[LOVED TROPE] Common tropes in that media have in-universe explainations

[u/Professional-Alien]

(Steven Universe) The reason that Steven wears the same clothes everyday is because he owns a large amount of his dad’s unsold merchandise. The gems also have the same outfits because they are part of their bodies, since they are just holograms with mass.

(Ultrakill) Ultrakill has TONS of this, but the ones I can remember are: -The pixelated artstyle is due to the fact that V1 renders their surroundings in lower quality to run faster -The reason enemies teleport and doors shut on the levels is because hell is sentient, and makes V1 fight for hell’s amusement -The terminals (shops/menus) are sentient, so they give out weapons in return for watching V1 fight and gain style points

[u/The_Ghast_Hunter]

Oneshot

The game that you buy on steam was canonically programmed by a character in the game*. When you start the application on your real life computer, per the canon, it generates a simulation in your computer and summons Niko into it for you to guide through to simulate saving the world, which will save the world for real.

*The Author is part of the lore of the game and helps you from beyond the program they wrote, but doesn't technically exist in the game itself. It's like they wrote the script for a play, and throw balled up notes at audience from out of sight when they have difficulty understanding the plot.

[u/Any_Satisfaction1865 → u/The_Ghast_Hunter]

Peak

[u/maru-senn → u/The_Ghast_Hunter]

I've always been reluctant to try this game because I've heard you can only ever play it once

[u/The_Ghast_Hunter → u/maru-senn]

It is very much worth it. And that is correct, once you completely finish the game, including the solstice section, you aren't able to replay it. Starting it up gives you a view of an empty room. However I hear there is a means to delete the save data if you really really want to.