Line #16 VideoGame/TheYawhg


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3	->''The YAWHG will be here in six weeks. ...and no one expects it. Not a one of us. We just keep on living our lives, week by week, unaware...''
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5	A StoryBranching game with RPGElements, ''[[http://www.theyawhg.com/ The YAWHG]]'' was created by Creator/EmilyCarroll and Damian Sommer. The player can take control of up to four different citizens as they go about their lives, blissfully unaware that in six scant weeks the YAWHG will arrive. Depending on how they spend their time, and how they cope with the random events thrown their way, they can build up their Physique, Finesse, Mind, Charm and Magic, and earn Wealth.
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7	But how will they cope when the YAWHG appears...? Will the skills they honed beforehand help them survive?
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9	''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/269030/The_Yawhg/ The YAWHG]]'' costs $10 on Steam.
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12	!!This VideoGame contains examples of:
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14	* AbilityRequiredToProceed: Many event chains won't continue if your stats aren't high enough, barring you from seeing certain encounters.
15	* AbortedArc:
16	** Since events are randomly generated, you may trigger an EventFlag on the last week before the YAWHG's arrival and not get to see what happens next. Some of these [[DevelopersForesight are actually accounted for]] and still have an effect.
17	** Alternatively, it is possible to trigger a location-specific EventFlag, only for that location to get destroyed in another character's event, thus preventing a return to see the resolution.
18	* AmbiguousGender: The few named [=NPCs=] have unisex names like "Kelly" and "Jean".
19	* BittersweetEnding: Saving your village doesn't necessarily mean your individual heroes will get a happy ending.
20	* ButThouMust:
21	** If you encounter the [[spoiler:patient in the hospital with the spiral sores]], he will rudely ask you to get him a drink of water. Unless you have a high level of a certain stat, you can't refuse him, [[spoiler:then you can only prevent becoming possessed by his magic by passing another stat-check after he spits at you]].
22	** Same goes for the [[spoiler:vampire in the slums that will force you to come to her, whether you want to or not, unless you pass a stat-check]].
23	* ColorCodedCharacters: Each of the four characters wears a signature color: Ms. Azure is blue, Mr. Aurum is yellow, Ms. Cerise is red, and Mr. Moss is green.
24	* CripplingOverspecialization: You can focus on building up just one stat if you so wish; however, there's no guarantee that particular stat will be especially ''useful'' with any of the random events that character encounters.
25	* CruelTwistEnding: Some of the resolutions after the YAWHG arrives turn out this way.
26	* DecidedByOneVote: Your hero may be asked to act as a tiebreaker by [[spoiler:a bunch of rats]].
27	* DominoMask: Ms. Azure and Mr. Moss don these when fighting crime. By contrast, Mr. Aurum wears a black jacket over his usual attire, and Ms. Cerise goes full LittleRedFightingHood.
28	* DontGoInTheWoods: The Forest is naturally full of dangerous encounters.
29	* DoomedHometown: Definitely prior to the YAWHG — there's nothing you can do to keep it from coming — and potentially afterward, if you can't deal with the ensuing destruction, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential or actively make it even worse]].
30	* DownerEnding: Another very real possibility.
31	* DrivenToSuicide:
32	** If you [[spoiler:get a fighter banned from the Arena, they hang themselves]]. You can find the body in [[spoiler:the Forest]].
33	** Similarly, if you [[spoiler:defeat a bard at the Tavern in a lute playing competition, the bard hangs himself]]. The body can be found in [[spoiler:the Forest, along with a broken lute]].
34	* EarnYourHappyEnding: Ensuring the town's survival post-YAWHG can be tricky, but that just makes it all the more rewarding when you ''do'' manage it.
35	* EventFlag: A core part of gameplay. Every decision you make has consequences, and there are various little subplots that can unfold over the course of the game.
36	* FantasticDrug: You can start creating these if your magic stat is high enough, [[spoiler:and if you couldn't manage to rebuild after the YAWHG]]. Alternately, if your physique stat is high enough, [[spoiler:and you were unable to rebuild after the YAWHG, you can become addicted to a strength potion and eventually die of an overdose from it]].
37	* FantasticRacism: This can pop up with the [[spoiler:dancing dryad's]] subplot.
38	* FromNobodyToNightmare: Over the course of six weeks, you may witness one of your heroes' StartOfDarkness and not fully realize it until you reach the ending.
39	* GenderEqualEnsemble: Two males and two females.
40	* GoodFeelsGood: Certain moral deeds give your character a feeling so good [[spoiler:it increases all of your stats by one]].
41	* JackOfAllStats: What everyone starts out as.
42	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's possible the YAWHG [[spoiler:is just a disastrous but otherwise normal hurricane]].
43	* MultipleEndings: With variations almost as far-ranging as the events that can bring you there.
44	** Does your hometown survive the ravages of the YAWHG and rebuild — and if so, can you regain any semblance of its former glories, or is it naught but a shell of its former self?
45	** What fate does each of your heroes meet? Do they, in fact, become heroes, or choose only to look out for themselves — and regardless of their chosen path, do they succeed or fail?
46	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Poorly chosen or failed actions can have terrible effects for those around you.
47	* NothingIsScarier:
48	** Nobody knows exactly what the YAWHG is.
49	** In an equal sense, the [[spoiler:giant hand of the hedge]].
50	* OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding: Your character may get to enjoy a happy future, even as those around them suffer. In fact, your personal happiness may come at the expense of others.
51	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Incredibly charming, but physically weak.]]
52	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Possess great physical strength, but your control of the supernatural withers.]]
53	* PermanentlyMissableContent: It's possible for locations to be completely destroyed, making it impossible to visit them anymore on that given playthrough.
54	* PowerAtAPrice: Certain random events can result in one stat receiving a dramatic boost while another takes an equally massive hit.
55	* PunnyName: All 4 of the playable characters' names (Ms. Azure, Ms. Cerise, Mr. Moss, and Mr. Aurum) are based on their [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience color.]]
56	* PurelyAestheticGender: All four characters start with the exact same stats — 5 across the board and no Wealth — and neither gender is more inclined to earning certain stats.
57	* RaisingTheSteaks: One event at the alchemy tower has one of the alchemists create "the antidote to death", testing it on a lifeless ferret. You can either praise the man or promptly snuff out the undead ferret.
58	* RPGElements: Statistics are influenced by various events, being raised or lowered, and those statistics allow for different results in other events, like successfully persuading someone with higher Charm. Some events also provide Wealth, which can be spent to perform specific actions.
59	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Your characters may decide to seek their fortunes elsewhere in the end.
60	* StoryBranching: The gameplay's formula. Each week, the player chooses a location, chooses which of two tasks your character does that week, and then a random event happens at that particular location, providing two options, one of which may be impossible based on your character's stats. After the YAWHG, you choose your character's contribution (or lack thereof) to the rebuilding effort.
61	* StrippedToTheBone: The [[spoiler:leeches]] can do this. Several times, actually.
62	* TakingYouWithMe: If [[spoiler:the poor dryad]] dies, they manage a final attack before succumbing to their injuries.
63	* ThousandYardStare: And given what [[spoiler:your hero]] witnessed to get them to that point, it's no ''wonder''.
64	* TorchesAndPitchforks: Depending on your ending, such a mob may come after you.
65	* VoiceGrunting: Each character has their own!
66	* VideoGameCaringPotential: Your characters can become pillars of the community, looking out for their fellow man...
67	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ...or screw them over for their own personal profit. For that matter, the player can deliberately choose poorly just to see what happens to their hapless heroes.
68	* WhatDidIDoLastNight?: This can happen to the player characters if they come across an event that involves heavy drinking, such as a contest at the tavern or a secret party in the palace wine cellar. They can even find out what happened by visiting the right place in the weeks to follow. [[spoiler:This can include anything from putting on a performance that made you the talk of the tavern, to rocking out with an orc raiding party and catching the eye of their female leader.]]
69	** This can also happen if you [[spoiler:have your mind consumed by the powers of the wizard with the spiral sores, or if you are attacked by the creature in the woods and briefly become a werewolf]].
70	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: After learning the fate of the village post-YAWHG, you get to see what happened to each of your characters.
71	* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: Make poor decisions and you can have a direct hand in destroying part of the city before the Yawhg ever gets there.
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73	-->''The YAWHG. It's almost here. Almost, almost...''

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