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* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: None of the pet creatures from the ''Pets'' DLC can die of old age, a conscious choice from the developers as they considered such an occurrence to be at sharp odds with the general comfy tone of the game.

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None of the pet creatures from the ''Pets'' DLC can die of old age, a conscious choice from the developers as they considered such an occurrence to be at sharp odds with the general comfy tone of the game.game.
** In the sequel there are several homes that have flooding damage. This means lots of peeling wallpaper and loads of mud, but nothing a good rub down and scrubbing can't fix, nothing more than superficial damage is shown. Even more egregious since the first game at least required you to fix the plaster before painting over damaged walls.



* CreatorProvincialism: The game is set in different countries based on the user's selected language, according to the addresses listed for the potential buyers. However, there are certain bits of the game that suggest a European viewpoint. The default unit of money in the game is euro (though it can be set to any of a couple dozen different units, including US dollars, through the options menu) and all measurements are listed in metric rather than imperial units. Towel rack radiators, which are common in Europe but less so in the States, are all over the place here. There are also quite a few options for building saunas, which are quite popular in Poland, where the developers are from.

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* CreatorProvincialism: The game is set in different countries based on the user's selected language, according to the addresses listed for the potential buyers. However, there are certain bits of the game that suggest a European viewpoint. The default unit of money in the game is euro (though it can be set to any of a couple dozen different units, including US dollars, through the options menu) and all measurements are listed in metric rather than imperial units. Towel rack radiators, which are common in Europe but less so in the States, are all over the place here. There are also quite a few options for building saunas, saunas and even 2 of the buyers will demand having one in their home; home saunas are also quite common in Europe but exceedingly rare elsewhere .
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which are quite popular is set more decidedly in Poland, where the developers are from.American East Coast, featuring three separate neighborhoods set respectively in the forest, the suburbs of a small town and along the coast.


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** The sequel again let's you select a male or female presenting avatar, but it has no bearing in the story and it just changes which body you'll see when looking down or the hands you'll see when grabbing things.


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* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: You can learn perks through performing actions repeatedly which allow you to improve your skills. Some of these should be quite self-explanatory without needing to be upgraded, such as the ability to paint directly on the wall without having to block off a specific area first; or the ability to spray cleaning solution more than once at a time. Not to mention the ability to use bigger trash bags (or at least bags that fit more trash somehow).

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!! ''House Flipper'' contains examples of the following Tropes:

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!! ''House Flipper'' contains and its sequel contain examples of the following Tropes:


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* DamnYouMuscleMemory: In the original game (assuming PC controller controls) X was used to jump, Y turned on the flashlight and B let you crouch. In the sequel, X is now used to crouch, Y to jump, and B...only lets you cancel choices.
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A Sequel, ''House Flipper 2'', is set to be released on December 14, 2023 with reworked gameplay, more detailed customization and the ability to build a house from scratch.

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A Sequel, ''House Flipper 2'', is set to be was released on December 14, 2023 with 2023. It contains reworked gameplay, more detailed customization and the ability to a Sandbox Mode where you can build a house from scratch.
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Adding release date for HF2 as revealed in Frozen District's Gamescom stream.


A Sequel, ''House Flipper 2'', is set to be released in 2023 with reworked gameplay, more detailed customization and the ability to build a house from scratch.

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A Sequel, ''House Flipper 2'', is set to be released in on December 14, 2023 with reworked gameplay, more detailed customization and the ability to build a house from scratch.
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A Sequel, ''House Flipper 2'', is set to be released in 2023 with reworked gameplay and more detailed customization.

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A Sequel, ''House Flipper 2'', is set to be released in 2023 with reworked gameplay and gameplay, more detailed customization.customization and the ability to build a house from scratch.
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A Sequel, ''House Flipper 2'', is set to be released in 2023 with reworked gameplay and more detailed customization.
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Another new DLC dropped yesterday.


It currently has four purchasable DownloadableContent packs.

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It currently has four five purchasable DownloadableContent packs.




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* ''Farm Flipper'', which adds several new mechanics (such as repairing and changing roofs) and improvements over existing ones, in addition to a new campaign and houses in rustic Maplebloom Village.
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''House Flipper'' is a 2018 game developed by Polish studio Empyrean and co-published by Frozen District and Playway S.A. which takes players into the world of buying, fixing, and reselling real estate, also known as house flipping. As a flipper, you'll take on properties that have suffered damage, been trashed by previous tenants, or are otherwise unwanted. Armed with your trusty tools, it's your job to put in the hard work and investment of fixing these properties up, then reselling them at a profit. Along the way you'll also take on lesser jobs as a handyman, find hidden secrets, and with enough hard work maybe [[RagsToRiches even become a millionaire]]!

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''House Flipper'' is a 2018 game developed by Polish studio Empyrean and co-published by Frozen District and Playway S.A. which takes players into the world of buying, fixing, and reselling real estate, also known as house flipping. As a flipper, you'll take on properties that have suffered damage, been trashed by previous tenants, tenants or are otherwise unwanted. Armed with your trusty tools, it's your job to put in the hard work and investment of fixing these properties up, then reselling them at a profit. Along the way way, you'll also take on lesser jobs as a handyman, find hidden secrets, and with enough hard work maybe [[RagsToRiches even become a millionaire]]!



* ''Cyberpunk Flipper'', which adds a large number of science fiction themed items and a new house, the Hacker Loft. Later updates contain an additional two properties with the same theme.

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* ''Cyberpunk Flipper'', which adds a large number of science fiction themed fiction-themed items and a new house, the Hacker Loft. Later updates contain an additional two properties with the same theme.



* AdjustableCensorship: The game has an option to censor the cockroaches which are present in some of the houses. Setting this option to "on" changes the graphics of the cockroaches to shards of broken glass, and removes the skittering noises that they make. There's also an option to censor the moles in ''Garden Flipper''.

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* AdjustableCensorship: The game has an the option to censor the cockroaches which are present in some of the houses. Setting this option to "on" changes the graphics of the cockroaches to shards of broken glass, and removes the skittering noises that they make. There's also an option to censor the moles in ''Garden Flipper''.



* CrazySurvivalist: [=Lonewolf37=]. While the other two potential buyers from the ''Apocalypse Flipper'' DLC are fairly normal as preppers go, this guy is an absolute nutjob. For one thing, he obscures his face with a gas mask for all of his communication with you, and refuses to go by anything other than his screen name. He also gets mad if you put any furniture in his bunker, saying it "won't help [him] survive", and that includes ''giving him a toilet''. All he wants is lots of water jugs, lots of canned food (because he refuses to cook for himself), and [[GunNut guns, guns, guns, guns, GUNS]]!

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* CrazySurvivalist: [=Lonewolf37=]. While the other two potential buyers from the ''Apocalypse Flipper'' DLC are fairly normal as preppers go, this guy is an absolute nutjob. For one thing, he obscures his face with a gas mask for all of his communication with you, you and refuses to go by anything other than his screen name. He also gets mad if you put any furniture in his bunker, saying it "won't help [him] survive", and that includes ''giving him a toilet''. All he wants is lots of water jugs, lots of canned food (because he refuses to cook for himself), and [[GunNut guns, guns, guns, guns, GUNS]]!



* DidntThinkThisThrough: The description for the House on the Moon states the house was built by an EccentricMillionaire who thought it would be cool, before he realized that his commute to work would be literally impossible.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: The description for the House on the Moon states the house was built by an EccentricMillionaire who thought it would be cool, cool before he realized that his commute to work would be literally impossible.



* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Invoked with Chang Choi. He has a Chinese first name, a Korean last name, and mentions that his country's people prefers hot springs over saunas[[note]]common in Japan[[/note]].

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* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Invoked with Chang Choi. He has a Chinese first name, a Korean last name, and mentions that his country's people prefers prefer hot springs over saunas[[note]]common in Japan[[/note]].



* SomewhereAnEntomologistIsCrying: How do you take care of a cockroach infestation? By sucking them up into a vacuum cleaner, of course! Don't worry about all the roaches that are surely still in the walls, or the many hundreds of eggs they can lay. Most likely this was done to facilitate the AdjustableCensorship for katsaridaphobes, which changes the roaches into shards of broken glass instead. If you had to choose one action for both things, vacuuming roaches is at least slightly more plausible than spraying poison on glass shards.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Many of the houses start this way, with mountains of garbage, bottles, pizza boxes, old tires, cockroaches (or broken glass [[AdjustableCensorship if you have the katsaridaphobe safe mode on]]), and more nastiness that needs to be cleaned up. A lot of the early handyman jobs the player can take also involve cleaning trashed up houses. With the ''Garden Flipper'' DLC the yards can get in on the "fun" too with piles of pallets and boards, concrete bags, gravel debris, and molehills.
* {{Trumplica}}: Dolan Trusk, though his name implies he's meant to be a CompositeCharacter of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. He's a corporate executive with wavy blonde hair. He prefers cheap furniture in order to save money, but wants an extravagant facade and entryway so he can show off, and a nice office for himself. The Steam achievement for selling to him is "Worth Every Penny", which has the description "Mind over matter. [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Money over all]]."

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* SomewhereAnEntomologistIsCrying: How do you take care of a cockroach infestation? By sucking them up into a vacuum cleaner, of course! Don't worry about all the roaches that are surely still in the walls, walls or the many hundreds of eggs they can lay. Most likely this was done to facilitate the AdjustableCensorship for katsaridaphobes, which changes the roaches into shards of broken glass instead. If you had to choose one action for both things, vacuuming roaches is at least slightly more plausible than spraying poison on glass shards.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Many of the houses start this way, with mountains of garbage, bottles, pizza boxes, old tires, cockroaches (or broken glass [[AdjustableCensorship if you have the katsaridaphobe safe mode on]]), and more nastiness that needs to be cleaned up. A lot of the early handyman jobs the player can take also involve cleaning trashed up trashed-up houses. With the ''Garden Flipper'' DLC the yards can get in on the "fun" too with piles of pallets and boards, concrete bags, gravel debris, and molehills.
* {{Trumplica}}: Dolan Trusk, though his name implies he's meant to be a CompositeCharacter of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. He's a corporate executive with wavy blonde hair. He prefers cheap furniture in order to save money, money but wants an extravagant facade and entryway so he can show off, and a nice office for himself. The Steam achievement for selling to him is "Worth Every Penny", which has the description "Mind over matter. [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Money over all]]."
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** Variable Woman's House, which makes a big deal out of how fickle the previous owner was, to buy a house and then immediately change her mind and resell it. It doesn't mention that she actually changed her mind because [[spoiler:the house is absolutely infested with cockroaches, with multiple nests in every single room]].

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** Variable Woman's House, which makes a big deal out of how fickle the previous owner was, to buy a house and then immediately change her mind and resell it. It doesn't mention that she actually changed her mind because [[spoiler:the house is absolutely infested with cockroaches, with multiple nests in every single room]].room (or there's piles of broken glass everywhere)]].

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