History VideoGame / CreepyCastle

''Creepy Castle'' is an action ActionAdventure game by {{Creator/Dopterra}} that was released on October 31th, 2016. Its development was the result of a Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2048202604/creepy-castle/description campaign]] that raised $8,485. The release date trailer can be seen [[https://youtu.be/Vj_lVOokdU0 here]].

* BigBad Darking [[spoiler: - at least until Possessor awakens.]]

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Happens to Darking when Possessor take over him]].
* ApologeticAttacker: Stickbug apologizes to Moth as his new job as a boss requires to fight him.
* BigBad Darking [[spoiler: at least until Possessor awakes.]]

** Did you thought that [[spoiler: Stickbug]] was just a character thrown in the game for a cute boss battle? Think again! [[spoiler: He end up being one of Ant Queen's partner in her scenario.]]
** During the game, you may find Duel Manual explaining the various battle minigame and they are signed by a certain BF. [[spoiler: Butterfly is one of Darking's general which gives you some info when you meet her. Then she become the main character of two scenarios, [[BadAss kicking butts]] [[ActionGirl left and right.]]]]

* CriticalHit: There are two variants. [[DynamicDifficulty If you do well]] enemies will occasionally do two points of damage instead of one while trading blows. Meanwhile, the special attack item will allow you to do a special uncounterable attack that also do two damage on regular enemies. Some bosses also used said type of attack.

** The battle against [[spoiler: the possessed Darking]] don't go to well for Moth.
** [[spoiler: The Zylindarr's alien colonization of Dopterra that happened thousands of years ago pretty much ended when they fought the planet's protector.]] One of them describe it as [[PhysicalGod a creature that doesn't die]].
* DarkReprise: In The Final Fist, [[spoiler: each shadow you fight have such a variant them of the corresponding boss it is based on.]]
* DeadlyEuphemism: The Ancient Tablets talk about [[spoiler: the world being reset or the protector purifying the world under certain circumstance.]] While they don't elaborate on what that exactly means, the events in the game show that apparently [[spoiler: sending a meteor crashing on the planet do qualify as said actions.]]

** Butterfly refuse to be taken by despair despite how bad things end up looking. Similarly Ant Queen refuse giving up [[spoiler: on saving Dopterra from the Meteor]] despite being told that it's impossible to do so.
** [[spoiler: Due to a series of losses, Possessor ends up having his real body destroyed and has to resort possessing a chunk of planet Floria to crash it on Dopterra to accomplish his purpose. Even that ultimately fails [[VillainousValor despite him trying his hardest against Ant Queen]].]]
* EleventhHourSuperpower: During the final battle of The Final Fist, [[spoiler: items that allow you to recover health and make the boss vulnerable will regularly appear in your inventory.]]
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: the goal of [[spoiler: Possessor]] is to [[spoiler: accelerate the end of the current civilisation so that a new one can take over]]. Things don't look too bad until it escalate into [[spoiler: a meteor being hurled toward Dopterra which would end most life on the planet]].

** Moth end up fighting Stickbug due to him having taken a job as a boss. [[spoiler: He also fight Bee who test him to see if he is worthy of taking down Darking. The two of them apparently do that regularly to see who is the more suited to take down someone important.]]

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: It is possible to find in the game a room with an ominous ambiance as well as some monitors in the center and a switch that allow you to open or close a door to the left or rigth. [[spoiler: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys Cue Chica!]]]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: If you can decipher them early enough, the Ancient Tablets have info which [[spoiler: describes the intention and duty of certain characters you'll meet later]]. Similarly, the hieroglyphs in the Depths have some things to say about the plot of the game. You can see on them [[spoiler: the Architects as well as the final form of Possessor]]. Also. a statue of [[spoiler: an Architect]] can be seen long before you realize it significance.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: Molt at some point got took over by Possessor and destroyed the earlier reptile civilization of Dopterra.]]
* FunnyAnimal: the game world is filled with a decent amount of them, a good part of them being bugs like our hero Moth.
* WhatTheHellHero: Madam call out Ant Queen for [[spoiler: beating up her men and breaking in her house]] instead of telling her how her operations on Floria [[spoiler: was draining the life of the planet]].

Creepy Castle is an action ActionAdventure game by Dopterra that was released on October 31th 2016. Its development was the result of a Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2048202604/creepy-castle/description campaign]] that raised $8485. The release date trailer can be seen [[https://youtu.be/Vj_lVOokdU0 here]].

The game esthetic is inspired from the Spectrum ZX having a limited color palette but more details than what you would see on said system. A big focus is on exploration as the number of both treasure and enemies is limited and leveling up is instead don by finding certain treasures. When enemies are fought, both them and the player character attack, trading blow and loosing HPs. Because that would be boring, mini-games will come up with the additionnal potential upcome of either the player or the enemy doing damage without being countered.

* AdultFear:

* ApologeticAttacker: Stickbug appologizes to Moth as his new job as a boss requires to fight him.

* BossRush: One can be found in The Depths scenario as wel as in The Final Fist.
* ChekhovsGunman: Did you thought that [[spoiler: Stickbug]] was just a character thrown in the game for a cute boss battle? Think again! [[spoiler: He end up being one of Ant Queen's partner in her scenario.]]

* CriticalHit: There are two variants. [[DynamicDifficulty If you do well]] enemies will occasionnaly do two points of damage instead of one while trading blows. Meanwhile, the special attack item will allow you to do a special uncounterable attack that also do two damage on regular enemies. Some bosses also used said type of attack.
* CurbStompBattle: The battle against [[spoiler: the possessed Darking]] don't go to well for Moth.

* DeadlyEuphemism: The Ancient Tablets talk about [[spoiler: the world being reseted or the protector purifying the world under certain circumstance.]] While they don't elaborate on what that exactly means, the events in the game show that apparently [[spoiler: sending a meteor crashing on the planet do qualify as said actions.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Butterfly refuse to be taken by despair despite how bad things end up looking. Similarly Ant Queen refuse giving up [[spoiler: on saving Dopterra from the Meteor]] despite being told that it's impossible to do so.

* FightingYourFriend: Moth end up fighting Stickbug due to him having taken a job as a boss. [[spoiler: He also fight Bee who test him to see if he is worthy of taking down Darking. The two of them apparently do that regularly to see who is the more suited to take down someone important.]]

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: It is possible to find in the game a room with an ominous ambience as well as some monitors in the center and a switch that allow you to open or close a door to the left or rigth. [[spoiler: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys Cue Chica!]]]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: If you can decipher them early enough, the Ancient Tablets have info which [[spoiler: describes the intention and duty of certain characters you'll meet later]]. Similarly, the hieroglyphes in the Depths have some things to say about the plot of the game. You can see on them [[spoiler: the Architects as well as the final form of Possessor]]. Also. a statue of [[spoiler: an Architect]] can be seen long before you realize it significance.

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: the goal of [[spoiler: Possessor]] is to [[spoiler: accelerate the end of the current civilisation so that a new one can take over]]. Things don't look too bad until it escalate into [[spoiler: a meteor being hurled toward Dopterra which would end most life on the planet]].

** [[spoiler: The Zylindarr's alien colonization of Dopterra that happened thousands of years ago pretty much ended when they fought the planet's protector.]] One of them describe it as [[PhysicalGod a creature that didn't died]].

* Determinator: Butterfly refuse to be taken by despair despite how bad things end up looking. Similarly Ant Queen refuse giving up [[spoiler: on saving Dopterra from the Meteor]] despite being told that it's impossible to do so.

* CurbStompBattle The battle against [[spoiler: the possessed Darking]] don't go to well for Moth.

* FunnyAnimal: the game world is filled with a decent amount of them, a good part of them being bugs like our hero Moth.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: the goal of [[spoiler: Possessor]] is to [[spoiler: accelerate the end of the current civilisation so that a new one can take over]]. Things don't look too bad until it escalate into [[spoiler: a meteor being hurled toward Dopterra which would end most life on the planet]].

** The boss theme of Madam, "Persona Non Grata", is a remix of Moonlight Sonata which play where you finds her.

** The Destroyer is a medley of various thems from the game including "Welcome to Creepy Castle", "All That Remains Is To Fly", "Due Exaltation", "The Darkest Inflection" and "Wanting All The Things You'll Never Have".

The game esthetic is inspired from the Spectrum ZX having a limited color palette but more details than what you would see on said system. A big focus is on exploration as the number of both treasure and enemies is limited and leveling up is instead don by finding certain treasures. When enemies are fought, both them and the player character attack, trading blow and loosing HPs. Because that would be boring, mini-games will come up with the additionnal potential upcome of either the player or the enemy doing damage without being countered.

Creepy Castle is an action ActionAdventure game by Dopterra that was released on October 31th 2016. Its development was the result of a Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2048202604/creepy-castle/description campaign]] that raised $8485. The release date trailer can be seen [[https://youtu.be/Vj_lVOokdU0 here]].