History VideoGame / DeadEstate

* {{Cult}}: The basic cultists on the Second Story deal no contact damage but will slowly [[BloodMagic conjure a ball of blood]] before launching it at the player. They and the various other cultist enemies in the game are led by a mysterious woman named Cybil, who can potentially sell items or be the floor 4 boss. This cult is revealed in ''Assignment Anya'' to be a completely separate threat adjacent to Diavola and her monsters, as they are trying to resurrect an EldritchAbomination called the Leviathan using a month's worth of {{Human Sacrifice}}s.

* ShoutOut: In the Tool Shed room, [[Film/EvilDead2 someone has conspicuously taken a chainsaw off of its holding rack]].

* SolveTheSoupCans: Almost exactly like [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil the game series it takes direct inspiration from]], many of the doors and chests in ''Assignment Anya'' can only be opened by solving a convoluted puzzle.

* SolveTheSoupCans: Almost exactly like [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil the game series it takes direct inspiration from]], many of the doors in ''Assignment Anya'' can only be opened by solving a convoluted puzzle.

* {{Cult}}: The basic cultists on the Second Story deal no contact damage but will slowly [[BloodMagic conjure a ball of blood]] before launching it at the player. They and the various other cultist enemies in the game are led by a mysterious woman named Cybil, who can potentially sell items or be the floor 4 boss. This cult is implied to be [[spoiler:worshipping [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Diavola]] to some degree, but to what extent their role in the story is is unknown]].

** The Portrait Demon's appearance is a reference to Yoshie from the horror game ''Death Forest'', wich is also commonly used as a ScreamerPrank.

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: By default, Anya can't jump and has average agility. She needs to find boots and socks that let her jump and move faster respectively

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The Estate has one hell of a strange interior, considering how it possesses a crypt, dark forest, arena, film studio, a bank, several treatment clinics, a lab and an entire sunken ship somehow crammed into it. It's also possible [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration due to the game's randomized floors]] that the whole building is some kind of MobileMaze.

* DevelopersForesight: If you defeat Cybil on floor 4 and then encounter her shop afterward[[note]]This is uncommon, as the only places she will appear after this point are in a secret room in the Sunken Ship, the Balcony if you have the VIP pass, and a looped run[[/note]], she will have a different shopkeeper portait where she is missing her hood and heavily bruised and bandaged from the battle.

The game has six post-launch updates planned, with four currently being released. The first, "Home Theater," was released on October 25, 2022, and added intro cutscenes for the unlockable characters and a ton of new enemies, bosses, items and weapons. The second update, "Bombs Away", released on December 29, 2022 and added BOSS as a playable character as well as the bonus sub-floors. The third update, "Heaven and Hell", released on February 14 2023 and added Filia and Faith's Hellmart and Heavenmart mechanic and a new set of unlockable costumes. The fourth update, "Axe To Grind", released on April 28th 2023 and added the final playable character, Axel, as well as "a shitload of bug fixes" and a rework of Chunks' mechanics. The fifth update, "Assignment Anya", released on December 21st 2023 and added 12 new unique challenges to the game (one for each character), as well as an entire separate full-on SurvivalHorror mini-campaign called ''Assignment Anya'' which takes place shortly before the events of the main game.

The game has six post-launch updates planned, with four currently being released. The first, "Home Theater," was released on October 25, 2022, and added intro cutscenes for the unlockable characters and a ton of new enemies, bosses, items and weapons. The second update, "Bombs Away", released on December 29, 2022 and added BOSS as a playable character as well as the bonus sub-floors. The third update, "Heaven and Hell", released on February 14 2023 and added Filia and Faith's Hellmart and Heavenmart mechanic and a new set of unlockable costumes. The fourth update, "Axe To Grind", released on April 28th 2023 and added the final playable character, Axel, as well as "a shitload of bug fixes" and a rework of Chunks' mechanics. The fifth update, "Assignment Anya", will release on December 21st 2023 and add 12 new unique challenges to the game (one for each character), as well as an entire separate full-on SurvivalHorror mini-campaign called ''Assignment Anya'' which takes place shortly before the events of the main game.

The game has six post-launch updates planned, with four currently being released. The first, "Home Theater," was released on October 25, 2022, and added intro cutscenes for the unlockable characters and a ton of new enemies, bosses, items and weapons. The second update, "Bombs Away", released on December 29, 2022 and added BOSS as a playable character as well as the bonus sub-floors. The third update, "Heaven and Hell", released on February 14 2023 and added Filia and Faith's Hellmart and Heavenmart mechanic and a new set of unlockable costumes. The fourth update, "Axe To Grind", released on April 28th 2023 and added the final playable character, Axel, as well as "a shitload of bug fixes" and a rework of Chunks' mechanics. The fifth update, "Challenger", was announced on the game's 2nd anniversary, revealing that it will add 12 new unique challenges to the game (one for each character), as well as an entire separate full-on SurvivalHorror mini-campaign called ''Assignment Anya'' which takes place shortly before the events of the main game.

Gameplay consists of clearing rooms on a floor to find a BossKey, which can then be taken to a BossRoom to fight the level's boss. Along the way you'll collect different weapons and items which offer a variety of abilities, as well as purchase items and [[RPGElements level stats]] at the various shops, [[NewJobsAsThePlotDemands which are all run by the smokin']] HotWitch Cordelia. Other playable characters include [[BoxingBattler Fuji]], [[GlassCannon Mumba]], [[spoiler:[[MsFanservice Cordelia]]]], [[GatheringSteam Digby]], [[ShadyRealEstateagent Lydia]], [[HardboiledDetective Luis]], [[TheQueenpin BOSS]], and [[{{Hunk}} Axel]].

* CelebratoryBodyTossing: In the true ending, the protagonists hoist the chosen player character up into the air, who then strikes a pose from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure''.

** Upon getting the true ending, most characters will celebrate with [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jojo poses]].

* CanonWelding: Several of the characters are either from past games produced by Milk Bar Lads or are related to characters from those previous games.