Line #13 VideoGame/Tsioque


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2	[[caption-width-right:340:Humor? Darkness? Suspense? Check!]]
3	->''A dark but playful [[PointAndClickGame point and click]] adventure, hand-animated in glorious frame-by-frame 2D. ''
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5	''Tsioque'' is a hand-drawn PointAndClickGame by [=OhNoo=] Studios.
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7	The story begins with the titular young princess, Tsioque, living with her mother the [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold golden-haired Good Queen]] in their castle during a time of peace. But one day, news arrived that a dangerous beast called The Phoenix was on its way. To prevent it from reaching her home and daughter, the Good Queen led an army to fight the monster. The Queen's [[SorcerousOverlord royal wizard]], however, took her absence as an opportunity to take over the kingdom himself, casting dark magic to corrupt and transform the castle and summon demons to command.
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9	And in the center of all this is little Tsioque, whom the Wizard throws in the dungeon, kept under lock and key. But the princess isn't one to wait to be rescued, and takes things into her own hands to escape the Wizard.
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11	''Tsioque'' is available [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/393190/TSIOQUE/ on Steam]]. A free demo is also available, which can be downloaded [[https://www.facebook.com/OhNooStudio/posts/898165216915214 here]] or through Steam [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/393270/TSIOQUE_Demo/ here]].
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13	!!''Tsioque'' provides examples of:
14	* AbsurdlyLongStairway: The spiral staircase in the tower.
15	* AbusiveParents: PlayedWith -- [[spoiler:TheReveal that the Wizard and the King are one and the same, and Tsioque's attempts to flee the castle at the end hints at this. Subverted by the ending, as the girl's father catches her about to fall down the stairs and is clearly worried and horrified. While he is probably having a stressful time being a stay-at-home dad and a video game developer at the same time, which may have inspired the wizard, nothing suggests he was in any way abusive, just busy.]]
16	* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:Hinted at by the AnachronismStew (see below). In the end, it's revealed that the whole thing was the little girl playing pretend while her mother was out of the house.]]
17	* AnachronismStew: A lot of out-of-place things start to appear after [[spoiler:Tsioque tries to use the antidote on the Wizard]].
18	* ArtShift: A small example--in the end cutscene, [[spoiler:the girl's features are not as stylized as princess Tsioque's, notably lacking the princess's enormous eyes.]]
19	* BadBoss: The Wizard is so annoyed with [[SilenceYouFool any noises]] that when one guardian made too much noise, he [[ReducedToDust turnes him into a dust]].
20	* BeardOfEvil: The Wizard sports a long, pointed beard with a thin mustache to go with it.
21	* BigDoor: The castle's front gate, and [[spoiler:the literal door that it turns into once reality starts seeping in]].
22	* BigEyesLittleEyes: Tsioque's eyes are ''huge''.
23	* BolivianArmyEnding: Most of [[TheManyDeathsOfYou game over screens]] are guards surrounding Tsioque after detecting her.
24	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:An invisibility cloak]] is used briefly during the initial escape. It is later retrieved in time to help Tsioque [[spoiler:hide from the Wizard inside his own study. It even comes back at the very end of the game... when the Wizard uses it.]]
25	* CoolHorse: The Good Queen rides one with a unicorn horn on its mask.
26	* CrystalBall: The Wizard has one.
27	* {{Cutscene}}: Several throughout the game. Some, including the opening cutscene, include a narrator reading as if from a storybook.
28	* DamselOutOfDistress: Tsioque is captured and put in the dungeon but uses her wit to escape her cage and move forward.
29	* DarkIsEvil: You can't even see the Wizard besides his eyes and mouth, he's so dark.
30	* DarkIsNotEvil: Tsioque is helped along her way by a tentacle beast, who [[spoiler: gives her the key to escape the dungeon room]], and a black spider who [[spoiler: turns off lights for her]] to protect her from monsters that are coming after her.
31	* DisneyVillainDeath: In the staircase area during the escape, by [[spoiler:turning off the lights]] you cause several demons to trip and fall to their doom.
32	* DressingAsTheEnemy: Tsioque has to assemble a suit of armor in order to fool a guard.
33	* EvilSoundsDeep: The Wizard's voice is deep with a slight distortion and echo effect to it.
34	* ExtraStrengthMasquerade: Toward the end, [[spoiler:it becomes more and more difficult for little Tsioque's imagination to cast everything in a fantastic light. You end up with rather lame fantasy-ified things like "black sparkling liquid" (a bottle of soda) and "explosive pebbles" (Mentos)]]. It's not until the very end that [[spoiler:she gives up on pretending and we see, once and for all, that she's just playing in her house]].
35	* FailedASpotCheck: Even if you put the InvisibilityCloak on in front of the Imps that come to find you, they will run right through you into the next room and back through.
36	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: After annoying the Wizard by making a lot of noise in the dungeon, he'll teleport in and zap the poor sap who was watching over you.
37	** Tsioque is able to meet with some of these herself if you mess up, such as falling into a barrel of tar or being eaten alive by a monster.
38	* FlamingHair: The Wizard has yellow fire for hair to match his magic power color.
39	* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The Wizard has a set of these to stick out from his completely dark figure.
40	* HandBlast: The Wizard prefers to deal with things by zapping them with magic from his fingers.
41	* HeroicMime: Tsioque never speaks, only grunting occasionally or huffing in frustration.
42	* HyperspaceArsenal: {{Reconstructed}}, as while little girl like Tsioque can't carry whole armor in her pocket, when she obtains magic bag, she is able to take all this with her.
43	* InvisibilityCloak: Tsioque gets one of these after solving a puzzle in a small crypt. [[spoiler: Pity it doesn't stay long.]]
44	* IShallTauntYou: At one point, [[spoiler:Tsioque must taunt a guard to allow the cat to escape from under the barrel he's sitting on.]]
45	* {{Magitek}}: The magic mirror and the wand used to control it are an awful lot like a TV and remote, and the Wizard's crystal ball is a lot like a telephone. [[spoiler:Probably because that's what they really are outside the protagonist's imagination.]]
46	* MirrorsReflectEverything: Near the end, a hand mirror is used to reflect [[spoiler:the Wizard's petrifying HandBlast]].
47	* MissingChild: You go to help people and leave your daughter all alone, thinking she will be nice and safe while you handle protecting the kingdom. But while you're gone, she's captured and has to try and escape the clutches of evil all by herself.
48	* MostWritersAreWriters: In the end, [[spoiler:the little girl's father is shown to be an aspiring game developer]].
49	* OnlyIdiotsMayPass: A minor example--Tsioque will refuse to touch the alchemy set until she's found the recipe she needs, even if she already has all the ingredients.
50	* ParentsAsPeople: [[spoiler: The Wizards is actually tired father wanting to work in peace]].
51	* PluckyGirl: A little girl of what looks to be eight manages to escape a prison cell, outsmart various imps, and generally get past anything in her way.
52	* PottyEmergency: The guard at the base of the tower has to go, but he can't because the gold-clad guard refuses to take over the watch.
53	* PressXToDie: A lot of actions result in immediate failure, such as [[spoiler:trying to handle the axe in the guard camp, or approaching the fairy queen in the grand hall.]]
54	* PrincessProtagonist: The titular Princess Tsioque is also the character you follow.
55	* ProtagonistTitle
56	* TheReveal: When the Wizard uses his CrystalBall, [[spoiler:he's revealed to be Tsioque's father, the king]].
57	* SceneryPorn: All of the backgrounds in this game look amazing and alive to go with the hand-drawn style of the game.
58	* SchmuckBait: When you see Fairy Godmother she offers you toys and wants to hug you, but if you will go closer [[spoiler: she will reveal that she's lizard wanting to eat you]].
59	* ShoutOut: The first image seen in magic mirror is [[Series/BreakingBad bearded wizard in dark glasses with younger wizard making blue potion]].
60	* SilenceYouFool: The Wizard REALLY hates loud noises, And will punish ANYONE if they disturb him. By the way, almost all the puzzles in this game make REALLY loud noises in some way, either when solved, or during solving them. [[spoiler:It's probably inspired by the father being similarly focused on his own work and not wanting to be distracted.]]
61	* StaircaseTumble: As the large Imp throws smaller ones at you at the stairs, they tumble down comically all the way towards you.
62	* ThisIsReality: Mentioned during the end cutscene.
63	* TickleTorture: Briefly employed to [[spoiler:get a half-asleep drunk guard to move]].
64	* TiedTogetherShoelaceTrip: Without the shoelaces. Tsioque uses [[spoiler:sticky spider silk]] to prevent a guard from chasing her.
65	* TooDumbToLive: The guard watching over Tsioque initially. After you drop the amulet twice on the plate and spook him, you'd think he'd hang on to it to keep you from making more noise to attract his master. Instead he gives it back. Twice.
66	* UnexpectedGameplayChange: Running from the guard down the AbsurdlyLongStairway is more reminiscent of a RhythmGame, albeit with fairly lenient timing, wherein you have to click the circles like [[PressXToNotDie quick-time events]]. There's an option to skip the sequence if you want.
67	* VileVillainLaughableLackey: While Wizard is shown as seriously as they can, his minions are most of time pathetic [[ButtMonkey butt monkeys]].
68	* WizardDuel: You can start one of these by having the Fairy Godmother (in the page picture) make enough noise. Yeah, The Wizard REALLY hates loud noises enough to get into a fairly spectacular magical duel with someone over it.
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70	''What is all this racket?!''

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