History VideoGame / Timespinner

** When it was in its pristine state, the planet was quite unwelcoming, since it had a lot of aggressive fauna, and even some dangerous flora, further making life harsh for the people exiled there from Vilete.
** A millennia later, Lachiem is an highly advanced society but the planet's environment has been completely destroyed; bizarre mechanical creatures modeled after extinct animals roam the desolate lands, and the only lifeforms that survive are underground and mutated. It's clear the population survives only thanks to resources imported from colonies. It's so bad, people know the planet with the nickname "Devastation". [[spoiler: After Vilete is spared, it gets even ''worse'', with the outdoor areas now having no oxygen at all, requiring an air tank to be found before they can be explored again]].

* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler:The War of the Sisters was ended in 38 AE when Aelana the Great used the Maw of Asmodeus to completely destroy Vilete. Lachiem was not spared from the devastation however, and most of its surface is now uninhabitable because of Vilete's explosion.]]

* TheMagocracy: Vilete was a rather fascist example of this, treating non-magical citizens as disposable and almost sub-human.

** Invoked by Lunais, who intends to kill [[spoiler:her own father,]] Emperor Nuvius in order to prevent him from killing her mother Selen and the Qaelan clan in his invasion of Winderia.

* TeleportationMishap: Selen and Lunais tried to use the Timespinner to save their clan from Nuvius. Unfortunately, he caught up to them and strangled Selen to death to break her link to the device. The results were disastrous: The Timespinner exploded and teleported Lunais to Lachiem, stranding her right in the heart of the empire.

** Invoked by Lunais, who intends to kill [[spoiler:her own father,]] Emperor Nuvius in order to prevent him from killing her mother and the other Time Messengers in an invasion.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: While Lunais can travel one thousand years into the future and past, she can't get back to her home planet since the Timespinner was destroyed by Emperor Nuvius. [[spoiler:She's able to return there briefly in the normal endings, but can't stay - in order to make things better, she either needs to return to the past or return to rule the Empire.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: Lunais' motive is to kill Emperor Nuvius for killing her mother.

The premise has a girl named Lunais who has just been made a Time Messenger just when the kingdom of Lachiem invades her home and kills her family. Determined to take them down, Lunais travels between the past and the present to destroy [[TheEmpire Lachiem]] and avenge her family. ''Timespinner'' draws inspiration from platforming action-adventure games from the 1990's as well as various Metroidvania titles, particularly from the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS era of ''Castlevania'' titles such as ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'', while featuring a visual presentation of highly-detailed sprites similar to that of the UsefulNotes/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} with high-quality music of the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}}. Throughout Lunais' journey, she obtain various orbs that can grant her weapons and magical attacks she can perform, pick up unique relics that can enhance her exploration abilities, and encounter many allies as well as enemies along the way as she travels between time to set things right.

* TheEmpire: Lachiem fits this to a T. [[spoiler: As did Vilete, when it was under the rule of Vol Terrilis.]]

* HeroicBastard: Lunais, who is the result of a brief liaison between her mother Selen and [[spoiler:the Lachiemi crown prince Nuvius, who would later become Emperor]].

* HeroicBastard: Lunais, who is the result of a brief liaison between her mother and [[spoiler:a Lachiemi soldier who would later become Emperor Nuvius]].

** Invoked by Lunais, who intends to kill Emperor Nuvius in order to prevent him from killing the other Time Messengers in an invasion.

* {{Transgender}}: [[spoiler:Neliste]] is a transwoman who was drafted into Vilete's military, and wasn't able to transition until she got away from Vilete.

* {{Speedrun}}: The v1.026 update added two unique speedrunning modes for the game via the password system.

** [[spoiler: Lunais can take her deposed father's place as the Empress of the Lachiem Empire.]]
** [[spoiler: Lunais decides to go back to the past to her friends and to help guide the Lachiemi into a peaceful society.]]
** [[spoiler: The true ending has her become the Eternal Mother after defeating the Sandman. If she goes after Prince Nuvius, the Lachiemi never go after the Timespinner again. If she goes after Emperor Vol Terrilis, Lachiem and Vilete make peace without the portal being destroyed or demons being summoned.]]

* BiTheWay: Lunais states that she is attracted to both men and women, but has a preference towards women.

The game originally started out life as a student project by former Bungie member Bodie Lee, which ranked highest among his class at Western Washington University, where he then decided to develop ''Timespinner'' into a full-fledged game. Bodie continued to work on the game's development over the course of 5 years during his free time while working in the video game industry until December 2013 where he decided to work on the game's development full time. The following year, Bodie turned to Website/{{Kickstarter}} to fund the game's development and launched a campaign on June 25, 2014. Within a week after the campaign's launch, it was funded and by the campaign's end it eventually raised over ''$176,667'' out of its original $50,000 funding goal, allowing for the development of a [=PlayStation=] 4, Vita, and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS version along with various in-game extras. From there, Bodie established his own company at Lunar Ray Games.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, Lunais is noted as being short tempered and quick to violence, [[spoiler: both of which are symptoms of the Bleakness and teases about her heritage well before the game starts dropping clues that Nuvius is her father.]]

* Transgender: [[spoiler:Neliste]] is a transwoman who was drafted into Vilete's military, and wasn't able to transition until she got away from Vilete.

The premise has a girl named Lunais who has just been made a Time Messenger just when the kingdom of Lachiem invades her home kills her family. Determined to take them down, Lunais travels between the past and the present to destroy [[TheEmpire Lachiem]] and avenge her family. ''Timespinner'' draws inspiration from platforming action-adventure games from the 1990's as well as various Metroidvania titles, particularly from the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS era of ''Castlevania'' titles such as ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'', while featuring a visual presentation of highly-detailed sprites similar to that of the UsefulNotes/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} with high-quality music of the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}}. Throughout Lunais' journey, she obtain various orbs that can grant her weapons and magical attacks she can perform, pick up unique relics that can enhance her exploration abilities, and encounter many allies as well as enemies along the way as she travels between time to set things right.

** A millennia later, Lachiem is an highly advanced society but the planet's environment has been completely destroyed; bizarre mechanical creatures modeled after extinct animals roam the desolate lands, and the only lifeforms that survive are underground and mutated. It's clear the population survives only thanks to resources imported from colonies. It's so bad, people know the planet with the nickname "Devastation".

* NotQuiteFlight: The final accessory Lunais can find allows her to infinitely ascend, even able to use it as many times as she wants in the air for infinite double jumps. However, horizontal momentum stops completely.

* RealityBreakingParadox: The true ending path has this after killing either Prince Nuvius or Emperor Vol Terrilis. This leads to Meyef pulling you into the Dream World to save your existence.

* TimeStandsStill: After finding the Timespinner's wheel, Lunais can temporarily stop time and use her enemies, and some of their projectiles, as platforms as long as she has enough sand. Some enemies and obstacles are immune to this, though. [[spoiler: At least one enemy can only attack or be attacked while time is frozen.]]

The game originally started out life as a student project by former Bungie member Bodie Lee, which ranked highest among his class at Western Washington University, where he then decided to develop ''Timespinner'' into a full-fledged game. Bodie continued to work on the game's development over the course of 5 years during his free time while working in the video game industry until December 2013 where to decided to work on the game's development full time. The following year, Bodie turned to Website/{{Kickstarter}} to fund the game's development and launched a campaign on June 25, 2014. Within a week after the campaign's launch, it met its funding goal and eventually raised over ''$176,667'' out of its original $50,000 funding goal, allowing for the development of a [=PlayStation=] 4, Vita, and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS version along with various in-game extras. From there, Bodie established his own company at Lunar Ray Games.

The premise has a girl named Lunais who has just been made a Time Messenger just when the kingdom of Lachiem invades her home kills her family. Determined to take them down, Lunais travels between the past and the present to destroy [[TheEmpire Lachiem]] and avenge her family. ''Timespinner'' draws inspiration from other Metroidvania titles, particularly from the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS era of ''Castlevania'' titles such as ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'', while featuring a visual presentation of highly-detailed sprites similar to that of the UsefulNotes/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} with high-quality music of the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}}. Through Lunais' journey, she obtain various orbs that can grant her weapons and magical attacks she can perform, pick up unique relics that can enhance her exploration abilities, and encounter many allies as well as enemies along the way as she travels between time to set things right.

Timespinner is a {{Metroidvania}} game released on Steam, GOG, [=PlayStation=] 4, and [=Playstation=] Vita on September 25, 2018.

The premise has a girl named Lunais who has just been made a Time Messenger just when the kingdom of Lachiem invades her home kills her family. Determined to take them down, Lunais travels between the past and the present to destroy [[TheEmpire Lachiem]] and avenge her family.

* AndIMustScream: The journal description for Experiment #13 has this litte gem.
--> If you listen carefully, you can hear it softly moaning in agony.

** [[spoiler: The true ending has her become the Eternal Mother after defeating the Sandman. If she goes after Prince Nuvius, the Lachiemi never go afterthe Timespinner again. If she goes after Emperor Vol Terrilis, Lachiem and Vilete make peace without the portal being destroyed or demons being summoned.]]

* NoDamageRun: The “Battle Savant” achievement requires you to defeat any boss without taking damage nor stopping time. Each boss achievement is marked if you do this to them.

* RandomlyGeneratedLevels: The Temporal Gyre features enemies from all over the game, from the easiest of {{Mook}}s to a few BossInMooksClothing type enemies, along with the capability for them to appear in quantities of up to ten per room.

** The maximum level any orb can reach is 999, in a game that can be beaten with orb levels in ''the low twenties''. Even accounting for orb levels jumping five at a time when upgraded, 999 is almost unobtainably high.
** Lunais' maximum level is 100, in a game where her initial playthrough will end with her around level 35.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Relics you get for beating the game give Lunais a change of wardrobe. A Kickstarter reward also gives you some for your familiars.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Just before the Ravenlord and Ifrit {{Bonus Boss}}es, there will always be a chest containing a Warp Shard to let the player escape the dungeon if they find themselves unable to beat the boss.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: The Gun Orb ignores the shields carried by some enemies.

* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: One of the true endings [[spoiler: if you get all the tuning gears for the Timespinner. After altering the past too much, reality breaks and you're forced to fight the GreaterScopeVillain of the game. Doing so leaves an opening for a new deity of time, one which Lunais happens to be qualified to take. As the Eternal Mother, she repairs the damage done to her universe [[HeroicSacrifice and ensures all her friends and family live a happy life at the cost of her mortal existence being erased from history]].]]

** In one, [[spoiler:Lunais gets her revenge and ascends to the throne of the Empire, but she has to leave behind her family in order to do it.]]
** The alternative is to [[spoiler:return to the past and try to make a better future from there. This is slightly less bittersweet, since you get to stay with the friends you've made, but you still have to leave behind your village after visiting them one last time.]]
** The true ending also counts. [[spoiler: After destroying the Sandman and [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence becoming the Eternal Mother]], Lunais repairs the timeline and gives everyone a happy ending, but is unable to experience any of it herself, and knows that her mortal existence has to be erased from history as is the usual cost of using the Timespinner.]]

* BraggingRightsReward: The final item the Merchant Crow sells costs 99,999 entropy. It's an accessory that increases the amount of experience earned by familiars. By the time you can afford this item, you certainly aren't going to need it.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Several of the late-game bosses are immune to the time stop power of Lunais. Even if she stops time, they keep moving, and their attacks don't stop.
* CreepyCrows: The Ravenlord BonusBoss is a giant murder of ravens.

* EscortMission: The final mission for the wounded soldier requires Lunais to guide him to the waterfall. Fortunately, the enemies are relatively weak by the time the mission unlocks.
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Sandman, the god of time. After Lunais changes time too often, he gets sick of her and tries to kill her. Lunais can respond in kind by killing him and [[KlingonPromotion taking his job]].]]

* HealingCheckpoint: Every save point, marked on the map with a red room, fully restores HP as the game saves. It also restores aura and sand. [[spoiler:This gets somewhat subverted in Nightmare Mode, as a number of the save points are broken.]]

* JokeItem: The Shiny Rock. It cost 9999 [[FictionalCurrency entropy]], and while it looks like it does nothing, it's needed to get the Merchant Crow as a familiar in the Temporal Gyre.

* LightEmUp: The Radiant Orb creates a "shockwave" of light around the caster.