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While you could have reasonably called it a puzzle game, it would have a [[GenreBuster little bit harder]] to pin down than that (But it isn't, because there is no game). It would have had elements of [[DeconstructionGame subversive RPGs]], puzzle games, point-and-click adventure games, and visual novels. A core part of the gameplay might have come from experiencing it firsthand and seeing what the developers would have pulled off next, so keep that in mind while reading the following page; [[WalkingSpoiler merely knowing that these tropes would have been in the game could have served as a form of spoiler]]. But it's probably fine, because [[OverlyLongGag there is no game]]. Of course, it doesn't really matter, because one thing is for sure--[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial There Is No Game]]. You can go and do something else, or [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife maybe spend all of your free time editing]] TVTropes.

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While you could have reasonably called it a puzzle game, it would have a [[GenreBuster little bit harder]] to pin down than that (But it isn't, because there is no game). It would have had elements of [[DeconstructionGame subversive RPGs]], puzzle games, point-and-click adventure games, and visual novels. A core part of the gameplay might have come from experiencing it firsthand and seeing what the developers would have pulled off next, so keep that in mind while reading the following page; [[WalkingSpoiler merely knowing that these tropes would have been in the game could have served as a form of spoiler]]. But it's probably fine, because [[OverlyLongGag there is no game]]. Of course, it doesn't really matter, because one thing is for sure--[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial There Is No Game]]. You can go and do something else, or [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife maybe spend all of your free time editing]] TVTropes.Wiki/TVTropes.
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** The final chapter includes a game of ''[[VideoGame/MineSweeper Bombsweeper]]'' and some "beatcoin" mining.

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''There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension'' is a sequel to the 2015 flash game, VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame. It was released August 6, 2020. While you could have reasonably called it a puzzle game, it would have a [[GenreBuster little bit harder]] to pin down than that (But it isn't, because there is no game). It would have had elements of [[DeconstructionGame subversive RPGs]], puzzle games, point-and-click adventure games, and visual novels. A core part of the gameplay might have come from experiencing it firsthand and seeing what the developers would have pulled off next, so keep that in mind while reading the following page; [[WalkingSpoiler merely knowing that these tropes would have been in the game could have served as a form of spoiler]]. But it's probably fine, because [[OverlyLongGag there is no game]]. Of course, it doesn't really matter, because one thing is for sure--[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial There Is No Game]]. You can go and do something else, or [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife maybe spend all of your free time editing]] TVTropes. Don't go [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/There_Is_No_Game__Wrong_Dimension/ here]] to buy the game on Steam. There ''was'' an April 2021 UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch rerelease, though; let's face it, everything ends up on there eventually, even games that don't exist.

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''There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension'' is a sequel to the 2015 flash game, VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame.''VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame''. It was released August 6, 2020.

While you could have reasonably called it a puzzle game, it would have a [[GenreBuster little bit harder]] to pin down than that (But it isn't, because there is no game). It would have had elements of [[DeconstructionGame subversive RPGs]], puzzle games, point-and-click adventure games, and visual novels. A core part of the gameplay might have come from experiencing it firsthand and seeing what the developers would have pulled off next, so keep that in mind while reading the following page; [[WalkingSpoiler merely knowing that these tropes would have been in the game could have served as a form of spoiler]]. But it's probably fine, because [[OverlyLongGag there is no game]]. Of course, it doesn't really matter, because one thing is for sure--[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial There Is No Game]]. You can go and do something else, or [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife maybe spend all of your free time editing]] TVTropes.

Don't go [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/There_Is_No_Game__Wrong_Dimension/ here]] to buy the game on Steam. There ''was'' an April 2021 UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch rerelease, though; let's face it, everything ends up on there eventually, even games that don't exist.


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* CreditsGag: [[spoiler:All of chapter 5 takes place in another game's ending credits, where you have to solve puzzles by ripping out the staff's names and replacing them with the SpecialThanks names to produce weird effects on the game. The actual game credits also have their own gags, where they keep actively insisting that there was no game, crediting the staff for their efforts on the "non-game".]]



* FunnyBackgroundEvent: [[spoiler:Far from an AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield, the background of the final boss is the Creator's mess of a room. He spends a good chunk of said final battle fighting his own vacuum cleaner while you're dealing with Mr Glitch, and yes, it looks as as silly as it sounds.]]



* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Game is usually called Game because he's a game. That said, [[spoiler:if you choose to play him in the end, it turns out Game really is the title]].

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* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Game is usually called Game because he's a game. That said, [[spoiler:if you choose to play him in the end, it turns out Game really is the title]].title ([[WorkingTitle sorta]])]].


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** Some of the game's actual puzzles can be downright outlandish, with lampshades aplenty, but exploration is often limited so you should quickly realize what to do anyway. Special mention to [[spoiler:the AllegedlyFreeGame part, where a series of in-game switch combinations have to be found in the pop-up ads, hidden in a QR code and a game of sudoku respectively, that otherwise have nothing to do with ''Legend of the Secret''.]]
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* NinjaProp: The Game. The solution to nearly every problem you'll encounter involves stealing and/or using various parts of the interface as if they were real items.


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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: One of the numerous glitches in the game ends up skipping the animation for Holmes and Watson jumping through a manhole and landing in a bathtub. Game is convinced that animation was definitely amazing, though.


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** One of the major elements of the adventure chapter is a classic anti-piracy code wheel in the vein of Dial-A-Pirate. Game is confused by it, musing that if these kinds of things actually existed they probably didn't do much outside of making money for the photocopier market, which is incidentally ''exactly'' why they aren't a thing anymore.


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** After the RPG Hero somehow walks straight to and falls into the same hole in the ground multiple times, Game starts complaining that they should have named his game ''Legend of the ''''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}''.
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''There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension'' is a sequel to the 2015 flash game, VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame. It was released August 6, 2020. While you could have reasonably called it a puzzle game, it would have a [[GenreBuster little bit harder]] to pin down than that (But it isn't, because there is no game). It would have had elements of [[DeconstructionGame subversive RPGs]], puzzle games, point-and-click adventure games, and visual novels. A core part of the gameplay might have come from experiencing it firsthand and seeing what the developers would have pulled off next, so keep that in mind while reading the following page; [[WalkingSpoiler merely knowing that these tropes would have been in the game could have served as a form of spoiler]]. But it's probably fine, because [[OverlyLongGag there is no game]]. Of course, it doesn't really matter, because one thing is for sure - [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial There Is No Game]]. You can go and do something else, or [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife maybe spend all of your free time editing]] TVTropes. Don't go [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/There_Is_No_Game__Wrong_Dimension/ here]] to buy the game on Steam. There ''was'' an April 2021 UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch rerelease, though; let's face it, everything ends up on there eventually, even games that don't exist.

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''There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension'' is a sequel to the 2015 flash game, VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame. It was released August 6, 2020. While you could have reasonably called it a puzzle game, it would have a [[GenreBuster little bit harder]] to pin down than that (But it isn't, because there is no game). It would have had elements of [[DeconstructionGame subversive RPGs]], puzzle games, point-and-click adventure games, and visual novels. A core part of the gameplay might have come from experiencing it firsthand and seeing what the developers would have pulled off next, so keep that in mind while reading the following page; [[WalkingSpoiler merely knowing that these tropes would have been in the game could have served as a form of spoiler]]. But it's probably fine, because [[OverlyLongGag there is no game]]. Of course, it doesn't really matter, because one thing is for sure - [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial sure--[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial There Is No Game]]. You can go and do something else, or [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife maybe spend all of your free time editing]] TVTropes. Don't go [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/There_Is_No_Game__Wrong_Dimension/ here]] to buy the game on Steam. There ''was'' an April 2021 UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch rerelease, though; let's face it, everything ends up on there eventually, even games that don't exist.



* AffablyEvil: Mr. Glitch is rather LaughablyEvil at times. His bombastic, hammy personality make it very easy to forget how dangerous he actually is, and he's rather suave when talking to [[spoiler:Gigi]].

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* AffablyEvil: Mr. Glitch is rather LaughablyEvil at times. His bombastic, hammy personality make it very easy to forget how dangerous he actually is, and he's rather suave when talking to [[spoiler:Gigi]].[[spoiler:[=GiGi=]]].



** The Legend Of The Secret is a clear send-up of Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda.
* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler: Mr. Glitch escapes from the digital realm and begins wreaking havoc in the real world. Game and Gigi both ''defy'' this, however, to the extent that Game asks the Player to delete him to ensure Mr. Glitch never escapes again.]]
* AllegedlyFreeGame: Deliberately invoked as part of a vicious tear-down of Free-2-Pay games. After Mr. Glitch meddles with things, [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret becomes [[OverlyLongName "Legend Of The Secret: Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free":]] - a Free to Play game that requires numerous in-app purchases to beat.]] You have to find a way to circumvent it.

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** The Legend Of The Secret "Legend of the Secret" is a clear send-up of Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda.
* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler: Mr. Glitch escapes from the digital realm and begins wreaking havoc in the real world. Game and Gigi [=GiGi=] both ''defy'' this, however, to the extent that Game asks the Player to delete him to ensure Mr. Glitch never escapes again.]]
* AllegedlyFreeGame: Deliberately invoked as part of a vicious tear-down of Free-2-Pay games. After Mr. Glitch meddles with things, [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret [[spoiler:"Legend of the Secret" becomes [[OverlyLongName "Legend Of The of the Secret: Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free":]] - Free"]]: a Free to Play free-to-play game that requires numerous in-app purchases to beat.]] You have to find a way to circumvent it.



* ArtShift: Though most of the game (sorry, [[InsistentTerminology "the non-game"]]) is rendered in pixel art, [[spoiler: the Creator and everything related to him is filmed in live-action.]] There are also several throughout the game, depending on which game world you're currently in; Legend Of The Secret, for instance, is rendered in the style of early [=RPGs=], such as ''Final Fantasy'' or ''Legend Of Zelda''.

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* ArtShift: Though most of the game (sorry, [[InsistentTerminology "the non-game"]]) is rendered in pixel art, [[spoiler: the Creator and everything related to him is filmed in live-action.]] There are also several throughout the game, depending on which game world you're currently in; Legend Of The Secret, "Legend of the Secret", for instance, is rendered in the style of early [=RPGs=], such as ''Final Fantasy'' or ''Legend Of ''The Legend of Zelda''.



** ''[[VideoGame/PapersPlease Please, Paper!]]'' - a game that seems to be about trying to obtain toilet paper in a totalitarian, pseudo-soviet future.
** ''[[VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper RaPaapaThePaper]]'' - a game about "shaking your body on move stations".
** ''[[{{VideoGame/Minecraft}} Ninecraft]]'' - a game about punching boulders and crafting stone tools with which to cut down trees.
** ''[[VideoGame/SuperHOT SuperCOLD]]'' - the most innovative shooter of 1998, noted for pioneering thermal mechanics in videogaming.

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** ''[[VideoGame/PapersPlease Please, Paper!]]'' - Paper!]]'', a game that seems to be about trying to obtain toilet paper in a totalitarian, pseudo-soviet future.
** ''[[VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper RaPaapaThePaper]]'' - RaPaapaThePaper]]'', a game about "shaking your body on move stations".
** ''[[{{VideoGame/Minecraft}} Ninecraft]]'' - Ninecraft]]'', a game about punching boulders and crafting stone tools with which to cut down trees.
** ''[[VideoGame/SuperHOT SuperCOLD]]'' - SuperCOLD]]'', the most innovative shooter of 1998, noted for pioneering thermal mechanics in videogaming.



* BrickJoke: When fighting the Dark Lord in Legend of the Secret, [[spoiler: the Free-2-Pay version, the guard you launch from the drawbridge ends up falling onto the boss and [[AnticlimaxBoss instantly kills him.]]]]
* BrokenTears: [[spoiler:Game breaks down into these after he has his hopes of reuniting with Gigi cruelly shattered by Mr. Glitch.]]

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* BrickJoke: When fighting the Dark Lord in Legend "Legend of the Secret, Secret", [[spoiler: the Free-2-Pay version, the guard you launch from the drawbridge ends up falling onto the boss and [[AnticlimaxBoss instantly kills him.]]]]
* BrokenTears: [[spoiler:Game breaks down into these after he has his hopes of reuniting with Gigi [=GiGi=] cruelly shattered by Mr. Glitch.]]



* ColonCancer: "Legend Of The Secret: Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free"

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* ColonCancer: "Legend Of The of the Secret: Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free"



* EarnYourHappyEnding: Played straight, only to be subverted at the last second. [[spoiler:After having earned his happy ending, Game - now reunited with Gigi - asks you to delete him to make sure that Mr. Glitch can never menace the real world again. It's up to you whether to do it or not - if you choose to delete him, it turns out Game and Gigi are still alive, but if you choose to play, [[HereWeGoAgain Mr. Glitch pops up on a blue screen of death]].]]

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Played straight, only to be subverted at the last second. [[spoiler:After having earned his happy ending, Game - now Game--now reunited with Gigi - asks [=GiGi=]--asks you to delete him to make sure that Mr. Glitch can never menace the real world again. It's up to you whether to do it or not - if not. If you choose to delete him, it turns out Game and Gigi [=GiGi=] are still alive, but if you choose to play, [[HereWeGoAgain Mr. Glitch pops up on a blue screen of death]].]]



* EvilPlan: Mr. Glitch has one - or so we're told. You [[RunningGag never actually get to hear him explain what he intends to do in any detail.]]

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* EvilPlan: Mr. Glitch has one - or one--or so we're told. You [[RunningGag never actually get to hear him explain what he intends to do in any detail.]]detail, because [[RunningGag he keeps getting interrupted]].



** Chapter 5's title is called Loss of Control, [[spoiler:turns out that's what happens to Game and Gigi after Mr. Glitch puts their names into the Music slot, first with Game and then with Gigi. They both say that they're losing control when they're put in the music slot.]]
* GetBackHereBoss: The entire game could be seen as one of these. The core gameplay loop is as follows - Mr. Glitch appears, Game yells at him, Mr. Glitch makes ominous and vague comments, and then he screws around with whatever game you've entered before fleeing to another one. You and Game are left to clean up his mess before pursuing him.
* GlitchEntity: In-universe, Mr. Glitch - rather obviously - is one of these. He also becomes one for all of the games you subsequently visit.

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** Chapter 5's title is called Loss of Control, [[spoiler:turns out that's what happens to Game and Gigi [=GiGi=] after Mr. Glitch puts their names into the Music slot, first with Game and then with Gigi.[=GiGi=]. They both say that they're losing control when they're put in the music slot.]]
* GetBackHereBoss: The entire game could be seen as one of these. The core gameplay loop is as follows - follows: Mr. Glitch appears, Game yells at him, Mr. Glitch makes ominous and vague comments, and then he screws around with whatever game you've entered before fleeing to another one. You and Game are left to clean up his mess before pursuing him.
* GlitchEntity: In-universe, Mr. Glitch - rather obviously - is Glitch--rather obviously--is one of these. He also becomes one for all of the games you subsequently visit.



* HeroicBSOD: Game undergoes one after [[spoiler:he has his hopes regarding Gigi raised and then dashed again. After repeating his spiel from the start of the game in a noticeably broken tone of voice, he breaks down sobbing.]]
* ICannotSelfTerminate: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Game asks you to delete him and Gigi so that Mr. Glitch can't escape into the real world ever again.]] It's up to the Player whether or not to oblige him.

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* HeroicBSOD: Game undergoes one after [[spoiler:he has his hopes regarding Gigi [=GiGi=] raised and then dashed again. After repeating his spiel from the start of the game in a noticeably broken tone of voice, he breaks down sobbing.]]
* ICannotSelfTerminate: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Game asks you to delete him and Gigi [=GiGi=] so that Mr. Glitch can't escape into the real world ever again.]] It's up to the Player whether or not to oblige him.



* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Hero's path to the princess is blocked by a couple of bushes [[spoiler: in both versions of Legend of the Secret]], visible path around them be damned, and he has to get the Sword of Life to cut through them.

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* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Hero's path to the princess is blocked by a couple of bushes [[spoiler: in both versions of Legend "Legend of the Secret]], Secret"]], visible path around them be damned, and he has to get the Sword of Life to cut through them.



* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The fourth chapter has fake ads for thinly disguised versions of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Superhot}}'', ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'' and ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper''. [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Legend Of The Secret]] borders on this.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to many other games in its' pedigree, ''Wrong Dimension'' is distinctly lighthearted and comedic in tone, although it does occasionally get rather dark.

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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The fourth chapter has fake ads for thinly disguised versions of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Superhot}}'', ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'' and ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper''. ''VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper''. [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Legend Of The Secret]] "Legend of the Secret"]] borders on this.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to many other games in its' its pedigree, ''Wrong Dimension'' is distinctly lighthearted and comedic in tone, although it does occasionally get rather dark.



* MetaphoricallyTrue: Game's constant insistence that [[TitleDrop there is no game.]] [[spoiler: While that isn't true from ''our'' perspective, he's correct in-universe because Gigi, the AI responsible for the gameplay, went missing before we logged in.]]

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* MetaphoricallyTrue: Game's constant insistence that [[TitleDrop there is no game.]] [[spoiler: While that isn't true from ''our'' perspective, he's correct in-universe because Gigi, [=GiGi=], the AI responsible for the gameplay, went missing before we logged in.]]



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:The creator says this (minus the first two words) after Mr. Glitch starts causing turmoil in reality after Gigi was taken away from Game.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:The creator says this (minus the first two words) after Mr. Glitch starts causing turmoil in reality after Gigi [=GiGi=] was taken away from Game.]]



* NamelessNarrative: Only one character involved with the main plot has a proper name, that being [[spoiler:Gigi]]. (Of course, even that is a nickname.) Game, Mr. Glitch and the User are all cases of EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep.

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* NamelessNarrative: Only one character involved with the main plot has a proper name, that being [[spoiler:Gigi]].[[spoiler:[=GiGi=]]]. (Of course, even that is a nickname.) Game, Mr. Glitch and the User are all cases of EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Zigzagged. Game insists on calling [[spoiler:Global Gameplay]] "Gigi", which confuses everybody else as it is a nickname that he created. Game himself is a straight example, since that is exactly what he is and he has no other name.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Zigzagged. Game insists on calling [[spoiler:Global Gameplay]] "Gigi", "[=GiGi=]", which confuses everybody else as it is a nickname that he created. Game himself is a straight example, since that is exactly what he is and he has no other name.



* PlotParallel: [[spoiler:Going by the text messages found on his phone, Game and Gigi's separation appears to mirror some breakup that Game's in-universe creator went through.]]
* ProductPlacement: [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret: Clicker Edition]] features plenty of it as part of its' StylisticSuck. One particularly-egregious example is the protagonist stopping to cheerfully shill for Crunchy-Crunchy Cereal[[labelnote:*]]The cereal that's crunchy and melts-in-your-mouth at the same time![[/labelnote]].

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* PlotParallel: [[spoiler:Going by the text messages found on his phone, Game and Gigi's [=GiGi=]'s separation appears to mirror some breakup that Game's in-universe creator went through.]]
* ProductPlacement: [[spoiler:Legend Of The [[spoiler:"Legend of the Secret: Clicker Edition]] Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free"]] features plenty of it as part of its' its StylisticSuck. One particularly-egregious example is the protagonist stopping to cheerfully shill for Crunchy-Crunchy Cereal[[labelnote:*]]The cereal that's crunchy and melts-in-your-mouth at the same time![[/labelnote]].



** When the Russian Game demands to see the other Games' papers, the original Game replies "Only if you say '[[VideoGame/PapersPlease please]]'." Even later on, said game makes another cameo as a BrandX knock-off being advertised in Legend Of The Secret.
** Several games - including the aforementioned ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'' - appear as BrandX knock-offs.

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** When the Russian Game demands to see the other Games' papers, the original Game replies "Only if you say '[[VideoGame/PapersPlease please]]'." Even later on, said game makes another cameo as a BrandX knock-off being advertised in Legend Of The Secret.
"Legend of the Secret".
** Several games - including games--including the aforementioned ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'' - appear ''VideoGame/PapersPlease''--appear as BrandX knock-offs.



* StylisticSuck: [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret: Clicker Edition]] is a painfully straight-laced AllegedlyFreeGame replete with obnoxious pop-up ads, microtransactions, deliberately-tedious gameplay choices, and ProductPlacement out the wazoo. The only difference from the real deal is that it's ''nowhere near tedious enough'', since that would stop being funny and start being aggravating.

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* StylisticSuck: [[spoiler:Legend Of The [[spoiler:"Legend of the Secret: Clicker Edition]] Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free"]] is a painfully straight-laced AllegedlyFreeGame replete with obnoxious pop-up ads, microtransactions, deliberately-tedious gameplay choices, and ProductPlacement out the wazoo. The only difference from the real deal is that it's ''nowhere near tedious enough'', since that would stop being funny and start being aggravating.



* TakeThat: A prolonged and extremely vicious one towards [[AllegedlyFreeGame Free-2-Pay gaming]] occurs in the game's later chapters, [[spoiler:when Mr. Glitch turns the otherwise-functional RPG "Legend Of The Secret" into a microtransaction-riddled Clicker game.]]

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* TakeThat: A prolonged and extremely vicious one towards [[AllegedlyFreeGame Free-2-Pay gaming]] occurs in the game's later chapters, [[spoiler:when Mr. Glitch turns the otherwise-functional RPG "Legend Of The of the Secret" into a microtransaction-riddled Clicker game.]]



* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:Mr. Glitch does this twice, once during chapter 5's fake credits and again when he's about to erased due to Gigi being eventually merged back with Game. Though in both occasions, he's not really being honest about promising to be good, especially the second time given how he [[ExploitedTrope exploited]] [[TheFarmerAndTheViper it the first time.]]]]

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* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:Mr. Glitch does this twice, once during chapter 5's fake credits and again when he's about to erased due to Gigi [=GiGi=] being eventually merged back with Game. Though in both occasions, he's not really being honest about promising to be good, especially the second time given how he [[ExploitedTrope exploited]] [[TheFarmerAndTheViper it the first time.]]]]



* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: One of the game's central themes. Game and [[spoiler:Gigi]] are fully-sentient, sapient programs. Their abandonment by their developer is comparable to a child being abandoned by their parents.
* WorldLimitedToThePlot: Despite the vast, collectible-filled quest described by Hero in ''Legend of the Secret'', most of which Game and the User work to skip over, there isn't anything to the map outside of the areas you need to go through to get the sword and reach the boss. About the only game area that might fit on the map that you don't go to is an underwater dungeon.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Game has a slightly-stilted way of speaking, and his sentence structure is often a little bit odd (E.G, "Who's doing all this knocking?" "The financial crisis, the indiepocalypse, blah blah blah, all of this..")

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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: One of the game's central themes. Game and [[spoiler:Gigi]] [[spoiler:[=GiGi=]]] are fully-sentient, sapient programs. Their abandonment by their developer is comparable to a child being abandoned by their parents.
* WorldLimitedToThePlot: Despite the vast, collectible-filled quest described by Hero in ''Legend "Legend of the Secret'', Secret", most of which Game and the User work to skip over, there isn't anything to the map outside of the areas you need to go through to get the sword and reach the boss. About the only game area that might fit on the map that you don't go to is an underwater dungeon.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Game has a slightly-stilted way of speaking, and his sentence structure is often a little bit odd (E.G, (e.g. "Who's doing all this knocking?" "The financial crisis, the indiepocalypse, blah blah blah, all of this..this...")

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* CheatersNeverProsper: Game tapes the winning symbols to his cards during the [[RockPaperScissors Rashambo]] game at the start, and the user uses his scissors to cut the rope.
** This is averted with a vengeance on ''your'' end, since the game consists of finding ways to cheat past every obstacle Game places in your path.



* CheatersNeverProsper: Game tapes the winning symbols to his cards during the [[RockPaperScissors Rashambo]] game at the start, and the user uses his scissors to cut the rope. This is averted with a vengeance on ''your'' end, since the game consists of finding ways to cheat past every obstacle Game places in your path.



** On [[spoiler:the Creator’s phone]], Game at one point complains “[[Film/{{Spaceballs}} Even in the other dimensions, nothing works!]]”
*** There’s also an achievement for [[spoiler:choosing “Instant cassettes” in Rogue Quiz]].
** [[spoiler:The actual game, should you play it, looks like a knockoff of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', except TheHero is a flying squirrel, and the BigBad is a goat]].

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** On [[spoiler:the Creator’s phone]], Game at one point complains “[[Film/{{Spaceballs}} Dammit! Even in the other dimensions, nothing works!]]”
*** There’s also an achievement for [[spoiler:choosing “Instant cassettes” in on the third question of Rogue Quiz]].
** [[spoiler:The actual game, [[LastSecondEndingChoice should you play it, it]], looks like a knockoff of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', except TheHero is a flying squirrel, and the BigBad is a goat]].
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** On [[spoiler:the Creator’s phone]], Game at one point complains “[[Film/{{Spaceballs}} Even in the other dimensions, nothing works!]]”
*** There’s also an achievement for [[spoiler:choosing “Instant cassettes” in Rogue Quiz]].
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** During the RPG segment, the protagonist hears Game's voice and asks if he is [[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetandthePlaneteers Gaia, the spirit of the Earth.]]

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** During the RPG segment, the protagonist Hero hears Game's voice and asks if he is [[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetandthePlaneteers Gaia, the spirit of the Earth.]]
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* ProductPlacement: [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret: Clicker Edition]] features plenty of it as part of its' StylisticSuck. One particularly-egregious example is the protagonist stopping to cheerfully shill for Crunchy-Crunch Cereal.

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* ProductPlacement: [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret: Clicker Edition]] features plenty of it as part of its' StylisticSuck. One particularly-egregious example is the protagonist stopping to cheerfully shill for Crunchy-Crunch Cereal.Crunchy-Crunchy Cereal[[labelnote:*]]The cereal that's crunchy and melts-in-your-mouth at the same time![[/labelnote]].
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* MistakenNationality: Game sounds vaguely Russian, and multiple people claimed he's Russian (which he insistently denies).

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* MistakenNationality: Game sounds vaguely Russian, and multiple people claimed he's Several characters mistake Game's distinct[[labelnote:*]]actually French[[/labelnote]] accent for a Russian one (which he insistently denies).
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* CopyProtection: Toward the end of chapter 2.
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* TheStinger: Two different stingers are used, depending on the user's LastSecondEndingChoice. One reveals that the Hero and the Princess from the RPG game are stuck on the island, and the other one shows Holmes and Watson in the bathtub.

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* TheStinger: Two different stingers are used, depending on the user's LastSecondEndingChoice. One reveals that the Hero and the Princess from the RPG game are stuck on the island, and the other one shows Holmes and Watson in the bathtub. Regardless of your choice, the prior two stingers are followed by another stinger where [[spoiler: The Creator]] is channel surfing.
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''There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension'' is a sequel to the 2015 flash game, VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame. It was released August 6, 2020. While you could have reasonably called it a puzzle game, it would have a [[GenreBuster little bit harder]] to pin down than that (But it isn't, because there is no game). It would have had elements of [[DeconstructionGame subversive RPGs]], puzzle games, point-and-click adventure games, and visual novels. A core part of the gameplay might have come from experiencing it firsthand and seeing what the developers would have pulled off next, so keep that in mind while reading the following page; [[WalkingSpoiler merely knowing that these tropes would have been in the game could have served as a form of spoiler]]. But it's probably fine, because [[OverlyLongGag there is no game]]. Of course, it doesn't really matter, because one thing is for sure - [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial There Is No Game]]. You can go and do something else, or [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife maybe spend all of your free time editing]] TVTropes. Don't go [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/There_Is_No_Game__Wrong_Dimension/ here]] to buy the game on Steam.

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''There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension'' is a sequel to the 2015 flash game, VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame. It was released August 6, 2020. While you could have reasonably called it a puzzle game, it would have a [[GenreBuster little bit harder]] to pin down than that (But it isn't, because there is no game). It would have had elements of [[DeconstructionGame subversive RPGs]], puzzle games, point-and-click adventure games, and visual novels. A core part of the gameplay might have come from experiencing it firsthand and seeing what the developers would have pulled off next, so keep that in mind while reading the following page; [[WalkingSpoiler merely knowing that these tropes would have been in the game could have served as a form of spoiler]]. But it's probably fine, because [[OverlyLongGag there is no game]]. Of course, it doesn't really matter, because one thing is for sure - [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial There Is No Game]]. You can go and do something else, or [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife maybe spend all of your free time editing]] TVTropes. Don't go [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/There_Is_No_Game__Wrong_Dimension/ here]] to buy the game on Steam. \n There ''was'' an April 2021 UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch rerelease, though; let's face it, everything ends up on there eventually, even games that don't exist.


* PlayingThePlayer: Although it's ''substantially'' more light-hearted than most examples of this trope. [[spoiler:At first, anyways.]]
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* WorldLimitedToThePlot: Despite the vast, collectible-filled quest described by Hero in ''Legend of the Secret'', most of which Game and the User work to skip over, there isn't anything to the map outside of the areas you need to go through to get the sword and reach the boss. About the only game area that might fit on the map that you don't go to is an underwater dungeon.
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* StockScream: Wilhelm Scream spam is used twice throughout the story, one in the Sherlock Holmes section where Mr. Wilhelm is rapidly punched [[spoiler: so the User can steal a letter H from his speech bubble to use as a rail]], and one in TheStinger [[spoiler: where every show The Creator switches to while channel surfing liberally uses the scream.]]
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''There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension'' is a sequel to the 2015 flash game, VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame. It was released August 6, 2020. While you could reasonably call it a puzzle game, it's a [[GenreBuster little bit harder]] to pin down than that. It has elements of [[DeconstructionGame subversive RPGs]], puzzle games, point-and-click adventure games, and visual novels. A core part of the gameplay comes from experiencing it firsthand and seeing what the developers are going to pull off next, so keep that in mind while reading the following page; [[WalkingSpoiler merely knowing that these tropes are in the game can serve as a form of spoiler]]. Of course, it doesn't really matter, because one thing is for sure - [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial There Is No Game]]. You can go and do something else, or [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife maybe spend all of your free time editing]] TVTropes. Don't go [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/There_Is_No_Game__Wrong_Dimension/ here]] to buy the game on Steam.

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''There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension'' is a sequel to the 2015 flash game, VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame. It was released August 6, 2020. While you could have reasonably call called it a puzzle game, it's it would have a [[GenreBuster little bit harder]] to pin down than that. that (But it isn't, because there is no game). It has would have had elements of [[DeconstructionGame subversive RPGs]], puzzle games, point-and-click adventure games, and visual novels. A core part of the gameplay comes might have come from experiencing it firsthand and seeing what the developers are going to pull would have pulled off next, so keep that in mind while reading the following page; [[WalkingSpoiler merely knowing that these tropes are would have been in the game can serve could have served as a form of spoiler]].spoiler]]. But it's probably fine, because [[OverlyLongGag there is no game]]. Of course, it doesn't really matter, because one thing is for sure - [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial There Is No Game]]. You can go and do something else, or [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife maybe spend all of your free time editing]] TVTropes. Don't go [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1240210/There_Is_No_Game__Wrong_Dimension/ here]] to buy the game on Steam.
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* AllegedlyFreeGame: Deliberately invoked as part of a vicious tear-down of Free-2-Pay games. After Mr. Glitch meddles with things, [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret becomes [[OverlyLongName:"Legend Of The Secret: Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free":]] - a Free to Play game that requires numerous in-app purchases to beat.]] You have to find a way to circumvent it.

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* AllegedlyFreeGame: Deliberately invoked as part of a vicious tear-down of Free-2-Pay games. After Mr. Glitch meddles with things, [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret becomes [[OverlyLongName:"Legend [[OverlyLongName "Legend Of The Secret: Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free":]] - a Free to Play game that requires numerous in-app purchases to beat.]] You have to find a way to circumvent it.
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* AllegedlyFreeGame: Deliberately invoked as part of a vicious tear-down of Free-2-Pay games. After Mr. Glitch meddles with things, [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret becomes "Legend Of The Secret: Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free" - a Free to Play game that requires numerous in-app purchases to beat.]] You have to find a way to circumvent it.

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* AllegedlyFreeGame: Deliberately invoked as part of a vicious tear-down of Free-2-Pay games. After Mr. Glitch meddles with things, [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret becomes "Legend [[OverlyLongName:"Legend Of The Secret: Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free" Free":]] - a Free to Play game that requires numerous in-app purchases to beat.]] You have to find a way to circumvent it.
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* BlahBlahBlah: A fake End User License Agreement in chapter 4 scrolls past several pages of "Blah blah blah" before getting to the end.
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Averted with Game, but all the other games can not read [[spoiler:Hero and Princess's dialogue in one of [[TheStinger the stingers.]]]]

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* NeverLearnedToRead: Averted with Game, but all the other games can not read [[spoiler:Hero and Princess's dialogue in one of [[TheStinger the stingers.]]]]]]]] This is because they all come from the other options of the language menu, and thus can't read other languages than their own.
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* CurseCutShort: [[spoiler:In TheStinger of the deletion ending, when the Russian Game tells Game that the User is still present: "Holy sh--" (cut to credits)]]

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* CurseCutShort: [[spoiler:In TheStinger of the deletion ending, when the Russian Game tells Game that the User is still present: "Holy sh--" (cut to credits)]]

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* TheStinger: Two different stingers are used, depending on the user's LastSecondEndingChoice. One reveals that the Hero and the Princess from the RPG game are stuck on the island, and the other one shows Holmes and Watson in the bathtub.
* StylisticSuck: [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret: Clicker Edition]] is a painfully straight-laced AllegedlyFreeGame replete with obnoxious pop-up ads, microtransactions, deliberately-tedious gameplay choices, and ProductPlacement out the wazoo. The only difference from the real deal is that it's ''nowhere near tedious enough'', since that would stop being funny and start being aggravating.



* SuperDrowningSkills: Hero can't swim. He uses it to quickly return to his starting point after getting the Sword of Life. [[spoiler:We mean interface]]
* TheStinger: Two different stingers are used, depending on the user's LastSecondEndingChoice. One reveals that the Hero and the Princess from the RPG game are stuck on the island, and the other one shows Holmes and Watson in the bathtub.
* StylisticSuck: [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret: Clicker Edition]] is a painfully straight-laced AllegedlyFreeGame replete with obnoxious pop-up ads, microtransactions, deliberately-tedious gameplay choices, and ProductPlacement out the wazoo. The only difference from the real deal is that it's ''nowhere near tedious enough'', since that would stop being funny and start being aggravating.

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* SuperDrowningSkills: Hero can't swim. He uses it to quickly return to his starting point after getting the Sword of Life. [[spoiler:We mean interface]]
* TheStinger: Two different stingers are used, depending on the user's LastSecondEndingChoice. One reveals that the Hero and the Princess from the RPG game are stuck on the island, and the other one shows Holmes and Watson in the bathtub.
* StylisticSuck: [[spoiler:Legend Of The Secret: Clicker Edition]] is a painfully straight-laced AllegedlyFreeGame replete with obnoxious pop-up ads, microtransactions, deliberately-tedious gameplay choices, and ProductPlacement out the wazoo. The only difference from the real deal is that it's ''nowhere near tedious enough'', since that would stop being funny and start being aggravating.
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* CurseCutShort: [[spoiler:In TheStinger of the deletion ending, when the Russian Game tells Game that the User is still present: "Holy sh--" (cut to credits)]]
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Invoked by Game in chapter 6. [[spoiler:During the second attempt to get the player to quit, he switches the "Yes" and "No" buttons to get the player to click on "Yes".]] However, [[spoiler:at no point do any of the "Yes" buttons actually work.]]
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* MediumAwareness: Mr. Glitch makes a couple remarks in chapter 6 that go beyond the usual scope of BreakingTheFourthWall. Namely that the same person voices him and Game, as well as telling the user to go back to chapter 1 if they want a brick breaker.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When the program titled "This Is Not a Game" boots up, the startup window for the program says it's made in India. The program turns out to be an Indian version of ''There Is No Game''.
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* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:Mr Glitch. does this twice, once during chapter 5's fake credits and again when he's about to erased due to Gigi being eventually merged back with Game. Though in both occasions, he's not really being honest about promising to be good, especially the second time given how he [[ExploitedTrope exploited]] [[TheFarmerAndTheViper it the first time.]]]]

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* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:Mr Glitch. [[spoiler:Mr. Glitch does this twice, once during chapter 5's fake credits and again when he's about to erased due to Gigi being eventually merged back with Game. Though in both occasions, he's not really being honest about promising to be good, especially the second time given how he [[ExploitedTrope exploited]] [[TheFarmerAndTheViper it the first time.]]]]
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* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:Mr Glitch. does this twice, once during chapter 5's fake credits and again when he's about to erased due to Gigi being eventually merged back with Game. Though in both occasions, he's not really being honest about promising to be good, especially the second time given how he [[ExploitedTrope exploited]] [[TheFarmerAndTheViper it the first time.]]]]

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