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"A bunch of glowing blobs huddle in the dark, scared and armed. Shoot the monsters before they snap up the members of your group. React quickly, but be careful — don’t shoot your friends!."
Upopa Games, Hopeless: The Dark Cave

Hopeless is a series of mobile clicker games developed by Upopa Games. It features little yellow guys called "Blobs". And the objective of each game is to kill any and all monsters while not accidentally killing your fellow blobs.

While the first three games are all clicker games, the the spin-off, Hopeless Heroes is stated to be a battle clicker game.

The series includes:

  • Main Series
    • Hopeless: the Dark Cave (2014)
    • Hopeless 2: The Cave Escape (2015)
    • Hopeless 3: Dark Hollow Earth (2017)
    • Hopeless Heroes: Tap Attack (2018)
  • Spin-offs
    • Hopeless Space Shooting (2014)
    • Hopeless Football Cup (2014)

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This sereis provise exsamples of:

     In general 
  • Area of Effect: The shotgun weapons in every game have a wider attack cone. While helpful for killing off groups, in Hopeless: the Dark Cave, you might accidentally shoot your fellow blobs along side the monsters.
  • Ambidextrous Sprite: Sprite are flipped in all three games.
  • A Dog Named "Dog"

    Trope examples in Hopeless: The Dark Cave 
  • Creepy Cave: The game's entire plot takes place in one of these.
    Trope examples in Hopeless 2: The Cave Escape 
    Trope examples in Hopeless 3: Dark Hollow Earth 

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