History VideoGame / AHouseOfManyDoors

''A House of Many Doors'' is a 2D exploration [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] created by [[http://www.pixeltrickerygames.com/ Pixeltrickery]] and [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/437250/ released]] for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2017.

You play as a poet and a spy exploring a [[AnotherDimension parasite dimension]] called the House, which steals things, people, and entire places from other dimensions. You travel in a [[CoolTrain kinetopede]], a mechanical train on legs, accompanied by an eclectic crew of humans and otherwise.

** The [[BeeAfraid wasps]] of Scornvaunt,

* DeathIsCheap: Averted with a passion. Unlike VideoGame/SunlessSea, the game is perfectly fine with killing all your officers if you're unlucky or stupid enough to run out of fuel and then attract attention of [[ChurchMilitant the pirate-priests]].

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: [[spoiler: Completing A Night of Clocks storyline will delete your save files, wipe the menu screen, quit the game, ''and make it permanently unplayable''.]] And you thought Undertale was invasive.

* BodyHorror: Almost too many examples to list, but an honourable mention goes to [[spoiler:being absorbed into the Heart of the House]] at the end of [[spoiler:Peter [=McNally=]’s]] companion quest.

* BadBoss: Potentially, you. Even presuming you don’t get your upper deck crew members killed, you can certainly make them hate you with all their heart.
* BeautyToBeast: The explicit goal in Harmony’s companion quest, minus the FaceHeelTurn.

* CallAHitPointASmeerp: Your character’s stats are Graft, Guts, Spirit, Grit, Esoterica, Vigilance, Insight and Guile. They can be raised by spending Apprehensions, which are gained like [[ExperiencePoints EXP]].
* BodyHorror: Almost too many examples to list, but an honourable mention goes to [[spoiler:being absorbed into the Heart of the House]] at the end of [[spoiler:Peter [=McNally=]’s]] companion quest.

** The City of Keys, ruled by the Governor, has [[EvilInc the Factory]] run by orphan labour and Kennedy Yard, a detention centre for new visitants to the House. Interestingly, people outside the Cities aren’t always aware of the brutalities under the Governor’s rule.

** Spire, one of your Lookouts, suffers from this, though more precisely it’s a case of divine possession.
** Also a possible ending to [[spoiler:Dr Mobius Vanch’s]] companion quest.

* EveryoneIsBi: The game never asks you to specify your character’s gender, and romantic encounters use gender-neutral language.

** The game’s plot is kicked off by your character getting their memory stolen.

* LemonyNarrator: Crops up occasionally, usually to comment on what a stupidly dangerous thing you’re about to attempt.

* LosingTheTeamSpirit: During combat, your crew members who’ve lost enough of their Sanity begin acting irrationally, injuring themselves and nearby crew members.

* MultipleChoicePast: You get to choose your character’s childhood, profession, and a hobby, all of which affect your starting stats and the story.

* OrganTheft: There are reports of people getting their hearts stolen. Literally. Curiously, this isn’t lethal to the victim.

* PointOfNoReturn: After finding an Aspect of the Trickster, you’re asked to deliver it to one person of your choosing and will be unable to change your opinion later. The warning for choosing to support Morbazar over Persephone packs a bit more punch, though.

* SceneryPorn: [[http://www.catherineunger.com/ Catherine Unger]]’s art for the game is nothing short of breathtaking.

* SharingABody: Abbas, one of your Guard Captains, shares his body… [[ItMakesSenseInContext with himself]].

* VanishingVillage: The City of Glass, although it’s not unlocked at any particular time - instead, you have to collect enough clues and piece together its location. [[spoiler:They vanished on purpose, and it's easy to see why. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero You can totally sell them out to the Governor for twenty grand.]]]]

* OrganTheft: There are reports of people getting their hearts stolen. [[LamePun Literally]]. Curiously, this isn’t lethal to the victim.

The game was [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/847455584/a-house-of-many-doors-an-exploration-rpg funded]] on Website/{{Kickstarter}} in 2015 and received support from Creator/{{Failbetter Games}} during its development. It takes inspiration from games like ''Videogame/{{Sunless Sea}}'' and ''Videogame/{{Planescape Torment}}'', as well as Creator/{{China Mieville}} and Creator/{{Italo Calvino}}’s literature.

* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: The Mycena 'Free' State is a penal colony under the rule of an insane emperor. Mycena are enslaved and worked to the bone to destroy their cultural heritage and use the scraps to build a giant statue of the emperor. Many of them are executed so their corpses can be used to create a popular human drug. It may have been based on the Congo Free State, which was a brutal dictatorship solely owned by King Leopold II that enslaved, tortured, and murdered 15 million people.

''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/437250/ A House of Many Doors]]'' is a 2D exploration [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] created by [[http://www.pixeltrickerygames.com/ Pixeltrickery]].

The game was Kickstarted in 2015 and received support from Creator/{{Failbetter Games}} during its development. It takes inspiration from games like ''Videogame/{{Sunless Sea}}'' and ''Videogame/{{Planescape Torment}}'', as well as Creator/{{China Mieville}} and Creator/{{Italo Calvino}}’s literature.
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** Humans in the House, because they worship seven crazy gods that were triumphant in the house's holy wars. Graveddon is a murder god, with all the human sacrifices that entails, but legally worshiped and propitiated with murder. Cobblestone is a god of pain and masochism. Abjah is basically Mister Eaten. And Anglecrab... let's just say he makes art violently interesting. Along with the artists.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Persephone isn't just dead, her spirit passed on centuries ago. The "spirit" you've been talking to in your dreams is none other than the Governor, who has manipulated kinetipede captains to re-discover the Orchard for her]].