History VideoGame / Ann

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the beginning of the game, Ann is at an exhibition for the winners of a contest between the various art departments. While most of the winners deserve it, it is noted by two [=NPCs=] that the winning {{sculpture|s}} is very ugly, and they are confused as to how it was possibly chosen. [[spoiler:Turns out the sculptor [[SexForServices slept with the principal]] in exchange for getting her sculpture chosen.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the beginning of the game, Ann is at an exhibition for the winners of a contest between the various art departments. While most of the winners deserve it, it is noted by two [=NPCs=] that the winning sculpture is very ugly, and they are confused as to how it was possibly chosen. [[spoiler:Turns out the sculptor [[SexForServices slept with the principal]] in exchange for getting her sculpture chosen.]]

* ShoutOut: To other RPG maker games. The setting, premise and art themed enemies bear a resemblance to those found in Ib, with Security as a combination of Garry and Mary. There are also similarities to Misao, especially with the character of Hana. Like Misao, she's a black-haired vengeful spirit who was killed by a seemingly kind teacher (who is actually a predator,) and decides to inflict revenge on the whole school. [[spoiler:The good ending is achieved by 'sacrificing' said teacher.]] Some traps also resemble those found in The Witch's House.

* BigBad: [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Hana Itagaki]], the evil spirit, is responsible for turning the school into a nightmarish landscape at midnight, turning simple objects into hostile entities and trapping unsuspected people before deforming their appearances. [[spoiler: However, Hana turns out to be a VengefulGhost whom wants to get revenge on her killer - the principal - but sadly vented her anger as well at the whole school]].
* BoringButPractical: The Security Guard uses a baton to defend himself and Ann from hostile objects- while simple, it's pretty effective because he can destroy enemies with just one hit.

* ChaseScene: A lot of times Ann gets chased by a lot from haunted pianos, an angry statue and [[spoiler: a non-lethal example in the form of the Security Guard]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:The principal is willing to use his position to sexually exploit students, and even killed a girl for threatening to expose this, but when the college begins to be haunted every night, he tries to get Hana to stop, places a hard ban on students lingering, and before realizing it changes back by daytime, tries to plead with people not to enter it. He also personally makes the rounds before closing time to make sure nobody is staying... Not that any of this has led to him taking responsibility for his actions, or even stopped him from continuing to make these arrangements with girls at the school.]]

* MissingChild: At the start of the game, there is a poster showing three students reportedly missing from Delta Academy of Arts. [[spoiler: Two of them were cursed to stay in the school forever and the other one is dead whom became a VengefulGhost. If Ann gets killed, it will trigger a game over screen where she'll be reported as a missing person as well]].

** [[DownerEnding Escaped]]: [[spoiler:Ann manages to leave the school alive but has no recollection of everything that she experienced, including her memories with the Security Guard]].
** [[EarnYourBadEnding The New Resident of The School]]: [[spoiler: Ann is trapped inside the school permanently as she finds herself stuck in a loop while walking endlessly inside one of the rooms of the digital arts department with no means of escape]].
** [[BittersweetEnding The Painting's Sacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Ann manages to escape school but the Security Guard gets burned to ashes by Hana because he helped Ann escape]].
** [[GoldenEnding Ann]]: [[spoiler:After Ann helps appease Hana by letting the VengefulGhost get her hands on the principal, Hana apologizes and moves on afterwards, Myra and Charles gain their human forms back and alongside Ann, they managed to go back to the real world. Sadly, the Security Guard stays behind and their memories about the event are wiped out, including their memories with the Security Guard. Several months later, all three of them go back to their normal lives, and when Ann comes across the portrait of the Security Guard, her memories come back and she cries in joy upon remembering him again]].
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Both Ann's parent left her when she was still a child, abandoning her in an orphanage after divorcing.]]

* SexForServices: A deal of this kind plays a major part of the backstory. [[spoiler:The principal]], as it turns out, coaxed various girls into sleeping with him in exchange for [[SextraCredit good grades]] and other favors. For example, [[spoiler:the student who won the sculpture exhibition contest, who made a statue that is considered by the other characters to be ugly, only did so because she slept with him, while the genuinely better "Success" sculpture was rejected- and Hana Itakagi's death happened because she witnessed her friend Clara having sex with him in a car for good grades and was murdered by the principal to [[HeKnowsTooMuch silence]] her.]]

** Most endings ends up with Ann forgetting the horrific events that she experienced [[spoiler:including the times she spent with the Security Guard]].
** [[spoiler: Upon returning to the real world, both Myra and Charles lost their memories of being trapped in school, and both are unaware that they were missing for a year]].

* SexForServices: A deal of this kind plays a major part of the backstory. [[spoiler:The principal]], as it turns out, coaxed various girls into sleeping with him in exchange for [[SextraCredit good grades]] and other favors. For example, [[spoiler:the student who won the sculpture exhibition contest, who made a statue that is considered by the other characters to be ugly, only did so because she slept with him, while the genuinely better "Success" sculpture was rejected- and Hana Itakagi's death happened because she witnessed this event and was murdered by the principal to [[HeKnowsTooMuch silence]] her]].

However, Ann discovers a very dark secret about her school- when midnight strikes, the school changes into a nightmarish realm ruled by the ghost girl [[BigBad Hana Itagaki]], with objects such as pianos, mannequins, and computers out to kill her.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:The principal is willing to use his position to sexually exploit students, and even killed a girl for threatening to expose this, but when the college begins to be haunted every night, he tries to get Hana to stop, places a hard ban on students leaving, and before realizing it changes back by daytime, tries to plead with people not to enter it. He also personally makes the rounds before closing time to make sure nobody is staying... Not that any of this has led to him taking responsibility for his actions, or even stopped him from continuing to make these arrangements with girls at the school.]]

''Ann'' is an adventure-horror UsefulNotes/RPGMaker game created by Rong Rong and is released in August 26, 2021.

Ann, a digital art student of the Delta Academy of Arts, came back to school from home to grab a USB drive that she forgot. Deciding to do some work before going back home, Ann found herself falling asleep while working and when she woke up, it's midnight and remembering that students and staff members aren't allowed on school grounds past 9 P.M., she immediately decided to leave.

However, Ann discovered a very dark secret about her school- when midnight strikes, the school changes into a nightmarish realm ruled by the ghost girl [[BigBad Hana Itagaki]], with objects such as pianos, mannequins, and computers out to kill her.

Fortunately for Ann, she found help in the form of a mysterious security guard, the two then decided to navigate their way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school.

* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler: Both Myra and Charles sports one in their cursed forms]].

** ChaseSceneObstacleCourse: Some chase sequence in the game involves pushing objects out of the way and sometimes using it to block the chaser's paths.
* {{Determinator}}: No matter the obstacles are, the Security Guard will do everything to help Ann.

* JumpScare: A mannequin following Ann and the Security Guard did a jump scare but only succeeds in surprising the player.
* MissingChild: At the start of the game, there were three students reportedly missing from Delta Academy of Arts. [[spoiler: Two of them were cursed to stay in the school forever and the other one is dead whom became a VengefulGhost]].
** [[spoiler: If Ann gets killed, it will trigger a game over, and she'll be reported as a missing person as well]].
* MultipleEndings: This game had a few.
** [[DownerEnding Escaped]]: [[spoiler: Ann managed to leave the school alive but has no recollection of everything that she experienced including her memories with the Security Guard]].
** [[EarnYourBadEnding The New Resident of The School]]: [[spoiler: Ann is trapped inside the school permanently as she found herself stuck in a loop while walking endlessly inside one of the rooms of the digital arts department with no means of escape]].
** [[BittersweetEnding The Painting's Sacrifice]]: [[spoiler: Ann manages to escape school but the Security Guard got burned to ashes by Hana because he helped Ann escaped]].
** [[GoldenEnding Ann]]: [[spoiler: After Ann helped appease Hana by letting the VengefulGhost get her hands on the principal, Hana apologized and moved on afterwards, Myra and Charles gained their human forms back and alongside Ann, they managed to go back to the real world. Sadly, the Security Guard stayed behind and their memories about the event were wiped out, including their memories with the Security Guard. Several months later, all three of them went back on their normal lives, and when Ann came across the portrait of the Security Guard, her memories came back and she cried in joy upon remembering him again]].
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Both Ann's parent left her when she was still a child]].

* WistfulAmnesia: Most endings ends up with Ann forgetting the horrific events that she experienced [[spoiler: including the times she spent with the Security Guard]].

However, Ann discovered a very dark secret about her school that when midnight struck, the school changes into a nightmarish-ruins with objects such as pianos, mannequins, computers and even strange entities are out to kill her.

* BigBad: Hana, the evil spirit, is responsible of turning the school into a nightmarish landscape at midnight, turning simple objects into hostile entities and trapping unsuspected people before deforming their appearances. [[spoiler: However, Hana turns out to be a VengefulGhost whom wants to get revenge on her killer - the principal - but sadly vented her anger as well at the whole school]].

* BoringButPractical: The Security Guard uses a baton to defend himself and Ann from hostile objects and while simple, it's pretty effective because he can destroy enemies with just one hit.

** [[spoiler: If Ann gets killed, it will trigger a game over, and she'll reported as a missing person as well]].

* MissingChild: At the start of the game, there were three students reportedly missing from Delta Academy of Arts. [[spoiler: Two of them were cursed to stay in the school forever and the other one is dead whom became a vengeful ghost]].

** Escaped: [[spoiler: Ann managed to leave the school alive but has no recollection of everything that she experienced including her memories with the Security Guard]].
** The New Resident of The School: [[spoiler: Ann is trapped inside the school permanently as she found herself stuck in a loop while walking endlessly inside one of the rooms of the digital arts department with no means of escape]].
** The Painting's Sacrifice: [[spoiler: Ann manages to escape school but the Security Guard got burned to ashes by Hana because he helped Ann escaped]].

Fortunately for Ann, help arrives in the form of a mysterious security guard, the two then have navigate their way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school.

Fortunately for Ann, help arrives in the form of a mysterious security guard, the two then have navigate their way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school.