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2The Girl And The Robot is a 3D Game by Flying Carpets Games.
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4[[VideoGame/{{Ico}} Stop us if you've heard this one.]] Once, there was a girl locked up in a castle at the end of the world. This castle was ruled over by a very evil queen. One day, the girl managed to escape from the cage she was locked in, and set out to find a way out. On her way, she found a robot she discovered she could control with a special amulet she had in her possession. So, with her new robot friend, the girl set out to find her way to freedom.
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6The game was funded on UsefulNotes/{{Kickstarter}} on November 20th, 2013. It was released on August 18th, 2016 for Platform/PlayStation4 and Platform/{{Steam}}.
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9!!The Girl And The Robot contains examples of:
10* ABoyAndHisX: A girl and her robot friend.
11* {{Autosave}}: These activate when you reach certain points. You know this has happened when you see "Now Saving" in the top right corner.
12* BigFancyCastle: The game is set in one ruled over by an evil queen.
13* BowAndSwordInAccord: The robot has a sword, and an archer's bow, which is used for both combat and puzzle solving.
14* ClothingDamage: Damage being done to robots are indicated by pieces of their armor breaking off.
15* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Since the enemies in the game are robots, they explode when defeated. Try not to be near them when they explode, because being in the blast causes damage.
16* InTheBack: If the robot is behind an enemy, he can stab the power source in the back to OneHitKO them.
17* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: The robot carries around a shield it can use to protect itself from attacks.
18* MechaMooks: The castle in the game is full of robots to combat.
19* MinimalistCast: The only characters introduced are the unnamed girl, the golden knight, the evil queen, and the old man. [[spoiler:It's only in the credits that more of them are introduced, which is as close as having a backstory.]]
20* NamelessNarrative: No one in the game is ever given a name.
21* PlayerCharacterCalculus: The game has two playable characters that you can switch between at any time.
22* PressurePlate: You'll see a lot of these in the game. They're used for puzzle solving.
23* ShoulderTeammate: The robot can carry the girl around on its shoulder.
24* ToBeContinued: The game ends with [[spoiler:the girl falling into the chasm in the throne room after the [[BigBad Woman In Black]] drops her into it, and stabs the robot in the back when he tries to save her]]. After the credits roll, "To Be Continued" can be seen in the corner of the screen.

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