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1	Salmon GUN is a hypothetical Unity game by Ironcommando. It's about Salmon migrating from their spawn point to the ocean before returning back to where it began, while encountering dangerous predators and hazards.
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3	Except that this time, your salmon inexplicably has a [[MoreDakka machine gun]].
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5	The game is a HorizontalScrollingShooter inspired by ''VideoGame/InTheHunt'': your salmon can only travel throughout the water while enemies can appear above the water or inside it. Thankfully, you can aim in any direction via the mouse and jump out briefly.
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7	!! '''Salmon GUN contains the following tropes:'''
8	* AdvancingBossOfDoom:
9	** The Great White Shark will chase the player salmon down and OneHitKill them if it catches them. Unfortunately, it's faster than the player, and the player needs to slow it down by shooting the fish that enter the area so that they bleed and distract it.
10	** The rematch against the eagle now has it chase the player as it drops bombs into the water in its first phase.
11	** There's also the ''[[WeCanRebuildHim cyborg]]'' Great White Shark, who fights like his earlier battle except with far more dangerous stuff thrown in -- like {{Freeze Ray}}s to make you stop moving and to freeze the fish mooks. He's quickly offed by a fishing trawler, however [[spoiler:[[NotQuiteDead or not]], if you're on a NewGamePlus and let the fishermen survive]].
12	* AirborneMook: Several fish-eating birds appear in the game, such as eagles, ospreys, and seagulls.
13	* AlienBlood: The icefish enemies bleed a faint white color when shot, compared to the red of other enemies (or blue for crustaceans and cephalopods). This is TruthInTelevision as icefish do have white-to-colorless blood in real life.
14	* AnimalJingoism: All the bosses you face are predators of salmon, such as a bear, eagle, great white shark, orcas, and humans (in a trawler). Several of your enemies are also predators of salmon, like seabirds, ospreys, seals, tuna and dolphins.
15	* AnimalsNotToScale: As part of the RuleOfFunny and the RuleOfCool, the eagle is gigantic compared to a normal one.
16	* BackgroundBoss: The cyborg bear final boss is capable of jumping into the background, lift a redwood tree from the forested background, and toss it at the player salmon, before jumping back into the fray.
17	* BaitAndSwitchBoss: Near the end of through the third-to-last stage, you encounter the cyborgified version of the Great White Shark you met in the third stage. He then gets harpooned by a fisherman on a fishing trawler, the real boss. [[spoiler:If you're on a NewGamePlus and let the fishermen survive the trawler's destruction, it turns out the shark's NotQuiteDead and fights you as an OptionalBoss.]]
18	* BearsAreBadNews:
19	** One of your major antagonists is a bear. He's initially not very threatening as the WarmUpBoss, but takes massive levels in badass and becomes the FinalBoss of the game. And as the final boss, he's definitely not one to be trifled with thanks to his insanely huge arsenal.
20	** The MiniBoss of the Arctic ocean level is a polar bear that bashes the ice, causing chunks of it to drop, and needs to be [[PuzzleBoss goaded into sticking its head into the water for you to damage it]].
21	* BeeBeeGun: One of the Bear boss' attacks is a "Beezooka", which fires a hive into the air that temporarily covers the air in bees. To avoid getting stung to death, the salmon just has to stay in the water without jumping out until it clears, since bees can't go underwater.
22	* BossBattle: Seven [[spoiler:actually, nine]] of them.
23	** A bear with a fishing rod that tries to reel you in while he tosses explosives into the water.
24	** An eagle with homing missile launchers that tries to grab you from the sky.
25	** A great white shark that's faster, tougher, and stronger that [[AdvancingBossOfDoom advances on you]], but is easily distracted by blood in the water.
26	** A pod of orcas that [[WolfpackBoss attack in a group]] and fire off sonic attacks.
27	** A fishing trawler with a giant net, harpoons and explosives.
28	** The eagle, now rebuilt as a cyborg and with far more dangerous weaponry and also an InterestingSituationDuel.
29	** The bear, now rebuilt as a cyborg with far more dangerous weaponry.
30	** The OptionalBoss appears if you [[spoiler:beat the fishing trawler with certain requirements. It's the shark, rebuilt as a cyborg and with far more dangerous weaponry]].
31	** The TrueFinalBoss is [[spoiler:your previous run's salmon]], with similar weaponry to you except jacked up to eleven.
32	* CoolBoat: The fifth boss is a fishing trawler with a gigantic net that must be shot to pieces before it captures your salmon for a OneHitKill. Once that's down, it'll fire harpoons at you, and once the harpoons are down, the humans on it will toss dynamite into the water.
33	* DeliciousDistraction: The Great White Shark [[spoiler:and its rematch]] is distracted by the smell of blood from the fish enemies that you spawn. Attacking them will cause them to bleed, and give you breathing room from the shark as it goes after them. It's a good thing too, as the shark is actually ''faster'' than the player.
34	* DestructibleProjectiles: Most projectiles in the game can be destroyed. A good thing too since your hitbox is rather large, and certain parts can become BulletHell.
35	* DeviousDolphins: Dolphins are one of the enemy types faced in the fifth level, and are aggressive enemies that view you as a prey item. Not only do they have around the same health as seals, they're also fast and appear in numbers.
36	* FiendishFish:
37	** Several of your opponents are weaponized predatory fish, such as Tuna, Pike, and Barracuda.
38	** The most dangerous opponent in the game is [[spoiler:another Salmon as the TrueFinalBoss]].
39	* FreezeRay: The [[spoiler:cyborg Great White Shark OptionalBoss]] has these. Not only does it pretty much make you into fishfood for it if it hits you, but it will also [[spoiler:freeze the fish mooks, making them harder to bleed out since you now need to break the ice before you can hurt them]].
40	* GlassCannon: The player salmon is capable of taking very few hits before going down, and several enemies and especially bosses will one-shot them. Thankfully, they can eliminate most threats via the machine gun.
41	* TheHeroDies: Just like many real salmon, your salmon dies at the end of the game after mating [[spoiler:or not, if you manage to buy every single upgrade in the game for that run]]. Of course, [[NewGamePlus your next generation starts the cycle again]].
42	* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: When the cyborg eagle is defeated, it falls into the water below -- that it covered in napalm not long ago. It promptly cooks to death via the flames it set up.
43	* InterestingSituationDuel: The battle against the cybernetically rebuilt eagle. The area consists of a level area with a waterfall you can WallJump up at one end, and when the boss TurnsRed it drops napalm bombs into the river, setting it on fire and making the only safe zone on the waterfall which you must keep jumping up.
44	* JustifiedExtraLives: When your Salmon is killed, another one that was part of the school will replace them. This is a pretty huge number but isn't infinite, however, and you ''do'' get a GameOver if you lose all your lives.
45	* KidnappingBirdOfPrey: The Eagle. It's able to grab your salmon, and if you don't [[SmashingSurvival mash the buttons enough in time]], it eats that salmon for a OneHitKill.
46	* LevelInReverse: The penultimate and final level are the second and first level in reverse, respectively. Justified as your salmon is [[WhereItAllBegan journeying back to its spawning grounds]].
47	* MirrorBoss: The TrueFinalBoss [[spoiler:is your previous run's salmon with all the weapon upgrades taken to ridiculous levels, is massively buff and can take several hits compared to your current player.]]
48	* MisplacedWildlife: You can invoke this by buying the [[NoSenseOfDirection Poor Directional Sense]] upgrade, which will allow your Salmon to access the Amazon Rainforest or the Antarctic, places where Atlantic Salmon have no reason to be found in.
49	* MonstrousSeal: One of the enemy types, found mostly in the Arctic ocean areas. They're aggressive enemies since your salmon is a prey item to them.
50	* NewGamePlus: Every time you complete a run, you'll be able to play again with tougher enemies/enemy attack patterns, and all enemies/bosses will drop 3x as much currency (stacking multiplicatively per run). [[spoiler:You'll eventually be able to buy all the upgrades, and if you manage to do so, you'll be able to fight the TrueFinalBoss at the end of your next run.]]
51	* NoSenseOfDirection: One of the buyable upgrades is "Poor Directional Sense", which will [[spoiler:allow you to access places like the Amazon Rainforest and Antarctica as secret levels, areas where Altantic Salmon usually don't go to]].
52	* PikePeril: Pikes are an early-game GiantMook enemy with a dangerous ramming attack.
53	* PunnyName: It's a pun on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_run Salmon Run]], and gun.
54	* PuzzleBoss:
55	** The Great White Shark needs to be lured away to prevent it from instantly killing you. To do this, you have to shoot at the fish enemies that enter the area so they bleed, distracting the shark.
56	** The polar bear miniboss in the Arctic ocean. To beat it, you need to stay at the surface of the water under the ice to draw its attention, the quickly move away after it bashes a hole in the ice and sticks its vulnerable head in for you to shoot.
57	** The Fishing Trawler is extremely resistant to damage, but the final phase has the fishermen attempt to drop dynamite into the water. Shooting the dynamite back at the boat explodes it for massive damage.
58	* RecurringBoss: The Eagle is the second and the second-to-last boss, while the bear is the first and final boss. Both of them were [[WeCanRebuildHim rebuilt]] after getting badly injured by your salmon. Also, on a NewGamePlus, [[spoiler:the great white shark can be encountered again, rebuilt as a cyborg. You need to "spare" all the humans from the fishing trawler instead of killing any of them in order for him to appear.]]
59	* RuleOfCool: A lot of ArtisticLicenseBiology animal behaviour is done on purpose to enforce this. The eagle is ''far'' bigger than a real life one, the polar bear's ice-breaking is normally used for seals and not salmon, and there's of course the sheer awesomeness of ''animals holding weaponry''. Similarly, a lot of ArtisticLicensePhysics is also done on purpose for this, such as napalm not being washed away by the flowing rapid current.
60	* {{Superboss}}: On a NewGamePlus, [[spoiler:not killing any of the fishermen that the trawler drops will draw the attention of the NotQuiteDead ''cyborgified'' Great White Shark, who's a much tougher fight than the first time]].
61	* TennisBoss: The fishing boat's final phase has the fishermen start throwing dynamite into the water in an attempt to blast-fish you. Shoot the dynamite sticks back towards the boat to damage it greatly when they explode, as the boat otherwise has a gigantic amount of health.
62	* ThreateningShark: The great white shark boss. It's faster than you, can turn on a dime, has a good bit of health and it will OneHitKill you if it bites you, but thankfully, it's distracted by blood in the water -- which appears when you shoot the fish mooks that enter the area. Partway through the third-to-last level, you'll encounter a cyborgified version of him [[spoiler:who's [[BaitAndSwitchBoss taken out by the real boss]] but is revealed to be NotQuiteDead and an OptionalBoss if you let the fishermen survive the trawler's destruction. As an OptionalBoss, it's ''far'' tougher and now comes with {{Freeze Ray}}s to make it harder for you to bleed the fishes -- and easier for you to get eaten]].
63	* TrueFinalBoss: There's an extra boss on a NewGamePlus if [[spoiler:your previous salmon survived the mating season, which only happens if you fulfill certain requirements]]. Naturally, your current salmon will have to fight them [[spoiler:over a mate]].
64	* WallJump: This is how you jump up waterfalls. You'll need to do this against the boss of the sixth stage after he covers the "floor" in napalm.
65	* WeaponizedAnimal: A good number of the animals are inexplicably holding weapons. Your salmon wields a machine gun (and can get upgraded with other weapons), and the eagle and bear also hold weaponry like missile launchers and explosives.
66	* WeCanRebuildHim: The shark, eagle and bear come back as tougher cyborgs with more weaponry in later levels following their defeat. [[RuleOfCool Don't ask how they managed to get this done]].
67	* WhereItAllBegan: The final two levels has the player character return back to the river they spawned from, while they encounter the eagle and bear, now rebuilt with cybernetics.
68	* WilyWalrus: Walruses are [[GiantMook tougher-than-normal]] enemies in the Arctic Ocean level. Like the seals, they're aggressive since your salmon is a prey item to them.
69	* WolfpackBoss: The Orca pod boss is a group of stronger-than-normal enemies that attack you all at once.

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