The Dark Room (twitch show)

## The Dark Room

A space of unknown scale, dimension and time, inhabited by you, and itself. It is unclear if the dark room is in itself a living entity or merely a space as things are not all they appear to be: for example, The Guardian is ***not*** inside The Dark Room.

You can watch past Dark Rooms from 2021, or you can watch the Charity Marathons from 2020 or from 2021.

# About:

The Dark Room was born in the year of our John 2012 and is now a bi-weekly feature of John Robertson's weekly twitch streams on Friday and Saturday evenings from 7pm GMT onwards. It originated as a small bit parodying text-based adventure games as a live show; it was loved so much by audiences, it has expanded exponentially, and is toured around venues throughout the world.

### The Rules of The Dark Room:

* **Rule One:** *Find the Light-Switch*
* **Rule Two**: *Find Your Family*
* **Rule Three**: *Escape The Dark Room*

**Addendum:**

In the Twitch variant of the game, the prize for defeating The Dark Room is a .PNG of a flamboyant potato.

# In-Game Lore (contains spoilers):

The following is based primarily on the Twitch version of The Dark Room, rather than the live version. It should be noted that both versions are a living work which are constantly changing and as such, the following may become outdated over time:

## Personality

The Dark Room has an intrinsic understanding of personal boundaries and would prefer that you do not violate it either with your sheer cowardice or invading said personal boundaries in search of the light-switch. Honestly Darren, you should know better.

The dark-room is known to smelelelel roomy darkness.

# Entities

## The Puppy

It is unclear if there are one or several puppies, but bad things tend to happen whenever harm befalls the puppy. That said, they also tend to happen when harm does not befall the puppy. Be weary as the true nature of the puppy is not yet understood.

A number of times, The Puppy has turned on you with great acts of harm (all deserved, Darren), malice and just plain insubordination. The Puppy has better things to do.

Though unconfirmed, the puppy is thought to be Mr Sheeb.

## The Giant Spider

First encountered in known play via a great act of charity allowing you to teleport to the boss of Level 1 and then again via the Warp Zone, allowing the you to arrive at Level 2 (the end of Level 1, wherein the Giant Spider has apparently already been slain).

The Giant Spider seems to leak some sort of liquid that puppies are known to enjoy swimming in, and that you do not enjoy breathing in. You are not a puppy, Darren.

More than once, The Guardian has said it is perhaps for the best that you do not slay The Giant Spider.

## The Outside

Merely conceptual, the outside is known to be something you are told that you should find.

Ideally, not by falling through it.

## The Sisters (Hope, Faith, Love, Charity)

Don't abandon them, Darren.

It is thought two secret sisters may be Joy and Bliss, who search for Dante, the holy child.

## The Ceiling Creature

May/May not be the spider. Probably not. Who knows!

## The Walls

They both do/do not have feelings. Some are indifferent. Others have jealousy problems. You'd know all about that, wouldn't you, Darren -- you wall-bothering masonry molester.

### People falling through the ceiling

Be mindful of Dawn, and others you may know well, Darren.

## The Shovel

Where do we start!? Originally found in your inventory (which may or may not the absence of a shovel) - you do not *need* the shovel. Shovel people are known to want the shovel. You will get what's coming to you, Darren, along with all those other bloody shovel people.

Whether pointing out the existence of or the absence of a shovel, Darren seems to be transfixed with this object.

## Alternative Rooms

At various points during the show the Darren's may get transported to different versions of The Dark Room. These different versions of The Dark Room are hosted and themed around different characters that John does during his twitch shows.