Line #38 VideoGame/LostSmileAndStrangeCircus


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:No matter how it looks, it's ''not'' a RomanceGame]]
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4	''Lost Smile and Strange Circus'' is a game for [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] and {{UsefulNotes/Android\|Games}}, released in 2017 by SEEC inc. The game follows a young girl called Noah, an orphan, who has been surrounded by misery all her life due to her not being able to smile. She eventually runs away from her orphanage, but just when she thinks she's free some strange men try to attack her. Thankfully a mysterious man called Oddman comes to her rescue and takes her into the 'darkness' where he is the master of a circus of other wayward souls.
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6	%%Hey. I think the next paragraph has way too much information, but I'm not sure how to shorten it. IF anybody has any ideas, please edit it.
7	The gameplay consists of tapping on the screen in order to attract 'Audiences' (little black creatures whose purpose [[BlindIdiotTranslation is not made quite clear]]), which you can later use to buy pictures, lamps, boosters, and all sorts of things. You can also unlock more performers using this audiences, which will increase the amount of audiences you can automatically produce, and invite audiences to each performer's stage, which will also increase the number of audiences you automatically produce. Over time different circus members will appear on the 'main' screen (where you tap the lamp) once you've unlocked them. The first time you click on them you'll obtain a picture (necessary in order to complete the game), and next time they appear you'll be able to watch 'TV' (an ad) in order to get a scarlet stone. Once you have all pictures from all members (not including the member notes) you will reach the ending. There's also the 'Flower of Chera', a place where you feed audiences who 'have fulfilled their purpose in life' to a flower as fertilizer, which will unlock 'something special'.
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9	The game is fairly short, and with enough patience can be finished in one day. It can be found on the [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.seec.sim.girlandcircus.en Google Play Store for Android.]] [[labelnote: minor note]] As it is an in-house translation, the game can be confusing at times due to things not being translated well from english, but overall it is still understandable. [[/labelnote]]
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12	* BadPowersGoodPeople: [[spoiler:The Oddman is tasked with 'taking away' people who wander into the darkness, however, he is far from being evil.]]
13	* BlindIdiotTranslation: The game suffers from this in certain parts, as it is an in house translation from Japanese, resulting in making it more confusing than it should be. However, it's still readable and understandable for the most part.
14	* BlindMusician: One of the performers, Angeletta, is a blind singer.
15	* CartoonJuggling: On Jack's sprite, of the arc variety.
16	* CircusOfFear: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. The circus is creepy but definitively ''not'' evil.
17	* CoatHatMask: The Oddman's outfit. Moreover, his mask is that of a PlagueDoctor.
18	* DarkIsNotEvil: The circus has a pretty sinister and creepy vibe to it, but none of it's members is a villain.
19	* EmotionlessGirl: Noah is perceived by everyone as this due to her inability to smile, or demonstrate most other emotions.
20	* TheFreakshow: The circus The Oddman directs haves some shades of this, although it seems to operate more like a normal circus.
21	* KnifeThrowingAct: Billy's usual circus act consists of this, just with stuffed animals instead of people. At one point he asks Noah if she would like to be the LovelyAssistant in one of his acts, but after seeing her reaction says it's a joke.
22	* LivingToys: One of the performers, Jasmin, is a living doll.
23	* NonHumanHead: Several of the characters have this, including:
24	** Jack, who has a box head;
25	** Billy, with a cat head;
26	** Rebecca, whose head seems to be some kind of dessert on a cup;
27	** Alphonse, who has a sheep head;
28	** and Oscar, who has what seems to be a tv for a face.
29	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: We never find out Oddman's real name, or if he even has any.
30	* RecurringDreams: Noah has one where there is a woman with a baby. The woman is singing a lullaby, when suddenly a dark man comes and kidnaps her, leaving the baby all alone.
31	** [[spoiler: FlashbackNightmare: Turns out her dreams have some truth to them, and this is how Oddman met her mother, Chera.]]
32	* WhipOfDominance: Rebecca is a tiger tamer, and so she is never seen without her whip. Despite her HairTriggerTemper, she seems to be a FluffyTamer and has a good relationship with her tiger, Sugar.

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