History VideoGame / DeepSleepTrilogy

* ActionizedSequel: In ''Labyrinth of the Forsaken'', Amy can fight against the monsters roaming in the Deep Sleep. The trilogy's PlayerCharacter, except for ''one'' specific moment ([[spoiler: the climax of the first game]]), could only run away from them.

* {{Roguelike}}: According to WordOfGod, ''Labyrinth of the Forsaken'' will be a roguelite in addition to the [[PointAndClickGame usual]] [[SurvivalHorror formula]]. You can fight enemies, upgrade your character...

* {{Roguelike}}: According to WordOfGod, the fourth game will be a roguelite in addition to the [[PointAndClickGame usual]] [[SurvivalHorror formula]].

Creator/{{scriptwelder}} [[https://deepsleepgame.com/ is now working on a fourth game.]] Again like ''VideoGame/DontEscape'' before, this fourth game will update the formula in a traditional PointAndClickGame, but will also add {{Roguelike}} elements.

The ''Deep Sleep Trilogy'', developed by Creator/{{scriptwelder}}, consists of three SurvivalHorror games, named ''[[http://www.horrorscarygames.com/the-deepest-sleep Deep Sleep]]'', ''[[http://armorgames.com/play/15698/deeper-sleep Deeper Sleep]]'' and ''[[http://armorgames.com/play/16018/the-deepest-sleep The Deepest Sleep]]''. You, the FeaturelessProtagonist, are trapped in a lucid nightmare, which you have to wake up from before something else does it for you.

* BeingGoodSucks: In the last game, you have a choice: [[spoiler: perpetuate the cycle of the Shadow People, or be stuck in the Deepest Sleep for all time. There is no GoldenEnding.]]

** The passage in the last game is worth mentioning because [[spoiler:the roles are reversed; this time YOU are the one chasing another person]].

* FaceHeelTurn: If you choose to [[spoiler: capture the traveler, stealing his body for your own benefit.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the third game you find a note near a winch that begins with [[spoiler: "Dear Bert"]] and ends with [[spoiler: "Signed Yourself"]]. Later in the game, you come across [[spoiler: Bert's body]] in the sewers. [[spoiler: This hints at the ending, when it is revealed that you have become a Shadow Person. Assuming that you are Bert, your old self has "died" in order to a host for the Shadow People.]]
** In the first game there is a room with several newspaper articles about people dying or changing personality in their sleep, followed by a note that says "[[spoiler:YOU ARE NEXT]]". In the next game you learn more about the Shadow People and their tendency to possess the bodies of sleeping humans. [[spoiler:And you are their next victim.]]
* GrandTheftMe: The Modus Operandi of the Shadow People. [[spoiler: the people whose bodies they take become new Shadow People themselves.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: If you choose to [[spoiler: let the traveler escape, resulting in you having to stay in the deep sleep forever.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The first game opens with the paragraph that leads up to the TropeNamer. [[spoiler:This trope is played straight in one of the endings, where you become the monster you've been trying to avoid by condemning an innocent traveler into being a Shadow Person]].

* MonsterClown: Bert appears on a poster on the wall of the second game--while first only seeming garish, his poster becomes more and more nightmarish until he vanishes entirely. He appears in the third game [[spoiler: as a hanged corpse.]]

* PlotTwist: In the third game, it is revealed that [[spoiler: your body had been taken by a shadow person, so you've become one yourself!]]

* TheScream: The main character lets out one when [[spoiler:he finds that they had been a Shadow Person all along. It's rather inhuman sounding.]]
* SequelHook: The second game ends when [[spoiler: you descend to the deepest sleep, and a Shadow Person's eyes light up in front of you]]. The next game doesn't take place immediately after this [[spoiler:until TheReveal comes that you did not manage to get away from them]].

** One of the notes in the second game is [[VideoGame/{{Slender}} pinned to a tree... in a dark forest... only visible from a flashlight...]]

* TomatoInTheMirror: With a literal mirror in the end of [[spoiler: The Deepest Sleep. Turns out you didn't get away in the second game]].

* WouldHurtAChild: Some of the Shadow People include children, such as the one you have the option to save, and one in ''Deepest Sleep'' that appears for a split second. The "hurt" part of this trope comes in the GrandTheftMe / FateWorseThanDeath flavor of this trope.

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On October 25, 2019, ''Deep Sleep Trilogy'' was released. Like the ''Videogame/DontEscape'' games before them, the three games are bundled together, and receive Steam achievements.

Creator/{{scriptwelder}} [[https://deepsleepgame.com/ is now working on a fourth game.]] Again like ''Videogame/DontEscape'' before, this fourth game will update the formula in a traditional PointAndClickGame, but will also add {{Roguelike}} elements.

On October 25, 2019, ''Deep Sleep Trilogy'' was released. Like the ''Dont Escape'' games before them, the three games are bundled together, and receive Steam achievements.

Creator/{{scriptwelder}} [[https://twitter.com/scriptwelder/status/1184491671016398848 has announced a Steam version of the trilogy for Halloween.]]

The ''Deep Sleep Trilogy'' consists of three SurvivalHorror games, named ''[[http://www.horrorscarygames.com/the-deepest-sleep Deep Sleep]]'', ''[[http://armorgames.com/play/15698/deeper-sleep Deeper Sleep]]'' and ''[[http://armorgames.com/play/16018/the-deepest-sleep The Deepest Sleep]]''. You, the FeaturelessProtagonist, are trapped in a lucid nightmare, which you have to wake up from before something else does it for you.

* FaceHeelTurn If you choose to [[spoiler: capture the traveler, stealing his body for your own benefit.]]

** In one ending, [[spoiler:the protagonist lets the traveler go, not willing to allow the cycle to repeat itself, as he stays in the deepest sleep for eternity]].

The Deep Sleep Trilogy consists of three SurvivalHorror games, named [[http://www.horrorscarygames.com/the-deepest-sleep Deep Sleep]], [[http://armorgames.com/play/15698/deeper-sleep Deeper Sleep]] and [[http://armorgames.com/play/16018/the-deepest-sleep The Deepest sleep]]. You, the FeaturelessProtagonist, are trapped in a lucid nightmare, which you have to wake up from before something else does it for you.

The Deep Sleep Trilogy consists of three SurvivalHorror games, named [[http://armorgames.com/play/13979/deep-sleep Deep Sleep]], [[http://armorgames.com/play/15698/deeper-sleep Deeper Sleep]] and [[http://armorgames.com/play/16018/the-deepest-sleep The Deepest sleep]]. You, the FeaturelessProtagonist, are trapped in a lucid nightmare, which you have to wake up from before something else does it for you.

** The first game has a golden statue that you can pick up; it bears a strong resemblance to [[PewDiePie Stephano]].

* BigBad: The Shadow People are the main antagonists of the game.

** In the first game there is a room with several newspaper articles about people dying or changing personality in their sleep, followed by a note that says "[[spoiler:YOU ARE NEXT]]". In the next game you learn more about the Shadow People, including their tendency to possess the bodies of sleeping humans. [[spoiler:And you are their next victim.]]

** In the first game there is a room with several newspaper articles about people dying or changing personality in their sleep, followed by a note that says "YOU ARE NEXT". In the next game you learn more about the Shadow People, including their tendency to possess the bodies of sleeping humans. [[spoiler:And you are their next victim.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: Some of the Shadow People include children, such as the one you have the option to save, and one in ''Deepest Sleep'' that appears for a split second. The "hurt" part of this trope comes in the GrandTheftMe / FateWorseThanDeath flavor of this trope.

** In the second game, you find a note that mentions how the Bottom Dwellers [[spoiler: hunt the Shadow People. Guess what is constantly trying to devour you in the third game and what that means...]]

* DreamLand: The setting of the series.

* BookEnds:

** The third game opens with you waking up, unable to move and finding a monster in your bedroom. This is a real-life phenomenon known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis sleep paralysis]]. What's more, one effect of sleep paralysis is [[ParanoiaFuel feeling like there really is an intruder in the room with you, sometimes pinning you down.]]

** The third game opens with you waking up, unable to move and finding a monster in your bedroom. This is a real-life phenomenon known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis sleep paralysis]].