History VideoGame / EnvironmentalStationAlpha

* BonusBoss: You don't need to face the Multicore and the Mender Unit in order to progress to the final boss. The post game also features a couple of unique boss encounters: [[spoiler:Mwyah]], the Restless Spirit and then [[spoiler:Mwyah]] in their [[OneWingedAngel true form]].

** Ghost Ending: [[spoiler:The robot defeats the virus, but is chased by the ghost from the maze and the ending abruptly cuts out]].

* MultipleEndings: As of the Research Outpost expansion, the game features 5 endings. Some of them can have minor changes according to the player's actions.

** The terminal that reveals how to access Challenge Mode mentions having done it before on a game called ''[[VideoGame/HeroCore "Champion Nucleus"]]'' or something.

* ConspicuousElectricObstacle: One of the obstacles encountered are pairs of electric beam emitters or just square tiles that shoot out electricity at regular intervals.

* DifficultySpike: Turning the station's power supply back on will close off several routes and reactivate several defense mechanisms across the station, giving old areas new challenges to overcome. Collecting any of the four secret keys will also spawn new enemies in some rooms.

* GuideDangIt: Some of the journals you come across are written in an alien language. Figuring out how to translate this is a gigantic pain in the ass, to say nothing of the obtuse riddles you get once you do translate them.

** [[spoiler:This trope also covers the cause of the disaster on the station, though the station's AI itself was not so much responsible for it as the [[ContagiousAI alien computer virus]] that was uploaded to it by a passing derelict ship.]]

''Environmental Station Alpha'' is a retro-styled indie platform game by new developer team Hempuli Oy that draws heavy inspiration from the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' games, and was released in May 2015 on Steam.

* WowingCthulhu: In the Alien ending, [[spoiler:the Council rewards the Robot for their victories against Mwyah. Mwyah themself is really angry about this, given how the Robot doesn't even seem to be a proper living being, but they cannot go against the orders of their bosses]].

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Mwyah]]'strue form when fought inside their chamber really is something else. Their superiors are [[spoiler:a mass of giant heads]] who manifest in a much larger scale during the Usurper ending.

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Mwyah]] presents themself as a caped HumanoidAbomination, but their true form when fought inside their chamber really is something else. Their superiors are [[spoiler:a mass of giant heads]] who manifest in a much larger scale during the Usurper ending.

''Environmental Station Alpha'' is a retro-styled indie platform game by new developer team Hempuli Oy that draws heavy inspiration from the {{Metroid}} games, and was released in May 2015 on Steam.

** A lot of stuff in the game should feel familiar to VideoGame/{{Metroid}} players.

** "The Reference" is a room with blocks and a monitor from ''VideoGame/LyleInCubeSector''. The monitor sometimes has ''Pong'' on the screen.

** The upper elevator shaft has a block jutting out of it that leads to a secret room with a monitor that changes pictures when shot, much like a similar secret from ''VideoGame/LyleInCubeSector''. Fittingly, this room is marked as "The Reference".

** The upper elevator shaft has a block jutting out of it that leads to a secret room with a monitor that changes pictures when shot, much like a similar secret from ''VideoGame/LyleInCubeSector''.

* BrutalBonusLevel: Three of them! The first is an [[spoiler:incredibly cruel (but short) gauntlet of [[OneHitKill instant death spikes]] and other hazards you must brave if you want to visit the planet's surface]]. The second is the [[spoiler:Crystal Ruins and the White Maze, which are [[GuideDangIt incredibly difficult to even find and even harder to beat]]]]. Finally, an expansion added the Research Outpost bonus area.

* BonusBoss: You don't need to face the Multicore and the Mender Unit in order to progress to the final boss. The post game also features a couple of unique boss encounters: [[spoiler:Mwyah]], the Restless Spirit and then [[spoiler:Mwyah]] in his [[OneWingedAngel true form]].

* BossSubtitles: The bosses have their names featured on their life bar. This gets played with sometimes: [[spoiler:Mwyah has his name written in alien symbols and both the Virus and Mwyah's true form have no name in the life bar]].

* ChekhovsGunman: Statues in the likeness of [[spoiler:Mwyah]] are seen way before you meet him in person.

* CosmicHorrorStory: Much of the post game content is about encountering alien menaces of this kind, such as [[spoiler:Mwyah]] and the strange EldritchAbomination he answers to.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: You can beat up the local alien deity [[spoiler:Mwyah]] twice, but [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu he takes revenge in at least one ending.]]

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Mwyah]] presents himself as a caped HumanoidAbomination, but his true form when fought inside his chamber really is something else. His superiors are [[spoiler:a mass of giant heads]] who manifest in a much larger scale during the Usurper ending.

** Among the statues of [[spoiler:Mwyah]], there's one on the volcano area just outside the temple that is surrounded by four pillars, which hints at what must be done to summon him.

* MadnessMantra: "I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN...", which is said by [[spoiler:a mad Mwyah after he's defeated a second time]].

** Alien Ending: [[spoiler:The robot meets the alien council, who are pondering if its exploits should be rewarded. Then Mwyah appears, demanding the council destroys the robot. If you did defeat Mwyah twice and found the crown, the council disagrees with him and uses their powers to [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence begin a transformation in the robot]]. The station is torn apart, leaving a giant glowing eye where it was.]]

** Increasingly deformed faces seen in the background of certain areas foreshadow [[spoiler:the nature of Mwyah and his peers]].
** [[spoiler:Mwyah]] makes some rather disturbing expressions as he gets furious at the player's audacity at challenging him.

* TrueFinalBoss: As of the Research Outpost update, the real last battle is against [[spoiler:Mwyah's true form at his chamber]].

** The name George Melons is hidden behind some blocks in a certain room, referencing ''VideoGame/SpaceStation13''.

* WowingCthulhu: In the Alien ending, [[spoiler:the Council rewards the Robot for their victories against Mwyah. Mwyah themself is really angry about this, given how the Robot doesn't even seem to be a proper living being, but but cannot go against the orders of their bosses]].

** There is a save room with what seems to be a path of breakable blocks on its bottom, but if you do get there [[SchmuckBait you become locked with seemingly nothing to do but die in a acid pit.]] The trick is to use a hookshot exploit to pass through an invisible block, so then you can get into a secret room.

** There is a save room with what seems to be a path of breakable blocks on its bottom, but if you do get there [[SchmuckBait you become locked with nothing to do but die in a acid pit.]]

* BraggingRightsReward: Beating the Alien ending in the first release or collecting the Crown in the update ''punishes'' the player with a mode that increasingly glitches the graphics until they become barely readable.

** There is a save room with what seems to be a path of breakable blocks, but there is no way to go into them.
* SchmuckBait: Upon collecting the Crown, [[AuthorAvatar Hempuli]] baits the player into entering the next room. [[MindScrew It's not]] [[NightmareFuel really worth]] [[InterfaceScrew it...]]

* WowingCthulhu: In the Alien ending, [[spoiler:the Council rewards the Robot for their victories against Mwyah. Mwyah themself is really angry about this, given how the Robot doesn't even seem to be a proper living being, but but go against the orders of their bosses]].