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2	[[caption-width-right:300:BizarrePuzzleGame [[ItMakesSenseInContext in which you use a cat on a fishing line to block attacking lawn gnomes]]? Check.]]
3	->'''''Where The Players Make The Games!'''''
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5	->''"Using 300 characters or less, describe an idea for a Puzzle Clubhouse game in which the player must re-contain escaped ghosts. Be as creative as you can!"''
6	-->-- [[OfficialFanSubmittedContent Call for submissions prompt]] for an original game concept to be used in Puzzle Clubhouse Episode 3
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8	[[http://puzzleclubhouse.com Puzzle Clubhouse]] is a quirky, comedic [[WebGames web game series]] created by video game company [[http://www.schellgames.com Schell Games]], launched through Website/{{Kickstarter}} funding. The idea behind Puzzle Clubhouse is that making videos games can be a lot of fun, and many players are eager to contribute their ideas, skills, and passion to the game-making process. A new game episode would come out on the first of each month. Between episodes, [[AudienceParticipation the community creates, submits, and votes on game concepts, story ideas, artwork, and sound effects for upcoming episodes]].
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10	Like a comedy improv troupe working with audience suggestions, the development team would then produce each episode by weaving together a variety of community-generated ideas and content into a cohesive plot. The episodes follow the adventures of practical but puzzle-obsessed Everyman [[OnlySaneMan Jasper Jones]] and his unpredictable [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Uncle Cornelius]] as they explore Puzzle Clubhouse, a [[BigLabyrinthineBuilding place]] [[BuildingOfAdventure where]] [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} anything]] [[OhLookMoreRooms can]] [[{{Wackyland}} happen]].
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12	Unfortunately, the series [[OrphanedSeries hasn't had any updates for several years now.]] The first four episodes can still be found and played on the Puzzle Clubhouse website.
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15	!! This website provides examples of:
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17	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Updates on the blog often came on Puzzle Ptuesdays
18	* AudienceParticipation: The player community votes to decide the game mechanics, plot points, art, and sounds for upcoming games--and often the options they vote on are submissions from Creative Directors within the community.
19	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The ice cream flavor selection offered by the guardian of the Forbidden Maze of Welcoming.
20	-->'''Maze Guardian:''' Your choices are: Cyanide, Decapitation, or... Cookie Dough.
21	* BigBallOfViolence: Whenever lawn gnomes get into a kerfuffle their fight is obscured by clouds of plaster dust.
22	* BigLabyrinthineBuilding: It seems likely that even the inhabitants of Puzzle Clubhouse aren't familiar with all its rooms.
23	* BlatantLies: In Episode 2, Uncle Cornelius fails to come up with a convincing reason why [[spoiler: he's wearing a gnome costume.]]
24	--> [[spoiler: '''Cornelius:''' "No reason... I don't know, I was chilly... wearing what?"]]
25	* BuildingOfAdventure: Jasper's life was boring before he came to Puzzle Clubhouse, but he hasn't had a dull moment since.
26	* CastFullOfWriters (And Game Developers): The majority of the series' voice talent is provided by Schell Games employees.
27	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The (lead) hat Uncle Cornelius is wearing]] at the beginning of Episode 1.
28	* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: Puzzle Clubhouse follows its own bizarre logic.
29	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Uncle Cornelius and the other denizens of Puzzle Clubhouse, who seem to take even its most outlandish properties for granted.
30	* TheEndOrIsIt: ''"Could this be the end of Puzzle Clubhouse? Find out next time, on the first episode of... Puzzle Clubhouse!"''
31	* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Jasper's dead end [[WhiteCollarWorker cubicle job]].
32	* FoxChickenGrainPuzzle: Referenced in a community-submitted [[http://puzzleclubhouse.com/displaycontent?id=220 decorative fountain]] that won the vote to become a permanent part of Puzzle Clubhouse's landscaping.
33	* FreewareGames: All the games and game prototypes on the site are free to play.
34	* GloryDays: Jasper used to be celebrated for his puzzle-solving prowess.
35	* ImagineSpot: [=Laz0r=] France.
36	* IncrediblyLamePun: Several, including a cat named "Purrcival" and episodes with titles like "To Gnome Me is to Love Me." A Call for Submissions to get community-generated ghost sound effects was called "Wight Noise."
37	* InformedAttractiveness: If it weren't for the other characters' reactions to the lawn gnomes, you might never realize how strangely attractive they are.
38	-->'''Jasper:''' (staring at garden gnome) It's... it's beautiful!
39	-->'''Cornelius:''' Don't look straight at them! You can get lost in their eyes...
40	* LevelEditor: Anyone can experiment with creating and testing their own [=Laz0r=] [=Fr0gs=] levels by following the instructions [[http://forums.puzzleclubhouse.com/discussion/116/make-your-own-laz0r-frogz-levels-brainstorming-and-level-sharing-thread here]].
41	* {{Microtransactions}}: An unusual example--Puzzle Pieces can be bought with real money, but have absolutely no effect on gameplay. Instead, they can be spent to vote on what content and ideas get incorporated into future episodes. Everyone in the Puzzle Clubhouse community also gets free Puzzle Pieces each day they log in.
42	* OhLookMoreRooms: One of the most frequent calls for community content is to submit ideas for wacky new rooms, since the clubhouse seems to have an inexhaustible variety.
43	* OpenTheIris: Jasper, when gazing into the eyes of the Petalwit Gnome.
44	* OurGnomesAreWeirder: Lots of lawn gnomes are creepy... the plaster lawn gnomes surrounding Puzzle Clubhouse are also strangely attractive and criminally lethargic.
45	%%* PortalDoor: Some of the adjacent rooms in Puzzle Clubhouse are obviously not physically adjacent in space.%%So? That suggest more Bizzartecture.
46	* PuzzleGame: Each episode is made up of two animated segments sandwiching a web game, often a puzzle game.
47	* {{Sleepwalking}}: The lawn gnomes in Episode 2--"They're sleepwalking vandals!"
48	* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Jasper Jones and Uncle Cornelius.
49	* SurrealHumor: And lots of it.
50	* XtremeKoolLetterz: La'''z'''or Frogs!

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