History Creator / Nitrome

* AmusementParkOfDoom: "Skywire".

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: "Fault Line". You're merely sent back to the last checkpoint you accessed, and any fastened fault nodes that hid it are unfastened.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Your leader in "Castle Corp." He may also be a PointyHairedBoss, considering how cliche his idea of a pep talk is.

* CrosshairAware: "Final Ninja."

* EscortMission: The owl in "Fat Cat" functions rather like a standard plane in a standard shmup, but is completely ImmuneToBullets. The cat is slow and vulnerable, but must be kept alive so that it can [[WaveMotionGun smash down walls the owl can't damage.]] In later levels, this means deliberately moving the owl into [[BulletHell hails of bullets]] to keep them from reaching the cat.

* SteamPunk: "Dirk Valentine and the Fortress of Steam", not surprisingly.

** Also present, with a handwave, in "Parasite".

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: We have "Test Subject Blue", which plays out like VideoGame/MegaMan meeting VideoGame/{{Portal}}, then "Test Subject Green", where it's still the same formula, but not long after that we get "Test Subject Arena", where instead of getting a food pill, the blue and green enzyme fight with proton/enzyme blasts.

* VillainProtagonist: "Parasite" is about as clear-cut as you can get -- you destroy entire planets both for survival and because it's fun. "Worm Food" is another staring example. A few other games, like "Castle Corp", have protagonists who're {{Anti Hero}}es.
** [[spoiler:"Droplets"]] has a bizarre twist example. [[spoiler:The bunnies you've been carefully stop from dying are an evil invading army.]]

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* ''VideoGame/BombChicken'', Release for the Nintendo Switch, [[=PlayStation=} 4, PC and will release for the Xbox One.
* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnightDig'', Co-developed and published by Creator/YachtClubGames.
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[[folder:Nitrome's games]]

Nitrome is an independent game developer founded in 2005 and known for its Flash games as well as mobile games, many of which are on Miniclip. Nitrome's games often have highly unusual gameplay that forces the player to think ''well'' outside the box. Combined with their games' quirky nature and appealing graphics, Nitrome's library has become quite popular with many Flash game players.

* ExcusePlot: Very, very common. However, games that descend into [[NoPlotNoProblem Plot What Plot]] often have TheReveal at the end explaining what you've been doing the whole time.

** ''Enemy 585'' is all about escorting a slow, fat {{mook}} escape.

** The protagonist of "Mirror Image" gives one every time he survives a level. It's actually {{subverted}}, [[DarkIsNotEvil as he's trying to stop the demons from causing havoc.]]

* ExcusePlot: Very, very common. However, games that descend into PlotWhatPlot often have TheReveal at the end explaining what you've been doing the whole time.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: If "Skywire VIP" is any indication, people were more interested in the little people that you drive around in "Skywire" than the actual gameplay.

* {{Soliloquy}}: Uncle Rico does one in Day 24 of "Super Treadmill", summing up his true motive:
--> '''Rico:''' That stupid boy is going to make me lose the bet! I can't afford to lose, the price is too high! I'll make that boy super thin, even if I have to get on that treadmill myself! [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHA!]]

* SurpriseCreepy: "Canary" puts a cute little birdman in a SurvivalHorror situation. "[[TheVirus Join us]] . . ."

* ''Tower Fortress'' (2017)''[[note]]developed by Keybol and published by Nitrome[[/note]] (2017)

* ''In the Doghouse'' (2008): Guide a dog to his bone by moving rooms about to create a path.

* ''Colourblind'' (2013)

* ''Turn-Undead'' (2014)

* ''Ultimate Briefcase''[[note]]developed by Quite Fresh and published by Nitrome[[/note]] (2015)

* MyLittlePanzer: In ''Rubble Trouble Tokyo'', a [[Franchise{{Godzilla}} Mecha-Godzilla]] {{Expy}} that is huge and can shoot [[WaveMotionGun huge lasers]] is '''''legally sold as a toy'''''.

* ScreenTap: In "Test Subject Blue", the scientist occasionally taps on the window in the test chamber.
** In "Test Subject Complete," one of Dr. Nastidious's soldiers takes it a bit farther and pounds the glass with his fist.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: Subverted in [[spoiler:"Enemy 585" when it looks like the titular character will walk off the cliff to their doom (and the player is unable to help) but stops and turns around]].

** The main protagonists ([[VillainProtagonist or antagonists]]) of ''Nitrome Must Die'' are named Austin Carter and Justin Bennet. [[Webcomic{{Homestuck}} Their first and second names have exactly 6 letters.]]

* SpikesOfDoom

* SuperDrowningSkills: Explained as part of TheReveal in "Twang" -- [[spoiler:you [[TheBet bet a substantial amount of money]] that you could get from one side of the ocean to the other without using a vehicle and without getting wet.]] Also present, with a handwave, in "Parasite".

* AfterTheEnd: "Rustyard," starring a robot that wanders the ruins in search of places to recharge its batteries.
** The second game in the "Toxic" series takes place in a world where the robots took over.

* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: In ''Test Subject Green'': [[spoiler:Xeno Industries gets raided by Dr Nastidious.]]

The BigBad of "Office Trap". He forces prospective employees to make their way through an office building riddled with death traps and agrees to give a temporary work contract to all the survivors.

* CoolTank: "Steamlands" in a nutshell.

** ''Tiny Castle'' has the standard "rescue the princess plot". [[spoiler:Then it turns out you're trying to get her evicted.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: :Rainbogeddon"
* EvilLaugh: The protagonist of "Mirror Image" gives one every time he survives a level. It's actually {{subverted}}, [[DarkIsNotEvil as he's trying to stop the demons from causing havoc.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the background of ''Nitrome Must Die'', there's a whiteboard labeled 'New game ideas'. One of the ideas was a 'Game with blobs'. A month or two later, ''Swindler'' was released, in which the protagonist is a green blob. Later, ''Oodlegobs'' features blobs and cats, with the latter coming from the same board suggesting a game with cats in it.

* ItHasBeenAnHonor: In ''Test Subject Complete'', [[spoiler:[=Rex209=] says this to Blue before she shuts down, [[HeroicSacrifice knowing what Blue has to do next.]].]]

* MoneySpider: Lampshaded in "Tiny Castle" at the end--[[spoiler:the princess has so much money that she feeds it to the monsters]].

* TankGoodness:
** ''Tanked Up''. No prizes for guessing what you're using.
** In ''Rubble Trouble Moscow'', the demolition team are given a tank at some points.

* AlwaysABiggerFish: In "Cheese Dreams", [[spoiler: the ending has you escaping the ship... [[ShootTheShaggyDog only for you and the ship to be promptly eaten by a ship shaped like a cat.]]]]

* BadBoss: The BigBad of "Office Trap". He forces prospective employees to make their way through an office building riddled with death traps and agrees to give a temporary work contract to all the survivors.

* BeYourself: By Day 17 of "Super Treadmill", Billy no longer cares about his weight or the competition, and if he decides to lose it, he'd rather eat healthy and exercise than use the Super Treadmill. Of course, his Uncle Rico is hell-bent on making Billy lose weight on the treadmill...

* BlackSheepHit: One of their most popular games is "Mutiny", which is a lot simpler in gameplay to most Nitrome games; although it looks like a Nitrome game in terms of design, it's one of their few games with no BizarrePuzzleGame elements.

* BloodlessCarnage: So far, only "Graveyard Shift" and "Parasite" have used blood at all, and in those it's been greenish gunk. "Nitrome Must Die" also uses blood, and its color varies depending on the enemy.

* BodyHorror: The worm transformation in Cave Chaos 2

* CatsAreMean: "Doghouse"

* CharacterTitle: "Enemy 585"

* DamselInDistress: Referred to as such in "Graveyard Shift". You've got a HostageSpiritLink to them, and they die in a single hit from a zombie, so be careful.

* EvilLaugh: The protagonist of "Mirror Image" gives one every time he survives a level.

* FollowTheLeader: Many Nitrome games can be traced to an individual game they're copying (for instance, "Small Fry" is a mimic of ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}''.) To its credit, it's often quite inventive in creating new challenges within the same basic framework.
** The game sequels also tend to be exactly like additional levels of the original games. Notable exceptions include "Test Subject Arena" and "Skywire VIP", although there were individual sequels to "Skywire VIP" that fit their normal sequel formula.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the background of ''Nitrome Must Die'', there's a whiteboard labeled 'New game ideas'. One of the ideas was a 'Game with blobs'. A month or two later, ''Swindler'' was released, in which the protagonist is a green blob.

* HealingPotion: "Graveyard Shift". Somehow, it works by ''shooting'' it.

* KillerRabbit: [[spoiler: The final boss]] in "Hot Air Jr". No, really!

** Subverted in "Tiny Castle". At first, it seems like this trope applies as you try to save a princess. [[spoiler: It turns out your were just evicting her.]]

* LegionsOfHell: They wander the ruins in "Mirror Image". Don't get too close.
* LightningCanDoAnything: It revives a skeleton in "Numbskull".

** Also, one created the protagonist of "Test Subject Blue". In "Test Subject Green", Blue is captured by a different mad scientist that created Greens to destroy him.
* MalevolentArchitecture: Lampshaded in "Final Ninja Zero", and present without acknowledgment in too many games to list.
* MilestoneCelebration: Their 100th game is about... some guys attacking them.

* NintendoHard: ''HotAir'' and ''Nanobots''. The former is very cramped, [[OneHitPointWonder unforgiving]] and has strange controls, while the latter is mostly {{Marathon Level}}s ([[DownplayedTrope although downplayed]]).

* PoweredArmor: The protagonist of "Final Ninja" wears some, though it's not quite as powerful as most fictional examples, being more focused on [[VisibleInvisibility stealth]].

* PrisonEpisode: [[spoiler: "Flipside".]]

* RealityWarper: The protagonist of "Fault Line" can fold the 2D levels in on themselves, causing everything in the folded area to temporarily vanish from existence--for instance, he can bypass walls by folding the space around the walls and leaving empty air behind.

* {{Retraux}}: '''''EVERYTHING.'''''
** Turned UpToEleven with "Super Treadmill". The game ''[[InterfaceScrew slows down and fuzzes up]]'' [[InterfaceScrew when too many objects are on the screen, and occasionally even "disconnects from the video port"!]]

* SelfDeprecation: "Nitrome Must Die". It's even in the title!
* ShootTheShaggyDog: Subverted in [[spoiler: "Enemy 585" when it looks like the titular character will walk off the cliff to their doom (and the player is unable to help) but stops and turns around]].
** Played straight in [[spoiler: "Cheese Dreams", which ends with both you and the ship you just escaped from getting [[AlwaysABiggerFish eaten by a larger ship.]]]]
** "Ditto" ends with [[spoiler: the protagonist finally finding the exit to the cave they are trapped in, only for their reflection to go through it first. This not only traps the poor creature, but turns them into a reflection themselves. They then act as the reflection for the next person to get trapped, presumably starting the cycle all over again. Essentially, if you really want your character to escape, you'll have to play the game twice.]]

* TakeThatMe: In the background of one level of ''Nitrome Must Die'', there's a whiteboard labeled 'New game ideas'. One idea that's circled and underlined is "Cheap Sequels".

* TeleportersAndTransporters: The one and only ability of the main character in "Mirror Image"--he can't even walk.

* TomatoSurprise: The end of "Tiny Castle", where your knight, bound to save the beautiful princess, turns out to be [[spoiler: a debt collector chasing down the princess, who refuses to pay rent on the castle.]]

** [[spoiler: "Droplets"]] has a bizarre twist example. [[spoiler:The bunnies you've been carefully stop from dying are an evil invading army.]]

** EarlyBirdCameo: The zombies, plant, and maiden from "Graveyard Shift" debuted months before the game was released.

Visit their website [[[[http://www.nitrome.com/ here.]]

[[http://www.nitrome.com/ Nitrome]] is an independent game developer known for its Flash games as well as mobile games, many of which are on Miniclip. Nitrome's games often have highly unusual gameplay that forces the player to think ''well'' outside the box. ''Ultimate Briefcase'' is mainly a game developed by Quite Fresh and published by Nitrome.

* ''Mirror Image'' (2009): Guide a warlock through demon-infested ruins with the powering of teleportation.

* ''Ultimate Briefcase'' (2015)

* ''Castle Corp: Castlewear for All Occasions'' (2009):

* ''Rockitty'' (2009)
* ''Nebula'' (2009)
* ''Cave Chaos'' (2009)
* ''Graveyard Shift'' (2009)
* ''B.C. Bow Contest'' (2009)
* ''Cold Storage'' (2009)
* ''Ice Breaker: The Gathering'' (2009)
* ''Avalanche: A Penguin Adventure'' (2009)
* ''Rubble Trouble New York'' (2010)
* ''Skywire VIP'' (2010)
* ''Blast RPG'' (2010)
* ''Tiny Castle'' (2010)
* ''Chisel'' (2010)
* ''Bullethead'' (2010)
* ''Fault Line'' (2010)
* ''Ribbit'' (2010)
* ''Worm Food'' (2010)
* ''Squawk'' (2010)
* ''Temple Glider'' (2010)
* ''VideoGame/SkySerpents'' (2010)
* ''Enemy 585: The Last Henchman'' (2010)
* ''Super Treadmill'' (2010)
* ''Bad Ice-Cream'' (2010)
* ''Rush'' (2011)
* ''The Bucket'' (2011)
* ''Canary'' (2011)
* ''Test Subject Blue'' (2011)
* ''Chisel 2'' (2011)
* ''Knight Trap'' (2011)
* ''Steamlands'' (2011)
* ''Test Subject Green'' (2011)
* ''Silly Sausage'' (2011)
* ''Test Subject Arena'' (2011)
* ''Office Trap'' (2011)
* ''Rubble Trouble Tokyo'' (2011)
* ''Canopy'' (2011)
* ''VideoGame/MegaMash'' (2011)
* ''Steamlands: Player Pack'' (2011)
* ''Stumped'' (2011)
* ''Nitrome Must Die!'' (2011)

* ''Hot Air!''
* ''Sandman''
* ''Chick Flick''
* ''Roly Poly''
* ''Feed Me!''
* ''Gift Wrapped''
* ''Scribble''
* ''Frost Bite''
* ''Tanked Up''
* ''Magic Touch''
* ''Skywire''
* ''Space Hopper''
* ''Dangle''
* ''Hot Air 2: All Blown Up''
* ''Square Meal''
* ''Toxic''
* ''Yin Yang''
* ''Nanobots''
* ''Off the Rails''
* ''Headcase''
* ''Pest Control''
* ''Twang''
* ''Thin Ice''
* ''Snow Drift''
* ''Jack Frost''
* ''Aquanaut''
* ''Go Go UFO''
* ''Dirk Valentine and the Fortress of Steam''
* ''Magneboy''
* ''Cheese Dreams''
* ''Snot Put''
* ''Knuckleheads''
* ''Skywire 2''
* ''Small Fry''
* ''Mutiny''
* ''Final Ninja''
* ''Onekey''
* ''Mallet Mania''
* ''In the Doghouse''
* ''Numbskull''
* ''Bomba''
* ''Flipside''
* ''Toxic 2''
* ''Fat Cat''
* ''Frost Bite 2''
* ''Ice Breaker''
* ''Pixel Pop''
* ''Flash Cat''
* ''Twin Shot''
* ''Mirror Image''
* ''Glass Works''
* ''Ice Breaker: The Red Clan''
* ''Rustyard''
* ''Final Ninja Zero''
* ''Power Up''
* ''Cosmic Cannon!''
* ''Droplets''
* ''Double Edged''
* ''Castle Corp: Castlewear for All Occasions''
* ''Parasite''
* ''Twin Shot 2: Good and Evil''
* ''Rockitty''
* ''Nebula''
* ''Cave Chaos''
* ''Graveyard Shift''
* ''B.C. Bow Contest''
* ''Cold Storage''
* ''Ice Breaker: The Gathering''
* ''Avalanche: A Penguin Adventure''
* ''Rubble Trouble New York''
* ''Skywire VIP''
* ''Blast RPG''
* ''Tiny Castle''
* ''Chisel''
* ''Bullethead''
* ''Fault Line''
* ''Ribbit''
* ''Worm Food''
* ''Squawk''
* ''Temple Glider''
* ''VideoGame/SkySerpents''
* ''Enemy 585: The Last Henchman''
* ''Super Treadmill''
* ''Bad Ice-Cream''
* ''Rush''
* ''The Bucket''
* ''Canary''
* ''Test Subject Blue''
* ''Chisel 2''
* ''Knight Trap''
* ''Steamlands''
* ''Test Subject Green''
* ''Silly Sausage''
* ''Test Subject Arena''
* ''Office Trap''
* ''Rubble Trouble Tokyo''
* ''Canopy''
* ''VideoGame/MegaMash''
* ''Steamlands: Player Pack''
* ''Stumped''
* ''Nitrome Must Die!''
* ''Lockehorn''
* ''Rubble Trouble Moscow''
* ''Rainbogeddon''
* ''Swindler''
* ''Skywire VIP Extended''
* ''Gunbrick''
* ''Cave Chaos 2''
* ''Super Snotput''
* ''Hot Air Jr''
* ''J-J-Jump''
* ''Skywire VIP Shuffle''
* ''Calamari''
* ''Turnament''
* ''Swindler 2''
* ''Ice Beak''
* ''Bad Ice Cream 2''
* ''Plunger''
* ''Super Stock Take''
* ''Test Subject Complete''
* ''Colourblind''
* ''Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage''
* ''Oodlegobs''
* ''Test Subject Arena 2''
* ''Cheese Dreams: New Moon''
* ''Bad Ice Cream 3''
* ''changeType()''
* ''Ditto''
* ''Flue''
* ''Bump Battle Royale''
* ''8bit Doves''
* ''Coil''
* ''Turn-Undead''
* ''Endless Doves''
* ''Submolok''
* ''Roller Polar''
* ''Platform Panic''
* ''Gunbrick SD''
* ''Magic Touch: Wizard for Hire''
* ''Silly Sausage in Meat Land''
* ''Cooped Up''
* ''Green Ninja''
* ''Vault!''
* ''Beneath The Lighthouse''
* ''Gopogo''
* ''Rust Bucket''
* ''Ultimate Briefcase''

* InterfaceScrew: "Super Treadmill" and supposedly its {{Spiritual Sequel}}s are based on old NES games, so Nitrome has put in occasional TV static and glitches into AV mode.

** In "Chisel 2", a level set in an asteroid belt has the [[{{Asteroids}} asteroids as green outlines]]. The VoiceWithAnInternetConnection comments that it hasn't been used since 1979.

** ''Enemy 585'' has many to ''SuperMarioBros'', consider the layout of the "boss" room at the start.

[[http://www.nitrome.com/ Nitrome]] is an independent game developer known for its Flash games, many of which are on Miniclip. Nitrome's games often have highly unusual gameplay that forces the player to think ''well'' outside the box.

** The main characters in "Twin Shot". Kittens! [[ArcherArchetype Kittens with bows]] [[LikeABadassOutOfHell that destroyed hell!]]