History VideoGame / TheYawhg

A ChooseYourOwnAdventure game with RPGElements, ''[[http://www.theyawhg.com/ The Yawhg]]'' was created by Emily Carroll and Damian Sommer. The player can take control of up to four different citizens as they go about their lives, blissfully unaware that in six scant weeks the YAWHG will arrive. Depending on how they spend their time, and how they cope with the random events thrown their way, they can build up their Physique, Finesse, Mind, Charm and Magic, and earn Wealth.

** Since events are randomly generated, you may trigger an EventFlag on the last week before the YAWHG's arrival and not get to see what happens next. Some of these [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything are actually accounted for]] and still have an effect.

* LostForever: It's possible for locations to be completely destroyed, making it impossible to visit them anymore on that given playthrough.

-->''The YAWHG. It's almost here. Almost, almost...''

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** Mr. Moss always wears his distinctive circular hat in all the events, only taking it off in DownerEnding results.

* PitchforksAndTorches: Depending on your ending, such a mob may come after you.

* FantasticDrug: You can start creating these if your magic stat is high enough, [[spoiler: and if you couldn't manage to rebuild after the Yawhg.]] Alternately, if your physique stat is high enough, [[spoiler: and you were unable to rebuild after the YAWHG, you can become addicted to a strength potion and eventually die of an overdose from it.]]

* AbortedArc: Since events are randomly generated, you may trigger an EventFlag on the last week before the Yawhg's arrival and not get to see what happens next. Some of these [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything are actually accounted for]] and still have an effect.

* ButThouMust: If you encounter the [[spoiler: patient in the hospital with the spiral sores]], he will rudely ask you to get him a drink of water. Unless you have a high level of a certain stat, you can't refuse him, [[spoiler: and therefore can't prevent becoming possessed by his magic after he spits on you.]]

* ColorCodedCharacters: Each of the four characters wears a signature color: Ms. Azure is blue, Mr. Aurum is yellow, Ms. Cerise is red, and the Mr. Moss is green.

* DominoMask: The Blue Girl and the Green-clad Man don these when fighting crime. By contrast, the Yellow Gentleman wears a black jacket over his usual attire, and the Lady in Red goes full LittleRedFightingHood.

* DoomedHometown: Definitely prior to the Yawhg - there's nothing you can do to keep it from coming - and potentially afterward, if you can't deal with the ensuing destruction, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential or actively make it even worse]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Ensuring the town's survival post-Yawhg can be tricky, but that just makes it all the more rewarding when you ''do'' manage it.

* FantasticDrug: You can start creating these if your magic stat is high enough, [[spoiler: and if you couldn't manage to rebuild after the Yawhg.]] Alternately, if your physique stat is high enough, [[spoiler: and you were unable to rebuild after the Yawhg, you can become addicted to a strength potion and eventually die of an overdose from it.]]

** One of the Blue Lass's most striking features is her cap, which has triangular prongs on each side.
** The Green Man always wears his distinctive circular hat in all the events, only taking it off in DownerEnding results.

* NothingIsScarier: Nobody knows exactly what the YAWHG is.

* [[PunnyName Punny Names]]: All 4 of the playable character's names (Ms. Azure, Ms. Cerise, Mr. Moss, and Mr. Aurum) are based on their [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience color.]]

* ChooseYourOwnAdventure

* DrivenToSuicide: If you [[spoiler:get a fighter banned from the Arena, they hang themselves.]]. You can find the body in [[spoiler:the Forest]].

** Does your hometown survive the ravages of the Yawhg and rebuild -- and if so, can you regain any semblance of its former glories, or is it naught but a shell of its former self?

* NiceHat: One of the Blue Lass's most striking features is her cap, which has triangular prongs on each side.

* RPGElements

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: After learning the fate of the village post-Yawhg, you get to see what happened to each of your characters.

* DoomedHometown: Potentially, if you can't deal with the aftermath of the Yawhg.

* PowerAtAPrice: Certain random events can result in one stat recieving a dramatic boost while another takes an equally massive hit.

* ColorCodedCharacters: Each of the four characters wears a signature color: the Lady in Blue, the Yellow Gentleman, the Red Woman, and the Man in Green.

* {{Utsuge}}: This is not a particularly happy game.

* BrickJoke: Some random events can reemerge in unexpected ways a few weeks down the line. For instance, that [[spoiler:demonic baby you let escape the Hospital]]? May show up later at [[spoiler:the Arena]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Ensuring the town's survival post-Yawhg is very, very difficult, but that just makes it all the more rewarding when you ''do'' manage it.

* LostForever: It's possible for locations to be completely destroyed, making it impossible to visit them anymore on that given playthrough.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Possess great physical strength, but your mental fortitude withers.]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Incredibly charming, but physically weak. One good bloody rampage works the worst of it out of your system.]]
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Possess great physical strength, but your mental fortitude withers. After a frenzy, you feel better, at the expense of whatever was around you at the time.]]

* BrickJoke: Some random events can reemerge in unexpected ways a few weeks down the line. For instance that [[spoiler:demonic baby you let escape the Hospital]]? May show up later at [[spoiler:the Arena]].

-->''The YAWHG will be here in six weeks. ...and no one expects it. Not a one of us. We just keep on living our lives, week by week, unaware...

* MultipleEndings

''The YAWHG. It's almost here. Almost, almost...''