Trophy is a Homebrew Platform Game by Gradual Games, published by The 6052 Collective.
On the Planet Gearus 9, two humans, Dr. Sword and Dr. Xela Quine, have landed and been welcomed with open arms by the planet's robot population. They decide to stay and proceed to start research there. Dr. Sword brings back one of the inhabitants, Beeper, to Earth to show how sentient robots can be peaceful, and hopefully alleviate some heat from the A.I. Wars. Dr. Quine, meanwhile, stays on Gearus 9 to continue their research.
Unfortunately, the resulting isolation Dr. Quine experiences without Dr. Sword's presence causes him to lose his sanity, whereupon he proceeds to take over the planet, turn its robotic inhabitants into his army, and turn the planet's power source, the Plank Energy Generator, into a weapon that he can use to conquer the universe.
When Dr. Sword and Beeper return to Gearus 9 and discover what Dr. Quine has done, they immediately know what they have to do. They fuse together, creating an entirely new robotic being. The being, named Trophy, sets out to put an end to Dr. Quine's nefarious plans.
The game was funded on Kickstarter on April 6th, 2020. It was ultimately released on March 11th, 2021.
Trophy contains examples of:
- Defeat Equals Explosion: Normal enemies explode when shot down.
- Giant Hands of Doom: The clown boss attacks by spitting energy blasts from his mouth and slamming his fists on the stage.
- Hand Blast: Trophy shoots energy blasts out of his palms.
- Life Meter: Located in the top left corner of the screen is a blue vertical line, likely to help emulate its inspiration.
- Mecha-Mooks: The enemies in the game are the robotic inhabitants of Gearus 9, who have been reprogrammed under Dr. Quine's control.
- One-Word Title: Trophy, naturally.
- Post-Defeat Explosion Chain: Both Trophy and the bosses die while exploding repeatedly.
- Protagonist Title: Trophy is the name of the Player Character.
- Side View: How the game's viewed.
- Spikes of Doom: Like the games that inspired it, there are spikes that will insta-kill Trophy if he touches them.
- Video-Game Lives: Collecting Trophy heads will gain you another life.
