History VideoGame / AnUntitledStory

* DifficultySpike: More like a difficulty mountain range.

* SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom: They're much like [[SuperMarioBros Thwomps]] in this aspect -- they smash when you get near, only the buffer zone of triggering-it-without-getting-hit is ''very'' narrow and the things do huge damage. However, outside of [=StrangeCastle=], you can trigger them by shooting them, and an ice shot will destroy them.

** Admittedly I don't know if this is a flaw for the game or because I just don't have the best computer, but I never had any other problems with the game. At first I thought one of the boxes was bugged, until I realized that solving it nets you a lot of gems along with a heart container. The same thing could happen with bosses so I'd have to slowly approach the dropped gems to be sure it didn't cause a crash. On another playthrough I skipped the powerup entirely except for as the last bit of 100% completion to avoid the issue.

* WalkDontSwim: Your bird player chararacter ain't a penguin to swim in water. He compensate by jumping high.

* LastLousyPoint: Finding all twenty Ghostly Flowers is... quite a task.

* DevelopersForesight: If you [[SequenceBreaking Sequence Break]] and complete the semifinal dungeon without completing the DiscOneFinalDungeon, you'll [[spoiler:kill the boss of said DiscOneFinalDungeon, as he's a RecurringBoss]]. If you later complete the DiscOneFinalDungeon, you won't fight the boss.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: If you [[SequenceBreaking Sequence Break]] and complete the semifinal dungeon without completing the DiscOneFinalDungeon, you'll [[spoiler:kill the boss of said DiscOneFinalDungeon, as he's a RecurringBoss]]. If you later complete the DiscOneFinalDungeon, you won't fight the boss.

* CashGate: Some (fairly early) areas are blocked off by yellow walls with shopkeepers sitting next to them. Closer to BrokenBridge than most examples of this trope: the prices they ask aren't completely extortionate, and the main reason they block your passage is that you can't communicate with them until you hatch.

* GuideDangIt: Some players may find it very difficult to figure out how to reach the chamber with the first save point (and a necessary power-up) in [=SkySand=] if they have made a certain incorrect assumption about how the warp system works. [[spoiler:You don't need to have used a save point to warp to it. You only need to have ''seen'' it.]]

* NewWorldTease: You can reach [=SkySand=] relatively early in the game. If you land on the platform, you'll be blocked by a flame that cannot be destroyed or turned off by any means. Looks like you won't be exploring [=SkySand=] for a while...

* DisconnectedSideArea: The game contains quite a few of them.

** One required powerup is hidden in an area only reached by jumping off the pinnacle of another area into seemingly blank space. [=SkySand=] requires a similar jump.

* TennisBoss: Deep Red can only be killed by shooting his giant fireballs with an ice ball and sending the whole thing back at him.
** Also, [[spoiler:the first form of the final boss]], though you don't have to deflect it.
*** The [=SkySand=] boss is kind of in this category, too, in that you have to tweak him into firing his sword at you so you can yoink out of the way and the sword will hit him - usually in the groinal area...

* TurnsRed: Both the player and a good number of bosses usually become more red as they are damaged. When bosses are blood-red, their attacks become mroe fierce.

%%* FanNickname: Nothing in the game except for the levels, the items, and two bosses have canon names, so these are inevitable.
%%** The two bosses with canon names are Fluffy, the boss of Cloud Run, and [[spoiler:the ninja, whose name is Shakespeare. (If you check the source code, the font he uses in his pre-boss cutscenes is called "fnt_shakespeare")]]
%%** Bandit, which refers to the bird with the bandit mask, appears as a signature on several signposts across the world, too.

* FanNickname: Nothing in the game except for the levels, the items, and two bosses have canon names, so these are inevitable.
** The two bosses with canon names are Fluffy, the boss of Cloud Run, and [[spoiler:the ninja, whose name is Shakespeare. (If you check the source code, the font he uses in his pre-boss cutscenes is called "fnt_shakespeare")]]
** Bandit, which refers to the bird with the bandit mask, appears as a signature on several signposts across the world, too.

* FluffyTheTerrible: The boss of [=CloudRun=] is a mecha named Fluffy.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: to an annoying degree. Oh sure, you expect some of the bosses, but other ones will just come completely from left field.

* GroundPound

* InvincibleMinorMinion: The purple ghosts, although unlike the archetypal example these are the most dangerous non-boss enemies in the game. The other kinds of ghosts are straighter examples (but still relatively dangerous), although the green ones can be knocked back by projectiles even though they take no damage.
** Also, the spike-headed things in iceCastle

* KillItWithFire
* KillItWithIce: One upgrade lets you shoot iceballs, that kill an enemy once it thaws.

* LeapOfFaith: One required powerup is hidden in an area only reached by jumping off the pinnacle of another area into seemingly blank space.
** And let's not forget the "Farfall" area, which seems like a BottomlessPit at first and doesn't really have anything in it until you can GroundPound.
* LethalLavaLand: The Firecage.

* MoodDissonance: [=CloudRun=] is a pink BubblyClouds level with no real combat and serene music. But at the same time it contains some difficult platforming shenanigans and is kind of a preview of [[BonusLevelOfHell the NightWalk sky parcours]] (which in turn is set in a place with calm music playing and [[[GreenHillZone generic peaceful landscape]], the rest of which is the first area of the game).
* NintendoHard. Some of the bosses are ludicrously hard. Some platforming segments are no joke either.

* OxygenMeter: You have a rather short drowning timer underwater. Fortunately, there is only one real WaterLevel in the game; a few other areas contain water but not enough for drowning to be a realistic concern. [[spoiler:The timer can be lengthened.]]

* RewardingVandalism
* RunDontWalk

* TurnsRed: Inverted in that the ''player'' turns red when injured. Most bosses do not change color at all (at least not in adherence to this trope).
* UnderTheSea: The Deep Dive level, complete with an OxygenMeter. (There are even two powerups that increase your OxygenMeter.)

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** Killer grapes. They are killer grapes. Just ask {{Raocow}}.

* SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom: They're much like [[SuperMarioBros Thwomps]] in this aspect -- they only smash when you get near, only the buffer zone of triggering-it-without-getting-hit is ''very'' narrow and the things do huge damage.
** The pseudo-thwomps will also trigger when shot, and can be frozen (except for the ones in [=StrangeCastle=].

* XMeetsY: The author describes this game as ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Jumper}}''.

* XMeetsY: The author describes this game as ''SuperMetroid'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Jumper}}''.

* ChargedAttack: You can throw ice balls by charging your fireballs. ...yeah, I know, just go with it.