Big Top Heroes

Big Top Heroes is an Indie RPG video game developed by Splitting Apple Games having released on August 18th, 2018.
== Synopsis ==
Two silly yet heroic clowns who just want to have fun and make people happy, Jinny and Jorge, learn that an evil warlock known as Miasmo the Malevolent, has begun hunting for the Five Stones of Joy as they decide to travel through all of the Fantastic Valleys to find the Five Stones before Miasmo does, encountering numerous wacky and silly figures while slowly going stronger.
== Characters ==
=== Playable ===
* Jinny - a giddy and energetic, skinny yet tall clown who is best friends with Jorge as she learns of Miasmo and his schemes to corrupt the Five Stones of Joy as she brings Jorge around to travel through the Fantastic Valleys to find the stones, as her energetic nature can sometimes cause problems as well.
* Jorge - a slow and hungry yet extremely kind short and fat clown who is best friends with Jinny as he also learns of Miasmo and joins Jinny in her mission to recollect the Five Stones of Joy, with him sometimes accidentally screwing things up but is truly friends and besties with Jinny, not wanting her hurt.
=== NPCs ===
*Elder Aya - an elderly yet wise bar of soap who is the elder of Wish Wash Town as she is aware of where the second Stone of Joy is as she refuses to tell anyone who works for Miasmo where it is as she soon begs Jinny and Jorge to help liberate the town from Grimm's militant forces as after being freed she tells the duo where the second Stone of Joy is.
*Mrs. See-More - a grouchy owl residing in Dark Night Woods who hates being annoyed as she prefers to just try and sleep in the Dark Night Woods, with a running gag being the events in the woods cause her to wake up.
*Dolphin Prince - a silly and egotistical talking dolphin who claims to be the Prince of the Aquatic Temple although nobody listens to him as he begs Jinny and Jorge to get rid of the Water Golem and Miasmo's forces, not being unaware that the Temple isn't meant to be a city.
*Lazy Larry - a lazy visitor of Vacation Island who spends all day sunbathing in a beach as he holds the key to the gate that blocks the path to Smile More Ruins, giving them several bizarre quests in order for him to give them the key.
*Dashing Ray - a sport-loving visitor of Vacation Island who enjoys surfing as he befriends Jinny and Jorge and offers them some fancy rewards should they accomplish a surfing minigame he hosts, although it is only required to do it once.
*Hugging Hugh - a friendly life-sized sentient teddy bear who resides on the Wonder Express as he wants to go to BooBoo Springs and is easily scared, begging Jinny and Jorge to help him get to BooBoo Springs.
*Dusty/Rock Golem - a gigantic golem who is made out of rock who was supposed to be the guardian of the Second Stone of Joy before King Jackpot took over as he begs Jinny and Jorge to stop King Jackpot and he won't even fight them.
=== Bosses ===
* Miasmo the Malevolent - a small yet insane and villainous toad sorcerer who wants to take over all of the Fantastic Valleys and their colorful characters, sending numerous forces to collect the Five Stones of Joy, being upset when his schemes fail, having a notoriously short temper although that doesn't limit how powerful he is.
* General Gerald Grimm - a sentient skeleton in a general suit who leads an attack on Wish Wash Town knowing the Elder Aya knows where the Second Stone of Joy is as he pilots a gigantic tank and often speaks in soldier words and soon gets defeated by Jinny and Jorge when they arrive to Wish Wash Town.
* Lord Snickerdust - a silly and goofy dusty shadow monster who claims to be the lord of the Dark Night Woods as he is quite incompetent and attempts to stop Jorge and Jinny directly in their tracks,
*The Conductor - the faulty and malfunctioning conductor of the Wonder Express who is an order obsessed android as he plans on making sure nobody exits the train, wanting to keep the train running with fun and wonder forever.
*Barracuda King - a gigantic rampaging barracuda monster which is used by Miasmo's forces to attack the Aquatic Temple as he is somewhat aggressive but somewhat easy to take down.
*Water Golem - a gigantic golem creature made out of water who is the guardian of the first Stone of Joy as he battles Jinny and Jorge to see if they prove that they deserve the stone.
*King Jackpot - a crazy and insane talking card who has taken over and enslaved the Casino of Fortune as he only cares about making money and cash as he disposed of the Guardian of the second stone and wants to make sure that Jinny and Jorge do not leave with the stone.
*Sand Golem - a gigantic golem made out of sand who is the guardian of the third Stone of Joy as he can control all of the sand and uses it to test their mettle.
* Ringmaster Macoron - the friendly and whimsical head of the Joyful Circus who lets his two clowns go to save the world from Miasmo although he decides to test Jinny and Jorge before letting them go to save the world from Miasmo's dark forces, being the game's first boss fight.
=== Enemies ===
* Scampers - small little mouse-like creatures who have very small bites as they are scattered all over the world, attacking Jinny and Jorge, although they can easily be defeated and don't really attack that badly.
*War Pigs - hulking and muscular pig-like monsters who will attack Jinny and Jorge with comedically large maces but are extremely slow due to it, being unable to avoid attacks.
*Sparkplugs - small plugblox-like machines that wander around and are constantly electrified, requiring a Duo Attack to destroy properly.
*Think Tanks - gigantic tanks with a brain attached to them that fire out spaghetti as they are quite beefier compared to other enemies.
*Tiger Biters - humanoid tigers who wield gigantic cartoony whips as they like to use their whips as a weapon.
*Snack Thieves - seagull-like creatures that are especially abundant in Vacation Island but show up in other areas as they are very fast and nimble.
== Gameplay ==
The game is a lovely pixel animated RPG game with inspiration from Mario and Luigi as you control Jinny with one button and Jorge with the second. The game focuses on having you work together as both of them to solve environmental puzzles and platforming, with both characters allowed to access brand new forms that help with puzzle solving. In combat, the game is turn based as you have three options for an attack: a barge attack, a jump attack and a Duo Attack, which are special moves that require both DP (duo points) as well as using both Jinny and Jorge. Throughout the game you can activate new Duo Attacks, either by going through the story or by purchasing them at stores. The game also has a quest system as you can head through the mainline quest or do fun side quests for multiple rewards. There is a leveling system which automatically levels up all of your stats (HP, DP, attack power, Duo Attack power and defense) but allows you to allocate some extra points into one category.
== Duo Attacks ==
=== Jinny ===
* Hammer Time - Jorge grabs Jinny as you mash Jinny's button to cause the most amount of damage to every enemy in a straight line.
* Use Your Head! - Jorge grabs Jinny and uses her as a battering ram to cause a massive amount of damage, having to mash the Jinny button to use her to cause damage to one enemy.
=== Jorge ===
* Cannonball! - Jinny puts Jorge in a cannonball as you mash the Jorge button to launch him like a cannonball towards a single enemy.
* TBD
== Items ==
*Small Potion - a small potion that can be used to slightly heal health.
*Megalobigalo Potion - a large portion which can be used to fully heal health, being extremely expensive.
== Quests ==
== Areas ==
* Joyful Circus - a circus located in New Bleghton where Jorge and Jinny work at as clowns prior to learning about Miasmo and his dark forces. It serves as a tutorial area.
* Dark Night Woods - woods outside of the Circus which leads to Aquatic Temple as they are inhabited by most of the basic enemies of the game.
* Aquatic Temple - the location of the first Stone of Joy which is a somewhat big temple that is surrounded by water as it is under attack by Miasmo's forces who want the stone as well.
* Wonder Express - a magical train that is the only way to feasibly go to Wish Wash Town as something seems to be up with the conductor of the train as soon it turns out the train is literally refusing to stop.
* Wish Wash Town - a somewhat small town that is home to numerous people shaped and form after cleaning supplies as they are guarded by their Elder and are currently attacked by Miasmo's forces due to the Elder knowing where the second Stone of Joy is.
* Casino of Fortunes - the location of the second Stone of Joy, and a cave filled with jewelry and gold as it has been transformed into a gigantic casino, mainly thanks to a bunch of gamblers taking over the cave after the hundreds of years it was hidden from the world and turning it into the chaotic nightmare it is now.
* TBD
* Vacation Island - a whimsical little island that is a constant vacation as it is connected to the Smile More Ruins, the location of the third Stone of Joy, as the island is surrounded by vacation goers who just want to vacate all day every day.
* Smile More Ruins - the location of the third Stone of Joy which is a bunch of desert ruins that have become somewhat old and decrepit with mainly ancient puzzles remaining, although Miasmo's forces invade as well.
*TBD
==Trivia==
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Category:Splitting Apple Games