History VideoGame / Backdoor

* PlayerNudge: After recieving the newspaper in ''Door 3'', showing it to Clove has her remark on why the word "RAINSTORM" is specifically circled, as if it was a codeword or something. This is the password needed to connect the local backdoors to the train's destination.

* DugTooDeep: Parodied in ''Door 2'', where [[spoiler:The Gearworks gets shut down when their new factory wing expansion project ends up uncovering a huge cache of water.]]

* HeroicMime

* RunawayTrain: [[spoiler:While showing off how he can manipulate the ROOT computer of the avian world, the phone accidentally gets it wet, causing a rift to open up and send the train to the backdoors. The player has to activate a tracking device in the engine room so the phone can pinpoint it and send it to its destination.]]

* CouldSayItBut: The phone could say that [[spoiler: it might of been his fault the train went off the rails because he tried to show off, and that it was a really good thing that the player saved the day.]] But he's not going to.

* FantasticRacism: Most robots in the underground city don't like humans much, but they've also been separated for so long that the robots forgot what humans look like.
* FloorboardFailure: There's a cabinet in ''Door 1'' that can be moved onto weaker flooring, which results in it crashing through the floor later in the game.

* BirdPeople: ''Door 3'' is set in a society of these.

* ImprovisedParachute: At the start of ''Door 2'', the player has to use the towel as a parachute. It's also get lift from [[VentPhysics air vents]] in ''Door 3''.

* PaperThinDisguise: There's a shopkeeper in the second episode that refuse to sell the player character anything until he makes a disguise out of an actual paper bag. Clove also uses one to get multiple attempts at a lottery in ''Door 3''.

* ShoutOut: The first episode opens with the player falling in a way reminiscent of the first VideoGame/{{Myst}} game.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: You can optionally return the keycard to the conductor at the end of ''Door 3'', after the player doesn't need it anymore.

Three episodes have been released, called Door 1, Door 2, and Door 3.

* ArtificialGravity: The house in Door 1 has a device that resembles a thermostat that can change how strong the gravity is in the house.

* BlockPuzzle: There's a simple sliding block puzzle in Door 1.

* FloorboardFailure: There's a cabinet in Door 1 that can be moved onto weaker flooring, which results in it crashing through the floor later in the game.

* ICanSeeYou: If you ignore the ringing phone at the end of Door 1, it informs you that it can see you walking off.
* ImprovisedParachute: At the start of Door 2, the player has to use the towel as a parachute. It's also get lift from [[VentPhysics air vents]] in Door 3.

* PaperThinDisguise: There's a shopkeeper in the second episode that refuse to sell the player character anything until he makes a disguise out of an actual paper bag. Clove also uses one to get multiple attempts at a lottery in Door 3.
* PoliceAreUseless: In Door 2, the police are too busy beating the world record for most streets closed to help you with a kidnapping case.
%%* ProneToTears: Aert, a robot from Door 2.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: You can optionally return the keycard to the conductor at the end of Door 3, after the player doesn't need it anymore.

* YouShouldntKnowThisAlready: You're not allowed to push the shelving units to escape the room you get locked in during Door 2 before speaking to the phone, or use the bucket to collect water.

* ImprovisedParachute: At the start of Door 2, the player has to use the towel as a parachute.

* PaperThinDisguise: There's a shopkeeper in the second episode that refuse to sell the player character anything until he makes a disguise out of an actual paper bag.

* RunningGag: In the first game you can draw something different on every picture in the house. In the second game if you try to combine the pencil and Aert's picture, the narration notes that you have to resist the urge to draw all over it.

Two episodes have been released, called Door 1 and Door 2.

* EasterEgg: An easter egg can be found in both episodes. Using the easter egg at the right location unlocks the DeveloperRoom.

* FragileFlower: Aert, a robot from Door 2.

* ArtificialGravity: The house in Door 1 has device that resembles thermostat that can change how strong the gravity is in the house.

* ChekhovsGun: At one point you have to remove a crowbar that's jamming me gears to progress. [[spoiler: Later you have to use the same crowbar to jam different gears while rescuing Aert.]]

The nice thing about dreaming is that you can just keep falling without worrying about hitting the ground. Unfortunately this is not dream.

* ChekhovsGun: To open a door at one point you have to collect a crowbar that's jamming some gears. [[spoiler: Later you have to use the crowbar to jam some other gears to rescue Aert.]]

The nice thing about dreaming is that you can just keep falling without worrying about what happens next. Unfortunately this is not dream.

''[=BackDoor=]'' is an episodic AdventureGame about a monochromatic boy who crash lands in a bedroom that is not his own. That bedroom happens to be in a house that is located on the moon, so he can't just leave through the front door. And there's no one else inside the house, except for a mysterious entity that can communicate through telephones.

* EasterEgg: An easter egg can be found in both episodes.

* PoliceAreUseless: In Door 2, the police are too busy beating the record for most streets closed to help you with a kidnapping case.
* RunningGag: In the first game you can draw something different on every picture in the house. In the second game if you try to combine the pencil and Aert's picture, the narration notes that you have to resist the urge to do it.

* YouShouldntKnowThisAlready: You're not allowed to push the shelving units to escape the room you get locked in during Door 2 before speaking to the phone.

* ChekhovsGun: To open a door at one point you have to collect a crowbar that's jamming some gears. [[spoiler: Later you have to use the crowbar to jam some different gears to rescue Aert.]]

* ShoutOut: The first episode opens with the player falling in a way reminiscent of the first myst game.

* ChekhovsGun: To open a door at one point you have to collect a crowbar that's jamming some gears. [[spoiler: Later you have to use the crowbar to jam some different gears in order to rescue Aert.]]

* NoSell: Happens when The Treatment is used on the [[spoiler: player character]]