Any good horror villain knows how to adapt and learn, so as to best capture and kill/maim its victims.
Obviously, a horror game where the AI can do just that would be fantastic idea – so it’s a good thing that Hello Neighbor makes it a reality.
Announcing Hello Neighbor, a Stealth Horror Game About Sneaking Into Your Neighbor's House #UE4 #TwitchCon2016 https://t.co/O7FLHCaP8o pic.twitter.com/sRBI1xDUce
— tinyBuild (@tinyBuild) September 29, 2016
Similar to We Happy Few, Hello Neighbor is a brightly coloured game with a friendly art style. But of course, there’s something sinister going on just beneath the surface.
You’ll take on the role of a bit of a nosy nuisance in a typical suburban neighborhood. Your job is to mess with your neighbor by sneaking into his house and snooping, but if he catches you, he goes a little OTT.
The AI neighbor will react to your patterns, learn from your mistakes, and work out the most efficient way to hunt you down – it sounds pretty fucking terrifying.
Take a look at the announcement trailer below.
Here’s how Developers Tinybuild and Dynamic Pixels describe the game:
Really enjoying climbing through that backyard window? Expect a bear trap there. Sneaking through the front door? There’ll be cameras there soon. Trying to escape? The Neighbor will find a shortcut and catch you.
Unfortunately, Hello Neighbor won’t be with us until September 2017, but you can sign up for the alpha here.
Ewan Moore is a journalist at UNILAD Gaming who still quite hasn’t gotten out of his mid 00’s emo phase. After graduating from the University of Portsmouth in 2015 with a BA in Journalism & Media Studies (thanks for asking), he went on to do some freelance words for various places, including Kotaku, Den of Geek, and TheSixthAxis, before landing a full time gig at UNILAD in 2016.