History VideoGame / ElseHeartbreak

* {{Retraux}}: The game has low-resolution pixelated textures, giving it the look of a late UsefulNotes/PlayStation game.

* OneSteveLimit: A natural consequence of NoNameGiven below.
* NoNameGiven: Downplayed. All characters are identified by their first name.

* {{Retraux}}: The game has low-resolution pixelated textures, giving it the look of a late PlayStation game.

It starts with the MainCharacter, Sebastian, being offered a job as a soda salesman for Wellspring Soda. However, the position isn't local - it's in Dorisburg, which is a ferry trip away. Once there, he meets various people, parties, ineffectively tries to sell soda, and finds out about the modifiable, and potentially non-Euclidian, nature of the world.

* JustFriends: Pixie; [[spoiler:in a deconstruction of the RomanceArc, Sebastian acts EntitledToHaveYou because he's the MainCharacter. When he recues her boyfriend, his relationship with her remains as such.]]

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[[caption-width-right:344:The cover art; the coffee shop; hacking the trash can in said coffee shop.]]

It starts with the MainCharacter, Sebastian, being offered a job as a soda salesman for Wellspring Soda. However, the position isn't local - it's in Dorisburg, which is a ferry trip away. Once there, he meets various people, parties, (maybe) ineffectively tries to sell soda, and finds out about the modifiable, (and potentially non-Euclidian), nature of the world.

!!! Else Heart.Break() contains examples of:
* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: it's relatively easy to hack the finance server and give yourself millions or billions of dollars, yet having this much money never gives you any influence.

''Else Heart.Break()'' is a 2015 adventure/hacking game. It's set in a world where, to quote: "bits have replaced atoms".

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:you've rescued Pixie's boyfriend, thus guaranteeing LetsJustBeFriends; the Ministry is as powerful as ever (though one of their most important computers is destroyed) and you're forced to flee Dorisberg or be erased from existence by Monad.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: once you have the hang of programming, Sebastian has practically godlike powers, and it's implied that many of the other hackers in the game are as good or better than Sebastian. This should result in an utterly surreal and possibly collapsed society (imagine a world where anyone could teleport anyone anywhere whenever they liked) yet none of the other characters even think of doing what Sebastian does. DudeWheresMyRespect

* JustFriends: Pixie; [[spoiler:in a deconstruction of the RomanceArc, Sebastian acts EntitledToHaveYou because he's the MainCharacter and the result is, well, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin..]]
* MainCharacter: Sebastian

* NoNameGiven: All characters are identified by their first name.

* {{Retraux}}: The images/textures have a pixelly style. However, the game is 3D - it's just the style of the textures.
%% TODO: Ingame monitors look like they came from 1985 or something, [=CDs=] do not exist and floppies are just about everywhere - add relevant tropes

* ThisLoserIsYou: a technical genius who is devastated to learn that, in spite of all his knowledge and power, he can never [[spoiler:get the girl]]? Not a gamer stereotype at all, no, sir.

%% TODO: Ingame monitors look like they came from 1985 or something, CDs do not exist and floppies are just about everywhere - add relevant tropes

* InsideAComputerSystem: Implied by the "atoms have replaced bits" line, and the way in which you can modify some objects. [[spoiler:But you can go a level deeper using the "Slurp" function in Sprak, which allows teleportation by moving from a given thing to anything that is connected to.]]

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: it's relatively easy to hack the finance server and give yourself millions or billions of dollars, yet having this much money never gives you any influence (you can't just buy up all the modifiers or the firm that makes them, for example).

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:you've rescued Pixie's boyfriend, thus guaranteeing LetsJustBeFriends; the Ministry is as powerful as ever; and you're forced to flee Dorisberg or be erased from existence by Monad.]]

''Else Heart.Break()'' is a 2015 adventure/hacking game. It's set in a world where, to quote: "atoms have replaced bits".

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: it's relatively easy to hack the finance server and give yourself millions or billions of dollars, yet having this much money never gives you any influence (you can't just buy up all the modifiers or the firm that makes them, for example).

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: once you have the hang of programming, Sebastian has practically godlike powers, and it's implied that many of the other hackers in the game are as good or better than Sebastian. This should result in an utterly surreal and possibly collapsed society (imagine a world where anyone could teleport anyone anywhere whenever they liked) yet none of the other characters even think of doing what Sebastian does. DudeWheresMyRespect

* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Ministry.]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Ministry. If you ask them for a modifier... well, have you handed in those forms and gone through that psychoanalysis test yet?]]

''Else Heart.Break()'' was released on the 24th of September, 2015, by Erik Svedäng AB.
It's set in a world where, to quote: "atoms have replaced bits".
It starts with the MainCharacter, Sebastian, being offered a job as a soda salesman for Wellspring Soda.
However, the position isn't local - it's in Dorisburg, which is a ferry trip away.
Once there, he meets various people, parties, (maybe) ineffectively tries to sell soda, and finds out about the modifiable, (and potentially non-Euclidian), nature of the world.

* OneSteveLimit: A natural consequence of OnlyOneName below.
* OnlyOneName: All characters are identified by their first name.

Once there, he meets various people, parties, (maybe) ineffectively tries to sell soda, and finds out about the modifiable, non-Euclidian, nature of the world.

* {{Retraux}}: The images/textures have a pixelly style, and all ingame monitors are definitely outdated. Nevertheless, they are flatpanel, and 3D models are still used.

* OneSteveLimit: A natural consequence of...