Please Knock on My Door
Please Knock on My Door is a story-driven game which gives you control over a person suffering from depression and social anxiety. Help them get through work and reach out to friends while desperately trying to survive. Experience the frailty these themes bring and gain a better understanding of what it’s like to live with some of the most common mental health issues today.
- A compelling and emotional story offering a voice to those who have none.
- A fully voiced narrator who always has your best in mind. Probably.
- A gameplay system which adds to the weight of every story-choice you make.
- No “Game Over” screen, only alternate endings that tie into your choices.
- A soundtrack that has been tailor-made for this experience.
- Relationships that can be developed or broken.
- Game length varies depending on your choices, ranging from 1-3 hours with enough content that you can come back and explore different parts of the narrative in consequent playthroughs.
- As in real life, all of your choices are immediately saved. There is only one save.
Please Knock on My Door has been in development since autumn 2014 and was initially supposed to be a 6 month exploration of my own experiences with depression. A word of caution; this is a game that might be difficult to play for those who have dealt with psychological issues such as depression and anxiety. That said, I truly believe that through entertainment we are able to understand topics that would otherwise be too foreign for us. I hope this game can help you better understand what it can be like to live with these issues, like it has already helped me.
Steam User 4
As a man who used to suffer from severe depression more than once,
I know the feeling.
I know the voice came from my brain just like that in the game.
I thought that no one cared me.
Feeling there's no future in my life,and I just wanted to end all of this.
I didn't have energy and interest to do anything,and i can't,just want to stay in my bed for hole day,because it makes me feel better.
The voice persuaded me to give up, but I didn't.
Now my depression is not that severe now.
Waiting for the people who would knock the door of my heart,but he didn't come.
Like the tree standing on the ground,as people passing by.and no one stops and have a look.
Some roads can only be one person,and the road is still long.
Please forgive me for my poor English.
Great game,I hope that I can translate it into Chinese one day,if possible.
Let more people know,and resonate with.
作为曾经不止一次患过抑郁症的人,
我知道这种感觉。
我知道我脑海里浮现出的声音,就像游戏里一样。
我觉得没人在乎我。
感觉人生没有未来,我只想结束这一切。
我没有精力和兴趣去做任何事,也没办法做到,只想一整天躺在床上,只有这样才能让我舒服一点。
心中的声音一直在促使我放弃,但我没有。
现在我也没有当年那般强烈的抑郁了。
等待那个撬开我心门的人,但他终究没来。
像那棵树一样静静地矗立,周围人来人往却无人驻足。
有些路只能一个人走,路也很长。
原谅我英语不好。
很好的游戏,我希望如果可以的话,将来能将这个游戏翻译成中文。
让更多的人知道,产生共鸣。