History VideoGame / NoOneLivesUnderTheLighthouse

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The original version of the game made it pretty clear an encounter with an eldritch being was occuring. The Director's Cut muddies up considerably, leaving it ambiguous whether [[spoiler: the game was happening literally (with the lighthouse keeper struggling against eldritch horrors dwelling in the ruins of an ancient insectoid civilization beneath the lighthouse), or whether the whole thing was just the rowboat man secretly killing all the lighthouse keepers he took to the island as a twisted way of coping with his son's accidental death in the lighthouse basement.]]

* PerspectiveFlip: The ''Director's Cut'' climaxes in [[spoiler: a duel between the lighthouse keeper and the monster deep underneath the lighthouse. If you defeat the monster as the lighthouse keeper using the shotgun, the game ends with many questions unresolved. If you try to escape the fight by jumping down the hole to the very bottom of the labyrinthine abyss beneath the lighthouse, you end up playing as the monster, stalking the lighthouse keeper on the island and culminating in the same duel, only this time played from the monster's perspective.]]
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: [[spoiler: A shotgun and a couple of shells can be found inside the locked chest in the lighthouse keeper's house. It's your sole means of defense against the island's other inhabitant. Unlocking the chest requires you to find all four medallions overall the various days you stay on the island.]]

* SkullForAHead: In the Director's Cut, [[spoiler: the monster is completely redesigned and now has a human skull for a head, with a [[MonstrousMandibles bifurcated lower jaw]]]].
* TookALevelInBadass: In the original game, [[spoiler: the monster]] could be taken out with a single shotgun blast, ending the game. In the Director's Cut, [[spoiler: the monster is fought in a full boss battle, and takes 8 point blank shotgun blasts to bring down]].
* ViciousCycle: Fairly clear in the original game. [[spoiler: A lighthouse keeper who goes into the basement falls down a hole and is captured and transformed into a half-insect servant by some eldritch being living there. The servant-creature then stalks and harasses the new lighthouse keeper, eventually chasing them into the basement so they can fall down the hole and be turned into a new servant. The cycle is broken either by you as the lighthouse keeper killing the insect-like creature, or you as the insect-like creature killing the new lighthouse keeper rather than let them be turned into the next servant. Either case ends the cycle and causes the lighthouse to collapse.]] The Director's Cut makes things somewhat more ambiguous due to the major changes it makes to the 2nd half of the game.
* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: In the original game, the creature is heavily implied to be the previous lighthouse keeper, transformed into a insect-like humanoid servant by the eldritch being living under the lighthouse. The Director's Cut also indicates the creature was previously human, though its former identity is somewhat more muddled and ambiguous.]]

The game features graphics reminiscent of [[UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} PS1]]-era horror games or CD-ROM era PC games from the turn of the century, and is described as a slow burn experience. Players take the role of a lighthouse keeper taken to a small island to maintain the lighthouse there, after the previous keeper disappeared. It will be at least a week until an assistant keeper can be found, so you'll be on your own until then. Don't lose your mind from the loneliness. And don't try to open the door leading to the lighthouse basement. No one lives under the lighthouse.

''No One Lives Under The Lighthouse'' is a first-person retro-style horror game by the Indie Ukrainian group Sowoke Entertainment Bureau. The game was released on Steam on April 21, 2020. On September 12, 2021, a "Director's Cut" update was released, completely changing the 2nd half of the game and significantly expanding the overall experience.

* ShoutOut: If you carry the cross around for long enough, you will eventually hear a computerized voice say ''"[[VideoGame/{{Faith}} Mortis]]"''.

* ShoutOut: If you carry the cross around for long enough, you will eventually hear a computerized voice say ''[[VideoGame/{{Faith}} Mortis]]''.

* PerspectiveFlip: The ''Director's Cut'' climaxes in [[spoiler: a duel between the lighthouse keeper and the monster deep underneath the lighthouse. If you defeat the monster as the lighthouse keeper using the shotgun, the game ends with many questions unresolved. If you try to escape the fight by jumping down the hole to the very bottom of the labyrinthine abyss beneat the lighthouse, you end up playing as the monster, stalking the lighthouse keeper on the island and culminating in the same duel, only this time played from the monster's perspective.]]

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The original version of the game made it pretty clear an encounter with an eldritch being was occuring. The Director's Cut muddies up considerably, leaving it ambiguous whether [[spoiler: the game was happening literally (with the lighthouse keeper struggling against eldritch horrors dwelling in the ruins of an ancient insectoid civilization beneath the lighthouse), or whether the whole thing was just the rowboat man secretly killing all the lighthouse keepers he took to the island as a twisted way of couping with his son's accidental death in the lighthouse basement.]]

The game features graphics reminiscent of CD-ROM era PC games from the turn of the century, and is described as a slow burn experience. Players take the role of a lighthouse keeper taken to a small island to maintain the lighthouse there, after the previous keeper disappeared. It will be at least a week until an assistant keeper can be found, so you'll be on your own until then. Don't lose your mind from the loneliness. And don't try to open the door leading to the lighthouse basement. No one lives under the lighthouse.