History VideoGame / InSoundMind

* HatedByAll: Max Nygaard, whose temper and implied abusive behavior towards his wife did little to endear him to the people around him. Tonia and [[spoiler:Agent Rainbow]] both think he's a nutcase, and the fact that [[spoiler:they're both figments of Desmond's imagination]] implies that Desmond isn't very fond of him either. [[spoiler:He does genuinely love his daughter, though.]]
** However, making sure to read most of Max's notes and listening to his Vinyl containing the song "Is It Me?" makes it clear Max is aware of this and genuinely has trouble controlling himself, even if he would like to. Tonia will also ThrowTheDogABone and muse that "[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Max wasn't really a bad guy]] , he just let things consume him". She evens hums a few bars of his song.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Desmond advises Virginia to work through her social anxiety by shopping at Homa-Mart as a form of "exposure therapy". [[spoiler:Virginia goes through a nervous breakdown that culminates in her killing herself with the shard of a broken mirror. If the man on the phone is to be believed, this isn't the only time Desmond's advice backfired.]]
** [[spoiler:As it turns out, this likely wasn't Desmond's fault, but Agent Rainbow's due to the chemical pushing Virginia's already precarious mental state into the red.]]

* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:Subverted. It ''is'' AdventuresInComaLand...except it's a genuine MentalWorld, and caused real telepathic contact with Demond's patients. Cole hearing his voice pulled him out of the Agent Rainbow-soaked waters before he drowned.]]

* OrWasItADream: One of Allen's notes implies that [[spoiler:he witnessed Virginia's suicide]], and couldn't tell if it was one of his nightmares or not.

* EldritchLocation: Desmond's apartment building. On top of being in the middle of a flooded city, it somehow gives him access to his former paients' apartments, despite none of them actually living there.

* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler: Allen's attempt to burn himself to death in a lighthouse fire ends up being this, assuming that was his intention. As far as Desmond knows, he's still alive and recovering from his burns at a hospital.]]
* CastFullOfCrazy: Perhaps unsurprising for a game starring a therapist, almost every character in the game has some sort of mental issue, [[spoiler: including Desmond himself]]. However, they are all portrayed sympathetically and have legitimate reasons for being the way they are. [[spoiler: The main reason being exposure to a dangerous chemical that exacerbates their existing mental illnesses into outright instability.]]
* CreatorInJoke: [[spoiler: After suffering near-fatal burns, Allen Shore is admitted to]] [[VideoGame/NightmareHouse Never Lose Hope Hospital]]. A work van officially belonging to the hospital in Tape 4 confirms the reference[[spoiler:--complete with teleporting mannequin.]]
* CuteGhostGirl: [[spoiler: Despite her scars and clear desire to not be seen, Virginia is quite easy on the eyes when her mask breaks off and she stops trying to kill you.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Tonia, Desmond's cat, was killed long before the game's events from exposure to Agent Rainbow.]]
* DontLookAtMe: Virginia does ''not'' like people looking at her, to the point that the Watcher, her ghost form, will attempt to outright ''murder'' Desmond if she catches him looking at her. [[spoiler: This stems from an accident in her childhood that ended up permanently scarring her face, leaving her with crippling social anxiety.]]

* EnemyWithin: [[spoiler: Agent Rainbow is this for Desmond, as the personification of the chemical strengthening his insecurities.]]
* TheFaceless: Almost every human character is this, due to being either dead or mutated by the time the game happens. The exception is [[spoiler: Desmond, ironically, as you can get a picture of him from a photo booth at Homa Mart.]]
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Desmond advises Virginia to work through her social anxiety by shopping at Homa-Mart as a form of "exposure therapy". [[spoiler: Virginia goes through a nervous breakdown that culminates in her killing herself with the shard of a broken mirror. If the man on the phone is to be believed, this isn't the only time Desmond's advice backfired.]]
** [[spoiler: As it turns out, this likely wasn't Desmond's fault, but Agent Rainbow's due to the chemical pushing Virginia's already precarious mental state into the red.]]
* GrimyWater: Setting foot in ''any'' body of water, even if it's only ankle-deep, will slow Desmond down, [[InterfaceScrew blur his vision]], and eventually start dealing damage. [[spoiler: As it turns out, the entire water table of Milton Haven is heavily contaminated with Agent Rainbow.]]
* HatedByAll: Max Nygaard, whose temper and implied abusive behavior towards his wife did little to endear him to the people around him. Tonia and [[spoiler: Agent Rainbow]] both think he's a nutcase, and the fact that [[spoiler: they're both figments of Desmond's imagination]] implies that Desmond isn't very fond of him either. [[spoiler: He does genuinely love his daughter, though.]]

* ImageSong: Every voiced character [[spoiler:with the exception of Agent Rainbow]] gets one of these, in the form of a collectable vinyl record that can be listened to in your office. [[spoiler: Even Desmond himself gets one.]]

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Agent Rainbow]] already has a well-established hatred of Desmond, but he crosses from simple {{Jerkass}} to an outright ''monster'' by [[spoiler: mocking Virginia's suicide just to spite Desmond.]]
-->'''Agent Rainbow''': Cleanup on aisle 4! Someone get a mop... ''and a better therapist.''
* LightIsNotGood: Allen's tape has a lighthouse that emits a bright red light that hurts Desmond if he doesn't get behind cover. [[spoiler: And then he faces said light as a boss fight.]]

* MysteriousWatcher: Desmond spots a strange, deformed man in a fedora watching him at several points in the demo. [[spoiler: The full game reveals him to be Agent Rainbow, the same man who taunts you over the phone.]]

* OrWasItADream: One of Allen's notes implies that [[spoiler: he witnessed Virginia's suicide]], and couldn't tell if it was one of his nightmares or not.
* PastExperienceNightmare: The premise of every tape [[spoiler: with the exception of [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind the final one]]]]. Allen and Cole's tapes go even further, [[spoiler:flashing back to [[ThirdPersonFlashback the perspective]] of a crewman aboard the crashing USS Thanatos and [[TheVietnamVet Cole's]] memories of a catastrophic bombing he was victim to during the Vietnam War, respectively.]]
* RageAgainstTheReflection: Virginia, aka The Watcher, absolutely ''hates'' mirrors. The goal of the supermarket section is to lure her into breaking all of the mirrors in the store. [[spoiler: Aside from general hatred of her scarred face, she got her scars in the first place when she slipped and pulled her mirror down on herself. She would later break another mirror during her meltdown at Homa-Mart, before using the shards to commit suicide.]]
* RudelyHangingUp: [[spoiler: The full game gives you an achievement for hanging up on Agent Rainbow mid-sentence.]]

* WeakenedByTheLight: The Shade, Allen's monster form, is burned by light and goes out of its way to avoid it. Ironic, considering that Allen was afraid of the dark. [[spoiler: Desmond "defeats" it by luring it to the top of the lighthouse and activating it.]]

''In Sound Mind'' is a first person psychological SurvivalHorror game developed by We Create Stuff, the creators of VideoGame/NightmareHouse, with a soundtrack composed by Music/TheLivingTombstone.

* BagofSpilling: Downplayed when replaying levels. To avert SequenceBreaking, any equipment that is part of that level's progression, such as the Glass Shard for Tape 1 or the Flare Gun for Tape 2, will not be with you when you enter it. Exiting the level before re-acquiring it will give it back, plus any ammo you had before you entered.

* InkblotTest: The non-boss enemies are themed around this test, being person-shaped masses of ink with massive glowing eyes.

* TheFaceless: Almost every human character is this, due to being either dead or mutated by the time the game happens. The exception is [[spoiler: Desmond, ironically, as you can can a picture of him from a photo booth at Homa Mart.]]