History VideoGame / HROT

** As of the 0.3.5 update, the Hussite Handgun has now replaced the rocket launcher, becoming much more common and utilizing standard explosive ammo drops while still being a muzzle-loading relic from the 1400s.

* AWinnerIsYou: In the Early Access build of the game, clearing episode 1 rewards the player with [[spoiler:a beef stroganoff recipe.]]

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: One of the weapons in your arsenal is a 15th century Hussite gun. It kills most regular enemies in 1 shot, but ammo for it is extremely rare.

* {{Homage}}: Is a Soviet-era Czech themed one to ''VideoGame/Quake'', with some additional influences from ''VideoGame/ChasmTheRift'' (such as progressing by shooting fans to access air vents and shooting electrical boxes to open doors).

* RealIsBrown: Almost everything is some shade of brown, as the game is heavily inspired by the first ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' game.

* UniqueEnemy: The animated earthmover enemy only appears once in the game, but doesn't have a boss health bar.

* AnimateInanimateObject: A few of the bosses are inanimate objects that somehow come to life and attack you, including a statue of a gorilla in a playground, a construction site earthmover, and a charlie horse in a gym.

* ShortRangeShotgun: The shotgun has a very wide spread, being ineffective past about 15 feet or so.

''HROT'' (which means "spike" in Czech) is a retro-inspired FirstPersonShooter heavily inspired by the original ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', set in a Soviet-era Eastern European City (Prague in Czechoslovakia). The game runs on a custom homebuilt engine made specifically for it and is developed and published by Spytihněv (a single-man operation) and was released on Steam via the Early Access program in January of 2021.

''HROT'' is a retro-inspired FirstPersonShooter heavily inspired by the original ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', set in a Soviet-era Eastern European City (Prague in Czechoslovakia). The game runs on a custom homebuilt engine made specifically for it and is developed and published by Spytihněv (a single-man operation) and was released on Steam via the Early Access program in January of 2021.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: One of the weapons in your arsenal is a 15th century Hussite gun.

''HROT'' is a retro-inspired FirstPersonShooter heavily inspired by the original ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', set in a Soviet-era Eastern European City (Prague in Czechoslovakia). The game is developed and published by Spytihněv (a single-man operation) and was released on Steam via the Early Access program in January of 2021.

''HROT'' is a retro-inspired FirstPersonShooter heavily inspired by the original ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', set in a Soviet-era Eastern European City (Prague in Czechoslovakia). The game is published by Spytihněv and was released on Steam via the Early Access program in January of 2021.

* NintendoHard: The game's overall difficulty is about on par with most 90's era shooters, however health, armor, and ammo are noticeably harder to find than games like ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' or ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', which can add significantly to the overall difficulty. Rather like the harder Build Engine games such as ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' or ''VideoGame/{{ShadowWarrior}}'', finding secrets for extra health and ammo is almost essential for smooth progress.

* NintendoHard: The game's overall difficulty is about on par with most 90's era shooters, however health, armor, and ammo are noticeably harder to find than games like ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' or ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', which can add significantly to the overall difficulty. The difficulty balance is rather like the harder Build Engine games such as ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' or ''VideoGame/{{ShadowWarrior}}'', with finding secrets for extra health and ammo being almost essential for smooth progress.

* NintendoHard: The game's difficulty is about on par with most 90's era shooters, however health, armor, and ammo are noticeably harder to find than games like ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' or ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', which can add significantly to the overall difficulty.

* PocketProtector: You pick up medals to use as armor, based on an old Eastern European joke about Soviet WW2 veterans having so many medals on their chest they'd be bulletproof.

* EliteMooks: The Skapuci ("Hooded") appear similar to the regular soldier-type enemies, except their wear black hooded trenchcoats instead of brown uniforms, fire their AK-47 rifles in bursts rather than single-shot, can TeleportSpam around you, and take somewhat more damage to bring down.
* {{Expy}}: Quite a few of the enemies are directly inspired by monsters from ''Quake''. The Kejdovec ("Slurry") is a FatBastard in riot gear wielding a riot club and a grenade launching pistol, behaving similarly to the Ogres from ''Quake''. A large floating head that spits at you is very similar to the Scrags. And the FinalBoss of Episode 1, [[spoiler: former President Klement Gottwald with the lower half of his body replaced by spider legs]], looks and attacks very similar to the Vores.

* GeniusBonus: Anyone familiar with communist-era Czechoslovakia will get a lot of references they might otherwise miss. For instance, the name of the first episode, "Kiss Me Gustav", is a reference to [[https://plus.rozhlas.cz/gustav-husak-politicky-vezen-i-symbol-normalizace-6509336 the kiss between USSR Premier Leonid Brezhnev and Czechoslovakian president Gustáv Husák]].

* AnimateInanimateObject: A few of the bosses are inanimate objects that somehow come to life and attack you, including a statue of a gorilla in a playground, and a charlie horse in a gym.
* EliteMooks: The "Hooded" appear similar to the regular soldier-type enemies, except their wear black hooded trenchcoats instead of brown uniforms, fire their AK-47 rifles in bursts rather than single-shot, can TeleportSpam around you, and take somewhat more damage to bring down.
* {{Expy}}: Quite a few of the enemies are directly inspired by monsters from ''Quake''. The "Slurry" is a FatBastard in riot gear wielding a riot club and a grenade launching pistol, behaving similarly to the Ogres from ''Quake''. A large floating head that spits at you is very similar to the Scrags. And the FinalBoss of Episode 1, [[spoiler: some sort of Eastern European military commander with spider-like legs]], looks and attacks very similar to the Vores.
* HellishHorse: One particularly tough enemy type is a large and aggressive horse wearing a gas mask that uses hit-and-run tactics. They're tough, fast, unpredictable, extremely creepy, and can often catch you by surprise.

* AnimateInanimateObjects: A few of the bosses are inanimate objects that somehow come to life and attack you, including a statue of a gorilla in a playground, and a charlie horse in a gym.