History VideoGame / Prodigal

** There is another quest take mostly takes place within the Colorless Void, but starts at Vann's Point. It ends with you getting another pair of boots, this time ones that give you a chance of not taking damage.

* DealWithTheDevil: Crocodile offers one in exchange for access to his backrooms in order to retrieve the Ora Moa for Kir Hasa; he makes Oran sign a contract, but doesn't specify exactly what it's for, saying that he will have to fulfil it at a later time. [[spoiler:The "Hero's Rest" ending suggests that it involves another visit to the south, which may or may not have something to do with the King of Ashford's assassination...]]

* DefrostingIceQueen: River is cold to Oran at first (the manual even lists him as her dislike), angry at him for stealing from his parents, but she eventually warms up to him when she sees how much he's changed, and when he helps to defend her from some Wraiths.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Oran may have stolen from his parents and ran away, but even he doesn't approve of vandalizing someone's grave.

* GoldDigger: It becomes quickly apparent that Tara is only interested in Ashwood for his wealth. Whether he learns the truth about this or not is up to you.

* NoFairCheating: If you're trying for the "Tough Month" Feat (which requires you to defeat the Lighthouse boss in under 30 in-game days), you won't be able to make use of SaveScumming to keep your day count low because loading the game moves the counter along one day regardless of if you saved before quitting or not.

* PunchClockVillain: The boss of the Crocasino Vault, Wren, only fights you because she has to guard the item you're after. When you encounter her again in the Colorless Void, she's actually quite friendly to you.

Prodigal is a top-down dungeon crawler inspired by the classic ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games, using a color palette similar to that of UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor games. It was developed by [[https://colorgrave.carrd.co/ Colorgrave]] and released on Steam on October 16th, 2020.

* AbandonedMine: The mine you visit at the start of the game in order to obtain the Pickaxe is one. The Tidal Mines also appear to be abandoned.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The Graile Boots have all the abilities of each of the other pairs of boots, which you will have to obtain (as well as complete a dungeon) in order to recieve them.

* AutoRevive: Buying a Frostberry Cobbler from Red's Inn will allow you to autmatically revive upon losing all your HP, although it uses up the item so you will have to buy another one after that.

** Talking to Revulan before defeating Inkwell has her tell you to leave her alone the first two times. You might be tempted to see what other dialogue she has like you can with other characters who have more than one thing to say, but if you talk to her a third time, she'll attack you with lightning, once again depleting all your HP.

* ShmuckBait:

** Talking to Revulan before obtaining the Ring of Kings has her tell you to leave her alone the first two times. If you talk to her a third time, she'll attack you with lightning, once again depleting all your HP.

** [[spoiler:Bolivar calls Oran "Cesa", which means "Friend" in his language. He continues to call him that even after showing his true colors]].

** Talking to Revulan before obtaining the Ring of Kings has her tell you to leave you alone the first two times. If you talk to her a third time, she'll attack you with lightning, once again depleting all your HP.

** A non-lethal variant happens after the TrueFinalBoss. [[spoiler:Colorgrave takes away the color from Amadeus, deciding that Oran is powerful enough to defend Vann's Point and that Amadeus is no longer needed as its protector]].

** Having the [[AutoRevive Frostberry Cobbler]] buff won't work if Oran is knocked out during a cutscene. In addition, buffs will normally clear upon being knocked out, but that won't happen if it happened in a cutscene (except for the Smoked Salmon since cutscene knockouts still deplete the HP meter).

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The Howling Bjerg has several rooms with FrictionlessIce that you have to make your way past. There's also the Crystal Caves, where you can swtich between the water being frozen or thawed.

* UnconventionalWeddingDress: While Keaton, Caroline, and Tara wear white dresses, the other characters you can marry wear different outfits. River wears a green and blue dress, Oakley wears a purple dress, Mariana wears a red dress with a military theme, Lynn appears to wear her regular outfit with white accessories, Siska marries you while in her mecha, Tess is shown sleeping in bed for her wedding picture, and while you don't technically marry Kir Hasa, she wears a slightly different outfit for the Mon Moan equivalent of a wedding.

** The Flare Knuckle becomes this in the NewGamePlus; you can get it as early as Act 1 since the Crystal Caves will be available at any time, and you can even get it as soon as you open the Tidal Mines if you find the Harmonica and use it to access Zaegul's shop to buy the Rust Knuckle rather than find it in the Dry Fountain.

** The Altar to Zolei prevents items from being dropped from defeating enemies or breaking rocks, except for those tied to quests, and also adds more difficulty to the final boss.

** The Altar to Hate removes all the Heart Ores and makes death permanent (aside from certain cutscenes), deleting your save file if you lose all your HP.
** The Altar to Raem results in dungeons having an extra attack from Raem herself to avoid, as well as not giving you extra vitality when praying at the church, and Raem refusing to bless you during a sidequest.

* FinalDeathMode: One of the Altars you can break in the NewGamePlus is the Altar of Hate, which not only removes all the Heart Ores in the game but also makes it so that losing all your HP results in a permanent death. And we ''mean'' permanent, as your save file is also deleted.

** The scenes required to progress in the marraige quests can be hard to come across. Some of them you may walk into without intending to, but others require you actually going to talk to the [=NPCs=] yourself.

* PostEndGameContent: There are still quests for you to complete after finishing the main story, as well as the NewGamePlus, which allows you to change certain settings to make the game more difficult, as well as skip straight to Act 2 if you want to marry anyone else.

** [[HarderThanHard Activating a Curse will automatically break all the Altars except the Chaos one]] (and this is only available after completing the game with them already broken, as well as clearing the BrutalBonusLevel). However, the Curse of Fraility, which turns all damage except falling into a OneHitKill, disables the permanent death that you would normally get from the Altar of Hate. Additionally, the Curse of Rust, which makes upgrades, rings, and boots ineffective, does not work on the Winged Boots as it would be annoying to be forced to walk everywhere slowly.

* DistressedDude: Happens to Hugh twice; first when he is kidnapped by Siska, and again when he gets taken by pirates working for Revulan. He manages to break out both times, proving that he is underestimated.

* DiscOneNuke: The Smoked Salmon and Frostberry Cobbler from Red's Inn temporarily double your HP and AutoRevive you, respectively. Both are available from the start of the game as long as you can afford them, and if you can't, Keaton will even let you have a Smoked Salmon for free. The same item also becomes free if you catch enough fish, which can be done at any time after gaining the Lariat.

** Finding the upgrade to the Rust Knuckle in the Crystal Caves makes certain areas easier, since it allows you to jump across. It's especially useful in bypassing some of the things that can do damage when having to bring a Crystal Key somewhere.

** Interacting with the Curse Cauldrons once they're unlocked will have the curse placed regardless of if you answer yes or no.

** Having the [[AutoRevive Frostberry Cobbler]] buff won't work if Oran is knocked out during a cutscene.

* BitterSweetEnding; The "Hero's Rest" ending shows that while some characters moved on with their lives, they faced various hardships (with at least one of them dying in at least one possible ending) and it's implied that a war is breaking out between the North and the South.

** Finding the upgrade to the Rust Knuckle in the Crystal Caverns makes certain areas easier, since it allows you to jump across. It's especially useful in bypassing some of the things that can do damage when having to bring a Crystal Key somewhere.

* FrictionlessIce: Featured a lot at the Howling Bjerg, although one pair of boots you can get allows you to walk across it normally, making backtracking there easier. The Crystal Caverns also have this when everything is frozen.

* TermsOfEndangerment: [[spoiler:Bolivar calls Oran "Cesa", which means "Friend" in his language. He continues to call him that even after showing his true colors]].

** [[spoiler:Oran's shadow]] says that you'll see him again after successfully answering his questions in Time Out. [[spoiler:Which you do if you unlock Daemon's Dive, and you'll have to fight him after clearing each stage]].

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The "Hero's Rest" ending shows what happened to various characters based on how you helped them. Some have happier endings than others.

* CasinoPark: Downplayed with the dungeons in the Crocasino, as there aren't any bright flashing lights but the rooms do have what look like giant poker chips or dominoes in various places.

* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:In the second fight against Bolivar, he takes no damage from your attacks until an image of Pa Darrow or whoever you have married appears with some encouraging words; you then have to move into this image to make him vulnerable to your attacks]].

* WeWillMeetAgain: [[spoiler:If you defeat Bolivar's second form without paying your debt or getting married, he will leave while saying this]].
* WhereAreTheyNotEpilogue: The "Hero's Rest" ending shows what happened to various characters based on how you helped them. Some have happier endings than others.

* FrictionlessIce: Featured a lot at the Howling Bjerg, although one pair of boots you can get allows you to walk across it normally, making backtracking there easier.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: You don't actually die when you lose your HP, so you don't lose any items or money you found in the dungeons, and if you've already found the other statue, you don't even have to travel through the whole dungeon again. However, you can avert this in a new save file after completing the game, as you are able to activate a mode where losing your HP results in said save file being deleted.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: In the Colorless Void, you encounter Wren, one of the bosses you fought earlier, who is thankful that you freed her from her job and says she'll let the other residents of the void know not to attack you. She also sells you two different buff items.

* EasyLevelTrick: If you complete the Gravedigger's sidequest, you'll earn the Cleated Boots, which allow you to walk across [[FrictionlessIce ice]] normally. This makes any dungeons with ice in them extremely easy, most notably the last stage of the Reflective Crypt.

** Unlike the other dungeons, Oran doesn't get teleported out after defeating the boss at the Howling Bjerg, instead almost freezing to death before being rescued. This could be justified, however, as there was no item for him to retrieve.

* StealthBasedMission: The Crocasino Vault features quite a bit of this, as you have to make your way past statues and guards without getting in their line of sight or you'll be sent to a prison cell. There's also some optional ones as part of a quest involving the Gravedigger, and Oakley's marriage path.

** Each dungeon has a statue near the entrance and near the boss room so that you don't have to travel through the whole dungeon again once you reach there. This is especially useful if you lose all your HP and have to travel back.

* AutoRevive: Buying a Frostberry Cobbler from Red's Inn will allow you to autmatically revive upon losing all your HP, although you will have to buy another one after that.

* GuideDangIt: Some puzzles are harder to figure out than others, and may even have more than one solution. There's also the secret rooms, most of which have no indication of where to find them.

* BrutalBonusLevel: Daemon's Dive, which is only available after finishing the main story, as well as acquiring equipment upgrades and the key (which itself is difficult to get). There are 9 different stages based on previous dungeons, each with a harder version of a previous boss, and at the end is one very difficult boss for you to fight. Your reward is a special ring that surrounds you with a barrier that can repair itself shortly after taking damage.

* ChickMagnet: Several of the girls in Vann's Point can become romantically interested in Oran, with at least one of them bordering on possessiveness.

* FinalDeathMode: One of the Altars you can break in the NewGamePlus is the Altar of Hate, which not only removes all the Heart Ores in the game but also makes it so that losing all your HP results in a permanent death. And we mean permanent, as your save file is also deleted.

* DoorToBefore: The statues in the dungeons function as this; there is usually one at the entrance, and another at the boss door. Some dungeons have more than one statue at the entrance, used as a quick way to travel to extra areas that you won't be able to access the first time.

** Even though Oran is implied to have been AsleepForDays following [[spoiler:Bolivar's]] attack on him, this doesn't affect the game's day counter. The day counter also doesn't seem to be affected by the marriages.

** Daemon's Dive has even more statues, and 9 stages in total, each with a boss at the end, as well as one last boss after completing each stage.

* AbilityRequiredToProceed: The early dungeons feature obstacles that need certain items you don't have yet in order to progress through them. After that, you can do some of the dungeons in any order, but you have to bring the items to the one who requests them in a specific order.

* CasinoPark: Downplayed with the dungeons in the Crocasino, as there aren't any bright flashing lights but the rooms do have what look like giant poker chips in various places.

** Even though Oran is implied to have been AsleepForDays following [[spoiler:Bolivar's]] attack on him, this doesn't affect the game's day counter.

** There is another quest take mostly takes place within the Colorless Void, starts at Vann's Point. It ends with you getting another pair of boots, this time ones that give you a chance of not taking damage.

* DefrostingIceQueen: River is cold to Oran at first (the manual even lists him as her dislike), angry at him for stealing from his parents, but she eventually warms up to him when she sees how much he's changed, and when he helps to defend her from

* NintendoHard: While the game does have many ways to make it easier, you will often have to pay for them. All dungeon rooms reset upon exit (except for locked doors), quitting the game starts you back in the overworld, and losing all your HP sends you to the church, so unless you've already found the second statue you'll have to travel all the way through the dungeon again. Completing the game at least once also allows you to make the game even more difficult by breaking an Altar to one of the gods (or even breaking all of them), and if that's not enough, completing the game with the four main Altars broken gives you access to Curses [[HarderThanHard for an even greater challenge]].

* IncompatibleOrientation: Kayla, and NPC in the library, has this in one of her possible dialogues - she'll say that you can't date her because she's only interested in Oakley.