History VideoGame / ItsNotMeItsMyBasement

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Embry indirectly pushes Dr. D. Light down the stairs, leading to him getting eaten by the monster]].

* GenderneutralWriting: WordOfGod has confirmed that Embry is non-binary and that they go by they/them pronouns.

* VoiceChangeling: On day three the monster reveals it has the ability to mimic the voices of Embry's parents and even Embry's own voice. Embry is deeply disturbed by this, as up until then the monster hadn't spoken at all.

''It's Not Me, It's My Basement'' is an UsefulNotes/RPGMaker horror game, created by arcadekitten.

* AdultFear: A child being forced to live with and take care of a dangerous animal in their house, all alone since their parents were killed by said animal.

It revolves around Embry Oliver, a non-binary child who has to take care of a monster residing in their basement, after it eats their parents.

See also ''VisualNovel/CemeteryMary'' and ''VideoGame/{{Crowscare}}'', two [[VideoGames games]] in the same universe.

See also ''VisualNovel/CemeteryMary'' and ''VideoGame/{{Crowscare}}'', two games in the same universe.

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Embry indirectly pushes Dr. D. Light down the stairs, leading to him getting eaten by the monster.]]

* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: Depending on whether you choose to go back to bed or enter the basement in the final night, Embry will have a nightmare about either the monster, taking their form, or the doctor giving them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about presumably killing Dr. D. Light by accidentally shoving him down the stairs, ending in a horrifying JumpScare.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: ''Is'' there actually a monster in the basement? Embry sure seems to believe so and there's no denying that ''something'' killed their parents. But we never see the monster ([[spoiler: aside from a nightmare sequence in the final night]]) and Embry has taken care to ensure no one but them ever enters their house, meaning none of the adults have seen the monster either. [[spoiler: It seems to eat Dr. D. Light on the fourth day, but, as mentioned in MaybeMagicMaybeMundane, it's just as likely that it was the fall down the stairs that killed him as opposed to a supernatural entity.]]

** Two times the game will give you the choice to give the monster an extra meal at night or just go back to sleep and ignore it. [[spoiler: It doesn't matter at all what you choose. The game only has one ending. At most you'll get different dialogue depending on your choice.]]
** In the final night you have the choice to either go into the open basement or go back to sleep. [[spoiler: No matter what you do, Embry will have a nightmare, then wake up in the morning and decide to enter the basement for real.]]

* CreepyBasement: The entire premise of the game, even mentioned in the title. The monster in the basement demands breakfast and dinner every day and gets hungrier as the game goes on. Embry slowly despairs over how much the thing is eating, which might have contributed to [[spoiler: them feeding Dr. D. Light to the monster in the game's climax]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: After suffering a horrifying nightmare, triggered by their guilt over accidentally pushing Dr. D. Light into the basement, Embry wakes up declaring that "it's gone on long enough". They enter the basement in reality and the game ends.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Embry repeatedly agonizes over how they're never on time to buy some meat from the market, as meat keeps the monster satisfied the longest and it has been particularly rowdy lately. [[spoiler: Sure enough, the monster calms down after Dr. D. Light falls into the basement.]]

* HopeSpot: Embry finally finds an adult to potentially confide in with traveling doctor D. Light. He even manages to convince them to show him the basement. [[spoiler: But in the end Embry's fear and paranoia win out, leading to them pushing Dr. D. Light into the basement by accident.]]
* ItIsDehumanizing: Embry never call the monster an 'it'. Instead they refer to it with they/them-pronouns.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: We never actually see the monster in the basement. Embry claims that it ate their parents and it ''seems'' to eat [[spoiler: Dr. D. Light]] later on, leaving a puddle of blood. Embry is also the only person who ever communicates with the monster directly. [[spoiler: When Dr. D. Light insists on going into the basement, Embry panics and ends up pushing him down the stairs. While Embry is convinced the monster ate him, the stairs are shown to be very steep. He could've easily died from the fall. This along with Embry's nightmares on the final night, about both the doctor and the monster calling them out for continually running away from their problems and avoiding responsibility could hint that there never really ''was'' a monster.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Dr. D. Light immediately agrees to tend to Embry's "sick" parents when Mrs. Malloy tells him about them. Even when Embry deliberately treats him badly to drive him away, he still tries to understand and befriend them. [[spoiler: But when he tries to enter the basement after Embry opens the door, Embry freaks out and grabs him by the sleeve, leading to him tripping and falling down the stairs when he tries to free himself.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: Embry can't bring themselves to tell Dr. D. Light that the thing in their basement is a dangerous monster. He thinks that their parents are down there and that there's something seriously wrong with them, so he keeps insisting they enter the basement together. [[spoiler: Embry eventually freaks out and tries to pull him away from the basement's entrance and in the ensuing struggle Dr. D. Light stumbles down the stairs and is subsequently eaten by the monster.]]

** [[spoiler: If you choose to go down into the basement on the final night, Embry is confronted with the monster - who is revealed to look just like them. Embry is mortified about this, to which the monster responds by pointing out that sacrificing Dr. D. Light basically makes Embry no different from a monster. They then accuse Embry of liking feeding them because it makes them feel safe and admits that even with all the food Embry gave to them, they're still hungry.]]
** [[spoiler: Choosing to go back to bed on the final night has Embry suffer a nightmare in which Dr. D. Light calls them out for his AccidentalMurder by their hands and speculates that Embry killed him because they didn't actually want the help he was offering and would rather keep living in perpetual misery because that's more comfortable than actually having to deal with their problems.]]

* StaircaseTumble: [[spoiler: Dr. D. Light ends up falling into the basement while trying to get out of Embry's grip.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: When Embry finally confronts the monster on the final night, it's revealed to look and sound just like them. The monster then starts a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in which it heavily implies that it is actually a part of Embry that Embry had locked away and pretended was a monster. Ultimately subverted, as the whole situation turns out to be a nightmare, brought about by Embry's guilt over having sacrificed Dr. D. Light to the monster.]]

It revolves around Embry, a non-binary child who has to take care of a monster residing in their basement, after it eats their parents.

See also ''VisualNovel/CemeteryMary'' and ''VideoGame/{{Crowscare}}''.

* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Deconstructed. Embry's single-minded devotion to keeping the monster fed stresses them out and isolates them from everyone who could help them. It also effectively costs them their childhood, as taking care of the monster leaves them no time to paint or garden, two things they enjoyed very much in the past.

* BigBad: The monster in the basement who Embry must feed to keep from being eaten like it ate their parents. The conflict is Embry trying to get enough food to satisfy the monster. [[spoiler:Though one of the endings heavily implies that the “monster” is [[EnemyWithin in Embry’s head]].]]

* CreepyBasement: The entire premise of the game, even mentioned in the title. The monster in the basement demands breakfast and dinner every day and gets hungrier as the game goes on. Embry slowly despairs over how much the thing is eating, which might have contributed to [[spoiler: them feeding Dr. D. Light to the monster in the game's climax.]]

* ImAHumanitarian: When the monster first appeared it ate Embry's parents. [[spoiler: It's also heavily implied to have eaten Dr. D. Light after Embry accidentally pushed him into the basement.]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: While on the way back to their house, Dr. D. Light jokingly asks Embry if they're not scared a monster is going to attack them in the woods. Embry, who is forced to deal with an actual monster in their home every day, is less than amused.

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Both Dr. D. Light and the monster accuse Embry of having this mindset and blaming all of their troubles on either the monster or the people who are just trying to help them, in an effort to avoid taking responsibility for their life.]]
* NiceGuy: Dr. D. Lightful, a traveling doctor who does his best to help and cheer up Embry.

* NothingIsScarier: We never get to see what the monster looks like.You only hear the roars it makes whenever Embry feeds it. It also reveals itself to be a VoiceChangeling on the third day.

* PromotionToParent: A pretty dark example. After their parents' deaths, Embry was basically promoted to the monster's "parent", as the one who houses and feeds it.

* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: It's painfully obvious that living alone with no one to help them is taking a toll on Embry's mental and physical state, yet no adult ever thinks to check on them in their home or even just call child services.

* UncertainDoom:
** [[spoiler: Dr. D. Light gets pushed into the basement by a panicking Embry after he insists on going in and confronting whatever is down there. We never see him again and there's a bloody puddle around the basement door right after. But it's never confirmed that the monster ate him either.]]
** [[spoiler: The ending has Embry enter the basement by themselves, finally ready to confront the monster. As soon as their sprite disappears, the game ends.]]

''It's Not Me, It's My Basement'' is a point and click horror-game, created by arcadekitten.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Embry can't bring themselves to tell Dr. D. Light that the thing in their basement is a dangerous monster. He thinks that their parents are down there and that there's something seriously long with them, so he keeps insisting they enter the basement together. [[spoiler: Embry eventually freaks out and tries to pull him away from the basement's entrance and in the ensuing struggle Dr. D. Light stumbles down the stairs and is subsequently eaten by the monster.]]

* BlatantLies: Embry repeatedly reassures themselves and everyone around them that they're fine and that they can take care of everything without help. They're very obviously not and they can't. Dr. D. Light is the only person who seems at least partially able to see through Embry's tough facade, [[spoiler: but that doesn't end well for him.]]

** [[spoiler: If you choose to go down into the basement on the final night, Embry is confronted with the monster - who is revealed to look just like them. Embry is mortified about this, to which the monster responds by pointing out that sacrificing Dr. D. Light basically makes Embry no different from a monster. They then accuse of Embry of liking feeding them because it makes them feel safe and admits that even with all the food Embry gave to them, they're still hungry.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: After suffering a horrifying nightmare, triggered by their guilt over accidentally pushing Dr. D. Lightful into the basement, Embry wakes up declaring that "it's gone on long enough". They enter the basement one in reality and the game ends.]]

* TheFaceless: The adults in the market have no facial features. Neither do the stall owners. Downplayed with Dr. D. Lightful, who wears an ExpressiveMask.

* HopeSpot: Embry finally finds and adult to potentially confide in with traveling doctor D. Light. He even manages to convince them to show him the basement. [[spoiler: But in the end Embry's fear and paranoia win out, leading to them pushing Dr. D. Light into the basement by accident.]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You have the option to deny the monster food in the two nights it starts rampaging due to hunger. There are absolutely no consequences fo doing this either.

* VoiceChangeling. On day three the monster reveals it has the ability to mimic the voices of Embry's parents and even Embry's own voice. Embry is deeply disturbed by this, as up until then the monster hadn't spoken at all.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: After suffering a horrifying nightmare, triggered by their guilt over accidentally pushing Dr. D. Lightful into the basement, Embry wakes up declaring that "it must end all the same". They enter the basement one in reality and the game ends.]]

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Embry indirectly pushes Dr. D. Lightful down the stairs, leading to him getting eaten by the monster.]]

** Subverted with Dr. D. Lightful. He walks Embry all the way home and even when he realizes they were lying about their parents and that something much more sinister is going on, he doesn't leave but tries his best to help them with whatever they're struggling with.

* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: Depending on whether you choose to go back to bed or enter the basement in the final night, Embry will have a nightmare about either the monster, taking their form, or the doctor giving them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about presumably killing Dr. D. Lightful by accidentally shoving him down the stairs, ending in a horrifying JumpScare.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: ''Is'' there actually a monster in the basement? Embry sure seems to believe so and there's no denying that ''something'' killed their parents. But we never see the monster ([[spoiler: aside from a nightmare sequence in the final night]]) and Embry has taken care to ensure no one but them ever enters their house, meaning none of the adults have seen the monster either. [[spoiler: It seems to eat Dr. D. Lightful on the fourth day, but, as mentioned in MaybeMagicMaybeMundane, it's just as likely that it was the fall down the stairs that killed him as opposed to a supernatural entity.]]

* BlatantLies: Embry repeatedly reassures themselves and everyone around them that they're fine and that they can take care of everything without help. They're very obviously not and they can't. Dr. D. Lightful is the only person who seems at least partially able to see through Embry's tough facade, [[spoiler: but that doesn't end well for him.]]

* CreepyBasement: The entire premise of the game, even mentioned in the title. The monster in the basement demands breakfast and dinner every day and gets hungrier as the game goes on. Embry slowly despairs over how much the thing is eating, which might have contributed to [[spoiler: them feeding Dr. D. Lightful to the monster in the game's climax.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Embry repeatedly agonizes over how they're never on time to buy some meat from the market, as meat keeps the monster satisfied the longest and it has been particularly rowdy lately. [[spoiler: Sure enough, the monster calms down after Dr. D. Lightful falls into the basement.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Dr. D. Lightful remarks that the path from Embry's house to the market is pretty long and worries about Embry having to walk it all by themself. In terms of gameplay, it takes the player barely a minute to traverse.

* HopeSpot: Embry finally finds and adult to potentially confide in with traveling doctor D. Lightful. He even manages to convince them to show him the basement. [[spoiler: But in the end Embry's fear and paranoia win out, leading to them pushing Dr. D. Lightful into the basement by accident.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: When the monster first appeared it ate Embry's parents. [[spoiler: It's also heavily implied to have eaten Dr. D. Lightful after Embry accidentally pushed him into the basement.]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: While on the way back to their house, Dr. D. Lightful jokingly asks Embry if they're not scared a monster is going to attack them in the woods. Embry, who is forced to deal with an actual monster in their home every day, is less than amused.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: We never actually see the monster in the basement. Embry claims that it ate their parents and it ''seems'' to eat [[spoiler: Dr. D. Lightful]] later on, leaving a puddle of blood. Embry is also the only person who ever communicates with the monster directly. [[spoiler: When Dr. D. Lightful insists on going into the basement, Embry panics and ends up pushing him down the stairs. While Embry is convinced the monster ate him, the stairs are shown to be very steep. He could've easily died from the fall. This along with Embry's nightmares on the final night, about both the doctor and the monster calling them out for continually running away from their problems and avoiding responsibility could hint that there never really ''was'' a monster.]]
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Both Dr. D. Lightful and the monster accuse Embry of having this mindset and blaming all of their troubles on either the monster or the people who are just trying to help them, in an effort to avoid taking responsibility for their life.]]

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Dr. D. Lightful immediately agrees to tend to Embry's "sick" parents when Mrs. Malloy tells him about them. Even when Embry deliberately treats him badly to drive him away, he still tries to understand and befriend them. [[spoiler: But when he tries to enter the basement after Embry opens the door, Embry freaks out and grabs him by the sleeve, leading to him tripping and falling down the stairs when he tries to free himself.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: Embry can't bring themselves to tell Dr. D. Lightful that the thing in their basement is a dangerous monster. He thinks that their parents are down there and that there's something seriously long with them, so he keeps insisting they enter the basement together. [[spoiler: Embry eventually freaks out and tries to pull him away from the basement's entrance and in the ensuing struggle Dr. D. Lightful stumbles down the stairs and is subsequently eaten by the monster.]]

** [[spoiler: If you choose to go down into the basement on the final night, Embry is confronted with the monster - who is revealed to look just like them. Embry is mortified about this, to which the monster responds by pointing out that sacrificing Dr. D. Lightul basically makes Embry no different from a monster. They then accuse of Embry of liking feeding them because it makes them feel safe and admits that even with all the food Embry gave to them, they're still hungry.]]
** [[spoiler: Choosing to go back to bed on the final night has Embry suffer a nightmare in which Dr. D. Lightful calls them out for his AccidentalMurder by their hands and speculates that Embry killed him because they didn't actually want the help he was offering and would rather keep living in perpetual misery because that's more comfortable than actually having to deal with their problems.]]

* StaircaseTumble: [[spoiler: Dr. D. Lightful ends up falling into the basement while trying to get out of Embry's grip.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: When Embry finally confronts the monster on the final night, it's revealed to look and sound just like them. The monster then starts a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in which it heavily implies that it is actually a part of Embry that Embry had locked away and pretended was a monster. Ultimately subverted, as the whole situation turns out to be a nightmare, brought about by Embry's guilt over having sacrificed Dr. D. Lighful to the monster.]]

** [[spoiler: Dr. D. Lightful gets pushed into the basement by a panicking Embry after he insists on going in and confronting whatever is down there. We never see him again and there's a bloody puddle around the basement door right after. But it's never confirmed that the monster ate him either.]]

* UnwantedAssistance: Embry isn't really thrilled when Dr. D. Lightful offers to take a look at their parents, since their parents aren't actually sick and they think he won't be able to help them with their actual problems.

* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: Depending on whether you choose to go back to bed or enter the basement in the final night, Embry will have a nightmares about either the monster taking their form or the doctor giving them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about presumably killing Dr. D. Lightful by accidentally shoving him down the stairs, ending in a horrifying JumpScare.]]

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Dr. D. Lightful remarks that the path from Embry's house to the market is pretty long and worries about Embry having to walk it all by themself. In terms of gameplay, it takes the player barely a minute to walk.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: While on the way back to their house, Dr. D. Lightful jokingly asks Embry if they're not scared a monster is going to attack them in the woods. Embry, who is forced to deal with an actual monster in their house, is less than amused.

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Dr. D. Lightful gets pushed into the basement by a panicking Embry after he insists on going in and confronting whatever is down there. We never see him again and there's a bloody puddle around the basement door right after. But it's never confirmed that the monster ate him either.]]

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Embry's mother and father are shown to be very loving and kind during their dreams of them.

* GenderneutralWriting: WordOfGod has confirmed that Embry is non-binary and that they go by they/them pronouns.

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: When Embry finally confronts the monster on the final night, it's revealed to look and sound just like them. The monster then starts a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in which it heavily implies that it is actually a part of Embry that Embry had locked away and pretended was a monster. Ultimately subverted, as the whole situation turns out to be a nightmares, brought about by Embry's guilt over having sacrified Dr. D. Lighful to the monster.]]

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Dr. D. Lightful gets pushed into the basement by a panicking Embry after he insists on going in and confronting whatever is down there. We never see him again and there's a bloody puddle around the basement door right after. But it's never confirmed that the monster ate him either.]]