History VideoGame / EquinTheLantern

* PoisonMushroom:

* ScoringPoints: Your score is shown once the game ends.

* WeirdWeather: Indoor rain levels prevent the use of campfires and torches, douse fire tiles and increase the odds of ponds, flower patches and mushrooms. Fishing also becomes easier.

* InventoryManagementPuzzle: Originally the player could store up to 10 items, but updates increased the limit to 15 and then 18.

* ItsQuietTooQuiet: The "Quiet" level has no enemies except for the [[BonusBoss Reaper]] who has already killed them all.

** Opening a shadow chest to find a Learning Scroll worth a mere 250 exp is most definitely NOT worth the effort and luck required to find a shadow chest. And that's just one of the duds that may come from them.

* StuckItems: Cursed equipment can only be removed by a Holy Cross item or the Blessed status. You won't know what's really cursed or not until you equip them, but their descriptions do hint at their effects. On the positive side, wearing at least three cursed items at once does grant some benefits.

* AWinnerIsYou: Below floor 50, [[spoiler:your character finds the Lantern dim and reasons its purpose was simply to give adventurers a challenge. The way the usual death text file comes up simply saying your character "died of old age" on floor 51 with no details on what happened in-between makes it even more underwhelming]].

** The titular Lantern has 5 color-coded phases that grant [[https://sites.google.com/site/thetwosdaycodeb/game-walkthroughs/equin-the-lantern-pc certain bonuses and penalties]]. Some of those effects apply to both you and the enemies and some don't last for the entire duration of their lantern phase:

** Spazz Weeds have random effects ranging from full hp recovery to setting your stamina to zero, increasing or draining your stats or setting the darkness effect on the level, similar to the pills from ''The Binding of Isaac''. And they're always unidentifiable.

* PreExistingEncounters: Enemies are visible outside of battles.

* YouAreAlreadyDead: When out of stamina you can only do minimal damage and are unable to even run away, so manage it well and do NOT EVER engage in battle if you know you don't have enough STM to finish it.

* GradualRegeneration: Stamina regenerates after a certain number of steps. "Certain" meaning all over the place, annoyingly. Stamina won't regenerate on icebox levels, though.

* DungeonBypass: The shovel item skips the current floor.

* AWinnerIsYou: Below floor 50, [[spoiler:your character finds the Lantern dim and reasons its purpose was simply to give adventurers a challenge. The way the usual death text file comes up simply saying your character "died of old age" on floor 51 with no details on what happened in-between makes it even more underwhelming]].

* InventoryManagementPuzzle: Originally the player could store up to 10 items, but an update increased the limit to 15.

** The Compass item sometimes gives inverted directions for where the goal is, but there is a way to tell: [[spoiler:the beep it plays will be on a lower pitch]].

* BoringButPractical: Time bomb and ice levels aside, once you clear an level of enemies there will be nothing to keep you from running back and forth or skipping your turns on the spot until you recharge all your stamina. It just takes a while, as you need over a dozen steps to regain one stamina point.
* BreakableWeapons: Wooden gear that's currently equipped will burn away if you step on a fire tile or get hit by fire spells. Several items such as the basic magic wand can also randomly break when you try to use their special effect. This becomes more likely on a green phase but will never happen on a purple one.

* NoFairCheating: The game appears to check for modification of the level and suspend files. If anything looks fishy, the game drops you on a level completely blocked by red wells. It might kill you instantly as well, resulting in a blank game over message with -150 points.

** The titular Lantern has several color-coded phases that grant certain bonuses and penalties. Some of those effects apply to both you and the enemies and some don't last for the entire duration of their lantern phase:
*** Yellow resets the streak gauge. That's all.
*** Blue boosts a Wizard's spell power for a certain amount of steps but lowers chances of untrapping chests and the duration of status buffs. Everyone gets a temporary boost of hp and defense and Food also heals better. Guilds will have the Guildmaster on them.
*** Green boosts gold drops and dexterity, which affects hit rate, dodge rate and chances of untrapping chests. Trapped chests become more damaging, though, and breakable items will break more often. Thieves will gain the Nimble status for some time.
*** Purple makes enemies are more likely to ambush you and stamina gets harder to recover by walking. Magical power is increased and Warriors get a brief Rage status during this phase.
*** Red boosts physical power and the critical hit rate of blades but lowers magic power, money drop rate and prevents running from battles. The Cleric gains the Blessed status for a while. The Armsmaster will be at the shops.

* FightWoosh: A circular fade-in effect.
* FighterMageThief: The three classes you can choose from, plus a Cleric. Each class has unique special moves.

* AWinnerIsYou: Below floor 50, [[spoiler:your character finds the Lantern dim and reasons its purpose was simply to give adventurers a challenge. Then you get the usual death text file, this time stating your character died of old age on floor 51 [[ShaggyDogStory for whatever reason]]]]. Welp.

* FishingForSole: You can rarely catch a boot while fishing. It is a single-use support item that's thrown to damage the enemy's health and DEF.

** Equipping three Weebish items at once lets you visit a secret area after clearing the curent level.
** A set of three cursed items will let you eat the scattered bones you see every now and then. Chests will also have better contents.

* MetalSlime: Will O' Wisps, rare enemies worth 2000 exp.

* BreakableWeapons: Wooden gear that's currently equipped will burn away if you step on a fire tile or get hit by fire spells. Several items such as the basic magic wand can also randomly break when you try to use their special effect. This becomes more likely on a green phase.

* StuckItems: Cursed equipment can only be removed by a Holy Cross item. You won't know what's really cursed or not until you equip them, but their descriptions do hint at their effects. On the positive side, wearing at least three cursed items at once does grant some benefits.

* BreakableWeapons: Wooden gear that's currently equipped will burn away if you step on a fire tile or get hit by fire spells. Several items such as the basic magic wand can also randomly break when you try to use their special effect.

** A set of three cursed items will let you eat the scattered bones you see every now and then.

*** Red boosts physical power and the critical hit rate of blades but lowers magic power, money drop rate and prevents running from battles. The Cleric gains the Blessed status for a while. The Xtoli Guard Army will be at the shops.

*** Yellow resets the streak gauge.
*** Blue boosts a Wizard's spell power for a certain amount of steps but lowers chances of untrapping chests and the duration of status buffs. Everyone gets a temporary boost of hp and defense and Food also heals better.

*** Purple makes enemies are more likely to ambush you and stamina gets harder to recover by walking. Warriors get a brief Rage status during this phase.
*** Red boosts physical power and the critical hit rate of blades but lowers magic power and prevents running from battles. The Cleric gains the Blessed status for a while.

*** Green boosts gold drops and dexterity, which affects hit rate, dodge rate and chances of untrapping chests. Trapped chests become more damaging, though. Thieves will gain the Nimble status for some time.

* ActionInitiative: Enemies are more likely to ambush you on a purple Lantern phase. Even more so on a Darkness floor.

*** Blue boosts a Wizard's spell power for a certain amount of steps but lowers chances of untrapping chests. Everyone gets a temporary boost of hp and defense and Food also heals better.

*** Purple makes enemies are more likely to ambush you. Warriors get a brief Rage status during this phase.

*** Blue boosts a Wizard's spell power for a certain amount of steps but lowers chances of untrapping chests. Food also heals better.

* HealingSpring: Campfires can be used to fully recover both your HP and stamina as many times as you need. Levels can rarely have a campfire already set on them, while the indoor rain event will prevent the player from setting one up.

*** Green boosts gold drops and dexterity, which affects hit rate, dodge rate and chances of untrapping chests. Thieves will gain the Nimble status for some time.