History VideoGame / CryptOfTheNecrodancer

* LifeDrain: All blood weapons are known for this power. For every 10 foes defeated, half a heart is restored.
** The Crown of Thorns shares this same ability with blood weapons, with the exception that upon being equipped, damage is dealt.
* MagikarpPower: Obsidian items start off only as powerful as your starting gear, but increase in power the bigger your groove chain gets. That said, they also reset to minimum power if your groove chain gets broken.
* MoneySpider: Every enemy drops coins upon being defeated.
* [[{{PowerataPrice}} Power At A Price]]: Nearly every shrine in the game is this one way or another.

** A Shrine of Rhythm can increase your maximum coin multiplier, but you're forced to play the rest of the game dropping every 7th beat and dying if you miss a beat.

** Played straight, however, when you use a Blood Shop (see Power at a Price).

* HarderThanHard: Made it through Hardcore mode? Congratulations! Now you can play through as Cadence's Mom, Melody - who can only use the dagger as a weapon, and only has one heart and can't collect any more. Still not enough? Then play through as Melody's Mom, Aria - who can only use the dagger as a weapon, and only has ''one-half'' heart and can't collect any more. In addition, missing a beat will kill Aria. In addition to the addition, every eighth beat is missing. Best of luck!

* [[MoneyMultiplier Money Multiplier]]/[[ScoreMultiplier Score Multiplier]]: Each enemy killed, adds to the coin multiplier. [[note]]The effectiveness of obsidian items is based on how high your coin multiplier is.[[/note]] In addition to this, permanent money multiplier bonuses can be purchased from the lobby shop.

** [[UpToEleven This is taken up to eleven]] if you also take the Shrine of Rhythm, which will further raise your multiplier.

** The hidden heart shop does this as well - offering you items in exchange for taking 1-2 hearts worth of damage. If you don't have enough life when you make the exchange, this ''will'' kill you (and give you a death by "Blood Debt".)

* ShopliftAndDie: Completely averted. Not only can you shoplift without concequence when wearing the Ring of Shadows, but the shopkeeper is a happy pacifist that sings along with the current music. In addition, he doesn't care if you (or enemies) knock down his golden walls for some gold, and while you can't hurt him, enemies can. Should he die, not only can you take all his goods for free, but he'll drop the Crown of Greed, which will double all gold received. Not that it's all that useful, though, as all future shops will be empty [[CaptainObvious for some reason]].

* ShopliftAndDie: Completely averted. Not only can you shoplift without concequence when wearing the Ring of Shadows, but the shopkeeper is a happy pacifist that sings along with the current music. In addition, he doesn't care if you (or enemies) knock down his golden walls for some gold, and while you can't hurt him, enemies can. Should he die, not only can you take all his goods for free, but he'll drop the Crown of Greed, which will double all gold received. Not that it's all that useful, though, as all future shops will be empty [[CaptainObvious for some reason]].

** ''King Conga'' has his zombie minions dance in a conga line before taking you on.

* [[{{PowerataPrice}} Power at a price]]: Nearly every shrine in the game is this one way or another. A Shrine of Blood will give you [[LifeDrain blood weapons]], at the cost of nearly all of your health. A Shrine of Risk offers you powerful weapons and HP items, but you're dealt damage when traveling between floors. A Shrine of War gives you some kind of telepathy item, but evolves all enemies into [[EliteMooks their strongest versions]].

You're [[GraveRobbing digging up a grave]], when suddenly the ground opens up, you [[GravityIsaHarshMistress fall to wherever]], and you [[NoOneShouldSurviveThat land on a rock]]. Unbeknownst to you, a mysterious and sinister figure known as the Necrodancer, rises from the earth and [[OrganTheft steals]] [[FromBadtoWorse your]] [[OrganTheft heart]]. [[NotQuiteDead Unsure as to what happened]], as your heart beats like a drum, you set out to find the answers.

''Crypt of the Necrodancer'', created by Brace Yourself Games, and published by Klei, is an Indie game, that uses the almost unrelatable aspects of [[RogueLike roguelikes]] and [[RhythmGame rhythm games]], to create a rather unique combination. The game was released as an early-access on June 30th, and prior to then, had limited beta testing. It uses music by Danny Baranowsky.

In the ''Crypt of the Necrodancer'', your character can only move and fight to the beat of the music. The goal is to fight and dance your way through a procedurally generated dungeon, and slay monsters as you go along. You're encouraged to maintain the rhythm to obtain a coin multiplier, and missing a beat, or taking damage resets it. Though enemies travel through predictable patterns, the fast paced action of the game causes it to be surprisingly difficult.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Healing items come in the form of food.

* PowerataPrice: Nearly every shrine in the game is this one way or another. A Shrine of Blood will give you [[LifeSteal blood weapons]], at the cost of nearly all of your health. A Shrine of Risk offers you powerful weapons and HP items, but you're dealt damage when traveling between floors. A Shrine of War gives you some kind of telepathy item, but evolves all enemies into [[EliteMooks their strongest versions]].

* CoolbutInefficient: The [[{{Intangibility}} Ring of Phasing]], while looking like a rather cool item, has the very negative side-effect of rendering your character ''unable to dig''. This not only keeps you from getting treasure inside walls, but monster closets can't be accessed either, because '''you can't attack from inside a wall'''. And if you're traveling through walls without a torch, you better hope there's no enemy on the other side [[LeeroyJenkins waiting for you]].

* Cartoon Bomb: One of your most useful tools. They destroy almost any wall in a 1 block radius (including diagonally), and hit enemies for 4 hearts of damage. Just be sure to run away after lighting the fuse.

** So can Shrines of Darkness. The whole dungeon becomes incredibly dark, your vision is reduced to 3-5 tiles, you lose your torch, and any ring you might have had, but on the plus side you get an exit-finding Compass, a map, three free bombs, and the Ring of Shadows, which allows you to rob shopkeepers with no repercussions.

** Whips also fall under this. Players can attack enemies in an L shape, but it's difficult to remember which button must be pressed to start the attack.

* GlassCannon: Taken quite literally with glass weapons, which do 4 times the damage, but [[OhCrap shatter when you get hit]], leaving you with [[ImprovisedWeapon glass shards]] as powerful as the starting dagger. Oh, and did we forget to mention that you ''drop'' the glass shards when you get hit, leaving you ''unable to attack'' until you can pick them up? You're in deep if the enemy that hit you then blocks you from said shards...

* GlassCannon: Taken quite literally with glass weapons, which do 4 times the damage, but [[OhCrap shatter when you get hit]], leaving you with [[ImprovisedWeapon glass shards]] as powerful as the starting dagger. Oh, and did we forget to mention that you ''drop'' the glass shards when you get hit, leaving you ''completely defenseless'' until you can pick them up? You're in deep if the enemy that hit you then blocks you from said shards...

* GlassCannon: Taken quite literally with glass weapons, which do 4 times the damage, but [[OhCrap shatter when you get hit]], leaving you with [[ImprovisedWeapon glass shards]].

* DifficultButAwesome: Certain shrines:
** Shrine of Blood-- drop to [[OneHitPointWonder half a heart]], in exchange for a blood weapon (which you can use to recover the lost health).
** Shrine of Darkness-- all torches are extinguished (in both your inventory and the dungeon itself), but you get a map and compass, three free bombs, and the Ring of Shadows (which allows you to rob shopkeepers with no repercussions).
** Shrine of Glass-- all of your equipment [[GlassCannon turns to glass]].
** Shrine of Rhythm-- a larger coin multiplier, but instant-death if you miss a single beat ''and'' every 8th beat is skipped.
** Shrine of Risk-- receive a Pack of Holding, two apples, and a powerful weapon, but take damage at the beginning of each floor.
* DifficultySpike: Zone 3.

* GlassCannon: Literally with glass weapons, which deal 4x damage, but shatter when you get hit, leaving you with a base-damage glass shard.

* MoneyMultiplier: Each enemy killed adds to the coin multiplier. The effectiveness of obsidian items is based on how high your coin multiplier is.

* PowerGlows: Obsidian items glow visibly brighter as your multiplier (and by proxy, their strength) increases.
* SingleUseShield: Glass armor completely stops any attack, but shatters after one use. The Crown of Teleportation is also one-use, but teleports you to somewhere random.
* WeaponsAndWieldingTropes:
** AutomaticCrossbows: The Crossbow can shoot three times before having to reload.
** BladeOnAStick: The Spear.
** EpicFlail: The Flail.
** HandCannon: The Blunderbuss.
** RoyalRapier: The Rapier.
** WhipItGood: The Whip and the Cat-o'-nine-tails.

* BladeOnAStick: Spears are one of the many weapons available to the player. They can attack an enemy 2 tiles away.
* DifficultButAwesome: Rhythm Shrines fall under this. In exchange for a large coin multiplier, you're threatened with instant-death if you miss a single beat on the next floor. Also, every [[OhCrap 8th beat is removed]].
** Whips also fall under this. Players can attack enemies in an L shape, but it's difficult to remember which button must be pressed to start the attack.
** So can Shrines of Darkness. The whole dungeon becomes incredibly dark and you lose your torch, but on the plus side you get an exit-finding Compass, a map, three free bombs, and the Ring of Shadows, which allows you to rob shopkeepers with no repercussions.
* DifficultySpike: Zone 3 falls under this.

* EpicFlail: Features flails as an unlockable weapon. Enemies attacked are knocked-back.

* GlassCannon: Taken quite literally with glass weapons, which do 4 times the damage, but [[OhCrap shatter when you get hit]], leaving you with glass shards.
* HandCannon: The Blunderbuss counts as this.

* MoneyMultiplier: Each enemy killed, adds to the coin multiplier. The effectiveness of obsidian items is based on how high your coin multiplier is.

* PowerGlows: Obsidian items glow visibly brighter as your multiplier and by proxy, their strength, increases.
* RoyalRapier: One of the weapons available, is a rapier, which does double damage on a successful attack on any enemy 2 tiles away. Your character will also step forward on such an attack.
* SingleUseShield: Glass armor plays this straight. It completely stops any attack, but shatters as a result. The Crown of Teleportation also does this, except when it shatters, you're teleported to somewhere random.
* ThatOneBoss: The Red Dragon can fall under this.
* WhipItGood: Features whips as a weapon. Whips attack in an L shape, like knights in chess. Also available is the Cat o' Nine Tails, which allows one to attack while moving.

* BladeonaStick: Spears are one of the many weapons available to the player. They can attack an enemy 2 tiles away.