History VideoGame / GoldenTreasureTheGreatGreen

The gameplay is primarily controlled through selecting text-based options at the bottom of the screen or selecting points of interest. The player can decide to hunt for food, explore the unknown, deal with threats, and converse with numerous wild beasts, spirits, other Draak-Kin, and more through selecting text menu options or spots on a map. Scenes are illustrated by {{paintings}}, brought alive by [[MotionParallax parallax techniques]] and glimmers of spirit lines that all Draak-Kin see. There are some [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] elements in that the player's Draak-Kin grows stronger through mastery of the four NaturalElements, and may accumulate treasure and artifacts. The {{Macrogame}} of collecting animal masteries and achievements provides permanent stat boosts across playthroughs, making difficult parts more feasible over time.

* MotionParallax: The scenery is illustrated by many-layered {{paintings}} that move at different speeds thanks to parallax techniques.

The gameplay is primarily controlled through selecting text-based options at the bottom of the screen or selecting points of interest. The player can decide to hunt for food, explore the unknown, deal with threats, and converse with numerous wild beasts, spirits, other Draak-Kin, and more through selecting text menu options or spots on a map. Scenes are illustrated by paintings, brought alive by [[MotionParallax parallax techniques]] and glimmers of spirit lines that all Draak-Kin see. There are some [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] elements in that the player's Draak-Kin grows stronger through mastery of the four NaturalElements, and may accumulate treasure and artifacts. The {{Macrogame}} of collecting animal masteries and achievements provides permanent stat boosts across playthroughs, making difficult parts more feasible over time.

The gameplay is primarily controlled through selecting text-based options at the bottom of the screen or selecting points of interest. The player can decide to hunt for food, explore the unknown, deal with threats, and converse with numerous wild beasts, spirits, other Draak-Kin, and more through selecting text menu options or spots on a map. Scenes are illustrated by paintings, brought alive by parallax techniques and glimmers of spirit lines that all Draak-Kin see. There are some [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] elements in that the player's Draak-Kin grows stronger through mastery of the four NaturalElements, and may accumulate treasure and artifacts. The {{Macrogame}} of collecting animal masteries and achievements provides permanent stat boosts across playthroughs, making difficult parts more feasible over time.

* TheExtremistWasRight: An unusual example. The game presents you with a PhilosophicalChoiceEnding between Destruction, Compassion, and Survival, and [[spoiler: all three of the Elders, who could be seen to represent two extremes and a "middle path," are shown to be right to a certain extent if you side with them.]] In terms of this trope:

** On the other extreme, the Allmother [[spoiler: is shown to be right about the folly of destruction if you choose to side with her, although your actual fate as a reincarnated Draak-Kin human is only hinted at.]

* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler: Many-Times-Burned is correct about what will happen to the Draak-Kin if the No-Tails prevail and proposes killing all of them to help preserve the Draak and their world. While you can choose not to, siding with it actually does lead to peace and a healthier environment.]]

* NiceMeanandInBetween: The three main Elder Draak-Kin. The Allmother is the Nice, a kind figure espousing compassion and empathy. Many-Times-Burned is the Mean and functions as the warlike voice of destruction. Darktooth is the In-Between, advocating for knowledge and rationality instead of taking a particular side. Interestingly, [[spoiler: the game doesn't paint any of them as inherently right or wrong, and all of three of their endings could be considered either "good" or "bad," depending on your point of view.]]

** The description of the Prickleback notes that its spines do not seem like something your snout would like to run into, [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog particularly not at high speed.]]

** Compassion: By aligning with Allmother, [[spoiler:Many-Times-Burned is outraged, and orders the Spiritkeeper and any sympathizers immediately executed. The Spiritkeeper is slain, but its Draak-Kin soul endures, [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture flung thousands of years into modern-day Earth]] and reborn in human form, hoping to save Earth by guiding humans to prosperity and harmony from within, not by destroying them.]]

** Many-Times-Burned and Allmother take their respective philosophies to the point where [[spoiler:they each reject one of the Laws, the very foundation of Draak-Kin nature. Many-Times-Burned has no particular use for the Law of Treasure because lusting after a huge DragonHoard doesn't actually help with Survival. Meanwhile, Allmother's Compassion means that it rejects the Law of Destruction. It doesn't accept that PredationIsNatural, instead feeding a carnivore with her own body. Neither of the two shows any concern for Tradition, either.]]

The gameplay is primarily controlled through selecting text-based options at the bottom of the screen or selecting points of interest. The player can decide to hunt for food, explore the unknown, deal with threats, and converse with numerous wild beasts, spirits, other Draak-Kin, and more through selecting text menu options or spots on a map. Scenes are illustrated by paintings, brought alive by parallax techniques and glimmers of spirit lines that all Draak-Kin see. There are some [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] elements in that the player's Draak-Kin grows stronger through mastery of the four ElementsOfNature, and may accumulate treasure and artifacts. The {{Macrogame}} of collecting animal masteries and achievements provides permanent stat boosts across playthroughs, making difficult parts more feasible over time.

** [[spoiler: Many-Times-Burned and Allmother take their respective philosophies to the point where they each reject one of the Laws, the very foundation of Draak-Kin nature. Many-Times-Burned has no particular use for the Law of Treasure, because lusting after a huge DragonHoard doesn't actually help with Survival. Meanwhile, Allmother's Compassion means that she rejects the Law of Destruction. She doesn't accept that PredationIsNatural, instead feeding a carnivore with her own body. Neither of the two shows any concern for Tradition either.]]

* StrawNihilist: The School of Nothingness. Nothing is true, and nothing matters, so you should just go dig a hole in the sand and do nothing. They're not hostile, but they do [[spoiler: encourage you to abandon your quest, and embracing their philosophy leads to your death]].

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Draak-Kin are not bound by anything resembling human morals. They are not just allowed, but ''expected'' to do whatever they wish in search of power and treasure. There is a CodeOfHonour (referred to as Tradition) concerning how Draak-Kin interact with each other so that the species can keep strong and not start sneak-killing each other in paranoia. Compassion and unity are considered weaknesses, as the Draak-Kin are largely isolationist and rivals.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Draak-Kin are not bound by anything resembling human morals. They are not just allowed, but ''expected'' to do whatever they wish in search of power and treasure. There is a CodeOfHonor (referred to as Tradition) concerning how Draak-Kin interact with each other so that the species can keep strong and not start sneak-killing each other in paranoia. Compassion and unity are considered weaknesses, as the Draak-Kin are largely isolationist and rivals.

* CodeOfHonor: Tradition, the rules for social interaction between Draak-Kin, including respecting each other's treasure and territory and the rules for challenging for it. However, Tradition ''is not Law''. Breaking it may have social consequences, but success is often more important than playing by the rules, and conversely, invoking Tradition to protect yourself works only to a point.

** [[spoiler: Never Ever, the black, [[TouchedByVorlons enkindled]] rat doesn't look too unusual, apart from the sigils hovering around its head.]] But you can fight it later on when the Spiritkeeper is fully grown, and [[BonusBoss it's a serious challenge]].

* AllJustADream: Downplayed. Whenever you die but have an extra Sigil of Life to spare, that day is revealed to have been a bad dream that acts as vision warning the Spiritkeeper away from bad decisions.

* TheJoyOfFirstFlight: The Spiritkeeper definitely isn't human, but the trope is otherwise played exactly to form. Only adult Draak are able to fly, so the first flight scene is treated just the same as a "coming of age" or "ascending the throne" sort of moment. And then, true to form, the joy is interrupted by Darktooth bearing grim news.