History Creator / TheChineseRoom

* ''Still Wakes the Deep'' (2024)

After ''VideoGame/{{Korsakovia}}'', The Chinese Room worked with Robert Briscoe to develop a remake of ''Dear Esther'', this time as a full-fledged video game title, distributed through Valve Corporation's UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} distribution service. The remake featured improved graphics, but was based on the same engine as the previous mods. The game was released in early 2012 and recouped its $55,000 investment in less than six hours of release. One week after launch, the game reached 50,000 copies sold, and is now considered a cult hit.

* EnvironmentalNarrativeGame: ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' is the TropeCodifier, or at least the game that brought the genre into public eye.

* ''The 13th Interior'' (201?)

* ''Little Orpheus'' (201?)

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* EnvironmentalNarrativeGame: '''VideoGame/DearEsther'' is the TropeCodifier, or at least the game that brought the genre into public eye.

* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs''
* ''VideoGame/EverybodysGoneToTheRapture''
* ''Total Dark'' (201?)

The Chinese Room originated as a mod team for ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', based out of the University of Portsmouth in 2007. Their name is taken from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room Chinese Room thought experiment]]. Some of the key people in the group includes Dan Pinchbeck, and Jessica Curry. The Chinese Room's first three projects were mods for ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', named ''Antlion Soccer'' and ''Dear Esther'', and ''VideoGame/Doom3'' mod called ''Conscientious Objector''. Of these, ''Dear Esther'' became a cult. In 2009, The Chinese Room developed ''VideoGame/{{Korsakovia}}'', which was a survival horror mod.

After ''VideoGame/{{Korsakovia}}'', The Chinese Room worked with Robert Briscoe to develop a remake of ''Dear Esther'', this time as a full-fledged video game title, distributed through Valve Corporation's UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} distribution service. The remake featured improved graphics, but was based on the same engine as the previous mods. The game was released in early 2012 and recouped its $55,000 investment in less than six hours of release, when 16,000 copies of the game were sold. One week after launch, the game reached 50,000 copies sold, and is now considered a cult hit.

* ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' (Half-Life 2 mod) (2008, remade 2012)

* EnvironmentalNarrativeGame: '''VideoGame/DearEsther'' is probably the TropeMaker.

* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''

The Chinese Room (formerly thechineseroom) is a British independent video game studio, best known for making experimental first person adventure games, such as the Half-Life 2 mod ''VideoGame/DearEsther'', as well as its full-fledged remake.

* EnvironmentalNarrativeGame

After ''VideoGame/{{Korsakovia}}'', The Chinese Room worked with Robert Briscoe to develop a remake of ''Dear Esther'', this time as a full-fledged video game title, distributed through Valve Corporation's UsefulNotes/Steam distribution service. The remake featured improved graphics, but was based on the same engine as the previous mods. The game was released in early 2012 and recouped its $55,000 investment in less than six hours of release, when 16,000 copies of the game were sold. One week after launch, the game reached 50,000 copies sold, and is now considered a cult hit.

The Chinese Room originated as a mod team for ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', based out of the University of Portsmouth in 2007. Their name is taken from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room Chinese Room thought experiment]]. Some of the key people in the group includes Dan Pinchbeck, and Jessica Curry. The Chinese Room's first three projects were mods for ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', named ''Antlion Soccer'' and ''Dear Esther'', and ''VideoGame/Doom3'' mod called ''Conscientious Objector''. Of these, ''Dear Esther'' became a cult. In 2009, The Chinese Room developed ''VideoGame/Korsakovia'', which was a survival horror mod.

After ''VideoGame/Korsakovia'', The Chinese Room worked with Robert Briscoe to develop a remake of ''Dear Esther'', this time as a full-fledged video game title, distributed through Valve Corporation's UsefulNotes/Steam distribution service. The remake featured improved graphics, but was based on the same engine as the previous mods. The game was released in early 2012 and recouped its $55,000 investment in less than six hours of release, when 16,000 copies of the game were sold. One week after launch, the game reached 50,000 copies sold, and is now considered a cult hit.

* ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' ((Half-Life 2 mod) (2008, remade 2012)

* ''VideoGame/Korsakovia'' (2009)

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