History VideoGame / KinitoPet

[=KinitoPET=] is a PsychologicalHorror game released by troy_en in January 2024, taking place almost entirely through a simulated desktop virtual pet named Kinito.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:After the codes are run in the command prompt to delete Kinito, he panics and glitches as all of his code gets erased. He starts from demanding to shut it off to stating that he only did what he was asked of and that [[IJustWantToHaveFriends he just wanted to be friends]], to him finally saying "I'm so sorry. Goodbye, friend..." Then a forlorn tune plays as the monitor is seen sitting in a fire, with Kinito's final sorrowful words appearing above the loading bar before he's completely gone.]]

** [[spoiler:During the bicycle task of the "Factory Frenzy!" minigame, a realistic organ will appear on the conveyor belt and even Jade [[TemptingFate stares]] at it passing by. If the player drags it onto the bike you are building, Jade will glitch out, the game will turn white, and Jade will tell you to look at your other monitor if you have one (it will briefly show an unsettling black and white version of her. If the player does not have another monitor, there will just be a red flashing JumpScare). The game will fade to black as Jade blames herself for something, and the player will be greeted by a final Jump Scare where a realistic Jade reaches out at the player.]] [[MoodWhiplash And then the game resumes as normal]].

** [[spoiler:If the player turns right out of the starting room of the [[HideAndSeekHorror Hide and Seek maze]], then looks to the right room, a hyperrealistic, demonic Sam the Sea Anemone can be seen lurking there. If the player proceeds forward into the corridor, Sam will charge through. If he catches the player, they will be [[Jump Scare jumpscared]] by him.]]

** [[spoiler:During the bicycle task of the "Factory Frenzy!" minigame, a realistic organ will appear on the conveyor belt and even Jade stares at it passing by. If the player drags it onto the bike you are building, Jade will glitch out, the game will turn white, and Jade will tell you to look at your other monitor if you have one (it will briefly show an unsettling black and white version of her. If the player does not have another monitor, there will just be a red flashing JumpScare). The game will fade to black as Jade blames herself for something, and the player will be greeted by a final Jump Scare where a realistic Jade reaches out at the player.]] [[MoodWhiplash And then the game resumes as normal]].
** [[spoiler:If the player turns right out of the starting room of the [[HideAndSeekHorror Hide and Seek maze]], then looks to the right room, a hyperrealistic, demonic Sam the Sea Anemone can be seen lurking there. If the player proceeds forward into the corridor, Sam will charge through. If he catches the player, they will be be [[Jump Scare jumpscared by him.]]

* SchmuckBait: [[spoiler:One of the scares has Kinito ask you what your biggest fear is, with text reading "DO NOT ANSWER THAT" briefly appearing [[note]](Although, the text could be referring to the false phone call vibrations that a close listener can hear shortly after this question is asked.)[[/note]]. If you ignore the warning and answer honestly, you'll be greeted with flashing pictures of your worst fear.]]

* AnnoyingPopUpAd: Upon checking out the game's Web Browser, clicking a link on a page causes an error window to appear, followed by multiple pop-ups advertising [=KinitoPET=] that crash the screen. It then reopens to the [=KinitoPET=] website, with Kinito's voice thanking the player for choosing [=KinitoPET=] and to click the button to download his program.

* DigitalHorror: Much of the game's horror runs on Kinito being capable of things one wouldn't expect (a game about) a virtual assistant could do, blurring the lines between what is part of the game and what isn't. Opening the game can take someone by surprise as a button appears over the desktop, but the background is a screenshot. Kinito's Web World hosts some friendly games that hide dark secrets. Then Kinito [[spoiler:starts manipulating the player's PC, from increasing the device's volume, opening Microsoft Paint to write a message, detecting if OBS is used and show a screenshot from said recording app, opening the PC's camera, accessing one's list of friends on Platform/{{Steam}} for a SadisticChoice, typing into the search bar to find the player's location, and even [[https://www.reddit.com/r/KinitoPET/comments/1b966q6g/when_kinito_asked_are_you_aware_of_your/ causing things to appear on a 2nd monitor]]. His ultimate goal is to trap the user into a digital world that he fashions out of the data inserted by the player]]. Additionally, Kinito is installed into the computer after his AnnoyingPopUpAd barrage crashes the screen, [[spoiler:and he can only be killed by finding and decrypting the codes to delete him to put in the command prompt]].

* DigitalHorror: Much of the game's horror runs on Kinito being capable of things one wouldn't expect (a game about) a virtual assistant could do, blurring the lines between what is part of the game and what isn't. Opening the game can take someone by surprise as a button appears over the desktop, but the background is a screenshot. Then Kinito [[spoiler:starts manipulating the player's PC. These actions include increasing the PC's volume, opening Microsoft Paint to write a message to the player, detecting if OBS is used to record and show a screenshot from it, opening the PC's camera, accessing your list of friends on Platform/{{Steam}}, typing into the search bar to find the player's location, and even [[https://www.reddit.com/r/KinitoPET/comments/1b966qg/when_kinito_asked_are_you_aware_of_your/ causing things to appear on a 2nd monitor]]]]. Additionally, Kinito is brought into the in-game computer after an AnnoyingPopUpAd appears and downloading him is the only way to progress, [[spoiler:and he can only be killed by being deleted after the codes to run the procedure are found and decrypted]].

** [[spoiler:In the quiz section, when Kinito asks to "see your face", you can either allow or deny him this permission, but either way, he '''will''' still do it, with only his response varying between the options (If Yes, "THEN SMILE." If No, "TOO BAD").]]

!! ''[=KinitoPET=]'' and his game(s) provides examples of:

* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler:In the normal path of the game, every question Kinito has asked you turns out to be this at the end, as it forms a part of him personalising a digital world just to your liking, such as a book about your ideal superpower, an office with your favorite game, Sam's room that you decorated, and even the environment itself (location AND season).]]

* DigitalAbomination: Kinito is a virtual assistant trojan that shows the capability to be something much, much worse than an information-skimmer. [[spoiler: Much like a demon, it tries beckoning you into giving it more and more power over you, and when challenged exerts the power it already has to intimidate you into compliance. Eventually, it becomes capable of dragging you into its own simulated worlds, something it's done to many, ''many'' other people.]]
* DisguisedHorrorStory: [[DownplayedTrope Though it doesn't take too long till the spooks roll in,]] Kinito still tries to be as friendly as he can be. [[spoiler:The only time the friendliness fades is when you try to leave at the end of the game.]]
* EasterEgg:
** Setting your computer's date to either [[spoiler: 1993, 1996, or 1998 replaces the game's startup sequence with a Kinito plushie in its box, a Kinito Companion toy (randomly showing either a Kinito, Sam, or Jade toy), or a broken Kinito Companion dangling from a chain respectively. These special startup screens tie into an achievement called "Memories."]] The game stays on these screens for as long as the game is open, and you have to set your date again in order to actually play the game.
** There is an extremely rare chance that the startup sequence will be replaced with a scene of [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide Sam the Sea Anemone graphically committing suicide]] in the corner of a black background.]] Like the previous easter eggs, you can't actually progress from here and you'll have to reset the game in order to play.
** During the Web World section, [[spoiler: click on the fountain enough times to see an animation play, then click on the rope swing in the back to be transported to the [[MinusWorld Lost Land]], a strange, dark place that factors into the true ending of the game.]]

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: [[spoiler: "Can I see your face?"]]
* GameWithinAGame: The Minesweeper and 3D Pinball games on the desktop are actually fully functional, and you can give either of those a shot before loading up Kinito. The rules are pretty much the same as their Windows XP counterparts. Playing them while with Kinito has him get a bit stingy that you're not giving him attention.

* HideAndSeekHorror: [[spoiler:This is the last minigame provided in Kinito's Web World. Not that it lasts very long.]]
* LoggingOnToTheFourthWall: All of the [=KinitoPET=]-related [=URLs=] [[https://www.kinitopet.com/ do work]], though all the links lead to the game's Steam page.
* MortonsFork: There are several of these at different points in the game.
** [[spoiler:In the quiz section, when Kinito asks to "see your face", you can either allow or deny him this permission, but either way, he '''will''' still do it, with only his response varying between the options.]]
** [[spoiler:The final choice in the game between staying with Kinito and leaving always leads to the same outcome; with the player [[AndIMustScream trapped in Kinito's world he personalised to your liking]]. He'll be happy if you're willing to go peacefully, but if you refuse, Kinito becomes fully hostile and reveals that ThatWasntARequest, and that you're going in whether you want to or not.]]

* RhymesOnADime: Kinito's story he can read at the start of the game has these in spades.

* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:During the darker questions of the Analysis Hub section, should the player have multiple ''Website/{{Steam}}'' friends, the game asks which out of two of them they would rather kill. It has no effect on further questions, but clicking on either will cause the in-game screen to crack, as if the monitor was actually damaged using a gun.]]

* SchmuckBait: [[spoiler: One of the scares has Kinito ask you what your biggest fear is, with text reading "DO NOT ANSWER THAT" briefly appearing. If you ignore the warning and answer honestly, you'll be greeted with flashing pictures of your worst fear.]]
* StupidityIsTheOnlyOption: Once you gain membership to the friendship club, [[spoiler: Kinito will ask you to give him administrative permissions by opening the command prompt despite the page advertising the club warning you not to give him said permissions. There is no way to progress until you open the command prompt, and if you do nothing Kinito will just [[ButThouMust open the command prompt himself.]]]]
* VirtualSidekick: Kinito obviously. He is based on the virtual assistants of the 90’s like Clippy. [[spoiler:He later becomes a DigitalAbomination.]]

** After you fill in the address line of the friendship club membership form [[spoiler:Kinito will claim you made a mistake and type "where is my location" into your desktop search bar. If Streamer Mode is enabled, he'll decide not to doxx you and says "just so you know, I could" instead.]]

* {{Cephalothorax}}: Kinito is an axolotl’s head attached to two skinny black legs and not much else. He can manifest [[FloatingLimbs floating hands]] if an animation requires that he hold something.

** Setting your computer's date to either [[spoiler: 1993, 1996, or 1998 replaces the game's startup sequence with a Kinito plushie in its box, a Kinito Companion toy (randomly showing either a Kinito, Sam, or Jade toy), and a broken Kinito Companion dangling from a chain respectively. These special startup screens tie into an achievement called "Memories."]] The game stays on these screens for as long as the game is open, and you have to set your date again in order to actually play the game.

** Setting your computer's date to either [[spoiler: 1993, 1996, and 1998 replaces the game's startup sequence with a Kinito plushie in its box, a Kinito Companion toy (randomly showing either a Kinito, Sam, and Jade toy), and a broken Kinito Companion dangling from a chain respectively. These special startup screens tie into an achievement called "Memories."]] The game stays on these screens for as long as the game is open, and you have to set your date again in order to actually play the game.

* SpecialEffectFailure:
** Even without Streamer Mode enabled, Kinito can’t [[spoiler:doxx you]] if your PC’s search bar isn’t connected to the internet.
** The message [[spoiler:that Kinito writes in MS Paint]] can be missed if the canvas is cropped too small.

* AffablyEvil: Kinito himself. His intent to [[spoiler:trap you in a virtual GildedCage]] and the methods he uses to achieve this are malevolent, but he really, truly does just want to be friends with the player. The game’s GoldenEnding implies that he isn’t fully capable of understanding why doing what he’s doing is wrong.

* AffablyEvil: Kinito himself. His intent to [[spoiler:trap you in a virtual GildedCage]] and the methods he uses to achieve this are malevolent, but he really, truly does just want to be friends with the player. The game’s TrueEnding implies that he isn’t fully capable of understanding why doing what he’s doing is wrong.

** [[spoiler:If you don't cite ''him'' as your best friend during the quiz, he turns up your computer's volume to reiterate his question.]]