History VideoGame / DiariesOfASpaceportJanitor

* BizarreAlienSexes: The Janitor can change her gender via a "gendershift", and actually needs to eat genders regularly, as she starts feeling sick and gross if she doesn't. Gendershifting is compared by various people in the spaceport to hacking, a drug addiction, and a beautiful variation. Genders include things like "Dirt", "Hellbent", "Beast Girl" and "Susan Sarandon".

** Each day in the cycle has the exact same weather and events. The festival day is particularly important because merchants are open all night, allowing the player to reliably sell items they've collected over the week.

* ShopFodder: While the Janitor might pick up the occasional useful item, most of her time will be spent picking up literal trash from the ground and incinerating it for money.

* VendorTrash: While the Janitor might pick up the occasional useful item, most of her time will be spent picking up literal trash from the ground and incinerating it for money.

* AlienGeometries: [[spoiler: The city map is square, but it loops around to confuse the player. Rather than looping to the opposite side, you are turned 90 degrees and loop to an adjacent side. This means that the pyramid and the valley overlook in opposite corners have four-fold symmetry, and the spaceport in the other corners has 180 degree rotational symmetry. This is most visible if the player pays attention around the pyramid, and you can also find a map of the city in the sewers that features multiple landmarks repeated.]]

* {{Cyborg}}: The Janitor needs to eat to sustain herself, but also has an incinerator that recharges when she sleeps.

* LuckBasedMission: While it is impossible to lose, [[spoiler: collecting the nine fetishes]] is heavily dependent on luck because [[spoiler: not all of the fetishes can be found. As such, you need to buy them. However, there is no guarantee a vendor will sell the ones you need]].

* AlienGeometries: [[spoiler: The city map loops around to confuse the player. Rather than looping to the opposite side, you are turned 90 degrees and loop to an adjacent side. This means that the pyramid and the valley overlook have four-fold symmetry, and the spaceport has 180 degree rotational symmetry. This is most visible if the player pays attention around the pyramid, and you can also find a map of the city in the sewers that features multiple landmarks repeated.]]

* WretchedHive: Xabran's Rock is rife with poverty and drug abusers.

** Luck is also ephemeral, seemingly going up and down at random. Although the game plays audio cues for this, it's difficult to associate them with actions you take. Many NPCs will talk about doing things for good luck, or avoiding unlucky actions. The end result usually makes the player become superstitious, and you're encouraged to develop daily rituals to modify your luck.

* BazaarOfTheBizarre: The main hub of Xabran's Rock.
* BigBrotherIsEmployingYou: A downplayed example. The protagonist is working for the municipality. However, this is downplayed because, while Xabran's Rock is a WretchedHive, the government itself isn't actively making it so.

* TransTribulations: The Janitor experiences dysphoria and discomfort whenever she doesn't gendershift for a while, in a sci-fi take on non-binary and genderfluid experiences. There are also random people at the spaceport who make a pass at her and then insult her when they decline.

''Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor'' is advertised as an "anti-adventure" game, developed by Sundae Month & published by [=tinyBuild=]. It had a Steam release on September 16, 2016.

* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Goblin is one of the genders that the Janitor can receive.
* NoNameGiven: The Janitor is only ever referred to by her job, or more often just being addressed by others as "you".

* {{Transgender}}: The Janitor experiences dysphoria and discomfort whenever she doesn't gendershift for a while, in a sci-fi take on non-binary and genderfluid experiences. There are also random people at the spaceport who make a pass at her and then insult her when they decline.

* BigBrotherIsEmployingYou: A downplayed example. The protagonist is works for municipality. However, this is downplayed because, while Xabran's Rock is a WretchedHive, the government itself isn't actively making it so.

* {{Transgender}}: The Janitor experiences dysphoria and discomfort whenever she doesn't gendershift for a while, in a sci-fi take on non-binary and genderqueer experiences. There are also random people at the spaceport who make a pass at her and then insult her when they decline.

The player takes on the role of the Janitor, an alien with a municipally-subsidized trash incineration job on Xabran's Rock. Their ultimate goal is to leave their planet, but it's hard to save up money for a ride out when you also have to worry about affording things like food. And taking a break to loot the planet's ruins doesn't seem wise, especially when an early attempt to do so leaves the Janitor being haunted by a flying skull. Pray, work, eat, sleep, and repeat until you can finally escape this routine.

* BizarreAlienSexes: The Janitor can change their gender via a "gendershift", though as a custodian robot they're supposed to be genderless. Gendershifting is compared by various people in the spaceport to hacking, a drug addiction, and a curse, and the Janitor gets sick and feels gross when they don't do it in a while. Genders include things like "Dirt", "Hellbent", "Beast Girl" and "Susan Sarandon".
* DirtyCop: The Red Scarves, who appear to be the city guard, will try to rob you if you have enough money.
* FantasyPantheon: The people of Xabran's Rock worship nine gods. Praying to them and giving them offerings will increase your luck.

* GottaCatchThemAll: You can collect a fetish for each of the nine gods. [[spoiler: This is necessary to remove the skull.]]
* LuckStat: The game tracks the Janitor's Luck Index, which can affect things like the odds of finding valuable discarded items. Your luck stat can be increased by currying favor with the gods. However, burning their fetishes and prayer books will lower your luck.

* {{Transgender}}: The Janitor as a custodian robot experiences dysphoria and discomfort whenever they don't gendershift for a while. There are also random people at the spaceport who make a pass at them and then insult them when they decline.
* VendorTrash: While the Janitor might pick up the occasional useful item, most of their time will be spent picking up literal trash from the ground and incinerating it for money.

* BizarreAlienSexes: The Janitor can change their gender via a "gendershift"; they even get sick and feel gross when they haven't done it in a while. These genders include things like "Dirt", "Hellbent", "Beast Girl" and "Susan Sarandon".

* {{Transgender}}: The Janitor as a custodian robot experiences dysphoria and discomfort whenever they don't gendershift for a while. There are also random people at the spaceport who make a pass at them and then insult them when they decline, mimicking the real world experiences of many trans people.

* BizarreAlienSexes: The Janitor can change their gender via a "gendershift". These genders include things like "Dirt", "Hellbent", "Beast Girl" and "Susan Sarandon".
* DirtyCop: The Red Scarves, who appear to be the city guard, will try to rob you if you have enough money.
* EasySexChange: The Janitor suffers from gender dysphoria, but there are methods to easily change gender when their current one starts to affect their performance.

* LuckStat: The game tracks the Janitor's Luck Index, which can affect things like the odds of finding valuable discarded items.

* EasySexChange: The Janitor suffers from gender dysphoria, but there are methods to easily change gender when their current one starts to affect their performance.