed by the Queen and rebuilt as a shady gambling town.
* WunzaPlot: She’s a sassy little girl. He’s a sentiant dice with a hammerspace inside. They fight the evil Queen that took her sister.

* BedsheetGhost: One of these acts as a guide to Even on her quest. [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that the ghost is the Queen’s sister, whose body was frozen in time at the moment of her death.]]

* CrapsackWorld: Random is this in spades. The land is split into six districts divided and tightly controlled by a wicked Queen who will happily have an entire town destroyed if it suits her needs. Worse still, upon reaching their twelve birthday, every child must roll the Queen’s dice and, depending on the number they roll, must leave their family forever to go live in a different town.

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The Queen is apparently serving a triumvirate of them, giving them children as tribute in exchange for her powers.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: As Even angrily shouts at the ruling siblings of Threedom, the entire war happened because their father was assassinated and, rather than talk to each other and find the real killer based on what they each knew, immediately suspected each other for it.

--> '''Queen [[spoiler: Aleksandra]]''': Hah! [[BigYes YES. YES]]! Bring the dice to me, and we shall-

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Even gets a verbal dressing down from the Grim Reaper that she's a lot more equipped to succeed than she thinks, and implores her to quit whining about her setbacks and focus on how much she's achieved. Then he gives Dicey his final pip upgrades and urges her to hurry up and overthrow the Queen, as he's tired of ferrying children to the afterlife.