History VideoGame / Belladonna

The story centers around a mangy corpse with a clockwork motor in her head who finds herself back up and walking again one night. Yet she is alone, in a creepy laboratory no less, with questions aplenty and not an answer presented. First of the questions is no less than the matter of her own identity. Fortunately, after some digging she finds a journal entry that sheds some light and gives hope there's more around.

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* BandageBabe: Invoked by the top of your outfit, which seems to consist of wrappings.

* DeathOfAChild: Lucas, Wolfram and Belladonna's son, died due to being born ill prior to the beginning of the game. This is what caused the marriage to fall apart.

* ShoutOut: Examining the books in the laboratory brings up that one of them happens to be "something written by an [[Creator/MaryShelley M. W. Shelley]]".

* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Justified, since you didn't need all your internal organs any more. Commented on when examining a reflective tank.

* ShoutOut: Examining the books in the laboratory brings up that one of them happens to be "something written by [[Creator/MaryShelley M. W. Shelley]]".

* BaldWomen: Some work was done on your head shortly before the game began.

* ShoutOut: Examining the books brings up that one of them happens to be "something written by [[Creator/MaryShelley M. W. Shelley]]".

* RealityEnsues: The last journal page that is found is [[spoiler: your own and reveals that the relationship between the aristocratic Belladonna and someone she still saw as a servant was never as perfect as Belladonna had felt.]]

* OffWithHisHead: The most important body part to remain at least somewhat intact for reanimation to work is the brain. So, [[spoiler:Belladonna makes sure to specifically and utterly smash Wolfram's head to pulp when she kills him.]]

* AttractiveZombie: Belladonna is one [[spoiler:and so is Clara.]]

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: The doctor seemed to think this way after [[spoiler: killing Clara. He went on to kill and reanimate Belladonna just to make her less argumentative.]]

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler: How Clara died]] and also how you get past the angry cat.

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* AttractiveZombie: Belladonna is one [[and so is Clara.]]

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''Belladonna'' is a short EnvironmentalNarrativeGame-to-AdventureGame developed by Neckbolt and released in 2015.

It centers around a corpse with a clockwork motor in her head who finds herself back up and walking again one night. Yet she is alone, in a creepy laboratory no less, with questions aplenty and no answers. This includes her own identity. Fortunately, she finds a journal entry nearby that sheds some light and gives hope there's more around.

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: The doctor seemed to think this way after [[spoiler: killing the maid. He went on to kill and reanimate his wife just to make her less argumentative.]]

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler: How you died]] and also how you get past the angry cat.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Averted, but relevant because it is very easily missed. That cat you kill [[spoiler:belonged to Belladonna and with her knowledge to revive, you'd expect her to bring back her companion. And she does, as the final shot shows. However, it is a small black cat against a dark background surrounded by much larger, light-colored figures and so goes unnoticed easily.]]

* BrainInAJar: In the laboratory. [[spoiler: It's from Belladonna's dead son, and is used to make a new lifeform at the end.]]

* EvilDetectingDog: The doctor's cat goes crazy at the sight of reanimated creatures.
* HandWave: [[spoiler: The key is in your head so that you will regain your mental faculties much quicker than Belladonna did.]]
* ILoveTheDead: Hinted at by [[spoiler: Doctor von Trauerschloss wondering if his reanimated wife is fertile. Confirmed by Belladonna herself when you find her, he did indeed carry on a sexual relationship with her.]]

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: The doctor seemed to think this way after [[spoiler: killing the maid, he went on to kill and reanimate his wife just to make her less argumentative.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Actually, [[spoiler: done twice within the same love triangle, the doctor murdered the maid, who was having an affair with his wife, then his wife murdered him and reanimated the maid.]]

* OffWithHisHead: The most important body part to remain at least somewhat intact for reanimation to work is the brain. So, [[spoiler:Belladonna makes sure to specifically mash Wolfram's head to pulp when she kills him.]]

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: The last journal page that is found is your own and reveals that the relationship between the aristocratic Belladonna and someone she still saw as a servant was never as perfect as Belladonna had felt.]]

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler: How you died, also how you get past the angry cat.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler: The doctor didn't even think his wife was capable of rational thought, let alone that she was learning his means of reanimating the dead while planning his murder.]]

''Belladonna'' is a short HiddenObjectGame centering around a woman with a clockwork motor in her head as she tries to understand how she came to wake up, alone, on an operating table.

* ApocalypticLog: Most of the plot comes from these.
* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler: An early journal entry describes the mad doctor desperately trying to reanimate his wife, Belladonna. You're not her.]]

''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/351340/ Belladonna]]'' is a short HiddenObjectGame centering around a woman with a clockwork motor in her head as she tries to understand how she came to wake up, alone, on an operating table.

!!This game provides examples of:

* WindUpKey: In your head. [[spoiler: Belladonna's goes into her back, so she couldn't wind herself up, which is why she is absent for most of the plot.]]

Belladonna is a short HiddenObjectGame centering around a woman with a clockwork motor in her head as she tries to understand how she came to wake up, alone, on an operating table.

* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Justified, since you didn't need that digestive tract any more. Commented on when examining a reflective tank.

* BaldWomen: You needed some work on your head in order to be reanimated.