Line #24 VideoGame/Psychosomnium

Context VideoGame / Psychosomnium

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1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Psychosomnium300_4849.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:300:Nap time.]]
3	A PlatformGame by Creator/{{Cactus}}... so you already know it's gonna be weird. Though it's much MUCH [[LighterAndSofter lighter and softer]] [[PlayingAgainstType than his other games, like]] [[NightmareFuel Norrland]] or VideoGame/HotlineMiami.
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5	''Psychosomnium'' is a short, quite surreal story, telling the story of Jimmy, or rather, Jimmy's dream and the people who inhabit it, struggling with a mysterious unexplained problem.
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7	Basically, it's your typical cute dream in video game form. It can be played online [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/567370 here]] or downloaded [[http://www.charliesgames.com/cactus/psycho1.zip here]].
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9	!!The game features the following tropes:
10	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: [[spoiler:Triggered several times by the death of the character you're controlling right now; you then become the character who witnessed that death.]]
11	* CuttingTheKnot: [[spoiler:The rabbits demand carrots that don't exist... so you have to kill yourself where Mitch can see, at which point he'll take over and punch the rabbits to death for blocking his path.]]
12	* DreamLand: Jimmy's short dream.
13	* FetchQuest: {{Subverted}}. A trio of rabbits demands carrots before they'll let you pass. They then mention, however, that carrots don't exist, and thus you're doomed to failure.
14	* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:The castle is the wizard. Roll credits.]] Well, it's a dream, after all.
15	* GeniusLoci: The ending. [[spoiler:The wizard is actually his own castle]], apparently.
16	* {{Gonk}}: Shirley, for being the only female in the game, looks quite grotesque.
17	* GoodOldFisticuffs: Mitch.
18	* GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed: Pretty much everyone has very big heads.
19	* KillerRabbit: Rabbits who [[CollisionDamage kill you by touching]].
20	* {{Masocore}}: In its "proper" definition, "player death as narrative technique".
21	* SpeciesSurname: [=McBee=].
22	* SpikesOfDoom: Tiny, triangular, cute spikes which instantly kill you.
23	* VideogameDemake: In the form of [[http://cascaras.tumblr.com/post/9095462676/microsomnium-game-watch Microsomnium]], imitating Platform/GameAndWatch.

Context VideoGame / Psychosomnium