History VideoGame / PauseAhead

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Fail to pass the level two more times and the message becomes [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ''Pressing [shift] or [C] to pause may help me cross this gap'']]
** Failing twice more results in [[NoFourthWall ''I really should consider pressing [shift] or [C] to pause'']]
** Taunting the game successively results in:
*** [[NoJustNoReaction You can't be serious.]]
*** My perseverance is laudable, but maybe I'd prefer a slower game. Sudoku, perhaps?
*** I remind myself that [[StrategyGuide there are walkthroughs online.]]
*** My self-loathing continues unabated.
*** MedalOfDishonor: ''I consider pressing [ESC] to quit the game.'' [[spoiler:This one unlocks an achievement called "Thick Skull".]]

*** MedalOfDishonor: ''I consider pressing [ESC] to quit the game.'' [[spoiler: This one unlocks an achievement called "Thick Skull".]]

* MissionControlIsOffItsMeds: About halfway through the game, another character (who may or may not be the BigBad) takes over the narration, and the pause messages become increasingly pleading, threating or plain nonsensical.

** The secret ending, which requires unlocking and beating [[spoiler:Nihil]] has you [[spoiler:playing the Architect's game to its horrible conclusion. Not much is really explained, but from the status of "terminated" at the end, it's surmised that the Architect has no more use for you as a test subject. Or perhaps you've become the new Architect. It's a MindScrew of a DownerEnding. All of this made worse by the fact that it is also implied you never lived a real life.]]

* RealTimeStrategy: Wondrously averted with the help of the pause button.

* ProductionForeshadowing: At one point, the pause screen mentions anagrams. What's one of the words that appears when you pause? [[Videogame/PoliceTeamKazuo Ozuak.]]

*** "[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure World]]" might count, given how the Pause button works in this game.

* BadAssNormal: The main protagonist, using only his jumping ability. That is, until you soon learn that pausing the game yields ''very'' useful results.

* DoppelgangerAttack: [[spoiler:The final boss summons a double of you; touching it kills you]].

An indie platforming game made in 2013 by askiisoft. In this game, you play as a surprisingly adorable humanoid wolf creature who [[BetterThanItSounds attempts to escape from within a mysterious building]].

** In the BonusLevelOfHell, the pause texts "Sanctuary,Did you Know, The witch woman," and "Once Had A Brother," referencing the spike filled bonus level of [[VideoGame/CaveStory another game.]]

*** [[spoiler:"To pass into that dark, never having known freedom. Never to laugh, to learn, to love. Is there a more tragic fate?"]]

*** Another pause text reds "[[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Missing Number]]"

An indie platforming game made in 2013 by askiisoft. In this game, you play as a surprisingly adorable humanoid wolf creature who [[BetterThanItSounds attempts to escape from within a mysterious building]]. The game's overall feel and design, like its predecessor [[TowerofHeaven Tower of Heaven]], invokes old GameBoy games.

** Secret 2: [[spoiler: Level 13: Let the clock run down to 0:11 to reveal a door where you started.]]

** Secret 2: [[spoiler: Level 13: Allowing the block to crash down twice will reveal a door.]]

** The secret ending, which requires unlocking and beating [[spoiler:Nihil]] has you [[spoiler:playing the Architect's game to its horrible conclusion. Not much is really explained, but from the status of "terminated" at the end, it's surmised that the Architect has no more use for you as a test subject. Or perhaps you've become the new Architect. It's a MindScrew of a DownerEnding. All of this made worse by the fact that it is also implied you never lived a real life.
*** "To pass into that dark, never having known freedom. Never to laugh, to learn, to love. Is there a more tragic fate?"]]

** The secret ending, which requires unlocking and beating [[spoiler:Nihil]] has you [[spoiler:playing the Architect's game to its horrible conclusion. Not much is really explained, but from the status of "terminated" at the end, it's surmised that the Architect has no more use for you as a test subject. Or perhaps you've become the new Architect. It's a MindScrew of a DownerEnding]]. It may even be implied you are sent to [[Hell]] itself. All of this made worse by the fact that it is also implied you never lived a real life.
*** "To pass into that dark, never having known freedom. Never to laugh, to learn, to love. Is there a more tragic fate?"

** The secret ending, which requires unlocking and beating [[spoiler:Nihil]] has you [[spoiler:playing the Architect's game to its horrible conclusion. Not much is really explained, but from the status of "terminated" at the end, it's surmised that the Architect has no more use for you as a test subject. Or perhaps you've become the new Architect. It's a MindScrew of a DownerEnding]].

** In the BonusLevelOfHell, one of the pause texts is "Sanctuary," referencing the spike filled bonus level of [[VideoGame/CaveStory another game.]]