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* UncertainDoom: It's unclear whether the protagonist of ''Night Shift'' is one of the 4 hostages you can rescue, or has already been killed and eaten or is one of the many corpses laying around.
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* UncertainDoom: UncertainDoom:
** It's unclear whether the protagonist of ''Night Shift'' is one of the 4 hostages you can rescue, or has already been killed and eaten or is one of the many corpses layingaround.around. [[spoiler: Leading the hostages to the safe room will cause them to tell you their names. Debra is indeed one of them, the blonde girl in the red shirt.]]
** "Saving" the hostages just involves leading them to the safe room. There's no indication what happens to them afterwards, especially in the "Escape the Bunker" ending in which you [[spoiler: set off a nuclear meltdown in the bunker underneath the house]].
** It's unclear whether the protagonist of ''Night Shift'' is one of the 4 hostages you can rescue, or has already been killed and eaten or is one of the many corpses laying
** "Saving" the hostages just involves leading them to the safe room. There's no indication what happens to them afterwards, especially in the "Escape the Bunker" ending in which you [[spoiler: set off a nuclear meltdown in the bunker underneath the house]].
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* DownerEnding: All 3 endings to ''Stay Out of the House'' end badly for the protagonist. [[spoiler: She either gets sacrificed by the Butcher, discovers a demonic entity in the bunker in the basement and gets fed to it, or manages to escape only to discover that the creepy customer from ''Night Shift'' is one of the Butcher's neighbors, just as some sort of parasite implanted in her when she was captured bursts out of her.]]
* EvilOldFolks: The killer's ancient, almost corpse-like mother roams the house in a motorized wheelchair and will summon her son with a shriek if she spots you. Once you find the revolver, you can put a bullet in her head to finally get rid of her.
* EvilOldFolks: The killer's ancient, almost corpse-like mother roams the house in a motorized wheelchair and will summon her son with a shriek if she spots you. Once you find the revolver, you can put a bullet in her head to finally get rid of her.
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* DownerEnding: All 3 4 endings to ''Stay Out of the House'' end badly for the protagonist. [[spoiler: She either gets sacrificed by the Butcher, discovers a demonic entity in the bunker in the basement and gets fed to it, or manages to escape out the front door and run to a nearby trailer park only to discover that the creepy customer from ''Night Shift'' is one of the Butcher's neighbors, just as some sort of parasite implanted in her when she was captured bursts out of her.her, or escapes through the Bunker and wakes up in a hospital, only for said parasite baby to burst out of her while she's recuperating, causing her to black out and wake up in an infested version of the hospital.]]
* DumbMuscle: A note you find from a dead survivor notes that the killer is insanely strong but not very intelligent, noting that he seems to forget things after a few hours, which accounts for why he stops searching for you after a while if you manage to evade him.
* EvilOldFolks: The killer's ancient, almost corpse-like mother roams the house in a motorized wheelchair and will summon her son with a shriek if she spots you. Once you find the revolver, you can put a bullet in her head to finally get rid ofher.her, though this may make the Butcher more aggressive in roaming the house.
* GovernmentConspiracy: [[spoiler: The House turns out to be built on top of an abandoned top secret government bunker where some sort of human experimentation was taking place, with the implication the Butcher is a byproduct of said experimentation. At the core of the bunker is some sort of demonic insect-like entity. An AlmostDeadGuy you meet in the bunker urges you to overload the nuclear reactor to kill the "demon" and destroy the remnants of the unethical research.]]
* InventoryManagementPuzzle: You can only carry 5 items at a time, which isn't nearly enough to carry all the tools you need to navigate the house (screwdriver to open vents and disarm bear traps, hammer to open boarded up doors, wirecutters to cut trap wires, etc.) as well as defensive items needed to deal with the Butcher (i.e. the revolver, the radar, etc.)
* MadeOfIron: Like most Puppet Combo slashers, bullets are only an inconvenience to the Butcher. A couple shots from a revolver will scare him off, but nothing will kill him.
* DumbMuscle: A note you find from a dead survivor notes that the killer is insanely strong but not very intelligent, noting that he seems to forget things after a few hours, which accounts for why he stops searching for you after a while if you manage to evade him.
* EvilOldFolks: The killer's ancient, almost corpse-like mother roams the house in a motorized wheelchair and will summon her son with a shriek if she spots you. Once you find the revolver, you can put a bullet in her head to finally get rid of
* GovernmentConspiracy: [[spoiler: The House turns out to be built on top of an abandoned top secret government bunker where some sort of human experimentation was taking place, with the implication the Butcher is a byproduct of said experimentation. At the core of the bunker is some sort of demonic insect-like entity. An AlmostDeadGuy you meet in the bunker urges you to overload the nuclear reactor to kill the "demon" and destroy the remnants of the unethical research.]]
* InventoryManagementPuzzle: You can only carry 5 items at a time, which isn't nearly enough to carry all the tools you need to navigate the house (screwdriver to open vents and disarm bear traps, hammer to open boarded up doors, wirecutters to cut trap wires, etc.) as well as defensive items needed to deal with the Butcher (i.e. the revolver, the radar, etc.)
* MadeOfIron: Like most Puppet Combo slashers, bullets are only an inconvenience to the Butcher. A couple shots from a revolver will scare him off, but nothing will kill him.
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* ResourcesManagementGameplay: You have a very limited number of bullets, paperclips, and bandages, which are all hidden around the house usually in drawers; you need bullets to drive off the Butcher if he spots you, paperclips to open simple locks, and bandages to heal from damage.
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* UncertainDoom: It's unclear whether the protagonist of ''Night Shift'' is one of the 4 hostages you can rescue, or has already been killed and eaten or is one of the many corpses laying around.
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* NothingIsScarier: As per usual, Puppet Combo is an expert at building tension through silence and emptiness.
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* NothingIsScarier: As per usual, Puppet Combo is an expert at building tension through silence and emptiness. Averted in the main game, ''Stay Out of the House'', which is a tense cat-and-mouse challenge between you and the roaming killer inside the killer's decrepit and heavily boobytrapped house.
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* BlandNameProduct: The player works at gas station called Ecoq, an obvious knock-off of the real-life gas station chain called Esso. For good measure, the station's logo is near identical to the real-life one.
** There's also a Coke dispenser machine called Broke. 'Nuff said.
** There's also a Coke dispenser machine called Broke. 'Nuff said.
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* ButThouMust: The back door to the store is locked, so you're unable to carry out your boss' request to clean the washrooms. That is, until the killer unlocks it...
* TheCameo: Loyal Puppet Combo supporter and horror game let's player [=PhuCatGeek=] is the player's fellow gas station attendant in ''Night Shift''.
* CanonWelding: In this game's world, ''VideoGame/PowerDrillMassacre'' is an arcade game.
* TheCameo: Loyal Puppet Combo supporter and horror game let's player [=PhuCatGeek=] is the player's fellow gas station attendant in ''Night Shift''.
* CanonWelding: In this game's world, ''VideoGame/PowerDrillMassacre'' is an arcade game.
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* CasanovaWannabe: The impression that your co-worker Katz gives off.
* CreepyGasStationAttendant: Played with; some dialogue options allow you to hit on the female stoner customer, though you don't have to go this route. Outside of this, you're a perfectly normal attendant performing completely mundane tasks.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dialogue options suggest that the player is this. Katz is this big time if you're less than pleasant with him when you clock in.
* CreepyGasStationAttendant: Played with; some dialogue options allow you to hit on the female stoner customer, though you don't have to go this route. Outside of this, you're a perfectly normal attendant performing completely mundane tasks.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dialogue options suggest that the player is this. Katz is this big time if you're less than pleasant with him when you clock in.
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* DownerEnding: All 3 endings to ''Stay Out of the House'' end badly for the protagonist. [[spoiler: She either gets sacrificed by the Butcher, discovers a demonic entity in the basement and gets fed to it, or manages to escape only to discover that the creepy customer from ''Night Shift'' is one of the Butcher's neighbors, just as some sort of parasite implanted in her when she was captured bursts out of her.]]
* FeaturelessProtagonist: We have no way of knowing what the player looks like. Given Katz' warning that he can't unlock the bathroom door for you, and the fact that the mens' bathroom door can be opened (before punching in), it is at least confirmed that they are female.
** Later confirmed by Puppet Combo: The ''Night Shift'' protagonist is Debra Kopiske, explicitly named by a newspaper found in the butcher's house during the third chapter of the game (which takes place 9 days after ''Night Shift''). In the Steam version of the game she's voice acted along with all the other characters.
* ForegoneConclusion: Because ''Night Shift'' is a prologue to ''Stay Out of the House'', the killer will get you no matter what.
* GasStationOfDoom: The protagonist of ''Night Shift'' works the graveyard shift at an isolated gas station in the middle of nowhere, making her ripe pickings for a SerialKiller.
* GenreBlind/ GenreSavvy: The player doesn't appear to be the least bit bothered at the idea of working the overnight shift at an isolated gas station, nor at the idea of going out the back door to investigate a loud noise. However, she seems knowledgeable enough to lie about being all alone when a creepy customer asks her.
* ImAHumanitarian: The killer kidnaps his victims so he can eat them. [[spoiler: It turns out he's feeding some sort of demonic entity in a room in his basement.]]
* FeaturelessProtagonist: We have no way of knowing what the player looks like. Given Katz' warning that he can't unlock the bathroom door for you, and the fact that the mens' bathroom door can be opened (before punching in), it is at least confirmed that they are female.
** Later confirmed by Puppet Combo: The ''Night Shift'' protagonist is Debra Kopiske, explicitly named by a newspaper found in the butcher's house during the third chapter of the game (which takes place 9 days after ''Night Shift''). In the Steam version of the game she's voice acted along with all the other characters.
* ForegoneConclusion: Because ''Night Shift'' is a prologue to ''Stay Out of the House'', the killer will get you no matter what.
* GasStationOfDoom: The protagonist of ''Night Shift'' works the graveyard shift at an isolated gas station in the middle of nowhere, making her ripe pickings for a SerialKiller.
* GenreBlind/ GenreSavvy: The player doesn't appear to be the least bit bothered at the idea of working the overnight shift at an isolated gas station, nor at the idea of going out the back door to investigate a loud noise. However, she seems knowledgeable enough to lie about being all alone when a creepy customer asks her.
* ImAHumanitarian: The killer kidnaps his victims so he can eat them. [[spoiler: It turns out he's feeding some sort of demonic entity in a room in his basement.]]
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* FeaturelessProtagonist: We have no way of knowing what the player looks like. Given Katz' warning that he can't unlock the bathroom door for you, and the fact that the mens' bathroom door can be opened (before punching in), it is at least confirmed that they are female.
** Later confirmed by Puppet Combo: The ''Night Shift'' protagonist is Debra Kopiske, explicitly named by a newspaper found in the butcher's house during the third chapter of the game (which takes place 9 days after ''Night Shift''). In the Steam version of the game she's voice acted along with all the other characters.
* ForegoneConclusion: Because ''Night Shift'' is a prologue to ''Stay Out of the House'', the killer will get you no matter what.
* GasStationOfDoom: The protagonist of ''Night Shift'' works the graveyard shift at an isolated gas station in the middle of nowhere, making her ripe pickings for a SerialKiller.
* GenreBlind/ GenreSavvy: The player doesn't appear to be the least bit bothered at the idea of working the overnight shift at an isolated gas station, nor at the idea of going out the back door to investigate a loud noise. However, she seems knowledgeable enough to lie about being all alone when a creepy customer asks her.
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* NonStandardGameOver: Being caught 3 times by the Butcher results in the "Sacrifice" ending, [[spoiler: in which player is sacrificed by the Butcher in some sort of ritual]].
* NothingIsScarier: As per usual, Puppet Combo is an expert at building tension through silence and emptiness.
* RedHerring: The last customer in ''Night Shift'' is exceedingly sketchy and lingers in the store for quite a while. [[spoiler:He's not dangerous, but the killer attacks ''immediately'' after he leaves.]]
* NothingIsScarier: As per usual, Puppet Combo is an expert at building tension through silence and emptiness.
* RedHerring: The last customer in ''Night Shift'' is exceedingly sketchy and lingers in the store for quite a while. [[spoiler:He's not dangerous, but the killer attacks ''immediately'' after he leaves.]]
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* BlandNameProduct: The player works at gas station called Ecoq, an obvious knock-off of the real-life gas station chain called Esso. For good measure, the station's logo is near identical to the real-life one.
** There's also a Coke dispenser machine called Broke. 'Nuff said.
* ButThouMust: The back door to the store is locked, so you're unable to carry out your boss' request to clean the washrooms. That is, until the killer unlocks it...
* TheCameo: Loyal Puppet Combo supporter and horror game let's player [=PhuCatGeek=] is the player's fellow gas station attendant in ''Night Shift''.
* CanonWelding: In this game's world, ''VideoGame/PowerDrillMassacre'' is an arcade game.
* CasanovaWannabe: The impression that your co-worker Katz gives off.
* CreepyGasStationAttendant: Played with; some dialogue options allow you to creep on the female stoner customer, though you don't have to go this route. Outside of this, you're a perfectly normal attendant performing completely mundane tasks.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dialogue options suggest that the player is this. Katz is this big time if you're less than pleasant with him when you clock in.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: We have no way of knowing what the player looks like. Given Katz' warning that he can't unlock the bathroom door for you, and the fact that the mens' bathroom door can be opened (before punching in), it is at least confirmed that they are female.
** Later confirmed by Puppet Combo: The ''Night Shift'' protagonist is Debra Kopiske, explicitly named by a newspaper found in the butcher's house during the third chapter of the game (which takes place 9 days after ''Night Shift''). In the Steam version of the game she's voice acted along with all the other characters.
* ForegoneConclusion: Because ''Night Shift'' is a prologue to ''Stay Out of the House'', the killer will get you no matter what.
* GasStationOfDoom: The protagonist of ''Night Shift'' works the graveyard shift at an isolated gas station in the middle of nowhere, making her ripe pickings for a SerialKiller.
* GenreBlind/ GenreSavvy: The player doesn't appear to be the least bit bothered at the idea of working the overnight shift at an isolated gas station, nor at the idea of going out the back door to investigate a loud noise. However, she seems knowledgeable enough to lie about being all alone when a creepy customer asks her.
* NothingIsScarier: As per usual, Puppet Combo is an expert at building tension through silence and emptiness.
* RedHerring: The last customer in ''Night Shift'' is exceedingly sketchy and lingers in the store for quite a while. [[spoiler:He's not dangerous, but the killer attacks ''immediately'' after he leaves.]]
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* BlandNameProduct: The player works at gas station called Ecoq, an obvious knock-off of the real-life gas station chain called Esso. For good measure, the station's logo is near identical to the real-life one.
** There's also a Coke dispenser machine called Broke. 'Nuff said.
* ButThouMust: The back door to the store is locked, so you're unable to carry out your boss' request to clean the washrooms. That is, until the killer unlocks it...
* TheCameo: Loyal Puppet Combo supporter and horror game let's player [=PhuCatGeek=] is the player's fellow gas station attendant in ''Night Shift''.
* CanonWelding: In this game's world, ''VideoGame/PowerDrillMassacre'' is an arcade game.
* CasanovaWannabe: The impression that your co-worker Katz gives off.
* CreepyGasStationAttendant: Played with; some dialogue options allow you to creep on the female stoner customer, though you don't have to go this route. Outside of this, you're a perfectly normal attendant performing completely mundane tasks.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dialogue options suggest that the player is this. Katz is this big time if you're less than pleasant with him when you clock in.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: We have no way of knowing what the player looks like. Given Katz' warning that he can't unlock the bathroom door for you, and the fact that the mens' bathroom door can be opened (before punching in), it is at least confirmed that they are female.
** Later confirmed by Puppet Combo: The ''Night Shift'' protagonist is Debra Kopiske, explicitly named by a newspaper found in the butcher's house during the third chapter of the game (which takes place 9 days after ''Night Shift''). In the Steam version of the game she's voice acted along with all the other characters.
* ForegoneConclusion: Because ''Night Shift'' is a prologue to ''Stay Out of the House'', the killer will get you no matter what.
* GasStationOfDoom: The protagonist of ''Night Shift'' works the graveyard shift at an isolated gas station in the middle of nowhere, making her ripe pickings for a SerialKiller.
* GenreBlind/ GenreSavvy: The player doesn't appear to be the least bit bothered at the idea of working the overnight shift at an isolated gas station, nor at the idea of going out the back door to investigate a loud noise. However, she seems knowledgeable enough to lie about being all alone when a creepy customer asks her.
* NothingIsScarier: As per usual, Puppet Combo is an expert at building tension through silence and emptiness.
* RedHerring: The last customer in ''Night Shift'' is exceedingly sketchy and lingers in the store for quite a while. [[spoiler:He's not dangerous, but the killer attacks ''immediately'' after he leaves.]]
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* DownerEnding: All 3 endings to ''Stay Out of the House'' end badly for the protagonist. [[spoiler: She either gets sacrificed by the Butcher, discovers a demonic entity in the bunker in the basement and gets fed to it, or manages to escape only to discover that the creepy customer from ''Night Shift'' is one of the Butcher's neighbors, just as some sort of parasite implanted in her when she was captured bursts out of her.]]
* EvilOldFolks: The killer's ancient, almost corpse-like mother roams the house in a motorized wheelchair and will summon her son with a shriek if she spots you. Once you find the revolver, you can put a bullet in her head to finally get rid of her.
* NonStandardGameOver: Being caught 3 times by the Butcher results in the "Sacrifice" ending, [[spoiler: in which player is sacrificed by the Butcher in some sort of ritual]].
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* DownerEnding: All 3 endings to ''Stay Out of the House'' end badly for the protagonist. [[spoiler: She either gets sacrificed by the Butcher, discovers a demonic entity in the bunker in the basement and gets fed to it, or manages to escape only to discover that the creepy customer from ''Night Shift'' is one of the Butcher's neighbors, just as some sort of parasite implanted in her when she was captured bursts out of her.]]
* EvilOldFolks: The killer's ancient, almost corpse-like mother roams the house in a motorized wheelchair and will summon her son with a shriek if she spots you. Once you find the revolver, you can put a bullet in her head to finally get rid of her.
* NonStandardGameOver: Being caught 3 times by the Butcher results in the "Sacrifice" ending, [[spoiler: in which player is sacrificed by the Butcher in some sort of ritual]].
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* GenreBlind/ GenreSavvy: The player doesn't appear to be the least bit bothered at the idea of working the overnight shift at an isolated gas station, nor at the idea of going out the back door to investigate a loud noise. However, he seems knowledgeable enough to lie about being all alone when a creepy customer asks her.
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* GenreBlind/ GenreSavvy: The player doesn't appear to be the least bit bothered at the idea of working the overnight shift at an isolated gas station, nor at the idea of going out the back door to investigate a loud noise. However, he she seems knowledgeable enough to lie about being all alone when a creepy customer asks her.
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* DownerEnding: All 3 endings to ''Stay Out of the House'' end badly for the protagonist. [[spoiler: She either gets sacrificed by the Butcher, fed to a demonic entity, or manages to escape only to discover that the creepy customer from ''Night Shift'' is one of the Butcher's neighbors, just as some sort of parasite implanted in her when she was captured bursts out of her.]]
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* DownerEnding: All 3 endings to ''Stay Out of the House'' end badly for the protagonist. [[spoiler: She either gets sacrificed by the Butcher, fed to discovers a demonic entity, entity in the basement and gets fed to it, or manages to escape only to discover that the creepy customer from ''Night Shift'' is one of the Butcher's neighbors, just as some sort of parasite implanted in her when she was captured bursts out of her.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist: The protagonist of ''Night Shift'' isn't the protagonist of ''Stay Out of the House'', but rather simply one of the Butcher's victims.
* DownerEnding: All 3 endings to ''Stay Out of the House'' end badly for the protagonist. [[spoiler: She either gets sacrificed by the Butcher, fed to a demonic entity, or manages to escape only to discover that the creepy customer from ''Night Shift'' is one of the Butcher's neighbors, just as some sort of parasite implanted in her when she was captured bursts out of her.]]
* DownerEnding: All 3 endings to ''Stay Out of the House'' end badly for the protagonist. [[spoiler: She either gets sacrificed by the Butcher, fed to a demonic entity, or manages to escape only to discover that the creepy customer from ''Night Shift'' is one of the Butcher's neighbors, just as some sort of parasite implanted in her when she was captured bursts out of her.]]
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* TheBrute / EvilIsBigger: The killer is ''huge''.
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* TheBrute / EvilIsBigger: The killer is ''huge''. The newspaper article about the "Night Shift Abductor" says the police estimate him as being 6'4" and 250 pounds.
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* CaptainErsatz: The killer is exactly like Leatherface from ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''. He's a gigantic serial killer who kidnaps his victims, imprisons them in his home, and prepares them for dinner like a butcher. He's also incapable of speech and wears a brown mask.
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* CaptainErsatz: The killer is exactly like Leatherface from ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''. He's a gigantic serial killer who kidnaps his victims, imprisons them in his home, and prepares them for dinner like a butcher. He's also incapable of speech and wears a brown mask.mask and a leather apron.
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* ImAHumanitarian: The killer kidnaps his victims so he can eat them.
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* ImAHumanitarian: The killer kidnaps his victims so he can eat them. [[spoiler: It turns out he's feeding some sort of demonic entity in a room in his basement.]]
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** Later confirmed by Puppet Combo: The ''Night Shift'' protagonist is Debra Kopiske, explicitly named by a newspaper found in the butcher's house during the third chapter of the game. (Which takes place 9 days after ''Night Shift'')
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** Later confirmed by Puppet Combo: The ''Night Shift'' protagonist is Debra Kopiske, explicitly named by a newspaper found in the butcher's house during the third chapter of the game. (Which game (which takes place 9 days after ''Night Shift'')Shift''). In the Steam version of the game she's voice acted along with all the other characters.
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* GenreBlind/ GenreSavvy: The player doesn't appear to be the least bit bothered at the idea of working the overnight shift at an isolated gas station, nor at the idea of going out the back door to investigate a loud noise. However, he seems knowledgeable enough to lie about being all alone when a creepy customer asks him.
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* GenreBlind/ GenreSavvy: The player doesn't appear to be the least bit bothered at the idea of working the overnight shift at an isolated gas station, nor at the idea of going out the back door to investigate a loud noise. However, he seems knowledgeable enough to lie about being all alone when a creepy customer asks
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Initially released in 2018 on Puppet Combo's website, ''Night Shift'' and ''Stay Out of the House'' were released in October 13th, 2022 on Steam Steam, with ''Night Shift'' incorporated into it as a single full game combining both games.the first two chapters of the game.
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* FeaturelessProtagonist: We have no way of knowing what the player looks like. Limited dialogue between them and Katz heavily implies that our player is at least male.
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* FeaturelessProtagonist: We have no way of knowing what the player looks like. Limited dialogue between them and Katz heavily implies Given Katz' warning that our player he can't unlock the bathroom door for you, and the fact that the mens' bathroom door can be opened (before punching in), it is at least male.confirmed that they are female.
** Later confirmed by Puppet Combo: The ''Night Shift'' protagonist is Debra Kopiske, explicitly named by a newspaper found in the butcher's house during the third chapter of the game. (Which takes place 9 days after ''Night Shift'')
** Later confirmed by Puppet Combo: The ''Night Shift'' protagonist is Debra Kopiske, explicitly named by a newspaper found in the butcher's house during the third chapter of the game. (Which takes place 9 days after ''Night Shift'')
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* RedHerring: The last customer in ''Night Shift'' is exceedingly sketchy and lingers in the store for quite a while. [[spoiler:He's not dangerous, but the killer attacks ''immediately'' after he leaves.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: Because ''Night Shift'' is a prologue to ''Stay Out of the House'', it's almost ForegoneConclusion that the killer will get you no matter what.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Because ''Night Shift'' TheEighties: As is a prologue to ''Stay Out of usual for Puppet Combo, the House'', it's almost ForegoneConclusion that game takes place in this decade (presumably in 1986, if the killer will get you no matter what.newspaper depicting the space shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster is of any indication).
* ForegoneConclusion: Because ''Night Shift'' is a prologue to ''Stay Out of the House'', the killer will get you no matter what.
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* ShoutOut: The newspapers on the stand beside the front entrance references the space shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster back in January of 1986 (which would make the events of this game around that time).
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* ShoutOut: The newspapers on the stand beside the front entrance references the space shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster back in January of 1986 (which would make the events of this game around that time).1986.
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* ShoutOut: The newspapers on the stand beside the front entrance reference the space shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster back in January of 1986 (which would make the events of this game around that time).
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* ShoutOut: The newspapers on the stand beside the front entrance reference references the space shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster back in January of 1986 (which would make the events of this game around that time).
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* ShoutOut: The newspapers on the stand beside the front entrance reference the space shuttle ''Challenger'' explosion back in 1986 (which would make the events of this game around that time).
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* ShoutOut: The newspapers on the stand beside the front entrance reference the space shuttle ''Challenger'' explosion disaster back in January of 1986 (which would make the events of this game around that time).
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* ShoutOut: The newspapers on the stand beside the front entrance reference the space shuttle ''Challenger'' explosion back in 1986 (which would make the events of this game around that time).
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* CaptainErsatz: The killer is exactly like Leatherface from ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''. He's a gigantic serial killer who kidnaps his victims, imprisons them in his home, and prepares them for dinner like a butcher. He's also incapable of speech and wears a brown mask.
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* CaptainErsatz: The killer is exactly like Leatherface from ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''.''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''. He's a gigantic serial killer who kidnaps his victims, imprisons them in his home, and prepares them for dinner like a butcher. He's also incapable of speech and wears a brown mask.
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* BlandNameProduct: The player works at gas station called ECOQ, an obvious knock-off of the real-life gas station chain called ESSO. For good measure, the station's logo is near identical to the real-life one.
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* BlandNameProduct: The player works at gas station called ECOQ, Ecoq, an obvious knock-off of the real-life gas station chain called ESSO. Esso. For good measure, the station's logo is near identical to the real-life one.one.
** There's also a Coke dispenser machine called Broke. 'Nuff said.
** There's also a Coke dispenser machine called Broke. 'Nuff said.
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Im A Humanitarian is already there and goes into more detail.
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* {{Cannibal}}: Again, the killer.
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'''''Stay Out Of The House''''' is a SurvivalHorror game developed by Creator/PuppetCombo.
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It also has a 20-minute prologue called '''''Night Shift''''', which explains how the Serial Killer kidnapped the player.
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It also has a 20-minute prologue called '''''Night Shift''''', ''Night Shift'', which explains how the Serial Killer kidnapped the player.
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* VanInBlack: The killer stalks the player with a white van.
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* VanInBlack: The killer stalks the player with a white van.van.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Because ''Night Shift'' is a prologue to ''Stay Out of the House'', it's almost ForegoneConclusion that the killer will get you no matter what.
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* ButThouMust: The back door to the store is locked, so you're unable to carry out your boss' request to clean the washrooms. That is, until the killer unlocks it...
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* CreepyGasStationAttendant: Played with; some dialogue options allow you to hit on the female stoner customer, though you don't have to go this route. Outside of this, you're a perfectly normal attendant performing completely mundane tasks.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dialogue options suggest that the player is this. Katz is this big time if you're less than pleasant with him when you clock in.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dialogue options suggest that the player is this. Katz is this big time if you're less than pleasant with him when you clock in.
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* BlandNameProduct: The player works at gas station called ECOQ, an obvious knock-off of the real-life gas station chain called ESSO. For good measure, the station's logo is near identical to the real-life one.
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* TheCameo: Loyal Puppet Combo supporter and horror game let's player [=PhuCatGeek=] is the player's fellow gas station attendent in ''Night Shift''.
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* {{Cannibal}}: Again, the killer.
* TheCameo: Loyal Puppet Combo supporter and horror game let's player [=PhuCatGeek=] is the player's fellow gas stationattendent attendant in ''Night Shift''.
* TheCameo: Loyal Puppet Combo supporter and horror game let's player [=PhuCatGeek=] is the player's fellow gas station
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* CasanovaWannabe: The impression that your co-worker Katz gives off.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: We have no way of knowing what the player looks like. Limited dialogue between them and Katz heavily implies that our player is at least male.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: We have no way of knowing what the player looks like. Limited dialogue between them and Katz heavily implies that our player is at least male.
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* GenreBlind/ GenreSavvy: The player doesn't appear to be the least bit bothered at the idea of working the overnight shift at an isolated gas station, nor at the idea of going out the back door to investigate a loud noise. However, he seems knowledgeable enough to lie about being all alone when a creepy customer asks him.
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'''''Stay Out Of The House''''' is a SurvivalHorror game developed by Creator/PuppetCombo.
YouWakeUpInARoom, encaged. You've been kidnapped and taken to the dilapidated home of a SerialKiller. Use your wits to escape!
It also has a 20-minute prologue called '''''Night Shift''''', which explains how the Serial Killer kidnapped the player.
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!!The game provides examples of:
*TheBrute / EvilIsBigger: The killer is ''huge''.
*TheButcher: The killer.
*TheCameo: Loyal Puppet Combo supporter and horror game let's player [=PhuCatGeek=] is the player's fellow gas station attendent in ''Night Shift''.
*CanonWelding: In this game's world, ''VideoGame/PowerDrillMassacre'' is an arcade game.
*CaptainErsatz: The killer is exactly like Leatherface from ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''. He's a gigantic serial killer who kidnaps his victims, imprisons them in his home, and prepares them for dinner like a butcher. He's also incapable of speech and wears a brown mask.
*GasStationOfDoom
*ImAHumanitarian: The killer kidnaps his victims so he can eat them.
*{{Jumpscare}}: Puppet Combo's jumpscares are ''always'' effective. They even get LetsPlay/JohnWolfe.
*MalevolentMaskedMen
*NothingIsScarier: As per usual, Puppet Combo is an expert at building tension through silence and emptiness.
*TheStoner: One of the customers the player has to tend to in ''Night Shift''.
*VanInBlack: The killer stalks the player with a white van.
'''''Stay Out Of The House''''' is a SurvivalHorror game developed by Creator/PuppetCombo.
YouWakeUpInARoom, encaged. You've been kidnapped and taken to the dilapidated home of a SerialKiller. Use your wits to escape!
It also has a 20-minute prologue called '''''Night Shift''''', which explains how the Serial Killer kidnapped the player.
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!!The game provides examples of:
*TheBrute / EvilIsBigger: The killer is ''huge''.
*TheButcher: The killer.
*TheCameo: Loyal Puppet Combo supporter and horror game let's player [=PhuCatGeek=] is the player's fellow gas station attendent in ''Night Shift''.
*CanonWelding: In this game's world, ''VideoGame/PowerDrillMassacre'' is an arcade game.
*CaptainErsatz: The killer is exactly like Leatherface from ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''. He's a gigantic serial killer who kidnaps his victims, imprisons them in his home, and prepares them for dinner like a butcher. He's also incapable of speech and wears a brown mask.
*GasStationOfDoom
*ImAHumanitarian: The killer kidnaps his victims so he can eat them.
*{{Jumpscare}}: Puppet Combo's jumpscares are ''always'' effective. They even get LetsPlay/JohnWolfe.
*MalevolentMaskedMen
*NothingIsScarier: As per usual, Puppet Combo is an expert at building tension through silence and emptiness.
*TheStoner: One of the customers the player has to tend to in ''Night Shift''.
*VanInBlack: The killer stalks the player with a white van.
