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3	->''"HEALING MODE +++"''
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5	Developed by Creator/{{Ludosity}} for the Games Against Ebola game jam, ''Princess Remedy In a World of Hurt'' is a simple pixel game in which the player takes on the role of Princess Remedy, a graduate from the Saturnian healing school. The game was created by Creator/DanielRemar and Anton [[https://twitter.com/Regnsloja (Regnslöja)]] with music by Mattias and Stefen, and took a total of four days to make. It has since been released for free on Steam and can be found [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/407900/ here]].
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7	Making ''VideoGame/PrincessRemedy'' into a series, a sequel/prequel, ''VideoGame/PrincessRemedyInAHeapOfTrouble'', was released September 8th, 2016.
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9	In ''VideoGame/SlapCity'', Princess Remedy is avaiable as a playable character.
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11	!! This game provides examples of
12	* AllThereInTheManual: The official names of the game's soundtrack are only given within [[http://soundcloud.com/dothaku/sets/princess-remedy-in-a-world-of-hurt the game's official SoundCloud OST]].
13	* AllThereInTheScript: The names of all the ailments in the game, including the one exclusive to the Reallyjoel's Dad difficulty level, are given out within the game's source code.
14	* BonsaiForest: Hard to avoid in a minimalist pixel game.
15	* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
16	** [[spoiler:Opening the Jealous Chest results in all the chests within East and West Hurtland opening for you just so that you don't have to go backtracking to obtain the rest of the upgrades.]]
17	** In the PlayableEpilogue, [[spoiler:the game allows you to see what an NPC has to say before you choose them for marriage if you hadn't done so beforehand]].
18	* BossInMookClothing: [[spoiler:The Heartbreak, only fightable when you try and cure Frallan. They're fast, shoot bullets constantly, and has the most HP out of all the ailments in the game (minus the final boss).]]
19	* BulletHell: The game becomes this on hard difficulty and higher to give the game a better challenge.
20	* TheCameo: Hypesnakes originally appeared within a small game Daniel made in the past. They are the {{Title Character}}s of said game. [[VideoGame/IttleDew Ittle Dew and Tippsie]] are also [=NPCs=] that Remedy can heal.
21	* CollisionDamage: If you touch an enemy, it hurts you, but it also hurts them.
22	* CoolCrown: Remedy's is a bandage! The crowns worn by a few of the royal [=NPCs=] are also worth mentioning.
23	* CosmeticAward: The reward for getting HundredPercentCompletion is [[spoiler:the ability to revisit the Saturnian Palace via an Easter Egg and marry anyone there (including Remedy's own mother)]].
24	* DeathActivatedSuperpower: On death, the bats spawn 3 spreading bullets in the direction that the killing shot came from.
25	* DevelopersForesight:
26	** [[spoiler:The end text adjusts itself appropriately should you choose to marry the Dark Lord, the Apathetic Frog, or Frallan.]]
27	** [[spoiler:The Jealous Chest is specifically programmed to give you the appropriate pill upgrade should you have somehow managed to obtain a pill upgrade before opening it (as pill upgrades can only be obtained by opening chests, something which you specifically want to avoid in order to open the Jealous Chest).]]
28	* DiskOneNuke: [[spoiler:Opening the Jealous Chest]] nets you a free pill upgrade an area early, making the area a lot easier.
29	* ElaborateEqualsEffective: Justified in that Remedy's upgrades are to better medical supplies, at least until her last upgrade, which is [[CoolCrown tiaras]] (or [[InfinityPlusOneSword frogs]] if you [[spoiler:managed to open the Jealous Chest]]).
30	* ExtremeOmnisexual: [[spoiler:You can choose to marry ''any'' NPC at the end of the game, regardless of gender, species, status as an animate or inanimate object, or blood relation.]]
31	* {{Foreshadowing}}: You can encounter the Apathetic Frog within the Black Hole. Notice the word "Apathetic" in its name. [[spoiler:The manifestation of Apathy, which is part of the ailment the prince is affected by, is a frog's head.]]
32	* GayOption: The player has the option to [[spoiler:pursue any NPC in the game as a marriage partner, regardless of gender, family relation, or even species]].
33	* TheGoomba: Breadcrumbs. They are the only enemy in the game without an attack pattern on normal difficulty, and they go down in one hit regardless of whether or not Remedy had upgraded her pills.
34	* GuideDangIt: [[spoiler:The existence of the Jealous Chest that allows one to obtain both [[DiskOneNuke an early pill upgrade]] and the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Frog shot]]. You can only open it if you had opened exactly 0 chests beforehand. Otherwise, it literally refuses to open for you.]]
35	* HeartsAreHealth: HP is literally called Hearts in this game.
36	* HeKnowsAboutTimedHits: Several [=NPCs=] within the game, most of them within the Saturnian Palace, but also at least one within Hurtland proper, explain the controls for the game. Lampshaded if you [[spoiler:marry one of them, as he specifically calls himself the "tutorial guy" when he remarks about his marriage]].
37	* HitPoints:
38	** For Remedy, they're called {{Hearts\|AreHealth}}.
39	** Internally, enemies have them, labelled as HP in the script.
40	* HomingProjectile: The shuriken-shaped projectiles that come from the flame-shaped enemies.
41	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Remedy herself uses medical equipment as weapons. Justified in that she is fighting diseases, which would logically be defeated with medicine.
42	* InformedAttribute: Due to the graphical style, [=NPCs=] that are supposed to be tall or beautiful can't be seen that way.
43	* InfinityPlusOneSword: Frogs are this, only obtainable when you [[spoiler:open the Jealous Chest]]. They replace the Tiaras as being the last pill upgrade you can obtain in the game.
44	* InstantIceJustAddCold: One of the sick Valkyries within the Crystal Palace is portrayed as being encased in ice. Try and heal her, and she'll state that she "[[{{Pun}} appears to have a cold]]".
45	* InvincibleMinorMinion: The Hypesnakes, appearing only in the Reallyjoel's Dad difficulty level, are a parody of this: a horde of them appear after a few seconds, pushing Remedy back once they appear on screen. They have 10 million hit points (according to the game's code) and will kill Remedy in {{one hit\|KO}} should they come into contact with her. The Apathetic Frog can also be seen within said battles, but given that he's programmed as an indestructible block…
46	* LethalJokeItem: The highest upgrade for Remedy's pills, obtainable only by [[spoiler:opening the Jealous Chest and collecting the rest of the pill upgrades]], are "Frogs".
47	* LifeMeter: An orangish one, at the bottom of the screen, decreasing from right to left, and represented by {{Hearts\|AreHealth}}, which are the term for the HP.
48	* LoveHurts: [[spoiler:Poor Frallan. She got dumped by Remedy during high school and still angsts over that fact by the time you reach her. You have to cure her by destroying "Heartbreaks", the toughest non-boss enemy in the game.]]
49	* LikeParentLikeSpouse: [[spoiler:It's possible to invoke this by choosing Queen Amelia, Princess Remedy's mother, as Remedy's spouse (much to Queen Amelia's bewilderment). Only possible to do so once you received 100% Completion.]]
50	* MedicalMonarch: Princess Remedy, of course.
51	* MundaneMadeAwesome: The entire game's about healing ailments. This is represented in-game by a transition to a battle screen where Remedy battles representations of said ailments using pills, etc. as her gun and flasks as grenades.
52	* OneHitPointWonder: The Breadcrumbs enemy, who only have 1 HP in every difficulty.
53	* PaletteSwap: Several [=NPCs=] are the same sprite colored differently.
54	* PlayableEpilogue: The game allows you to keep playing after you've healed the prince so that you can either [[spoiler:choose which NPC to marry]] or heal any character you hadn't healed beforehand.
55	* PunnyName: The Seal of Quantity is a literal seal that you have to cure of literally every ailment within the game (except the [[spoiler:Heartbreak]]).
56	* RegeneratingHealth: Happens during healing encounters whenever Remedy isn't taking damage. You can even find upgrades to your health regeneration.
57	* {{Retraux}}: The graphics are highly reminiscent of that of the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum[[note]]although WordOfGod states that the artist wasn't aiming for a specific system[[/note]] and even mimics its limitations to some extent. The music sound effects and the music, however, are reminiscent of the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]].
58	* SadBattleMusic: [[spoiler:The final boss is accompanied by this in order to show how vile it is compared to the rest of the other characters.]]
59	* SaveThePrincess: Remedy is on a mission to save a prince from a major illness.
60	* ScratchDamage: It's surprisingly easy to overlook some of the early healing encounters, but no matter how far Remedy has upgraded before facing them, she will always take some amount of damage from the enemies involved.
61	* ShoutOut: Some [=NPCs=] you encounter just before entering Hurtland are named [[VideoGame/{{Iji}} Ron, Doc, Becker, and Plait]].
62	** The FinalBoss is one big reference to the final boss fight from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.
63	* SilentProtagonist: Downplayed in that there is only one time you get to see Princess Remedy speak within the game — that's when [[spoiler:you choose to marry an empty chest during the PlayableEpilogue]].
64	* SpreadShot: You can find upgrades which turn your primary shot to this, adding more bullets.
65	* StationaryEnemy: There's one in each world, except world 5:
66	** 1: Breadcrumbs, whose script comment is: "sit still".
67	** 2: Flames, whose script comments say "sit still, fire".
68	** 3: jelly - sit still, return fire
69	** 4: dragon - sit still, fire straight phase
70	* SuperheroesWearCapes: Princess Remedy wears a yellow cape with diamonds on its edge.
71	* TakeAThirdOption: It's possible to invoke this by [[spoiler:choosing to marry an empty chest within the Playable Epilogue. Doing so allows you to see Remedy's one line in the entire game]].
72	* ThrowDownTheBomblet: The beakers you can throw act like these, dealing good burst damage and going over walls. However, you can only throw a certain amount per healing encounter.
73	* UnwinnableJokeGame: Like all of Remar's games since ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'', this game has a "[[MemeticBadass Reallyjoel's Dad]]" difficulty level unlocked by holding right on the difficulty select screen for five seconds. It becomes pretty obvious that it's this trope once you noticed the fact that the first Heart gate now requires an infinite amount of Hearts in order to unlock, but that's not the only thing that makes this difficulty level unique… (This is lampshaded by, among a few other [=NPCs=] within this mode, Queen Amelia[[note]]The one who sent Remedy to Hurt Land[[/note]] by them directly stating that this mode's impossible for her to complete and that she should've picked an "easier difficulty").
74	* VisibleSilence: The only dialogue ever given by the Apathetic Frog, who doesn't have a care in the world.
75	* VileVillainSaccharineShow: [[spoiler:The ailment that affected the prince is surprisingly very dark for an otherwise light-hearted game. That Guy even tries to taunt Remedy by not only rhetorically asking if "rage, loss, and sorrow" can be cured, but also by stating, "The pain lets us know we are alive... Your healing is not needed in this world!" Not to mention [[SadBattleMusic the music]] that plays while you're fighting it.]]

Context VideoGame / PrincessRemedyInAWorldOfHurt