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— Steam Description "A game about survival, sacrifice, and perverts..."

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The LISA trilogy is a series of indie games developed by Austin "Dingaling" Jorgensen. Each of the games in the series has "LISA" in the title, take place in the same universe, and share themes such as physical and psychological abuse, mental illness, human depravity, and substance abuse. Released on September 10th, 2012, the original LISA (later re-named "LISA: The First" to avoid confusion with the sequels) is an Adventure Game created using RPG Maker 2003 that explores the non-specific but not exactly vague ways that the unfortunate circumstances of a young girl's life have affected her. She not only tries to escape from them, but she also tries to escape from the man at the center of it all as well. You can download it here.

Following in the tradition of Yume Nikki, the player guides Lisa through various worlds, connected to a lobby by different doors, and must collect different items and navigate obstacles in order to progress through her journey. The horror elements are mostly atmospheric, preferring haunting, creepy music and bizarre environments that are left quite available for the player to observe to jump scares and brief glimpses of monsters.

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On November 21st, 2013, Austin released a demo for his next game, "LISA: The Painful RPG", as a reward for one of its Kickstarter goals being reached. You can download it here. Then, on December 15th, 2014, Austin finally released the full game. But it wasn't a Yume Nikki-inspired Adventure Game like last time. Instead, it was an Earthbound-style RPG sidescroller taking place in a world without any women. The protagonist is a bald, aging and troubled martial artist named Brad Armstrong. When Brad's adopted daughter Buddy, the (supposedly) last female on Earth, gets kidnapped, Brad sets out on a journey to rescue her while facing the horrors of a world filled to the brim with idiots and perverts, and up to 30 recruitable party members, each with their own unique personality and abilities. One of the more notable features of the game is its "sacrifice" system. Sacrifices are everywhere in the game, such as the choice of either having your arm chopped off or a valuable party member slain. It's called "The Painful RPG" for a reason.

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A DLC epilogue, Lisa: The Joyful was released on August 24th, 2015. Taking place after the events of Lisa: The Painful RPG. It focuses on Buddy trying to conquer Olathe while uncovering the mysteries of her world and her past.

Consider also LISA: The Pointless and LISA: The Hopeful, two fangames made by different people that take place within the same world, both playing out concurrently with the plot. They act as interesting Foil's to the main trilogy, and both tell different stories with different themes.

(The tropes you see in LISA increases your need for Joy.)

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General Tropes

LISA: The First

LISA: The Painful RPG

LISA: The Joyful

A FEW

A SEA OF DIPSHITS

AND PERVERTS

A DESIRE FOR...

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