Line #18 VideoGame/LinearRPG

Context VideoGame / LinearRPG

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1	[[quoteright:324:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/LinearRPG_Gameplay_Beginning_660.JPG]]
2	[[caption-width-right:324:Why does his mother even know that?]]
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4	'''''Linear RPG''''' is an UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash game by Sophie Houlden that reduces linear "role-playing" games to their simplest components.
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6	It can be played [[http://www.sophiehoulden.com/games/thelinearrpg/ online]].
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8	!!''Linear RPG'' provides examples of the following tropes:
9	* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: 99, as you'd expect. You can easily finish at level 40.
10	* AllJustADream: A ''wet'' dream to be precise...
11	* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Alphabetti Spaghetti]]
12	* TheChosenOne: Kliche
13	* ContemplateOurNavels: One example: "Kliche considers the fact that destiny and fate are really the same thing, but perhaps the old man was referring to a deeper truth in the causality of the universe and the phenomena that make up his life..."
14	* CoolHorse: The [[WingedUnicorn pegacorn]], so cool that Chuck Norris has like eight of them.
15	* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Dying sends you back to the previous inn and you only lose experience earned after reaching it.
16	* DoomedHometown
17	* EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler: The pegacorn transforms into Creator/BruceLee mode.]]
18	* ExcusePlot: You don't even have to read the plot to complete the game.
19	* GameplayAndStorySegregation: None of the events in the story have any bearing on the gameplay, or vice versa.
20	* GoodBadBugs: [[invoked]] The annoying stealth minigame has a glitch that lets Kliche skip it.
21	* GoodMorningCrono: As seen in the page image.
22	* LevelGrinding: ... No, seriously.
23	* MeaningfulName: Lots.
24	* NoEnding
25	* NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom: Parodied. The game world consists of one long line and you can only move forward to progress the story or backwards to grind so you can reach the later areas without dying.
26	* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:The later forms of the Alphabetti Spaghetti]].
27	* RunningGag: Kliche always wakes up feeling wet.
28	* SdrawkcabName: Tseret Nievol
29	* TreacherousAdvisor: [[spoiler:The Alphabetti Spaghetti]]
30	* UnexpectedGameplayChange: A stealth minigame. Of course, it's only mentioned in the ExcusePlot while you just keep on walking to the left and right.
31	* WingedUnicorn: The mysterious Tseret Nievol has a pet pegacorn, supposedly so awesome that Chuck Norris has eight of them.

Context VideoGame / LinearRPG