Line #6 VideoGame/BreadAndFred


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3	''[[https://www.breadandfred.com/ Bread & Fred]]'' is a CoOpMultiplayer platforming puzzle game developed by Creator/SandcastleGames and published by Creator/ApogeeEntertainment that places the players in the flippers of two adorable little penguins, the eponymous Bread and Fred, as they set out to scale the mountains overlooking their village. The pair are tied together at all times, and must accordingly work in tandem to surmount the obstacles in their way, swinging, springing and clinging to walls.
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5	While meant as a cooperative experience, the game also features a single-player mode that instead stars Greg, who sets out to tackle the challenge while tied to a rock named Jeff.
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7	!!This game includes examples of:
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9	* AmbiguousSituation: It never becomes quite clear what Maeve forgets to bring in her mountain climb with Susan. It's the reason why they no longer feel in the mood to reach the peak despite having holed up in a cave 20 meters or less below it. They even ask the players whether they've remembered to bring it but they never specify what it is.
10	* AntiFrustrationFeatures: There are several Assist Options available, including the ability to set your own {{Checkpoint}}s down as you climb and have Charlie airlift you back to them whenever you like.
11	* CartoonPenguin: Bread, Fred, Greg, and their peers are rendered as pixelated black penguins with white bellies and orange bills and feet. The player characters wear color-coded backpacks and scarfs.
12	* ChainedHeat: {{Justified\|Trope}} in that Bread and Fred have been roped together for safety's sake during their expedition, and are meant to be working together. Same with Greg and his rock Jeff.
13	* CollectionSidequest: There are various photographs scattered across the mountain that the titular duo of {{Cartoon Penguin}}s is attempting to scale. Collecting these rewards the player with the pictures themselves, along with [[StoryBreadcrumbs tidbits of lore]] recounting the history of the old penguin who lost them in the first place.
14	* ColorCodedCharacters: Bread wears red, Fred wears green, and Greg wears yellow.
15	* FacePlant: Tends to be a frequent sight throughout the game, as the penguins do this whenever they fall from a far enough height. It's accompanied by a funny hitting sound.
16	* FlyingFlightlessBird: Charlie is a flying penguin that can carry both player characters the 500 meters of mountain. There are no living species of penguin capable of flying even if all penguins retain the killed sternum required for it.
17	* GustyGlade: Windy Winds is naturally filled with powerful air currents. Most of these rise and wane at regular intervals, necessitating precise timing in order to use their force to your advantage.
18	* MiningForCookies: {{Justified\|Trope}}. After the incident--presumably, a human-provoked, massive landslide--, a certain region of the mountain gets filled to the rim with fish that then either froze over or got superficially buried in the soil. The penguins then did a bit of engineering to be able to extract it and feed the town with it.
19	* NoAntagonist: The game's ExcusePlot doesn't provide any antagonists or villains. All the other penguins and [=NPCs=] are quite friendly and helpful, even if {{Deadpan Snarker}}s whenever the player characters fall near them. The only opposing force is the mountain itself, making it a 'penguin vs. nature' kind of conflict.
20	* RhymeThemeNaming: Seen with the protagonists of the multiplayer mode, Bread and Fred. As for the single-player mode, we have Greg and Jeff.
21	* ShoutOut:
22	** The fishing penguin in the first area may randomly start singing "[[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy Na na nana nana naaa]]... You know what song it is, don't you?"
23	** Stevie_33's gamer cave is filled with various video game references, such as a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario cap]], [[VideoGame/{{Celeste}} giant strawberry]], and a mask from ''VideoGame/HollowKnight''. There are also pixelated posters plastered across the walls of games like ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge''.
24	* {{Sidequest}}:
25	** These generally take the form of picking up an item ([[EscortMission or character]]) and carrying them to a specific location. Such as delivering a canvas to where a painter has set up their easel, or finding the owner of Gertrude the seal and reuniting her with her.
26	** One of the missions of the Fishy Mines is given by a mole whose brothers are very late for their band gig at the penguin town. Your job is to find them all and remind them of their compromise.
27	** There are also all the photographs you can collect. They turn out to belong to [[spoiler:Greg]]'s album. When his rope snapped and he fell over the precipice, the pics of his photo album get scattered all throughout the mountain.
28	* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Ice becomes a hazard once you've reached a certain height. Not only it is slightly harder to finely maneuver while running on it but the strong winds make you slide over it even if you've planted yourself down.
29	* StoryBreadcrumbs: Various photographs are scattered throughout the mountain. Each one has notes on the back offering a bit more context for the events they capture. After collecting them all, it becomes clear that they narrate [[spoiler:Greg]]'s life--from his [[AHeroIsBorn hatching]], all throughout his childhood, to the moment he reaches the mountain's peak.
30	* ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: The player characters are feathery penguins and will turn increasingly red from exertion the longer they hang onto a wall. This is {{lampshaded}} by the manual, which calls this 'visual stamina'.
31	* WallCrawl: {{Downplayed\|Trope}}; Bread and Fred can cling to walls for short periods of time, though their faces [[ThroughAFaceFullOfFur turn increasingly red]] the longer they hold on.
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Context VideoGame / BreadAndFred