History VideoGame / TheCountLucanor

The game is available for purchase on Steam [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/440880/ here]], and was released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on October 19, 2017, the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 on November 21, 2017, and the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita on January 9, 2018.

** Don Juan Manuel's Tales of Count Lucanor (a.k.a. El Conde Lucanor) is a Spanish book from 1335 made of 50 short stories and fables. The Count is always dubious about incidents in his daily life and business and asks to his servant [[spoiler:Patronio]] who always answers with a short fable that serves as a moral example.

* BalefulPolymorph: The old lady's pig is revealed to actually be her son, who was cursed by a witch to take a pig's form. He shows his human form in the castle, but still acts like a pig.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: Giulia.

* ShmuckBait: You are warned very early that the Red Camerlengo is extremely dangerous, and in one of your first encounters he attempts to bait Hans out of hiding by saying he'll give him Patronio's name. He doesn't even try to make himself seem non-threatening considering the blood ''oozing out of his eye sockets''. [[SarcasmMode Shockingly]], he murders you instantly if he sees you.

* EveryoneIsRelated: Invoked by [[spoiler: the false]] Count Lucanor - he tells Hans that [[spoiler: his mother is actually the Count's daughter, Lucrezia, and that she ran away with his father, the soldier J.F., thus making Hans the Count's grandson. Ultimately averted when it's revealed that the count had actually been dead for centuries, and this was a trick thought up by Patronio in order to convince Hans to take the throne.]]

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* RunningGag: Giulia is always startled by Hans when he greets her.
** [[CentipedesDilemma Apart from the one time he tries to do it on purpose]].

The story of the game is very much set up as a FairyTale, but deliberately harkening back to the genre's old and dark roots. A young boy named Hans has just turned ten, but he and his mother are too poor to properly celebrate his birthday. Fed up with this lifestyle, Hans decides to leave home in search of treasure and adventure. Before he leaves, his mother gives him his grandfather's cane, some cheese and three pieces of gold to help on his way. Wandering the woods Hans eventually stumbles across the castle of Count Lucanor, a wealthy nobleman seeking an heir to inherit his fortune.

''The Count Lucanor'' is a horror-exploration game developed by Baroque Decay, and released on March 3rd, 2016. Using blend between 8 and 16 bit style graphics and gameplay, the game takes its inspiration mainly from properties such as ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''Franchise/SilentHill'', and ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''.

The story of the game is very much set up as a FairyTale, but [[{{Grimmification}} deliberately harkening back to the genre's old and dark roots]]. A young boy named Hans has just turned ten, but he and his mother are too poor to properly celebrate his birthday. Fed up with this lifestyle, Hans decides to leave home in search of treasure and adventure. Before he leaves, his mother gives him his grandfather's cane, some cheese and three pieces of gold to help on his way. Wandering the woods Hans eventually stumbles across the castle of Count Lucanor, a wealthy nobleman seeking an heir to inherit his fortune.

The story of the game is very much set up as a FairyTale, but [[[[Grimmification}} deliberately harkening back to the genre's old and dark roots]]. A young boy named Hans has just turned ten, but he and his mother are too poor to properly celebrate his birthday. Fed up with this lifestyle, Hans decides to leave home in search of treasure and adventure. Before he leaves, his mother gives him his grandfather's cane, some cheese and three pieces of gold to help on his way. Wandering the woods Hans eventually stumbles across the castle of Count Lucanor, a wealthy nobleman seeking an heir to inherit his fortune.