Doghouse

Doghouse is a horror RPG for players who want a slower, unsettling adult story rather than a lighthearted one. The tone stays grim and tense throughout, with dread taking priority over comedy.

Story

Two strangers are pulled into the same nightmare from different directions: a detective searching for his missing wife and daughter, and a boy with a strained home life and an unusual closeness with his sister. A family trip to the forest leads them both to the Secret Village, an isolated settlement ruled by a controlling religious order. They arrive together but are separated across space and time, each forced to face the village's hold on its people alone, with no clear allies and no certainty of who can be trusted.

Gameplay

Playing as either the detective or the boy, you move through the village and surrounding areas gathering items and clues that push each character's side of the story forward. Exploration is unarmed and cautious, built around avoiding danger rather than fighting it, with separate skill and progression options tied to each protagonist. The two storylines run in parallel without crossing, so choices and discoveries in one thread shape that character's fate without changing the other's path directly.

Features

• Two separate playable protagonists with distinct areas, objectives, and progression tracks
• Mixed 2D and 3D presentation with hand-placed detail meant to reinforce the village's isolation
• A time-based antagonist force that affects how each character's timeline plays out
• Adult content woven into a horror-driven narrative rather than played for comedy