Line #47 VideoGame/BeaconOfHope


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15	%% Here's your citation: https://twitter.com/BeaconGame
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17	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2022_06_15_5.png]]
18	[[caption-width-right:350: [[Main/OverlyNarrowSuperlative The most adorable appliance ever to star in a platformer]]]]
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20	''[[https://mobile.twitter.com/beacongame Beacon Of Hope]]'' is an upcoming indie 2-D Main/{{Metroidvania}} [[Main/PlatformGame Platformer]] currently in early development. In it, you play as Beacon, an [[Main/CuteMachines adorable]] [[Main/AnimateInanimateObject desk lamp]]. You explore the abandoned town of Hope, and try to solve a (currently unspecified) mystery. Its trailer can be viewed [[https://twitter.com/i/status/1422714297893867522 here]].
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22	After a 10-month long hiatus, the game developer has [[https://twitter.com/BeaconGame/status/1657994194726817793 come back and stated]] that they were reimagining the game as a "more casual [[MobilePhoneGame mobile]] experience"; what this means for the game's {{Metroidvania}} elements and previously-teased content is unknown.
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25	!!''Beacon Of Hope'' provides examples of:
26	* AnimateInanimateObject: All of the characters seen so far are sentient appliances, and (giant) living batteries are one of the enemy types.
27	* CallAHitPointASmeerp: Visual variation. Beacon’s hit points (and health pickups) are heart-shaped light bulbs.
28	* CuteMachines: Beacon, so very much. You can see for yourself on [[https://twitter.com/BeaconGame the game's official Twitter page]].
29	%%Fixing that one was honestly kinda hard- am I the only one who thinks CuteMachines should be a YMMV entry instead of a main-page trope?
30	* DrivingQuestion: What happened to the (human) inhabitants of Hope?
31	* EasterEgg: For ''Gecko Knight'', another upcoming indie game.
32	* FriendlyShopkeeper: Sally the hairdryer, although it’s currently unknown what her wares are.
33	* GhostTown: Hope, which is seemingly completely devoid of humans.
34	* GoombaStomp: One of Beacon’s means of attack. This is a platformer, after all.
35	* HeliCritter: Appliance variation. Beacon’s [[NotQuiteFlight Hover ability]] consists of him spinning his power cord around like a propeller.
36	* AnIcePerson: At some point in a game, you will acquire a “frost bulb” that lets you put out fires with your light.
37	* ImprobableWeaponUser: One of Beacon’s two ways of attacking is whipping enemies with his power cord.
38	* LightEmUp: The protagonist is a desk lamp. It comes with the territory. (Although it’s unknown how he emits light [[FridgeLogic when he’s not plugged in]].)
39	* NotQuiteFlight: Beacon’s Hover ability, where he greatly slows his fall [[Main/HeliCritter by spinning his power cord around like a propeller]].
40	* PunBasedTitle: Someone being a “beacon of hope” means they inspire others and introduce hope into seemingly hopeless situations, [[DontExplainTheJoke and the protagonist is named Beacon and from (thus “of”) the town of Hope.]]
41	* RisingWaterRisingTension: [[https://twitter.com/BeaconGame/status/1663610393200328709 New gameplay footage]] shows a level where you must constantly platform upwards to avoid rising floodwaters.
42	* SlippySlideyIceWorld: One of the [[https://twitter.com/BeaconGame/status/1541877183185965056 recent teaser images]] showcases one of these, complete with dangling icicles.
43	* SpringsSpringsEverywhere: They take the form of bouncy balls.
44	* SuperDrowningSkills: JustifiedTrope. Beacon is an appliance; touching water will [[OneHitKO make him short circuit and die]].
45	* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Well, Super-Not Short-Circuiting Skills. In the water level, a boombox can be seen chilling in an inner tube despite the fact that it should have been fried by the water. [[WildMassGuessing Maybe it's waterproof?]]
46	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Sally the hairdryer is currently the only known female character.
47	* WarmUpBoss: Rotty, a giant rotary phone, serves as this.
48	* ViciousVac: [[https://twitter.com/BeaconGame/status/1414687531640131585 According to a reply by the game's developer]], there's going to be a vacuum cleaner BossBattle at some point.

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