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In a fit of jealousy, ThomasEdison has sent his army of DC-powered robots to burn down UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla's home and destroy most of his work. With the help of Creator/MarkTwain and a glove that allows him to control the weather, Tesla must defeat Edison and his creations and prove once and for all that alternating-current electricity is superior!

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In a fit of jealousy, ThomasEdison UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison has sent his army of DC-powered robots to burn down UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla's home and destroy most of his work. With the help of Creator/MarkTwain and a glove that allows him to control the weather, Tesla must defeat Edison and his creations and prove once and for all that alternating-current electricity is superior!



* WreakingHavok: Yep, heavy use of physics.

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* WreakingHavok: Yep, heavy use of physics.
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In a fit of jealousy, ThomasEdison has sent his army of DC-powered robots to burn down NikolaTesla's home and destroy most of his work. With the help of Creator/MarkTwain and a glove that allows him to control the weather, Tesla must defeat Edison and his creations and prove once and for all that alternating-current electricity is superior!

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In a fit of jealousy, ThomasEdison has sent his army of DC-powered robots to burn down NikolaTesla's UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla's home and destroy most of his work. With the help of Creator/MarkTwain and a glove that allows him to control the weather, Tesla must defeat Edison and his creations and prove once and for all that alternating-current electricity is superior!
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* AnIcePerson: The snow power, which lowers the temperature pf an area and can be used to create ice.

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* AnIcePerson: The snow power, which lowers the temperature pf of an area and can be used to create ice.
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* SuperDrowningSkills: Tesla takes damage if he falls into water. Justifed: it's because of the electrical gadgetry he's wearing.

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* SuperDrowningSkills: Tesla takes damage if he falls into water. Justifed: Justified: it's because of the electrical gadgetry he's wearing.
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* SuperDrowningSkills: Tesla takes damage if he falls into water. {{Handwaved}}--it's because of the electrical gadgetry he's wearing.

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* SuperDrowningSkills: Tesla takes damage if he falls into water. {{Handwaved}}--it's Justifed: it's because of the electrical gadgetry he's wearing.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: You can kill yourself with lightning, large quantities of water or sunlight with the burning rays perk.

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** ShockAndAwe: The lightning power, which has the benefit of being able to travel through wires.
*** LightningCanDoAnything: Tesla modifies the lightning generator to gain [[MindOverMatter telekinesis.]]
** MakingASplash: The rain power, which lets him flood areas and put out fires.
** LightEmUp: The sunlight power, which is used to evaporate water and can raise the temperature of an area.
*** This partially evolves into [[PlayingWithFire Playing With Fire]] and [[HolyHandGrenade Holy Hand Grenade]] when you get the Burning Rays and Deadly Rays upgrades respectively.
** AnIcePerson: The snow power, which lowers the temperature pf an area and can be used to create ice.


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* AnIcePerson: The snow power, which lowers the temperature pf an area and can be used to create ice.
* LightEmUp: The sunlight power, which is used to evaporate water and can raise the temperature of an area. Upgrades allow it to light objects on fire and blow up enemies.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Tesla modifies the lightning generator to gain [[MindOverMatter telekinesis.]]


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* MakingASplash: The rain power, which lets Tesla flood areas and put out fires.


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* ShockAndAwe: The lightning power, which has the benefit of being able to travel through wires.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The sunlight power starts off as yellow, but turns a reddish-orange when you get the Burning Rays upgrade, and then turns purple when you get the Deadly Rays upgrade.
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* ElementalPowers: Four of them, given by the device modules.
** ShockAndAwe: The lightning power, which has the benefit of being able to travel through wires.
*** LightningCanDoAnything: Tesla modifies the lightning generator to gain [[MindOverMatter telekinesis.]]
** MakingASplash: The rain power, which lets him flood areas and put out fires.
** LightEmUp: The sunlight power, which is used to evaporate water and can raise the temperature of an area.
*** This partially evolves into [[PlayingWithFire Playing With Fire]] and [[HolyHandGrenade Holy Hand Grenade]] when you get the Burning Rays and Deadly Rays upgrades respectively.
** AnIcePerson: The snow power, which lowers the temperature pf an area and can be used to create ice.

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* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Tesla and the robotic enemies explode when they die.



* MadeOfExplodium: Tesla explodes when he dies.

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* MadeOfExplodium: Tesla explodes when he dies.Some crates are this for certain puzzles.
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* MadeOfExplodium: Tesla explodes when he dies.
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''Tesla: The Weather Man'' is a PuzzlePlatformer game focused on five weather-based powers: Lightning, Levitation, Rain, Sun, and Snow.

In a fit of jealousy, ThomasEdison has sent his army of DC-powered robots to burn down NikolaTesla's home and destroy most of his work. With the help of Creator/MarkTwain and a glove that allows him to control the weather, Tesla must defeat Edison and his creations and prove once and for all that alternating-current electricity is superior!

You can download the game at its official website [[http://www.thoughtquake.com/games/tesla here]].
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!! This game provides examples of:

* BottomlessPits
* BulletTime: One of Tesla's upgrades allows you to press Shift to slow down time, allowing bullets to be telekinetically plucked out of the air with levitation.
* CraniumRide: Used in a couple areas. Tesla can stand on top of some enemies to ride them across terrain he couldn't otherwise cross.
* CrateExpectations: There aren't any items hidden inside them, but there certainly are a lot of random crates conveniently scattered around the hills and mountains.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist
* ExplodingBarrels: Some specially marked crates explode on impact.
* FollowTheMoney: Collecting the various doodads rewards Tesla with [[RPGElements upgrades]].
* HeartsAreHealth
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* MissionControl: Creator/MarkTwain.
* RPGElements: Tesla levels up by collecting spare parts and raw materials, then uses them to upgrade his weather machine in various ways.
* SnowMeansCold: The temperature goes down when Tesla makes it snow.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Tesla takes damage if he falls into water. {{Handwaved}}--it's because of the electrical gadgetry he's wearing.
* WeatherControlMachine: Used by the protagonist, of course. The main premise of the game.
* WreakingHavok: Yep, heavy use of physics.

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