History Videogame / MadFather

* YourCheatingHeart: Doctor Drevis and Maria have been carrying on an affair for some time before the game begins.

* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler:The true ending of the game has Aya growing up to run a free clinic in the middle of the woods, where she [[FaceHeelTurn turns her patients into dolls just like her father did]] Possibly subverted in the Steam version, which presents the possibility that Aya became a doctor, but is not turning people into dolls.]]

* PointOfNoReturn: [[spoiler:The Other World. Like in the game's predecessor ''{{Misao}}'', it warns you about this.]]

** [[Manga/JojosBizzareAdventure A blond kid known as Dio.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: Aya's parents, Alfred and Monika Drevis. The former is the [[AntagonistTitle titular Mad Father]] responsible for the horrifying experiments to turn people into dolls to preserve their beauty, while the latter is a spirit who kidnaps Alfred and resurrects the experiments to exact revenge on him [[{{Yandere}} while keeping him for herself]]. Monika is the antagonist for most of the game, in which Aya must rescue her father, [[spoiler:and the old man claims that the experiments were her idea]], but if Alfred is saved, he [[spoiler:becomes the FinalBoss chasing Aya with intent to turn her into a doll. Ogre turns out to be the demon responsible for both of them, but [[GreaterScopeVillain the extent of his involvement is unclear]]]].

* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler:The true ending of the game has Aya growing up to run a free clinic in the middle of the woods, where she [[FaceHeelTurn turns her patients into dolls just like her father did]].]]

* DontGoIntoTheWoods: [[spoiler:In the True Ending, Aya operates a free clinic in the woods, where she turns her victims into dolls.]]

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler:In the True ending, if she has followed her father's footsteps, then she waits for ill people to come to her for treatment, and her victims are anesthetized before they are converted into dolls.]]

* TheEndingChangesEverything: The True ending reveals that [[spoiler:Aya [[VillainProtagonist was every bit as screwed up as the rest of her family]], and she grows up to continue her father's work.]]

** [[spoiler:All of the endings are this. Either Aya continues her father's work years after the game, Aya is murdered by Maria, or Aya is killed by her father.]]

** Aya's willingness to forgive her father for all the atrocities he commits [[spoiler:foreshadows that she follows in his footsteps in the True Ending. Although the 3.06 update implies she may not have done so.]]

* PressXToNotDie: Some quicktime events make you press- no, mash Z to avert your demise.

** A blond kid known as Dio... [[BigBad nope]], [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure nothing bizarre with that, what am I thinking?]]

* EyeScream: Dio, the boy that helps Aya in the beginning, is missing his right eye. Another girl is missing ''both'' of hers, though she gets them back.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the first things you can do in the game is examine a doll from Aya's father, triggering a flashback where she remarks that it's almost lifelike. [[spoiler:It is- he is a LivingDollCollector.]]

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Subverted:You get a chainsaw for breaking barrels. The game specifically tells you that it can't be used on enemies. Aya's father specifically stated that the mini chainsaw was a dangerous tool. Attempting to use the chainsaw as anything but a tool will fail.

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Essentially every ending leaves at least one of the villains victorious]]:
** [[spoiler:In Bad Ending 1, Monika is allowed by Aya to drag Alfred to the Other World, while Maria captures Aya and continues where Alfred left off.]]
** [[spoiler:In Bad Ending 2, Alfred succeeds in turning Aya into a doll.]]
** [[spoiler:In the True Ending, [[VillainProtagonist Aya]] goes on to continue turning people into dolls in memory of her father, while [[GreaterScopeVillain Ogre]] gains the help of Alfred in continuing to spread suffering among humans.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The whole premise of the game wouldn't work if Aya and her father didn't love each other so much.
** [[spoiler: Subverted with Aya's father, who kills his wife and tries to kill Aya, planning to turn them into dolls.]]
* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler:The doctor has a ''really'' chilling, psychotic one.]]
* EyeScream: The boy that helps you is missing his right eye. Another girl is missing ''both'' of hers, though she gets them back.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the first things you can do in the game is examine a doll from Aya's father, triggering a flashback where she remarks that it's almost lifelike. [[spoiler:[[LivingDollCollector Guess what?]]]]
** If you check Aya's dressers during the introductory sequence in her room, you'll find that they're full of clothes. If you check them again at any other time during the game, [[spoiler:you'll find that they also contain dead animals, hinting at [[LikeFatherLikeSon what Aya will become]] in the true ending.]]
*** Not to mention, if you continue reading Doctor Drevis's journal,[[spoiler: it's revealed that he knew about the dead animals and it wasn't the first time. He comments on how Aya's becoming so much like him and it's implied the only reason he wants to turn her into a doll is to stop her from going down the same path.]]
** Aya playing with the cute little chainsaw in the flashback. [[spoiler:LikeFatherLikeSon to the nth degree, especially once you realize that Aya uses it as a ''tool'', not a weapon, and (at least in his own mind), so does her father...]]
** When Aya's mother first appears [[spoiler:after cursing her husband, the cutscene shows her with blood on her chest. However, we were told by Aya's father that she had died of illness. A sharp-eyed player will catch this and realise that the doctor's explanation doesn't add up.]]
** The Diary Rooms.

* FourEyesZeroSoul: The Doctor.

* HereWeGoAgain: The true end where [[spoiler: Aya decides to continue her father's work, murdering people with Maria's help]].
** Although the 3.06 update adds a after credit scene [[spoiler: which implies she may not have followed in her father's footsteps.]]
* HerrDoctor: The ''Doctor'', of course.

** Although the 3.06 update implies that she may not have done so.

* LivingDollCollector: Aya's father becomes one [[spoiler:so that he may have Aya live on as a doll forever.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: The name of Aya's father is never revealed during the game. You can only find it in Gallery mode, available after viewing the true ending and collecting all gems.
** ZigZagged in the case of Aya's mother. Her name is found in one of the notes that appears only in a [[NewGamePlus second run]] of the game (a letter she wrote), although most players will learn her name from the gallery.

* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler: Aya's father killed her mother after she overhears the Doctor's plans for Aya. This is the real reason why Monika cursed him. When she realises that Aya doesn't know, she lies and fakes being a jealous {{Yandere}} for Aya's sake.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: One of the bad endings, where the Doctor succeeds in turning Aya into a doll.]]
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Aya's father murdered animals in his childhood, [[spoiler: a trait which his daughter inherited]].
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Maria's driving motivation throughout the game.
** Aya's as well.

* BigDamnHeroes: In the Good ending, [[spoiler: when Dr. Drevis has Aya cornered and is about to finish her off, Maria comes in and impales him with her throwing knives.]]

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Aya's father experiments on humans and animals regularly and had been doing this since he was a kid, Aya's mother reads very creepy and disturbing stories to her daughter, and Aya [[spoiler:continues her father's work in the "Good" Ending. Maybe.]]

* CleavageWindow: The outfit worn by Aya's mom is this.
* CloningBlues: The 100% ending reveals that [[spoiler:the Doctor created a clone of Aya and let [[SheIsAllGrownUp her age to adulthood]].]]

* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler:The true ending of the game has Aya growing up to run a free clinic in the middle of the woods, where she turns her patients into dolls just like her father did. Maybe.]]

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: An inverted example with Dio, who the "if" bonus scene added to the gallery in version 2.0 reveals was actually ''alive'' the whole time; why he was pretending to be a corpse isn't exactly clear, although he seems to worry about how Aya and Maria would react if they knew, and also to think they're better off on their own.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Most likely the idea for both of Aya's parents. Monika did this to [[spoiler:protect her daughter from her husband.]] The bonus ending includes [[spoiler:Dr. Drevis working with Ogre to obtain the perfect replacement for Aya.]]

* DontGoIntoTheWoods: [[spoiler:More specifically, don't go into that free clinic in the woods.]]

** [[spoiler: All of the endings are this to some extant. Either Aya continues her father's work years after the game, Aya is murdered by Maria, or Aya is killed by her father.]]

* TheEndingChangesEverything: The True ending. [[spoiler: Aya grows up to continue her father's work.]]

''Mad Father'' is a free-ware horror-puzzle game created by Miscreant's Room made with Wolf RPG Editor, their second game after ''VideoGame/{{Misao}}''. A young German girl named Aya Drevis is living at home with her father simply known as the Doctor and his assistant Maria. One night, Aya hears her father scream and finds her house riddled with corpses and other supernatural things trying to kill her. Not wanting to leave without her father, Aya decides to brave the house and look for him, all while encountering the horrors of what her father has really done.

* AntagonistTitle

* YourCheatingHeart: Doctor Drevis and Maria have been carrying on an affair for some time before the game begins.

* PressXtoNotDie: Some quicktime events make you press- no, mash Z to avert your demise.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler: In the True ending, if she has followed her father's footsteps, then she waits for ill people to come to her for treatment, and her victims are anesthetized before they are converted into dolls.]]

** [[spoiler: Doctor Drevis' journal reveals that he notices her murderous tendencies and sees that she's becoming exactly like him as a child and has the implication that he's really not happy about that.]]

** The true ending, obtained by reading Maria's diary, has her escape the manor with Maria... and [[spoiler:[[LikeFatherLikeSon continue her father's work with Maria.]] [[spoiler: Although the 3.06 update implies she might not have do so.]]

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [[spoiler: Maria. She's like a nurse-assistant-ninja.]]

** The true ending, obtained by reading Maria's diary, has her escape the manor with Maria... and [[spoiler:[[LikeFatherLikeSon continue her father's work with Maria. Although the 3.06 update implies she might not have do so.]]]]

** The true ending, obtained by reading Maria's diary, has her escape the manor with Maria... and [[spoiler:[[LikeFatherLikeSon continue her father's work with Maria.]]]]

** Implied in the true ending to happen to [[spoiler:Jean, an innocent poor girl that Aya is "treating". Aya mentions how beautiful her eyes are and since she's become just like her Dad and is "treating" a heavily sedated Jean...]]

** Aya's willingness to forgive her father for all the atrocities he commits [[spoiler:foreshadows that she follows in his footsteps in the True Ending.]]

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Aya's father experiments on humans and animals regularly and had been doing this since he was a kid, Aya's mother reads very creepy and disturbing stories to her daughter, and Aya [[spoiler:continues her father's work in the "Good" Ending.]]

* ColdBloodedTorture: What the Doctor and Maria do to their subjects. [[spoiler:Aya followed in his footsteps, as revealed by the best ending.]]

* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler:The true ending of the game has Aya growing up to run a free clinic in the middle of the woods, where she turns her patients into dolls just like her father did.]]

** In a prison, there is an undead girl who has lost her eyes, desperately searching for them. Both her art and her sprite have more than a passing resemblance to [[VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse Viola]] (since they're based on the same free resource sprite. Witch's House spoilers: [[spoiler:Her missing eyes might be another shout-out, as Viola indeed loses her eyes when she switches bodies with the witch.]]