History VideoGame / ThereIsNoGameWrongDimension

* ProductPlacement: [[spoiler:''Legend of the Secret: Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free''] 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]].

* 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.

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

* ProductPlacement: [[spoiler:"Legend of the Secret: Ultimate Clicker: VIP Edition: Deluxe 4.2: Free"]] 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]].

* StylisticSuck: [[spoiler:"Legend of the Secret: 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.

* 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.]]

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Several jokes and plot points in the game reference a failed crowdfunding campaign, which turns out to be [[spoiler:the one for the game Game and Gigi were set to debut as, of whose failure was the real reason both were separated]]. In real life, the crowdfunding for ''Wrong Dimension'' unfortunately fell through.

** "Legend of the Secret" is a clear send-up of Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda. [[spoiler:For that matter, so is Game's original RPG, with Ganon replaced by a goat-themed wizard and Link replaced with an anthropomorphic flying squirrel named Tie.]]

* 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.

* 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 ''The Legend of Zelda''.

* 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.]]]] Additionally, there's mentions of a "disenchantment scam" mentioned by Sherlock, which ends up being mentioned [[spoiler: by the Creator when you attempt to call him unsuccessfully.]]

* GoodMorningCrono: "Legend of the Secret" opens with Hero sleeping in his bed while the User and Game try to wake him up.

* 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.

* 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.

** 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".

* 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.]]

** "Legend of the Secret" is a clear send-up of Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda.

* UpdatedRerelease: Chapter 1 of this game is ''very'' much a more polished version of the original ''There Is No Game''. The puzzles and what you need to solve them, as well as the usage of signs and locks, are all present in the Game Jam game (bar the goat).

* 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.

-->'''Game:''' Hip-hop. I hate hip-hop.

* PlotCoupon: Discusses and mocked. The Hero mentions that his quest would normally have him go around the world to collect twelve Sacred Feathers, defeat eight Ticklish Generals of the Dark Lord, and look for 50 Sun Stones. Game has nothing but disdain and annoyance for this quest, and actively encourages the User to take some shortcuts.

* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: Mr. Glitch, the User and Game are all named after their roles in the narrative.
** Not to mention Hero, Princess, [[spoiler: and Creator]].

* 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.

** During the fake credits sequence, two of the developers credited are [[Creator/TimBurton Tim]] [[Creator/DannyElfman Elfman]] and [[Creator/BusterKeaton Buster]] [[Creator/CharlieChaplin Chaplin]]. Slotting their names into open spots will affect the game in a fitting way. For instance, making Tim Elfman the Audio Designer will remix the background music into the style of Danny Elfman, whereas making him the graphics designer will turn everything into a whimsically-nightmarish expy of Tim Burton's classic ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. The latter two creators make appearances via their being in clips from ''[[Creator/BusterKeaton The Boat]]'' and ''[[Creator/CharlieChaplin Shoulder Arms]]''.

* 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.]]]]

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

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Game, the French voice, [[spoiler:and the Creator]] all say various words in English with the wrong pronunciation such as Game saying "dumb" with the normally silent b or "riggeded" or the French voice pronouncing "actually" with a k sound.

** Game's "Skite" profile includes his likes and dislikes, which includes bugs... and goats. Looks like he's still salty about the first game.

* CallBack: Quite a few of the puzzles in the prologue are based off of the puzzles in the first game. Most of Game's quotes during this section (including his opening monologue) are taken straight from the first game as well.

* 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.]]]]

* GuideDangIt: A puzzle in the second chapter requires you to be aware of slang for television static [[spoiler:(tv snow)]] in order to solve a puzzle.

--> '''Mr. Glitch''': Your user is getting on my nerves, Game.
--> '''Game''': Ha, now you see what it's like.

* BlandNameProduct: The AllegedlyFreeGame mentioned above includes [[StylisticSuck deliberately obnoxious]] pop-up advertisements for several thinly-veiled shout-outs to other games. They come complete with hilariously off-key renditions of said games' main themes.
** ''[[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.

* ButtMonkey: Game is constantly being annoyed and messed with, whether it's doing something he doesn't want the user to do but does anyways or with the RunningGag of MistakenNationality. He's more on the ChewToy side in some circumstances.

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: PlayedForLaughs and ''weaponized'' by Mr. Glitch. [[spoiler:Slotting the word "Game" into the "Audio designer" slot during the credits forces Game to begin beatboxing and freestyling to the music, leaving the player to solve several rhythm games to get him out of his very-literal jam.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If the player loses the UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch-like game in the fake credits sequence enough, the series of crates the player has to jump over will be replaced with a single chair. [[spoiler:A missable achievement requires you trigger it]].

[[caption-width-right:350:You can still go outside, watch TV, read a book..]]