Adventures of Brave Emma

### Event Soundtrack

**Adventures of Brave Emma** is an event released on April 1st, 2022 to celebrate April Fools' Day. The event took place on a dedicated website outside of *Identity V*, and consisted of a playable side-scrolling minigame starring Gardener that, if completed, would reward the player with redeemable in-game treasures.

## Rules

The participation rules included in the event were as follows:

* *Game objective: Follow the instruction to operate Emma to avoid the traps of the manor, collect gold coins, escape from the manor successfully and open the treasure box.*
* *Normal Escape: You can spend a certain amount of gold coins to open the treasure box and get the normal escape gift code, we have four forms of gift code [...]*
* *One Chance Clearance: The exclusive gift code must be opened in the treasure box [...]*
* *Each player can only get each package once.*
* *The guest mode can be played normally, but the gift code cannot be obtained. If you use the guest mode to finish the game successfully, you need to log in and refresh the page to play the game again before you can receive the treasure box.*
* *The initial chance is 5. After the chance is exhausted, it can be obtained by sharing through SNS to continue the game.*
* *This game is an April Fool's Day exclusive event and is only available on April 1st. The deadline for redemption of gift code obtained on that day is 12/31.*

## Rewards

### Normal Escape

Failing to complete the minigame in one life will result in obtaining the Normal Escape once finished. The treasure chest contains a giftcode for one of four rewards, with a 1/4 chance each to be awarded:

Normal Escape Rewards

### One Chance Clearance

Finishing the minigame without dying once will grant the player a giftcode to redeem 3 rewards:

One Chance Clearance Rewards

## Game Mechanics

The minigame functions as a 2d side-scroller, with the player being able to control Emma by moving left, right, and jumping. Each player starts with 5 lives at their disposal. The level presents obstacles and threats that can instantly kill Emma, causing the loss of one life and the need to restart the level from the beginning

### Traps

The traps that can cause a game-over are:

* Falling Street Lamp: the first obstacle on the level, the street lamp falls as soon as Emma passes beneath it
* Dungeon: jumping in the Dungeon causes a game over, as the player is "further away from the treasures"
* Spotlight: getting spotted by the red light causes Smiley Face to notice Emma and attack her
* Broken Pallet/Hole: there are two Pallets on the level, the first of which has to be lowered in order to pass over a hole, and the second of which breaks once the player steps on it
* Empty Chest: a secret game-over screen, this can be found by walking to the far left of the level

### Coins

Eight coins are scattered across the level, and each one of them must be collected before reaching the final treasure. If the treasure is reached without enough coins, it won't award any giftcode and will make the player restart the game.

### Giftcodes

If the player logs in with their Twitter, Facebook or LINE accounts, they can redeem a giftcode once they reach the treasure chest and have enough coins. The giftcode can be used on a dedicated site, and once accepted, it will grant the player their rewards through in-game mail in *Identity V*.

## Trivia

* In the Rules interface, the icon for Clues is used for Fragments, and vice versa.
* The level's setting resembles early versions of Arms Factory, which were characterized by a dark atmosphere and green sky.
* One of the Game Overs spelled Smiley Face's name wrong as "Smily Face"
* There is a glitch which if Emma broke a pallet but didn't fall, the game will still count it as a game over.

## Gallery

* Design
* Rules and Controls
* Game-Overs and Victories

"Dear Detectives, take part in the Adventures of Brave Emma, our new April Fool's community game! Let's have some fun together, wonderful rewards await!" (Twitter)Emma, the game's protagonistA ghostly Emma, which appears on deathThe starting area, with the falling lamp, dungeon, spotlight and first palletSmiley Face attacking Emma once she's spottedThe level's midway point, with the two palletsThe treasure chest at the end of the levelThe empty chest, hidden in the far left of the map

The game's rulesThe controls for the minigame on PC

Falling street lamp deathDungeon game-overCaught by Smiley FaceFalling in a holeThe empty secret chest game-overGame-over caused by reaching the treasure chest without having enough coinsNormal Escape victoryOne Chance Clearance victoryThe rewards interface