

In this state Hello Neighbor feels unintuitive, unfinished, and uninteresting, despite its poppy cartoon visuals and unique concept. While poking around you’ll eventually find a key that you have to place in a briefcase to progress through a door, and on to the rest of the game. Instead, we played a brief tutorial section where we learned the basics of interacting with Hello Neighbor ’s world. We didn’t get to witness that during my demo. When your neighbor finds you, he gives chase, and he’s apparently hard to escape. It sounds ambitious, and it’s the kind of thing that’s hard to demo, given that the whole system won’t unveil its potential until you’re hours in.

His AI detects paths you take and objects you interact with, then sets traps or tries to otherwise impede you in dynamic ways based on your own actions and choices.

As you hunt around the house searching for clues about your neighbor, he’s doing the same to you. Vakhrusheva said the antagonist uses “an advanced self-learning AI which progresses along with the player” and “learns from the player’s actions.” Watching some of the trailers and other videos the developers have released so far can bring to mind the early sections of Resident Evil 7, where an invincible, creepy hillbilly man stalks you through a mystery-filled house.Ī key point in Hello Neighbor, though, is t he intelligence of your creepy stalker. TinyBuild Business Development Director, Yulia Vakhrusheva, said the focus is on tense, stealth-based horror. Your secret must remain safe!Įxperienced enough to navigate the official maps with your eyes closed? Jump into the Level Editor and build your own maze, then invite your friends over to play!įor a full guide on how to play the game, please check out our YouTube playlist with Secret Neighbor guides.A key point in Hello Neighbor, is t he intelligence of your creepy stalker. Convince your friends someone else is the Neighbor and let the witch hunt begin. Stop the intruders! Use your disguise to gain their trust, set up traps, and dispose of those pesky intruders one by one.

The only problem is - one of you is the Neighbor, a traitor in disguise!Ĭooperate with your teammates, stay together or tactically split up, use your perks and abilities, and drop those basement door locks one by one. Your group has one goal - sneak around the house, collecting the keys in order to unlock the basement door. Use teamwork and rescue your friend from the basement, or mess with everyone’s heads as the Neighbor! Explore the Hello Neighbor house with your friends, but beware - one of you is the Neighbor in disguise. Secret Neighbor is a multiplayer Social Horror game set in the Hello Neighbor universe.
