Line #21 VideoGame/ANobleCircle


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2	''A Noble Circle'' is a 2015, [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS based]] scrolling [[PlatformGame platform]] [[ArtGame Art Game]], from the developers of ''VideoGame/ADarkRoom''. Inspired by the 1884 novella "''{{Literature/Flatland}}'': [[http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~banchoff/Flatland/ A Romance of Many Dimensions,"]] by Edwin Abbott Abbott. A free prologue can be downloaded [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-noble-circle-prologue/id1033044184?mt=8 here]], and the full game can be purchased from the App store [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-noble-circle/id977865620?mt=8 here.]]
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4	!!''A Noble Circle'' contains examples of:
5	* TwoDSpace: All the gameplay is on a two-dimensional plane, which is justified since Flatland is a two-dimensional world. Averted once [[spoiler: Circle learns to jump.]]
6	* AddressingThePlayer: You, [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou yes, you,]] are a character in this game. Mr. Circle is well aware of his friend, named "Human," who is helping him along his journey, and [[TheNarrator The Narrator]] is talking directly to you.
7	* CallARabbitASmeerp: Flatlanders call height, "brightness".
8	* CriticalExistenceFailure: ''Everything'' will kill Circle instantly, sending him back to [[RespawnPoint the last check point.]]
9	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Like the novella before it, the game contains a lot of commentary on classism, racism, and sexism, as well as on the modern video game industry.
10	* EndlessGame: Once you finish reading the closing credits, you can keep scrolling through Sanctuary for as long as you like. There's nothing there, but it is quite peaceful.
11	* EverythingTryingToKillYou: ''Everything'' will kill Circle instantly.
12	* FlatWorld: Everything in Flatland is one planck length tall. If you don't know what a planck length is, don't worry; [[NoFourthWall the game will]] [[AddressingThePlayer explain it to you.]]
13	* HeroicMime: The only time Circle speaks, we hear about it after the fact [[spoiler: in Abbott's journals.]]
14	* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: The citizens of Flatland, [[spoiler: although it's more willful ignorance in the end.]]
15	* LivingPolyhedron: All the citizens of Flatland (and, technically, Circle, as he is described as, "a polygon with infinite sides.)
16	* MeatgrinderSurgery: The "correctional" surgery that polygons with more than three sides are forced to undergo [[spoiler: and that was botched with Abbott.]]
17	* MusicalGameplay: [[TheNarrator The Narrator]] is insistent you play with the sound on.
18	** If the laser puzzles are giving you trouble, [[spoiler: try tapping on the upbeat of the music.]]
19	* NoItemUseForYou: There is no inventory or items.
20	* [[NoPlotNoProblem No Plot? No Problem!]]: [[TheNarrator The Narrator]] informs you at the very start of the game that there is no plot; this is a journey fueled by your own desire for discovery.
21	* NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom: There's no leaving the path (although you can tap backwards to see what you just did), [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools but this is not necessarily a bad thing.]]
22	* ProtagonistTitle: Mr. Circle himself.
23	* RandomEventsPlot: Just because there's no plot, that's not to say nothing ''happens''.
24	* ShoutOut: To ''VideoGame/ADarkRoom''.
25	-->She imagines an alien visiting Earth for the first time, standing behind her.
26	-->"So let me make sure I understand this," says the [[ArcWords Wanderer]] in a confused tone...
27	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Abbott, the only other circle in Flatland.]]
28	* WorldBuilding: A lot of the early chapters are this.
29	* TimeSkip: Near the end of the chapter, ≈≈A Friend≈≈.
30	* TopDownView
31	* TrainingStage: The free-to-download Prologue.

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