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* SequelHook: Under the peghead is a platform with an elevator shaft that can connect to it, and on the platform itself is a button that someone cut the wires on. Arin explains at the end that it opens the way to the main Bi-Sphere device, but this is left open-ended for a sequel.
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The premise is unusual: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members - Arin, Leval, Juno, and Luke - surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar that practically rose from the sea, as a theme park named after the band. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of Australia, constructed hidden vaults to safeguard their portions of wealth, and built cabins in the island's bay for inspiration.

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The premise is unusual: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members - Arin, Leval, Juno, and Luke - surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, Juno got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar that practically rose from the sea, as a theme park named after the band. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of Australia, constructed hidden vaults to safeguard their portions of wealth, and built cabins in the island's bay for inspiration.

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* LandmarkOfLore: A group of derelict houses on the island and a few concrete bunkers in the nearby bay were built by Australian prison outlaws who once lived there. A majority of the village had to be removed during the guitar's construction, though.



* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: Downplayed. Some of the puzzles in this game are music-oriented, but what did you expect? A rock band designed everything. The entire guitar structure even qualifies as this, as the vault doors which only open by a specific tone are locked in this fashion, along with the button code that turns on their microphones.

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* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: Downplayed. Some Downplayed, since most of the puzzles in this game are music-oriented, but what did you expect? A rock band were designed everything.by a rock band. The entire guitar structure even qualifies as this, as the vault doors which only open by a specific tone are locked in this fashion, along with the button code that turns on their microphones.
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* {{Hologram}}: Arin has a holographic video journal, and Juno likes to use these in his lock mechanisms.
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* DisconnectedSideArea: The offshore Conservatory has no physical entrance from anywhere on the island, and the only way in is to use the T-flyer that teleports between the Switch and the Conservatory. Similarly, the Jacktower has a LockedDoor with no handle, and you have to open it from the other side using the T-flyer near the Potentiometers.

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* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: [[spoiler: If you release Arin from his vault at the end, you have the opportunity to let Kivas enter the main vault after you unlock it; then Arin will reset the lock and trap him inside, which is exactly what Kivas did to him in the first place.]]



* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: Downplayed. Some of the puzzles in this game are music-oriented, but what did you expect? A rock band designed everything. The entire guitar structure even qualifies as this, and the vault doors which only open by a specific tone are locked in this fashion, along with the button code that turns on their microphones.
* TreasureRoom: The main vault where the band stashed their wealth. The other vaults around the island are empty, save for one item which bears the combination for its owner's section of the guitar.

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* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: Downplayed. Some of the puzzles in this game are music-oriented, but what did you expect? A rock band designed everything. The entire guitar structure even qualifies as this, and as the vault doors which only open by a specific tone are locked in this fashion, along with the button code that turns on their microphones.
* TreasureRoom: The main vault where the band stashed their wealth. The other vaults around the island are empty, save for one item which bears the combination for its owner's section of the guitar. You can't enter any of them, as two of them have broken locks, and the other two can be unlocked, but [[spoiler: Kivas' meddling prevents you from reaching them.]]

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* AllGuitarsAreStratocasters: Averted. The huge guitar is modeled on a Gibson ''Les Paul''

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* AllGuitarsAreStratocasters: Averted. The huge guitar is modeled on a Gibson ''Les Paul''Paul''.


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* TreasureRoom: The main vault where the band stashed their wealth. The other vaults around the island are empty, save for one item which bears the combination for its owner's section of the guitar.
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** Juno: The designer of the guitar, with a passion for scientific research on the side. Keeper of the Potentiometers.

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** Juno: The designer of the guitar, with a passion for scientific research on the side. Keeper of the Potentiometers.Potentiometers and the Jacktower.
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* AllGuitarsAreStratocasters: Averted. The guitar is modeled on a Gibson ''Les Paul''

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* AllGuitarsAreStratocasters: Averted. The huge guitar is modeled on a Gibson ''Les Paul''
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* AllGuitarsAreStratocasters: Averted. The guitar is modeled on a Gibson ''Les Paul''
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* MacGuffinDeliveryService: [[spoiler: After you get the main vault open, Kivas reveals that he'd been waiting for you to solve the island's puzzles for him, and strands you in the pickup with the elevator stuck on the ground floor.]]
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Kivas. He ensnared the band's money in black market deals that bit him in the ass later on, then tries to fool you into thinking he's his twin brother Arin while working with Leval to break into the main vault where the band stashed all their money. And he trapped Arin in his vault after Arin didn't spill the vault combinations.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Kivas. He ensnared the band's money in black market deals that bit him in the ass later on, then [[spoiler: tries to fool you into thinking he's his twin brother Arin while working with Leval to break into the main vault where the band stashed all their money. And he trapped Arin in his vault after Arin didn't spill the vault combinations.]]
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* BreakupBreakout: The theme park's construction cost the band its popularity, with Kivas urging its members to push for a new album to make up for it. By the time the game takes place, the band has already broken up, having presumably packed up and left the island, which makes Arin's return to it all the more mysterious. Subverted as it's unknown what the other members went off to do after the breakup.

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* BreakupBreakout: The theme park's construction cost the band its popularity, with Kivas urging its members to push for a new album to make up for it. By the time the game takes place, the band has already broken up, having presumably packed up and left the island, which makes Arin's return to it all the more mysterious. Subverted as it's unknown what the other members went off on to do after the breakup.
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* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: Some of the puzzles in this game are music-oriented, but what did you expect? A rock band designed everything. The entire guitar structure even qualifies as this, and the vault doors which only open by a specific tone are locked in this fashion, along with the button code that turns on their microphones.

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* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: Downplayed. Some of the puzzles in this game are music-oriented, but what did you expect? A rock band designed everything. The entire guitar structure even qualifies as this, and the vault doors which only open by a specific tone are locked in this fashion, along with the button code that turns on their microphones.
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* UnwinnableByDesign: One glaring flaw of this game is the fact that 4 out of the 5 elements of the guitar don't indicate that you've set them correctly. Even when you tune the strings at the peg-head, the video of them being strummed is exactly the same. The one exception is the Switch, which sounds a loud buzzer before it turns to the proper position.
* {{Vaporware}}: The suggested sequel.
* TheWoobie: Arin. He'd been bullied by his own brother and without your help, would never have been able to leave the island.

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* UnwinnableByDesign: One glaring flaw of this game is the fact that 4 out of the 5 elements of the guitar don't indicate that you've set them correctly. Even when you tune the strings at the peg-head, the video of them being strummed is exactly the same. The one exception is the Switch, which sounds a loud buzzer before it turns to the proper position.
* {{Vaporware}}: The suggested sequel.
* TheWoobie: Arin. He'd been bullied by his own brother and without your help, would never have been able to leave the island.
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* CastingDouble: Twin brothers Arin and Kivas are played by the same actor, just with [[SignificantHaircut changes in hairstyle.]] This also ties into the plot, as [[spoiler: Kivas tries to [[{{Masquerade}} pass himself off as his brother]] to fool you, as he did Leval.]]
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The premise is unusual, but also somewhat clever: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members - Arin, Leval, Juno, and Luke - surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar that practically rose from the sea, as a theme park named after the band. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of Australia, constructed hidden vaults to safeguard their portions of wealth, and built cabins in the island's bay for inspiration.

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The premise is unusual, but also somewhat clever: unusual: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members - Arin, Leval, Juno, and Luke - surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar that practically rose from the sea, as a theme park named after the band. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of Australia, constructed hidden vaults to safeguard their portions of wealth, and built cabins in the island's bay for inspiration.

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* BreakupBreakout: The theme park's construction cost the band its popularity, with Kivas urging its members to push for a new album to make up for it. By the time the game takes place, the band has already broken up, having presumably packed up and left the island, which makes Arin's return to it all the more mysterious. Subverted as it's unknown what the other members went off to do after the breakup.
* CastingDouble: Twin brothers Arin and Kivas are played by the same actor, just with [[SignificantHaircut changes in hairstyle.]] This also ties into the plot, as [[spoiler: Kivas tries to [[{{Masquerade}} pass himself off as his brother]] to fool you, as he did Leval.]]



* DarkIsEvil: Arin, the good guy, wears a white T-shirt, while his villain brother has a black one. The best part? both of them are played by the same actor, just with [[SignificantHaircut changes in hairstyle]].

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* DarkIsEvil: Arin, the good guy, wears a white T-shirt, while his villain brother has a black one. The best part? both of them are played by the same actor, just with [[SignificantHaircut changes in hairstyle]].


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* FourManBand: Literal example, involving a rock band. Each member keeps a portion of the guitar for their own purposes.
** Arin: Likely the lead vocalist, who's the most musically-focused out of the four. Owns the Switch and the offshore conservatory.
** Leval: Controls the pickup, where the guitar is actually strummed.
** Juno: The designer of the guitar, with a passion for scientific research on the side. Keeper of the Potentiometers.
** Luke: A guitarist. Not much is known about him. His section is the Peghead.

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* AlienArtifact: The underground Bi-sphere device. Its physics concept essentially is in the form of two spheres with a void in between, and the distance between each sphere can massively vary.


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* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The underground Bi-sphere device. Its physics concept essentially is in the form of two spheres with a void in between, and the distance between each sphere can massively vary.

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* DarkIsEvil: Arin, the good guy, wears a white T-shirt, while his villain brother has a black one. The best part? both of them are played by the same actor, just with [[SignificantHaircut changes in hairstyle]].



* RedOniBlueOni: Arin, the good guy, wears a white T-shirt, while his villain brother has a black one. The best part? both of them are played by the same actor, Jerry Van Der Slot, just with changes in hairstyle.
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* NonStandardGameOver: There aren't that many bad endings, but one interesting one happens if you trust Leval after you open his cell. (you have to to see a clue for a puzzle on the floor) [[spoiler: If you go in, he knocks you out cold then locks you in a room with a taunting note on the door.]]
--> [[spoiler: "I got you a present in return for releasing me. I brought you a chair, since you're going to be in there for a while. A LONG while. --Leval".]]
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Kivas. He tries to fool you into thinking he's his twin brother Arin while working with Leval to break into the main vault where the band stashed all their money. And he trapped Arin in his vault after Arin didn't spill the vault combinations.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Kivas. He ensnared the band's money in black market deals that bit him in the ass later on, then tries to fool you into thinking he's his twin brother Arin while working with Leval to break into the main vault where the band stashed all their money. And he trapped Arin in his vault after Arin didn't spill the vault combinations.
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* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: Some of the puzzles in this game are music-oriented, but what did you expect? A rock band designed everything. The entire guitar structure even qualifies as this, and the vault doors only opening by a specific tone are locked in this fashion plus the code that turns them on.

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* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: Some of the puzzles in this game are music-oriented, but what did you expect? A rock band designed everything. The entire guitar structure even qualifies as this, and the vault doors which only opening open by a specific tone are locked in this fashion plus fashion, along with the button code that turns them on.on their microphones.
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The premise is unusual, but also somewhat clever: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members - Arin, Leval, Juno, and Luke - surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar on a small island, as a theme park named after the band. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of Australia, constructed hidden vaults to safeguard their portions of wealth, and built cabins in the island's bay for inspiration.

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The premise is unusual, but also somewhat clever: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members - Arin, Leval, Juno, and Luke - surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar on a small island, that practically rose from the sea, as a theme park named after the band. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of Australia, constructed hidden vaults to safeguard their portions of wealth, and built cabins in the island's bay for inspiration.
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The premise is unusual, but also somewhat clever: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members - Arin, Leval, Juno, and Luke - surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar on a small island. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of Australia, constructed hidden vaults to safeguard their portions of wealth, and built cabins in the island's bay for inspiration.

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The premise is unusual, but also somewhat clever: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members - Arin, Leval, Juno, and Luke - surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar on a small island.island, as a theme park named after the band. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of Australia, constructed hidden vaults to safeguard their portions of wealth, and built cabins in the island's bay for inspiration.

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The premise is unusual, but also somewhat clever: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar on a small island. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of Australia, and built cabins in the island's bay for inspiration.
But one day, Arin heads back to Alida after the band had some kind of falling out due to their waning popularity and Kivas entangling their money in black market deals. His wife Julia, having not heard back from him for a week, sends you to the island with a necklace that would show her identity and match the one Arin wears. It's up to you to bring Arin back from there.

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The premise is unusual, but also somewhat clever: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members - Arin, Leval, Juno, and Luke - surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar on a small island. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of Australia, constructed hidden vaults to safeguard their portions of wealth, and built cabins in the island's bay for inspiration.
But one day, Arin heads back
inspiration.

Juno investigated the island's history and found that Australian outlaws had camped on the island in the past, with bunkers in the south bay fitted with turrets
to Alida surprise enemy ships. Around the same time, he'd been investigating a strange underground device called a "Bi-sphere" which theoretically qualified as a teleporter. A year after the island's completion, though, the band had some kind of falling out due to their waning popularity and Kivas entangling their money in black market deals.deals,

But one day, Arin heads back to Alida for reasons unknown.
His wife Julia, having not heard back from him for a week, sends you to the island with a necklace that would show her identity and match the one Arin wears. It's up to you to bring Arin back from there.



* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Kivas. He tries to fool you into thinking he's his twin brother Arin while working with Leval to break into the main vault where the band stashed all their money. And he trapped Arin in his vault after Arin didn't spill the vault combinations. The best part? both of them are played by the same actor, Jerry Van Der Slot, just with different hairstyles and t-shirts.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Kivas. He tries to fool you into thinking he's his twin brother Arin while working with Leval to break into the main vault where the band stashed all their money. And he trapped Arin in his vault after Arin didn't spill the vault combinations. The best part? both of them are played by the same actor, Jerry Van Der Slot, just with different hairstyles and t-shirts.



* TheGhost: We never do hear what became of Luke or Juno. Kivas mentions that unlike Arin and Leval, they never came back to the island. It's never stated if he planted the printed emails to the members or that they personally received them.



* RedOniBlueOni: Arin, the good guy, wears a white T-shirt, while his villain brother has a black one.

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* RedOniBlueOni: Arin, the good guy, wears a white T-shirt, while his villain brother has a black one. The best part? both of them are played by the same actor, Jerry Van Der Slot, just with changes in hairstyle.



* Vaporware: The suggested sequel.

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* Vaporware: {{Vaporware}}: The suggested sequel.

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The premise is unusual, but also somewhat clever: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar on a small island. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of Australia

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The premise is unusual, but also somewhat clever: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar on a small island. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of AustraliaAustralia, and built cabins in the island's bay for inspiration.
But one day, Arin heads back to Alida after the band had some kind of falling out due to their waning popularity and Kivas entangling their money in black market deals. His wife Julia, having not heard back from him for a week, sends you to the island with a necklace that would show her identity and match the one Arin wears. It's up to you to bring Arin back from there.



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* AlienArtifact: The underground Bi-sphere device. Its physics concept essentially is in the form of two spheres with a void in between, and the distance between each sphere can massively vary.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Juno has applied the Bi-sphere technology to create trams that can fly and a telescope that can see light years beyond our solar system.
* CreatorCameo: Cos Russo plays Leval, [[spoiler: though you only see his eyes through a peephole in a prison cell.]] He also has a lengthy interview video on the DVD version.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Kivas. He tries to fool you into thinking he's his twin brother Arin while working with Leval to break into the main vault where the band stashed all their money. And he trapped Arin in his vault after Arin didn't spill the vault combinations. The best part? both of them are played by the same actor, Jerry Van Der Slot, just with different hairstyles and t-shirts.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The Potentiometers rotate just like real dials, making them look like rotating walls on the inside.
* SolveTheSoupCans: Many of the puzzles on the island don't have any realistic pertinence to security. An example being: The code to unlock access to Luke's vault is achieved by rotating three small spheres in a certain order.
* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: Some of the puzzles in this game are music-oriented, but what did you expect? A rock band designed everything. The entire guitar structure even qualifies as this, and the vault doors only opening by a specific tone are locked in this fashion plus the code that turns them on.
* RedOniBlueOni: Arin, the good guy, wears a white T-shirt, while his villain brother has a black one.
* UnwinnableByDesign: One glaring flaw of this game is the fact that 4 out of the 5 elements of the guitar don't indicate that you've set them correctly. Even when you tune the strings at the peg-head, the video of them being strummed is exactly the same. The one exception is the Switch, which sounds a loud buzzer before it turns to the proper position.
* Vaporware: The suggested sequel.
* TheWoobie: Arin. He'd been bullied by his own brother and without your help, would never have been able to leave the island.
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--> '''Arin''': We were so overwhelmed by our success, that we could do anything. And we had the money to do it!

Developed solely by Australian game designer Cos Russo in 1998 and released in 2004, this is a point-and-click adventure/puzzle game, heavily inspired by the Myst series, but mainly Riven.
The premise is unusual, but also somewhat clever: A rock band called Alida had made their debut CD and with that album breaking all previous records by 200%, all 4 members surpassed even Bill Gates by becoming the richest men in the world. Then one of them, Juno, got a creative idea of building an enormous, fully functional electric guitar on a small island. Nobody could shrug it off, though their manager, Kivas, didn't take them seriously and instead wanted the band to make a new CD. Nonetheless, they contracted several construction companies and engineers to reshape a small island off the coast of Australia
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