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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_chinese_room_4.png]]
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3	The Chinese Room (formerly thechineseroom) is a British independent video game studio, best known for making experimental first person adventure games in the EnvironmentalNarrativeGame mold, such as the Half-Life 2 mod ''VideoGame/DearEsther'', as well as its full-fledged remake.
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5	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 members are 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 classic. In 2009, The Chinese Room developed survival horror mod ''VideoGame/{{Korsakovia}}''.
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7	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 Platform/{{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.
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10	!!Games developed by the studio:
11	* ''Conscentious Objector'' (Doom 3 mod) (2008)
12	* ''Antlion Soccer'' (Half-Life 2 mod) (2008)
13	* ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' (Half-Life 2 mod) (2008, remade as standalone in 2012)
14	** ''Dear Esther: Landmark Edition'' (2017)
15	* ''VideoGame/{{Korsakovia}}'' (2009)
16	* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'' (2013)
17	* ''VideoGame/EverybodysGoneToTheRapture'' (2015)
18	* ''VideoGame/SoLetUsMelt'' (2017)
19	* ''Little Orpheus'' (2020)
20	* ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines2'' (2024)
21	* ''VideoGame/StillWakesTheDeep'' (2024)
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24	!!Tropes associated with the studio:
25	* EnvironmentalNarrativeGame: ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' is the TropeCodifier, or at least the game that brought the genre into the public eye.
26	* GameMod
27	* PurpleProse: The narrations for ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' and ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'' certainly qualify.

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