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''echochrome'' is a PuzzleGame released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable in 2008. The game was produced by Jun Fujiki and was released as part of the ''Game Yarouze!'' lineup, which gave the spotlight to indie games.\\\
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''echochrome'' is a PuzzleGame released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 Platform/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable Platform/PlayStationPortable in 2008. The game was produced by Jun Fujiki and was released as part of the ''Game Yarouze!'' lineup, which gave the spotlight to indie games.\\\
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'''''echochrome''''' is a PuzzleGame released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable in 2008. The game was produced by Jun Fujiki and was released as part of the ''Game Yarouze!'' lineup, which gave the spotlight to indie games.\\\
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* ObviousRulePatch: In ''echochrome'', players aren't allowed to tilt the camera completely above or below the level. The camera will also automatically shift slightly up or down if the player attempts to move the camera completely perpendicular to the level. The reason for this is made apparent through ''echochrome''[='=]s prototype, the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430140117/http://tserve01.aid.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~fujiki/ole_coordinate_system/index.html OLE Coordinate System]], in which tilting the camera intp any of these positions results in several {{Game-Breaking Bug}}s due to the engine trying to apply the Perspective Travelling rule on blocks occupying exactly the same space in the 2D projection.
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* ObviousRulePatch: In ''echochrome'', players aren't allowed to tilt the camera completely above or below the level. The camera will also automatically shift slightly up or down if the player attempts to move the camera completely perpendicular to the level. The reason for this is made apparent through ''echochrome''[='=]s prototype, the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430140117/http://tserve01.aid.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~fujiki/ole_coordinate_system/index.html OLE Coordinate System]], in which tilting the camera intp into any of these positions results in several {{Game-Breaking {{Game Breaking Bug}}s due to the engine trying to apply the Perspective Travelling rule on blocks occupying exactly the same space in the 2D projection.
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* TwoPointFiveD: ''echoshift'' uses this style of gameplay.
* ActionizedSequel: ''echoshift'' is an actionized {{SpinOff}}, putting the mannequin PlayerCharacter's control directly into the player's hands instead of being automated. The game also has several level hazards that are dealt with via QuickTimeEvent, something that isn't present in either ''echochrome'' or its sequel.
* ActionizedSequel: ''echoshift'' is an actionized {{SpinOff}}, putting the mannequin PlayerCharacter's control directly into the player's hands instead of being automated. The game also has several level hazards that are dealt with via QuickTimeEvent, something that isn't present in either ''echochrome'' or its sequel.
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* TemporalDuplication: ''echoshift''[='=]s main gimmick.
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** In ''echochrome'', the player can make the mannequin walk faster by holding down the X button.
** In ''echoshift'', players can skip to the next Time Bounce by selecting "next cast" in the pause menu instead of waiting for the timer to count down.
** In ''echochrome'', the player can make the mannequin walk faster by holding down the X button.
** In ''echoshift'', players can skip to the next Time Bounce by selecting "next cast" in the pause menu instead of waiting for the timer to count down.
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* ObviousRulePatch: In ''echochrome'', players aren't allowed to tilt the camera completely above or below the level. The camera will also automatically shift slightly up or down if the player attempts to move the camera completely perpendicular to the level. The reason for this is made apparent through ''echochrome''[='=]s prototype, the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430140117/http://tserve01.aid.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~fujiki/ole_coordinate_system/index.html OLE Coordinate System]], in which tilting the camera in any of these manners results in several cases of odd, unintended pathfinding and the mannequin warping around the level in unexpected ways as the engine tries in vain to apply the Perspective Travelling rule repeatedly on different blocks occupying exactly the same space in the 2D projection.
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* ObviousRulePatch: In ''echochrome'', players aren't allowed to tilt the camera completely above or below the level. The camera will also automatically shift slightly up or down if the player attempts to move the camera completely perpendicular to the level. The reason for this is made apparent through ''echochrome''[='=]s prototype, the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430140117/http://tserve01.aid.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~fujiki/ole_coordinate_system/index.html OLE Coordinate System]], in which tilting the camera in intp any of these manners positions results in several cases of odd, unintended pathfinding and the mannequin warping around the level in unexpected ways as {{Game-Breaking Bug}}s due to the engine tries in vain trying to apply the Perspective Travelling rule repeatedly on different blocks occupying exactly the same space in the 2D projection.projection.
* RealTimeWithPause: In ''echochrome'', pressing the triangle button causes the mannequin to stop walking and take up a [[ThinkingTic thinking pose]]. This is particularly useful for when the mannequin has very little space to maneuver between obstacles.
* RealTimeWithPause: In ''echochrome'', pressing the triangle button causes the mannequin to stop walking and take up a [[ThinkingTic thinking pose]]. This is particularly useful for when the mannequin has very little space to maneuver between obstacles.
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** Perspective Jump: The inverse of Perspective Landing. When the mannequin walks onto a jump pad, they land on whatever appears to be directly above them.
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** Perspective Jump: The inverse of Perspective Landing. When the mannequin walks onto a jump pad, they land on whatever appears to be directly above them.them.
* TemporalDuplication: ''echoshift''[='=]s main gimmick.
* TitleDrop: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The games partially reference their titles by calling certain gameplay elements "echoes", like the checkpoints in ''echochrome'' and the player's temporal clones in ''echoshift''
* TemporalDuplication: ''echoshift''[='=]s main gimmick.
* TitleDrop: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The games partially reference their titles by calling certain gameplay elements "echoes", like the checkpoints in ''echochrome'' and the player's temporal clones in ''echoshift''
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* ObviousRulePatch: In ''echochrome'', players aren't allowed to tilt the camera completely above or below the level. The reason for this is made apparent through ''echochrome''[='=]s prototype, the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430140117/http://tserve01.aid.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~fujiki/ole_coordinate_system/index.html OLE Coordinate System]], in which tilting the camera all the way up or down results in several cases of odd, unintended pathfinding and the mannequin warping around the level in unexpected ways.
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* ObviousRulePatch: In ''echochrome'', players aren't allowed to tilt the camera completely above or below the level. The camera will also automatically shift slightly up or down if the player attempts to move the camera completely perpendicular to the level. The reason for this is made apparent through ''echochrome''[='=]s prototype, the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430140117/http://tserve01.aid.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~fujiki/ole_coordinate_system/index.html OLE Coordinate System]], in which tilting the camera all the way up or down in any of these manners results in several cases of odd, unintended pathfinding and the mannequin warping around the level in unexpected ways.ways as the engine tries in vain to apply the Perspective Travelling rule repeatedly on different blocks occupying exactly the same space in the 2D projection.
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* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: {{Inverted|Trope}} for ''echochrome'' and ''echoshift''. The Japanese and American versions' box art simply displays the mannequin either by itself or set against the backdrop of some levels. The European versions of [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/942024-echochrome/boxes/101644 both]] [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/960637-echoshift/boxes/148869 games]], on the other hand, feature pastel colors, a completely different logo using sketched letters, and a real person at the bottom emitting {{Rebus Bubble}}s with the mannequin and/or game levels portrayed in them. Nobody really knows why the drastic shift in box art tone was made, but [[https://www.pocketgamer.com/echochrome/sony-messes-up-echochromes-box-art/ at least one website]] speculates that Sony thought the game's simplistic monochrome style wouldn't drive sales.
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* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: {{Inverted|Trope}} for ''echochrome'' and ''echoshift''. The Japanese and American versions' box art simply displays the mannequin either by itself or set against the backdrop of some levels.levels, with the title usually being presented in some variety of unassuming serif font. The European versions of [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/942024-echochrome/boxes/101644 both]] [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/960637-echoshift/boxes/148869 games]], on the other hand, feature pastel colors, a completely different logo title presentation using colorful, sketched letters, and a real person at the bottom emitting {{Rebus Bubble}}s with the mannequin and/or game levels portrayed in them. Nobody really knows why the drastic shift in box art tone was made, but [[https://www.pocketgamer.com/echochrome/sony-messes-up-echochromes-box-art/ at least one website]] speculates that Sony thought the game's simplistic monochrome style wouldn't drive sales.
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* TemporalDuplication ''echoshift''[='=]s main gimmick.
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** Perspective Absence: If an obstacle such as a hole in the floor is covered by a foreground object, it ceases to exist.
** Perspective Jump: The inverse of Perspective Landing; when the mannequin walks onto a jump pad, they land on whatever appears to be directly above them.
** Perspective Jump: The inverse of Perspective Landing; when the mannequin walks onto a jump pad, they land on whatever appears to be directly above them.
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** Perspective Absence: The inverse of Perspective Existence. If an obstacle such as a hole in the floor is covered by a foreground object, it ceases to exist.
** Perspective Jump: The inverse of PerspectiveLanding; when Landing. When the mannequin walks onto a jump pad, they land on whatever appears to be directly above them.
** Perspective Jump: The inverse of Perspective
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* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: {{Inverted|Trope}} for ''echochrome'' and ''echoshift''. The Japanese and American versions' box art simply displays the mannequin either by itself or set against the backdrop of some levels. The European versions of [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/942024-echochrome/boxes/101644 both]] [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/960637-echoshift/boxes/148869 games]], on the other hand, feature pastel colors, a completely different logo using sketched letters, and a real person at the bottom emitting {{Rebus Bubble}}s with the mannequin and/or game levels portrayed in them. Nobody really knows why the drastic shift in box art tone was made, but [[https://www.pocketgamer.com/echochrome/sony-messes-up-echochromes-box-art/ at least one website]] speculates that Sony thought the game's simplistic monochrome style wouldn't drive sales.
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'''''echochrome''''' is a PuzzleGame released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable in 2008. The game was produced by Jun Fujiki and was released as part of the PSP's ''Game Yarouze!'' lineup, which gave the spotlight to indie games.\\\
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'''''echochrome''''' is a PuzzleGame released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable in 2008. The game was produced by Jun Fujiki and was released as part of the PSP's ''Game Yarouze!'' lineup, which gave the spotlight to indie games.\\\
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'''''echochrome''''' is a PuzzleGame released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable in 2008. The game was produced by Jun Fujiki and was released as part of the PSP's ''Game Yarouze!'' lineup, which gave the spotlight to indie games.\\\
Set in a minimalistic, monochrome void, the player is responsible for guiding a single animated artist's mannequin through checkpoints dotted around the level and back to the starting point. Players can alter the level's layout by tilting the camera such that two otherwise disjointed platforms can be navigated to and fro in normally impossible ways, ''a la'' the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_stairs Penrose staircase]].\\\
''echoshift'', a spin-off game, was released solely for the PSP in 2009. Players directly control the mannequin this time and must navigate a series of 2D platforming levels to reach the exit. The catch is that time is rewound through a "Time Bounce" after a fixed amount of time, at which point the player controls a new mannequin and the previous timelines' mannequins continue to act on the level as they did before. Players must take advantage of this to create a path so that at least one of these mannequins reaches the exit, or risk getting a game over due to running out of Time Bounces.\\\
The series eventually saw a proper sequel, ''echochrome ii'', which was released in 2010 solely for the [=PS3=]. Instead of perspective trickery, the game revolves around light and shadow puzzles. The mannequin exists solely as a shadow, and the player is required to manipulate the shadow landscape projected by objects in the level by moving a light source around using a [=PlayStation=] Move controller.
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* AllLowercaseLetters: All of the games in the series have their titles stylized like this.
* TemporalDuplication ''echoshift''[='=]s main gimmick.
* ClassicalMusic: The games' soundtracks are exclusively of this genre.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: In ''echochrome ii'', yellow blocks indicate points where a path can be formed on the shadow version of the level, given the correct light source position.
* ForcedPerspective: Much like the "impossible object" art the game takes its inspiration from, levels in ''echochrome'' are always presented with a forced perspective to facilitate the game's gimmicks. In this case, it's the parallel isometric camera projection (that is, the same object appears the same regardless of its distance to the camera).
* MarketBasedTitle: ''echochrome''[='=]s original Japanese title is ''無限回廊'' (''mugen kairou'', lit. "infinite corridor"), possibly referencing the Penrose staircase. ''echoshift'', on the other hand, is named ''時限回廊'' (''jigen kairou'', lit. "time corridor"), which more obviously references the game's time manipulation gimmick.
* ObviousRulePatch: In ''echochrome'', players aren't allowed to tilt the camera completely above or below the level. The reason for this is made apparent through ''echochrome''[='=]s prototype, the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430140117/http://tserve01.aid.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~fujiki/ole_coordinate_system/index.html OLE Coordinate System]], in which tilting the camera all the way up or down results in several cases of odd, unintended pathfinding and the mannequin warping around the level in unexpected ways.
* RuleOfPerception: The entire gameplay loop in ''echochrome'' and ''echochrome ii'' revolves around five "laws" that employ this trope, treating the 2D projection of the 3D levels very literally. This is even lampshaded by the tutorial narrator in both games, who says that "what you see is the truth".
** Perspective Travelling: The mannequin can travel between two disjointed paths if they appear connected.
** Perspective Landing: When the mannequin falls through a hole in the floor, they'll fall onto whatever appears to below it.
** Perspective Existence: If a gap in a path is covered by a foreground object, the gap is filled in.
** Perspective Absence: If an obstacle such as a hole in the floor is covered by a foreground object, it ceases to exist.
** Perspective Jump: The inverse of Perspective Landing; when the mannequin walks onto a jump pad, they land on whatever appears to be directly above them.
[[caption-width-right:250:[[{{Tagline}} Yes, in this world, what you see becomes the truth.]]]]
'''''echochrome''''' is a PuzzleGame released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable in 2008. The game was produced by Jun Fujiki and was released as part of the PSP's ''Game Yarouze!'' lineup, which gave the spotlight to indie games.\\\
Set in a minimalistic, monochrome void, the player is responsible for guiding a single animated artist's mannequin through checkpoints dotted around the level and back to the starting point. Players can alter the level's layout by tilting the camera such that two otherwise disjointed platforms can be navigated to and fro in normally impossible ways, ''a la'' the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_stairs Penrose staircase]].\\\
''echoshift'', a spin-off game, was released solely for the PSP in 2009. Players directly control the mannequin this time and must navigate a series of 2D platforming levels to reach the exit. The catch is that time is rewound through a "Time Bounce" after a fixed amount of time, at which point the player controls a new mannequin and the previous timelines' mannequins continue to act on the level as they did before. Players must take advantage of this to create a path so that at least one of these mannequins reaches the exit, or risk getting a game over due to running out of Time Bounces.\\\
The series eventually saw a proper sequel, ''echochrome ii'', which was released in 2010 solely for the [=PS3=]. Instead of perspective trickery, the game revolves around light and shadow puzzles. The mannequin exists solely as a shadow, and the player is required to manipulate the shadow landscape projected by objects in the level by moving a light source around using a [=PlayStation=] Move controller.
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* AllLowercaseLetters: All of the games in the series have their titles stylized like this.
* TemporalDuplication ''echoshift''[='=]s main gimmick.
* ClassicalMusic: The games' soundtracks are exclusively of this genre.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: In ''echochrome ii'', yellow blocks indicate points where a path can be formed on the shadow version of the level, given the correct light source position.
* ForcedPerspective: Much like the "impossible object" art the game takes its inspiration from, levels in ''echochrome'' are always presented with a forced perspective to facilitate the game's gimmicks. In this case, it's the parallel isometric camera projection (that is, the same object appears the same regardless of its distance to the camera).
* MarketBasedTitle: ''echochrome''[='=]s original Japanese title is ''無限回廊'' (''mugen kairou'', lit. "infinite corridor"), possibly referencing the Penrose staircase. ''echoshift'', on the other hand, is named ''時限回廊'' (''jigen kairou'', lit. "time corridor"), which more obviously references the game's time manipulation gimmick.
* ObviousRulePatch: In ''echochrome'', players aren't allowed to tilt the camera completely above or below the level. The reason for this is made apparent through ''echochrome''[='=]s prototype, the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430140117/http://tserve01.aid.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~fujiki/ole_coordinate_system/index.html OLE Coordinate System]], in which tilting the camera all the way up or down results in several cases of odd, unintended pathfinding and the mannequin warping around the level in unexpected ways.
* RuleOfPerception: The entire gameplay loop in ''echochrome'' and ''echochrome ii'' revolves around five "laws" that employ this trope, treating the 2D projection of the 3D levels very literally. This is even lampshaded by the tutorial narrator in both games, who says that "what you see is the truth".
** Perspective Travelling: The mannequin can travel between two disjointed paths if they appear connected.
** Perspective Landing: When the mannequin falls through a hole in the floor, they'll fall onto whatever appears to below it.
** Perspective Existence: If a gap in a path is covered by a foreground object, the gap is filled in.
** Perspective Absence: If an obstacle such as a hole in the floor is covered by a foreground object, it ceases to exist.
** Perspective Jump: The inverse of Perspective Landing; when the mannequin walks onto a jump pad, they land on whatever appears to be directly above them.
