History VideoGame / GoodbyeVolcanoHigh

* StoryBranching: In the first two sessions, Fey can choose one of two different locations to visit, which change how the final fight in the third session plays out. Out-of-universe, the locations Fang chooses to play changes what opportunities they have to bond with their friends.

[[caption-width-right:350:Love like the world is ending.[[note]]From Left to right: [[ShrinkingViolet Naomi]], [[TheDutifulSon Naser]], [[GameMaster Reed]], [[CaringGardener Rosa]], [[FriendToBugs Trish]], and [[TheLeader Fang]]. Not pictured: [[SweetBaker Sage]] and [[BarefootSage Stella]].[[/note]] ]]

->''You ever feel like you're waiting for a sign? To do that thing you were always meant to do?''

!!''Goodbye Volcano High'' contains examples of:

* AfterTheEnd: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. One Feather user starts wondering what's going to come after the dinosaurs are wiped out, while another mocks the idea of mammals surviving and inheriting the Earth.

-> ''"Thank you! Our next song... is about going home."''

* TheCretaceousIsAlwaysDoomed: The story starts eight months before the asteroid hits and ends the era of dinosaurs.

''Goodbye Volcano High'' is an adventure game created by KO_OP. It was originally set to be released sometime in 2021, but a narrative reboot and the struggle of working during a pandemic led to multiple delays. It released on August 29, 2023 digitally for the Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/PlayStation5, and PC via Platform/{{Steam}}.

* BuryYourGays: The population of Caldera Bay seems to have a particularly large LGBT community, with most of the main cast being queer. [[spoiler:Too bad the asteroid is heavily implied to wipe everyone out.]]

* BittersweetEnding:
** [[spoiler:Fang achieves their dream and manages to pull off an amazing concert, Worm Drama becomes the biggest band in town, they mend all their relationships, and they can potentially start a romance with Naomi... but none of it changes that the asteroid is still going to hit. Ultimately, Fang helps bring comfort and closure to everyone around them, and whether the world ends or not, they won't be facing whatever comes next alone.]]

* CompanyCameo: In episode 2, when Fang is doomscrolling through Feather, KO_OP's mascot, Ini, can be seen as the icon of several Feather users.

** In episode 7, in LJ's texts Fang: "[[spoiler:I'm calling it. [=CalderaFest=] can't happen. Not now.]]."

* ApocalypseCult: The Cult of Braxus, also called the Cult of the Final Days, are lead by Keph and trying to bring about the end of the world.

''Goodbye Volcano High'' is an adventure game created by KO_OP. It was originally set to be released sometime in 2021, but a narrative reboot and the struggle of working during a pandemic led to multiple delays. It released on August 29, 2023 digitally for the Platform/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, and PC via Platform/{{Steam}}.

* AutoSave: The game automatically saved between story beats, and cannot be saved manually at all.

* TheDragon: Keph is this to Braxus. The final session reveals that [[spoiler:Fey was once this as well]].

* OnlyOneSaveFile: The can only ever have one saved game at any given time, and starting a new game will clear out the previous save. While it's possible to get around this on the Steam version[[labelnote:*]]By disabling save game cloud syncing, the player can copy the saved game out of the game's directory and replace it with another[[/labelnote]], there's no such luck for the [=PlayStation=] 4 and 5 versions.

-->'''Naser:''' "If we were twins, would we be... pair-o-dactyls?"

* RewatchBonus: Knowing that Fang was oblivious to [[spoiler:Naomi's obvious crush on them]] gives a new context to their interactions throughout the first four episodes: [[spoiler:instead of just being a socially awkward nerd who Fang is uncomfortable being around, Naomi is a nervous girl trying to be nice to her crush and getting the cold shoulder]].

* ArtShift: When playing the sessions, the game's visual style shifts to a typical VisualNovel layout (large text box in the center, with character sprites appearing behind it when speaking, and no voice acting). The characters have a more illustrated look with less details, and the backgrounds have a painting-like look to them.

''Goodbye Volcano High'' is an adventure game created by KO_OP. It was originally set to be released sometime in 2021, but a narrative reboot and the struggle of working during a pandemic led to multiple delays. It released on August 29, 2023 digitally for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, and PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

* AlliterationAndAdventurers: Legends and Lore, the band group's preferred tabletop role-playing game.

* ArtShift: When playing the "Legends & Lore" sessions, the game's visual style shifts to a typical VisualNovel layout (large text box in the center, with character sprites appearing behind it when speaking, and no voice acting). The characters have a more illustrated look with less details, and the backgrounds have a painting-like look to them.

** This ends up being true for the group's "Legends & Lore" story as well. [[spoiler:The heroes manage to defeat Braxus, saving the world and allowing people to live in peace. But at the end of the fight, they are sucked through Braxus' portal into a black void of darkness and are pulled apart into space dust over millions of years, becoming constellations in the night sky, overlooking the world they saved.]]

* CerebusSyndrome: An InUniverse example with Reed's Legends & Lore story. The first session is a typical, lighthearted adventure, but the second features more dangerous battles and closes with an apocalyptic vision for Fey. The final session involves [[spoiler:confronting and defeating the evil god Braxus, only for the whole party to die in the process]].

** The ''Legends and Lore'' campaign is also steadily influenced by their circumstances into becoming such a tale. [[BigBad Braxus]], an [[EldritchAbomination eldritch manifestation]] of the anxiety and dread induced by the asteroid, threatens the game's setting with absolute destruction. [[spoiler:Said campaign ends with the heroes defeating Braxus, only to be die shortly afterwards and be forgotten. However, Reed and Fang later come to see the campaign as LovecraftLite, since Braxus was slain and life continues, with their heroes reincarnated as stars in the sky]].

* DownerEnding: An in-character example: Reed ends the L&L campaign with [[spoiler:everyone dying]]. Given the characters are all facing the apocalypse and using the game as an escape, this doesn't go over well and upsets most of the cast. And of course, the game itself ends with the entire cast going extinct.

* EasterEgg: In the library scene in L&L, a very small select-able spot can be found under one of the broken shelves. Clicking it discovers a blank red book, with the dialogue: "I don't... get it... maybe there's something I myst?" which is no doubt a reference to VideoGame/{{Myst}}. You can also find "The Necronom-nomicon", a likely reference to Franchise/{{EvilDead}}.

* EverybodyDiesEnding: The final L&L session ends with [[spoiler:the party slaying Braxus and stopping his doomsday plot, but they all die in the process]].

* RuleOfThree: Three L&L sessions are played throughout the game.

** In the library L&L segment, Fey can find a book inspired by ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.

* SimonSaysMiniGame: In the Crystal Caves L&L segment, a cave with a locked door will appear. Crystals around the room will light up in a randomized order, and the player will have to select them in the correct order to open the door.

** "yootoob.com" is linked several times as a stand-in for YouTube.

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