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''Highway Blossoms'' is a KineticNovel made by Alienworks.
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''Highway Blossoms'' is a UsefulNotes/RenPy-based KineticNovel made by Alienworks.
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Highway Blossoms was released on Steam on June 17, 2016. The game is all-ages by default, but a free adult patch can be downloaded on the game's website. An update known as "Highway Blossoms Remastered" was released on May 18, 2018, which includes some new artwork, full English voice acting and a Chinese translation.
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Highway Blossoms was released on Steam on June 17, 2016. The game is all-ages by default, but a free adult patch can be downloaded on the game's website. An update known as "Highway ''Highway Blossoms Remastered" Remastered'' was released on May 18, 2018, which includes some new artwork, full English voice acting acting, and a Chinese translation.
** [[spoiler: TheStinger also indicates no signs of stopping for Mariah's posse, as they have stumbled upon news of a missing car carrying wads of cash. After the music festival ends, they go on another treasure hunt, so to speak.]]
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Amber fears that Marina is this for her, an easily duped little girl to make her feel less lonely after her grandfather's passing.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Amber fears that Marina is this for her, an easily duped little girl to make her feel less lonely after her grandfather's passing.]]
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* DrowningMySorrows: Amber and Mariah go on a drink together on the latter's RV to drown out their own sorrows. [[spoiler:Amber does it because she realizes she was using Marina all along as a coping mechanism for her grandpa's passing, while Marina does it because she lost both the treasure and her own pride to Amber and Marina.]]
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* DrowningMySorrows: Amber and Mariah go on a drink together on the latter's RV to drown out their own sorrows. [[spoiler:Amber does it because she realizes she was using Marina all along as a coping mechanism for her grandpa's passing, while Marina Mariah does it because she lost both the treasure and her own pride to Amber and Marina.]]
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* DrowningMySorrows: Amber and Mariah go on a drink together on the latter's RV to drown out their own sorrows. [[spoiler:Amber does it because she realizes she was using Marina all along as a coping mechanism for her grandpa's passing, while Marina does it because she lost both the treasure and her own pride to Amber and Marina.]]
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* TheBigDamnKiss: Amber and Marina share their FirstKiss as the sunset hovers over the Valley of Fire in the Mojave Desert.
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* TheBigDamnKiss: Amber [[spoiler:Amber and Marina share their FirstKiss as the sunset hovers over the Valley of Fire in the Mojave Desert.Wave Trail]].
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* TheBigDamnKiss: Amber and Marina share their FirstKiss as the sunset hovers over the Valley of Fire in the Mojave Desert.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Downplayed as it doesn't really work, but Marina of all people is the one to drop the F word during a argument later in the game.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Downplayed as it doesn't really work, but Marina of all people is the one to drop the F word during a argument later in the game.
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* CurseCutShort: Lil' Tess was almost close to delivering a PrecisionFStrike regarding the difficulty of her crew in getting into Double Arch, which is one of the rock formations at Arches National Park.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: After Amber and Marina come back from a failed treasure hunt in a Navajo ruin somewhere in the Grand Canyon, Linda (who also comes to the ruin along with her husband and child) presumes that they both snuck out of the guided tour of said ruin to, well, make out and stuff. Of course, the two deny this.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: After Amber and Marina come back from a failed treasure hunt in a Navajo ruin somewhere in the Grand Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Linda (who also comes to the ruin along with her husband and child) presumes that they both snuck out of the guided tour of said ruin to, well, make out and stuff. Of course, the two deny this.
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* PottyEmergency: After visiting the Grand Canyon, Marina suddenly has an urge to poop due to eating a gas station burrito beforehand. She begs Amber to stop at a nearby rest stop, and Amber eventually says yes after some persistent begging.[[note]]Gas station burritos earn a sorry reputation due to their usually sketchy quality that makes one go to the bathroom pronto.[[/note]]
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* ClosetKey: It's heavily implied that Amber is this to Marina, with Marina realizing and coming to grips with her [[BiTheWay bisexuality]] pretty much right before she and Amber get their RelationshipUpgrade.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Downplayed, but some bits of dialogue from Joseph implies that he, like Amber, has had to cope with losing a close family member.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Downplayed, but some bits of dialogue from Joseph implies that he, like Amber, has had to cope with losing a close family member.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: After Amber and Marina come back from a failed treasure hunt in a Navajo ruin somewhere in the Grand Canyon, Linda (who also comes to the ruin along with her husband and child) presumes that they both snuck out of the guided tour of said ruin to, well, make out and stuff. Of course, the two deny this.
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Highway Blossoms was released on Steam on June 17, 2016. The game is all-ages by default, but a free adult patch can be downloaded on the game's website. An update known as "Highway Blossoms Remastered" was released on May 18, 2018, which includes some new artwork, full English voice acting and a Chinese translation.
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* RoadTripPlot: Amber picks up Marina on her way to a music festival, with quite a few stops along the way.
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* GoldfishPoopGang: Mariah and her crew have a habit of tailing Amber and Marina, even after the treasure hunt's over.
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* TheLadette: Mariah's loud, aggressive, and drinks like a fish. Amber even thinks her motorhome looks like a fratpad upon seeing it.
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* Main/TheAllegedCar: Marina's car (in fact her brother's) died of old age in the middle of the road, thus initiating the plot. When it was stolen later, it turned out it wasn't worth much more than scrap metal it was made from.
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* HiddenDepths: Marina is more perceptive than she seems, often spotting Amber’s emotional states and triggers and working out her sexual orientation at least a short while before it actually comes up in conversation.
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* HiddenDepths: HiddenDepths:
** Marina is more perceptive than she seems, often spotting Amber’s emotional states and triggers and working out her sexual orientation at least a short while before it actually comes up in conversation.
** Marina is more perceptive than she seems, often spotting Amber’s emotional states and triggers and working out her sexual orientation at least a short while before it actually comes up in conversation.
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* NiceGuy: Enforced with Joseph, as he mentions that he's spent most of his life smoothing over the issues Mariah causes.
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* NiceGuy: NiceGuy:
** Enforced with Joseph, as he mentions that he's spent most of his life smoothing over the issues Mariah causes.
** Enforced with Joseph, as he mentions that he's spent most of his life smoothing over the issues Mariah causes.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Amber's mother abandoned her to be raised by her grandfather.
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* ParentalAbandonment: ParentalAbandonment:
** Amber's mother abandoned her to be raised by her grandfather.
** Amber's mother abandoned her to be raised by her grandfather.
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* YuriGenreYuriGenre: The game focuses on the relationship between Amber and Marina and how they end up falling for each other.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: Sort of. [[spoiler: While they aren't in any hurry to go on another wacky treasure hunt, it's clear Amber and Marina have no intention of settling down and will keep travelling the country together.]]
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* BrickJoke: An early gag implies that Mariah and Joseph had a bet that Amber and Marina were in a relationship, with Mariah handing Joseph some cash when the pair deny it. Near the end of the game, Joseph slips some cash to Mariah when the girls kiss in front of them.
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* LipLockSunBlock: [[spoiler: Having just found the last of the gold, Amber and Marina decide to hike the Fire Wave Trail at the end of the day to celebrate. As the sun sets, they are rewarded and overwhelmed by the scenery, and Amber kisses Marina to complete the RelationshipUpgrade.]]
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* NewGamePlus: Well...of a sort. After completing the game once, you can play through "Goofball Mode," which is mostly the same but adds various memes and lampshading of tropes throughout, or "EZ Mode," which goes through the story in about a minute and is hilarious.
* SillinessSwitch: After completing the game once, you can play through "Goofball Mode," which is mostly the same but adds various memes and lampshading of tropes throughout, or "EZ Mode," which goes through the story in about a minute and is hilarious.
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* UptightLovesWild: Actually works both ways. Amber is the open road traveler with no roots, but she’s emotionally closed off and lacking enthusiasm for life. Marina has never been outside the state and has a stable family, but is a honest free spirit. They both find the wild qualities in the other liberating.
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* UptightLovesWild: Actually works both ways. Amber is the open road traveler with no roots, but she’s emotionally closed off and lacking enthusiasm for life. Marina has never been outside the state and has a stable family, but is a an honest free spirit. They both find the wild qualities in the other liberating.
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* SurvivorGuilt: Amber blames herself for her grandfather's passing, believing that she could have done more to improve his health and that she failed him, the only person in her life who loved her before that point. It gets deep enough that it interferes with her relationship with Marina later on.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Amber being the tomboy and Marina the girly girl, naturally. Downplayed a bit, though. Amber's rather emotional, and Marina is still perfectly willing to go hiking with Amber (while wearing a dress).
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* RealityEnsues: The second sex scene sees Marina take the lead, which is as awkward as you might imagine considering she's a virgin who's considered herself straight up to now. Amber eventually fakes a orgasm, considering they might be here all night otherwise.
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* NiceGuy: Enforced with Joseph, as he mentions that he's spent most of his life smoothing over the issues Mariah causes.
** Marina consistently regards Mariah as her friend, and is never long phased by Amber's bad temper and emotional outbursts.
** Marina consistently regards Mariah as her friend, and is never long phased by Amber's bad temper and emotional outbursts.
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* HiddenDepths: Marina is more perceptive than she seems, often spotting Amber’s emotional states and triggers before she does and working out her sexual orientation at least a short while before it actually comes up in conversation.
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** She also loves ''rap music''. Amber briefly considers breaking up with her at this, before (reluctantly) admitting the artists in question are actually pretty good (and that she had after all submitted Marina to [[Music/TheGratefulDead weird old guys doing acoustic jamming for weeks]]).
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* Jerkass: Mariah, from beginning to end. Even when she's giving good advice and saving the day, she's still casually insulting everyone around her.
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* SecondLove: Amber was serious with a girl throughout high school, but said girl moved away to pursue her education. {{PuppyLove Marina had a boyfriend when she was twelve, but they broke up when his mom objected.}} Marina insists this was devastating at the time.
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* SecondLove: Amber was serious with a girl throughout high school, but said girl moved away to pursue her education. {{PuppyLove [[PuppyLove Marina had a boyfriend when she was twelve, but they broke up when his mom objected.}} ]] Marina insists this was devastating at the time.
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* AntiClimax: Zion National Park is the first place Amber wanted to go see, and she spends a lot of time talking it up. Unfortunately the weather reduces visibility to zero, resulting in them nearly killing themselves getting up to the top and then staring at nothing but cloud.
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* BiTheWay: Marina has had two boyfriends before, though one was when she was twelve and the other she describes as ‘boring’. Still there’s no suggestion she’s anything other than bisexual.
* BrokenBird: Downplayed, as Amber has had a relatively good life. Her grandfather’s illness and death (and her mother abandoning her as a child) have clearly left her in the ‘depression’ stage of grief however.
* ChildHater: Amber’s ability to shut up brats with a single glare becomes a bit of a running joke.
ManicPixieDreamGirl: Marina plays the role almost precisely.
* HiddenDepths: Marina is more perceptive than she seems, often spotting Amber’s emotional states and triggers before she does and working out her sexual orientation at least a short while before it actually comes up in conversation.
** She's also right that Mariah [[HairTriggerTemper would be terrible at poker]]... unfortunately she failed to consider [[GenkiGirl she might be worse]].
* HopeIsScary: Amber starts to lose it right after getting together with Marina, the idea that she has a future and someone who cares about her clearly puncturing a hole through her stoic act.
* Jerkass: Mariah, from beginning to end. Even when she's giving good advice and saving the day, she's still casually insulting everyone around her.
* BrokenBird: Downplayed, as Amber has had a relatively good life. Her grandfather’s illness and death (and her mother abandoning her as a child) have clearly left her in the ‘depression’ stage of grief however.
* ChildHater: Amber’s ability to shut up brats with a single glare becomes a bit of a running joke.
ManicPixieDreamGirl: Marina plays the role almost precisely.
* HiddenDepths: Marina is more perceptive than she seems, often spotting Amber’s emotional states and triggers before she does and working out her sexual orientation at least a short while before it actually comes up in conversation.
** She's also right that Mariah [[HairTriggerTemper would be terrible at poker]]... unfortunately she failed to consider [[GenkiGirl she might be worse]].
* HopeIsScary: Amber starts to lose it right after getting together with Marina, the idea that she has a future and someone who cares about her clearly puncturing a hole through her stoic act.
* Jerkass: Mariah, from beginning to end. Even when she's giving good advice and saving the day, she's still casually insulting everyone around her.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Amber fears that Marina is this for her, an easily duped little girl to make her feel less lonely after her grandfather's passing.
* SecondLove: Amber was serious with a girl throughout high school, but said girl moved away to pursue her education. {{PuppyLove Marina had a boyfriend when she was twelve, but they broke up when his mom objected.}} Marina insists this was devastating at the time.
* UptightLovesWild: Actually works both ways. Amber is the open road traveler with no roots, but she’s emotionally closed off and lacking enthusiasm for life. Marina has never been outside the state and has a stable family, but is a honest free spirit. They both find the wild qualities in the other liberating.
* SecondLove: Amber was serious with a girl throughout high school, but said girl moved away to pursue her education. {{PuppyLove Marina had a boyfriend when she was twelve, but they broke up when his mom objected.}} Marina insists this was devastating at the time.
* UptightLovesWild: Actually works both ways. Amber is the open road traveler with no roots, but she’s emotionally closed off and lacking enthusiasm for life. Marina has never been outside the state and has a stable family, but is a honest free spirit. They both find the wild qualities in the other liberating.
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''Highway Blossoms'' is a KineticNovel made by Alienworks.
The journal of an old gold rush miner is discovered, and within it are hints to where his treasure may be hidden. A second gold rush of sorts is sparked as the book is snapped up by every would-be prospector in the country, all of whom want to find the treasure first. But Amber hasn't even noticed, distracted as she is by the recent death of the grandfather who raised her. On her way to a music festival she'd planned on attending with him, she comes across Marina stuck on the side of the road and ends up getting pulled into the gold rush as well.
Highway Blossoms was released on Steam on June 17, 2016. The game is all-ages by default, but a free adult patch can be downloaded on the game's website.
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* TheAlcoholic: Mariah.
* AllThereInTheManual: The characters' last names aren't mentioned in game, only in [[https://twitter.com/SyonSanteria/status/751207963918950401 a tweet from one of the developers]].
* LittleMissSnarker: Tess.
* NewGamePlus: Well...of a sort. After completing the game once, you can play through "Goofball Mode," which is mostly the same but adds various memes and lampshading of tropes throughout, or "EZ Mode," which goes through the story in about a minute and is hilarious.
* ParentalAbandonment: Amber's mother abandoned her to be raised by her grandfather.
** There is presumably a reason that eleven-year-old Tess is being raised by her sister, but it's never explained in-game.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Amber was mostly raised by her grandfather.
* YuriGenre
The journal of an old gold rush miner is discovered, and within it are hints to where his treasure may be hidden. A second gold rush of sorts is sparked as the book is snapped up by every would-be prospector in the country, all of whom want to find the treasure first. But Amber hasn't even noticed, distracted as she is by the recent death of the grandfather who raised her. On her way to a music festival she'd planned on attending with him, she comes across Marina stuck on the side of the road and ends up getting pulled into the gold rush as well.
Highway Blossoms was released on Steam on June 17, 2016. The game is all-ages by default, but a free adult patch can be downloaded on the game's website.
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!!Provides examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Mariah.
* AllThereInTheManual: The characters' last names aren't mentioned in game, only in [[https://twitter.com/SyonSanteria/status/751207963918950401 a tweet from one of the developers]].
* LittleMissSnarker: Tess.
* NewGamePlus: Well...of a sort. After completing the game once, you can play through "Goofball Mode," which is mostly the same but adds various memes and lampshading of tropes throughout, or "EZ Mode," which goes through the story in about a minute and is hilarious.
* ParentalAbandonment: Amber's mother abandoned her to be raised by her grandfather.
** There is presumably a reason that eleven-year-old Tess is being raised by her sister, but it's never explained in-game.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Amber was mostly raised by her grandfather.
* YuriGenre
