Badge catalogue
315 badges for the good bits, the bad decisions and everything that earned a closer look.
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Story and writing
21 badges- Positive A Genuinely New Idea ✓
For once I could not immediately name three other games doing the same thing. More of this.
View badge → - Positive A Setting Worth Getting Lost In ✓
The history and cultures affect how people live. I want to find out what else is going on here.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge AI Wrote This +4
Polished sentences repeating the same point, with nothing specific to say. Sounds horribly familiar.
View badge → - Circus badge Anime Trope Overload +1
The entire trope shelf fell into one script.
4 posts with this badge → - Positive Cast Worth Staying For ✓
I keep checking whether they have anything new to say. Would happily travel with this lot again.
1 post with this badge → - Positive Choices Have Consequences ✓
Your decision changes the story and leaves a mark later.
View badge → - Circus badge Cliche Bingo +1
Every obvious line arrives exactly when the bingo card requested it.
10 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Cringe Dialogue +1
Who thought people saying this out loud would sound remotely convincing?
7 posts with this badge → - Positive Dialogue So Bad It Became Art ✓
The dialogue punched through awful and came out entertaining.
1 post with this badge → - Positive Emotional Damage ✓
Got attached to these people. The game knew exactly what it was doing with that.
View badge → - Circus badge Exposition Dump +1
Yes, there is a lot of lore. Apparently I need to hear all of it before anything can happen.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Fake Choices +2
Agree politely, agree sarcastically, disagree and do it anyway. Extensive roleplaying options.
View badge → - Circus badge Phoned It In +2
The script met the word count and clocked off.
6 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Plot With The Serial Numbers Filed Off +1
You can guess where this is going well before the game finishes explaining the premise.
9 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Romance By Spreadsheet +1
Keep handing over the correct gift until the relationship unlocks. Apparently we are in love now.
View badge → - Positive Romance With Chemistry ✓
These two actually seem to enjoy each other. I can believe why the relationship happens.
View badge → - Circus badge Supporting Cast Furniture +1
They follow me everywhere and have remarkably little to say about anything that happens.
1 post with this badge → - Positive The Plot Twist Landed ✓
The reveal lands cleanly. Nobody had to become an idiot to make it work.
View badge → - Circus badge Trope Recycler +1
Recognisable character types doing their expected scenes. Nobody has done much else with them.
10 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Villain Monologue Moment +1
The villain has stopped the plot to launch a podcast.
2 posts with this badge → - Positive Writing Worth Paying Attention To ✓
Writing good enough to make me stop rushing and pay attention. Well worth taking it in.
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