History VideoGame / Gloomwood

* HorrifyingTheHorror: The Huntsmen are twisted humanoids with glowing eyes and proportions so distorted that normal humans can't use their weaponry. They captured ''something'' and brought it to the Slaughtered Goat to show off. It turned the tables. By the time you get there, the last few terrified stragglers have barricaded the door, and are discussing getting dynamite to destroy the place. [[spoiler: When you get inside the place is almost completely empty, save for a ''dozen'' corpses, a singe terrified Huntsman begging for mercy before being ripped apart, bloody limbs and broken furniture, and the ''thing'' in question feasting by the fireplace.]]

* SourceMusic: The vast majority of the game's music comes from the [[SavePoint phonographs]], which play music to let the player know when one is nearby.

** The [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience colour-coding]] of the Huntsmen's glowing eyes is straight out of ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}''; green for docile/unaware, yellow for searching/suspicious, red for full-on attack mode, just like the Big Daddies in said game.

** The first safe found in the fishery is set to "351"; the average person interested in Gloomwood for being inspired by immersive sims like VideoGame/SystemShock or VideoGame/BioShock would probably change it to the traditional "451" as an educated guess, [[spoiler: [[SchmuckBait only to blow up the safe, alerting the guards.]]]]

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: The owner of the fishery, Mr. Croup, hanged himself when the Huntsmen came to take the fishery.

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->''"Ah, inside at last are you? Welcome, '''WELCOME!'''" *EvilLaugh*''

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* BossOnlyLevel: The Slaughtered Goat, despite being relatively large is home to only a single foe, [[spoiler: the Accursed Beast.]]

** [[spoiler: The Accursed Beast's]] design is taken almost wholesale from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', specifically the [[spoiler: Beast-possessed Soul miniboss]].

Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: The second gun available is a folding pump-action shotgun, and it is indeed better, being able to kill both huntsmen and crowbeggars in a single shot at close range.

** Crescent: For players who are unfamiliar with survival horror or just want to explore.[[labelnote:Perks]]Abundant resources; low enemy presence; low enemy damage, speed and senses; music box allows saving anywhere[[/labelnote]]

* BlackoutBasement: The kennels can only be opened after disabling the power, making large amounts of it near-lightless. The game does give the player a lantern, but it must be used sparingly since it also makes you much more visible to enemies.

* AnimalisticAbomination: [[spoiler: The Accursed Beast is some unholy combination of man, goat, and beast combined into a towering pile of flesh, broken blades, and piercing yellow eyes.]]

* ImplacableMan: One of the things that makes the [[spoiler: Accursed Beast]] in the Slaughtered Goat so dangerous is the fact they will ''relentlessly'' chase the player if you get trapped inside. Closing the door on them? They'll ''smash it''. Go to another floor? It will slowly home in on you and find you eventually. Try to run? It will make a ''mad dash'' forward and quickly begin to ''outrun you''. And if you think guns will bring it down, ''think again'', it can survive upwards of ''ten'' shotgun blasts point-blank.

* LightningBruiser: The [[spoiler: Accursed Beast]] is strong enough to kill the player and ''break apart doors'' in a single hit, durable enough to survive ''10'' shotgun blasts straight to the face, and fast enough that it's charge is able to overtake a sprinting player. There's a ''very'' good reason the game encourages sneaking past it.

** [[spoiler: The Accursed Beast's]] design is taken almost wholesale from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}]'', specifically the [[spoiler: Beast-possessed Soul miniboss]].

** [[spoiler: The Accursed Beast's]] design is taken almost wholesale from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}'', specifically the Beast-possessed Soul miniboss.

* HorrifyingTheHorror: The Huntsmen are twisted humanoids with glowing eyes and proportions so distorted that normal humans can't use their weaponry. They captured ''something'' and brought it to the Slaughtered Goat to show off. It turned the tables. By the time you get there, the last few terrified stragglers have barricaded the door, and are discussing getting dynamite to destroy the place.

** Crescent[[labelnote:*]]As of December 2022, not available in the Early Access release[[/labelnote]]: For players who are unfamiliar with survival horror or just want to explore.[[labelnote:Perks]]Abundant resources; low enemy presence; low enemy damage, speed and senses; music box allows saving anywhere[[/labelnote]]

** Crescent[[labelnote:*]]As of December 2022, not available in the Early Access release[[/labelnote]]: For players who are unfamiliar with survival horror or just want to explore.[[labelnote:Perks]]Abundant resources, low enemy presence, low enemy damage, music box allows saving anywhere[[/labelnote]]
** Half Moon: For players looking for a well-balanced experience.[[labelnote:Perks]]Standard resources, standard enemy presence, standard enemy damage, can only save at Phonographs[[/labelnote]]
** Full Moon: For players who are familiar with survival horror or are looking for a challenge.[[labelnote:Perks]]Few resources, high enemy presence, high enemy damage, can only save at Phonographs[[/labelnote]]
** Blood Moon: For survival horror veterans [[HarderThanHard who want to be pushed to their limits]].[[labelnote:Perks]]Scarce resources, very high enemy presence, very high enemy damage, no guard vision cones, can only save at Phonographs[[/labelnote]]

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: The difficulties are, from easiest to hardest: Crescent, Half Moon, Full Moon, and Blood Moon.[[note]]In its current Early Access release, only the latter three are available for play.[[/note]] Higher difficulties have fewer resources, a greater number of enemies, and more enemy damage, as well as sometimes changing enemy locations and patrols so they're harder to sneak around. A custom difficulty setting, Lunacy, is also planned for the future.

** In later builds, the doctor's bag with it's GridInventory is based off of Leon's iconic attaché case from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.

* SwordCane: The player's melee weapon and primary method of dealing with enemies stealthily is a fancy sword cane. Keeping with the game's weapon holstering function, you can sheath the sword in it's cane. Thankfully, it doesn't take up any space in your inventory so the player at least has one weapon they can use to defend themselves.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Despite looking like a work of fiction, the game's folding shotgun is actually based on a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvmGtLYwKA real]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZZg4HQ18Rs weapon]], although touting a regular pump-action mechanism instead of the rear grip and trigger being the pump handle.

* RareGuns: This game's shotgun is based on the [[https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a17376/folding-shotgun/ Burgess Folding Shotgun]].

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: The difficulties are, from easiest to hardest: Crescent, Half Moon, Full Moon, and Blood Moon. Higher difficulties have fewer resources, a greater number of enemies, and more enemy damage, as well as sometimes changing enemy locations and patrols so they're harder to sneak around. As of the initial Early Access release, only Half Moon and Full Moon are available, and there are also plans for a custom difficulty mode called Lunacy.