History VideoGame / Unravel

* AnAesop: The entire game can be considered one for [[spoiler:coming to terms with the death of a loved one,]] but "[[GreenAesop pollution is bad]]" is also the main theme of a couple of levels in a construction site.

''Unravel'' is an adorable, physics-based puzzle platformer from Swedish developer Coldwood Interactive.

!!Tropes:

* GiantEnemyCrab: Mundane crabs are this when you're a tiny woolen creature.

* JumpScare: Only one, but very effective. At the very beginning of "Down in a Hole," a car suddenly comes thundering down the road that Yarny is crossing and goes over him, causing Yarny (and probably the player) to jump and cower in fright.

* SnowMeansDeath: Defied. The two snow levels that come after [[spoiler:the toxic spill]] are intentionally upbeat, jolly, and optimistic, with playful achievements for obssessively breaking ice sheets and knocking snow pillows off branches. They serve to cheer you up after a particularly depressing part of the game.[[spoiler:Later played straight with the penultimate level of the game, which has Yarny fighting a deadly blizzard, forcing himself through deep snow, to recover the final scrapbook piece. It takes place at a cemetery.]]

* FeatheredFiend: With the exception of the magpie mentioned in the AndroclesLion example, birds are often out to get Yarny.

** Ravens infesting the fields of "The letter" will divebomb and carry off Yarny unless he hides behind cover.

* InstantKnots: When Yarny throws a length of string it automatically attaches to branches and ledges.
* JumpScare: Only one, but very effective. At the very beginning of "Down in a Hole," a car suddenly comes thundering down the road that Yarny is crossing and goes right over him, causing Yarny (and probably the player) to jump and cower in fright.

* SnowMeansDeath: Defied. The two snow levels that come after [[spoiler:the toxic spill]] are intentionally upbeat, jolly and optimistic, with playful achievements for obssessively breaking ice sheets and knocking snowpillows off branches. They serve to cheer you up after a particularly depressing part of the game.[[spoiler:Later played straight with the penultimate level of the game, which has Yarny fighting a deadly blizzard, forcing himself through deep snow, to recover the final scrapbook piece. It takes place at a cemetery.]]

* WhamShot: In "Rust", unless one is paying attention to the memory of [[spoiler:the ambulance]], the ending of this chapter comes across as this when [[spoiler:Yarny finds what looks to be a yarn heart in the snow... and instead, pulls out [[TheLostLenore half of one]].]]

A sequel titled ''Unravel Two'' was announced at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2018 on June 9, 2018... and then released ''the same day''. ''Unravel Two'' is a two-player game that follows a pair of Yarnys, one red and one blue. The red Yarny is shipwrecked on an island and finds his yarn has been cut short during the crash; he then finds the blue Yarny in a similar condition, and the two join their cut ends together. The game then follows the two conjoined figures as they case after a small spark released when they bonded, and requires them to cooperate with one another to cross difficult obstacles and gaps that they can't manage alone.

* JumpScare: Only one, but very effective. At the very beginning of "Down in a Hole," a car suddenly comes thundering down the road that Yarny is crossing and goes right over him, causing Yarny (and probably the player) to jump in fright and cower.

* RuleOfSymbolism: The entirety of "The Last Leaf". [[spoiler: A fierce blizzard threatens to blow Yarny away, and its only anchor from being blown is a warm, bright lantern it drags in tow. It's all that keeps Yarny from being blown away by the cruel, cold gusts of wind. Ultimately, however, Yarny has to leave behind the lantern and must trek the snowy landscape alone. If anything, this represents the old woman's grieving process over her late husband, as the memories do bring her comfort, but she must ultimately let go of the past in order to move on.]]

* WhamShot: In "Rust", unless one is paying attention to the memory of [[spoiler: the ambulance]], the ending of this chapter comes across as this when [[spoiler: Yarny finds what looks to be a yarn heart in the snow. ...and instead, pulls out [[TheLostLenore half of one]].]]

* SeldomSeenSpecies: The angry lemming encountered in Mountain Trek. The sequel has a sequence where a wood grouse hunts down the Yarny pair.

* FunSize: Yarny, of course. He's smaller than a seagull.
* GiantEnemyCrab: Mundane crabs are this when you're a tiny woollen creature.
* HollywoodAcid: Averted. [[spoiler: While the acidic substance Yarny encounters is the usual bright glowy green, part of the puzzle challenge is that many things actually do not dissolve in it immediately. One particular level is pretty much all about finding enough plastic bottles and other materials to safely traverse the pools.]]

* SeldomSeenSpecies: The angry lemming encountered in Mountain Trek.

* SuperDrowningSkills: Yarny can be submerged for a couple of seconds, but that's about it. [[JustifiedTrope Justified, considering how abhorrently heavy wool gets when it soaks in enough water.]]
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: There are so very, very many ways Yarny can die, and they're just as lovingly illustrated as the rest of the game.

* HubLevel: All levels are accessed through picture frames in the old lady's house.

* SceneryPorn: The background art for this game sure is gorgeous – from seashores to forests to snowy fields.

A sequel titled ''Unravel Two'' was announced at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2018 on June 9, 2018... and then released ''the same day''.

* BadassAdorable: Yarny is quite the adventurous little yarn thing.

* SnowMeansDeath: Defied trope. The two snow levels that come after [[spoiler:the toxic spill]] are intentionally upbeat, jolly and optimistic, with playful achievements for obssessively breaking ice sheets and knocking snowpillows off branches. They serve to cheer you up after a particularly depressing part of the game.[[spoiler:Later played straight with the penultimate level of the game, which has Yarny fighting a deadly blizzard, forcing himself through deep snow, to recover the final scrapbook piece. It takes place at a cemetery.]]

* WhamShot: In "Rust", unless one is paying attention to the memory of [[spoiler: the ambulance]], the ending of this chapter comes across as this when [[spoiler: Yarny finds what looks to be a yarn heart in the snow. ...and instead, pulls out [[TheLostLenore half of one]].]]

* WhamShot: In "Rust", unless one is paying attention to the memory of [[spoiler: the ambulance]], the ending of this chapter comes across as this when [[spoiler: Yarny comes across what looks to be a yarn heart in the snow. ...and instead, pulls out [[TheLostLenore half of one]].]]

* TheManyDeathsOfYou: There are so very, very many ways Yarny can die, and they're just as lovingly illustrated as the rest of the game.

A sequel titled ''VideoGame/UnravelTwo'' was announced at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2018 on June 9, 2018... and then released ''the same day''.

* SceneryGorn: The few levels taking place in [[spoiler:desolate former mining site, with [[AcidPool dangerous chemicals spewn around]] and old machinery left to rot.]] The fact that a simple storage shack is looming over you like a skyscraper is helping, too.

A sequel titled ''VideoGame/UnravelTwo'' has been announced at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2018 on June 9, 2018... and released ''the same day''.

A sequel has been announced at E3 2018.

[[http://www.jeuxvideo.com/screenshots/858851-2497688-0 A sequel has been spotted on the ESRB.]]