Knock-Knock
Video Game • 2013 • Horror
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*SPOILERS*
“The Program” that is described in the numbered pages is implied to be a government mandated initiative that forcibly strips children from their homes, the motive is unclear but based on the door knockers of the program wearing ‘party insignia’ it could be to draft the children into a war or commit war crimes upon them such as running experiments.
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“PAGE 2 - It came down to this: they would be removing children. As if from unfit parents. For what purpose - who knew? But against the backdrop or everything our government had done and justified in recent years, the outlook was most sinister. At point I decided to grab my son and escape the city, to the middle of nowhere.”
“PAGE 3 - First news about the Program. First, the summon arrives, and they announce a gathering. Usually at a school. Then the door knockers come, young bastards like volunteers, wearing some party insignia. They go through the complex with lists and check who shows up and who doesn’t.“
“The Program” that is described in the numbered pages is implied to be a government mandated initiative that forcibly strips children from their homes, the motive is unclear but based on the door knockers of the program wearing ‘party insignia’ it could be to draft the children into a war or commit war crimes upon them such as running experiments.
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“PAGE 2 - It came down to this: they would be removing children. As if from unfit parents. For what purpose - who knew? But against the backdrop or everything our government had done and justified in recent years, the outlook was most sinister. At point I decided to grab my son and escape the city, to the middle of nowhere.”
“PAGE 3 - First news about the Program. First, the summon arrives, and they announce a gathering. Usually at a school. Then the door knockers come, young bastards like volunteers, wearing some party insignia. They go through the complex with lists and check who shows up and who doesn’t.“
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Does a kid die?
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No, but a little girl who occasionally appears could be interpreted as a ghost.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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One ending is very negative, while the other is ambiguous but a bit more hopeful.
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*SPOILERS*
Not exactly but The Lodger (player character) says this about finding diary pages when you progress in game: “My old man gave me this diary when I was first learning how to write. He said that I would write my entire life down in it. And that with the last page of the notebook, my life would end as well. He was the last in our family who was fond of speaking in metaphors. I was very young then, and took his words literally. I wanted to live a long life, so I rationed the pages. I wrote only in my smallest handwriting, rarely and briefly. It became a habit. But after a while, I forgot his words. For some reason they’ve come back to me now. And they unsettle me.”
Though assumedly not intended to be abusive, this is unhealthy to tell a child, and has had a bad effect on Lodger into adulthood as they are still taking it literal.
Not exactly but The Lodger (player character) says this about finding diary pages when you progress in game: “My old man gave me this diary when I was first learning how to write. He said that I would write my entire life down in it. And that with the last page of the notebook, my life would end as well. He was the last in our family who was fond of speaking in metaphors. I was very young then, and took his words literally. I wanted to live a long life, so I rationed the pages. I wrote only in my smallest handwriting, rarely and briefly. It became a habit. But after a while, I forgot his words. For some reason they’ve come back to me now. And they unsettle me.”
Though assumedly not intended to be abusive, this is unhealthy to tell a child, and has had a bad effect on Lodger into adulthood as they are still taking it literal.
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Is there a hanging?
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There is a room with a noose and stool inside that appears when player adjusts vision multiple times in game, but there is no actual hanging shown.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Lightning effect flashes on screen shortly each time a guest starts manifesting in one of the rooms during candle levels. When player is touched by a guest, the screen flashes briefly as well.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Loud and sudden knocking sounds, growling and buzzing noises, and occasionally jumpscare distorted music from a gramophone among other things, all intended to scare players as the ambience and sound is a major aspect of the horror.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Not word for word but if you die and restart 8 times during the candle levels, Lodger will say “I just can’t do it anymore. Run down to the basement and continue suffering? Or walk outside, enter the forest and put an end to it all?”
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Is an infant abducted?
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*SPOILERS*
Not infants but children via “The Program” mentioned in the numbered pages.
Not infants but children via “The Program” mentioned in the numbered pages.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does a family member die?
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Only mentioned but Lodger alludes to grandfathers presumed death:
“When my grandfather felt that his time was near, he became quite focused. He didn’t want to die with something on his conscience. There was something he hadn’t finished. Still hadn’t understood. I don’t know if he ever managed in the end. I was still very young then.”
“When my grandfather felt that his time was near, he became quite focused. He didn’t want to die with something on his conscience. There was something he hadn’t finished. Still hadn’t understood. I don’t know if he ever managed in the end. I was still very young then.”
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The Lodger (player character) cannot properly distinguish what’s real and what isn’t, including not knowing when they are asleep or awake and getting confused and afraid.
*SPOILERS*
A popular interpretation of the game is that the guests/ apparitions are auditory and visual hallucinations Lodger is experiencing from lack of sleep, lack of food, isolation and unspecified mental illnesses. This includes the torn out diary pages that Lodger believes is being written by someone maliciously shortening their life presumably being written by Lodger without them remembering as an act of self sabotage.
Later in game, a doppleganger of The Lodger with no pupils appears as a guest, serving credence to this theory.
*SPOILERS*
A popular interpretation of the game is that the guests/ apparitions are auditory and visual hallucinations Lodger is experiencing from lack of sleep, lack of food, isolation and unspecified mental illnesses. This includes the torn out diary pages that Lodger believes is being written by someone maliciously shortening their life presumably being written by Lodger without them remembering as an act of self sabotage.
Later in game, a doppleganger of The Lodger with no pupils appears as a guest, serving credence to this theory.
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Is someone possessed?
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Ambiguous. Occasionally doppelgängers of the player character will appear in the house, and sometimes the player character will switch places with them. Whether this is possession, teleportation, hallucination, a dream, or something else entirely is never made clear.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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The player character repeatedly turns directly to the player and speaks to them.
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Are there ghosts?
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Ambiguous. Some of the beings that appear throughout the game could be interpreted as ghosts, but the reality is never made clear.
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There is a room with a noose and stool inside that appears when player adjusts vision multiple times in game, but it is uncertain whether Lodger has tried
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Is someone restrained?
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No, but some of the enemies allude to this. One is a humanoid figure with no head and one leg replaced by a wheel, limping around and wearing a straightjacket. Another is a bed on wheels with straps attached to it, presumably from a hospital or medical institution.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Lodger (player character) covers their own mouth in sprite art when hiding from guests in game
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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No, but some of the enemies' designs allude to mental institutions (beds with restraints, straightjackets, etc.)
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*SPOILERS*
a notable interpretation of the written in torn out diary pages that Lodger finds is that they are not written by an outside force but Lodger themselves without remembering. If you prescribe to this theory, this would become a form of inadvertent self harm as Lodger believes they will die when all the pages in the diary run out.
*SPOILERS*
a notable interpretation of the written in torn out diary pages that Lodger finds is that they are not written by an outside force but Lodger themselves without remembering. If you prescribe to this theory, this would become a form of inadvertent self harm as Lodger believes they will die when all the pages in the diary run out.
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*SPOILERS* This could be interpreted as what happens in the bad ending.
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The player character seems to have ongoing problems with mental illness and insomnia.
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When you get the bad ending, Lodger’s eyes in the game over screen art are bloodshot
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