A Scarehorn Studios game · Public playtest v0.9 · playpip.com

PIP'SONLY DAY

One night. One bedsheet. One whole town to scare before the sun comes up at 8AM.

Float through walls, possess the townsfolk, dodge the ghost hunters and rack up scare points across five maps. Unlock ten more monsters, beat Gubert in his own house, and see if you can make it to dawn.

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FREE HERE DURING THE PLAYTEST STEAM $4.99 · COMING SOON APP STORE $4.99 · COMING SOON

Runs in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on PC, Mac and Chromebook, and on phones too. No download, no account. Plays with a keyboard, a controller or touch.

OPEN IN ITS OWN TAB

Click the game first, then use your keyboard.

20 monsters · 11 in the playtest

The cast

Everyone starts as Pip. The rest unlock as your lifetime scare points (SP) pile up and you pull off their challenges. Hover a card to see them boo.

PIP

The Bedsheet Ghost

POSSESS

Floats through walls. POSSESS anyone, even hunters, dogs and vampires, and blend in for 15 seconds before you have to climb out.

Unlocked from the start

FANG

The Werewolf

SNIFF

Fast and solid. Bite turns townsfolk into wolves that spread the curse. Turn the whole town before sunrise at 8AM: 50 on Easy, 150 Normal, 300 Hard, 700 Extreme.

To unlock: Earn 100,000 lifetime SP

MARROW

The Skeleton

SKULL

Hurls his own skull to scare people from far away. Rattling bones scare more per boo.

To unlock: 250,000 lifetime SP and 4,000 SP in one night

HEX

The Witch

CURSE

Broom dash is the fastest in town. CURSE zaps the 3 nearest people into a screaming panic.

To unlock: 500,000 lifetime SP and possess 30 people as Pip

EMBER

The Pumpkin Flame

BONFIRE

Leaves fire where he dashes. BONFIRE lures hunters into the flames. Anyone who touches fire panics.

To unlock: 900,000 lifetime SP and scare 2,500 people

REAPER

The Grim One

TIME STOP

Every scare is worth 1.5x. TIME STOP freezes the whole town for 4 seconds.

To unlock: 1,500,000 lifetime SP and 9,000 SP in one night

MOIRA

The Banshee

WAIL

Floats through walls. Her WAIL scares everyone in a huge circle and stuns hunters.

To unlock: 2,500,000 lifetime SP and scare 3 pairs of lovers

DUSTIN

The Mummy

WRAP

Slow but sturdy, with an extra life. WRAP ties up the 3 nearest hunters for 5 seconds.

To unlock: 4,000,000 lifetime SP and survive a night on all 4 maps

GRIT

The Gargoyle

STATUE

Turns to stone: nothing can see or catch him. Breaking free scares everyone nearby for double points.

To unlock: 6,000,000 lifetime SP and survive a night on Hard or Extreme

THE MONSTER

Too Many Hands

GAZE

Huge reach, double points and extra lives. Its GAZE freezes everyone it sees.

To unlock: Win as Fang on Normal, Hard or Extreme (Easy does not count)

GUBERT

Just a Cat

SMASH

Just a cat. No goal. Nobody chases a cat, so nobody chases Gubert. SMASH knocks over, breaks or wrecks whatever is next to him, squashes people and sinks boats.

To unlock: Find the scratched-up house. Beat Gubert, Rug Pisser.

Coming in the full game

Nine more monsters

These are already in the game, locked until the full release on Steam and the App Store. You can see them in the character select right now.

HOLLOW

The Headless Horseman

CHARGE

Carries his own head under his arm. CHARGE gallops straight ahead for a second, trampling hunters flat and scaring everyone in his path.

Full game: Survive a night at The Carnival

STRAW

The Scarecrow

CROWS

Stuffed with straw and very patient. CROWS sends five crows after the nearest people: every peck scares someone, and hunters get mobbed.

Full game: Scare 5,000 people in total

GLOOP

The Slime

SPLAT

Oozes through walls and leaves a mess. SPLAT drops a big puddle of slime: hunters get stuck in it and anyone who steps in it panics.

Full game: Survive a night on The Island

VLAD

The Vampire

BATS

Every scare is worth 1.25x. BATS turns him into a swarm for 3 seconds: fast, unseen, and he bursts back out scaring everyone around him.

Full game: Survive a night at The Castle

ZED

The Zombie

RISE

Slow, but takes two extra hits. RISE bursts up out of the ground under the four nearest people, scaring them and knocking hunters over.

Full game: Survive a night in The Bayou

NOX

The Shadow

BLACKOUT

Slides through walls. BLACKOUT kills the lights for 6 seconds: nobody can see Nox, and everyone nearby gets jumpy and easier to scare.

Full game: Survive a night on The Peaks

FROST

The Ice Wraith

FREEZE

Drifts through walls on a cold wind. FREEZE turns everyone close by to ice for 4 seconds: hunters stop dead, and one boo shatters the rest.

Full game: Survive a snowy night

GIGGLES

The Clown

BALLOON

Always smiling. BALLOON lets go of a red balloon that drifts for a few seconds, then pops with a bang that scares everyone around it.

Full game: Survive a night at The Carnival and land a x5 combo

DOLLY

The Haunted Doll

BLINK

You only see her move when you look away. BLINK teleports her ahead in a flash and scares everyone where she lands.

Full game: Unlock every other character

What's in the playtest

One night, a lot going on

Ten maps to haunt

Four in the playtest: Hollow Town, the City, the Suburbs and the Countryside. Six more come with the full game, ending with the whole State. Scare people in the street, clear out houses and the church, and chain scares into combos. Witching hour doubles every point.

Inside Gubert's house during the boss fight, his health bar across the top

Gubert, Rug Pisser

Find the house with the scratched walls and smashed windows. Walk up and boo to challenge him: ten boos, three phases, pounces, hairballs and puddles. Win and he joins the cast.

A snowy Christmas night with string lights on the houses

Weather and holidays

Some nights it rains, snows or the leaves come down. Now and then a night turns into Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving or Valentine's Day, with decorations and a 1.25x score bonus.

A story-mode boss fight: Sister Salt the exorcist throwing salt in an arena, her health bar across the top

Story mode FULL GAME

Every monster gets their own three-chapter story and their own boss, from Sister Salt the exorcist to the Snow Queen. Beat a story to win a trophy and a new skin, like Pip's purple fur cloak and tiny crown.

62 trophies

Trophies for every character, every holiday and every big moment, from your first fright to a million lifetime SP. Push Gabe the golem all the way to a lake and Mini Gabe follows you around, meeping at people. Your progress saves in your browser.

PC, Chromebook, controller, touch

Controls

Keyboard

`WASD` or arrows	Move
`SPACE`	Boo
`SHIFT`	Dash (2 seconds of invincibility)
`H`	Hide in a bush or closet
`Q` or `E`	Your character's special
`F`	Drive a car
`ESC` or `P`	Pause and settings

Controller

Stick or d-pad	Move
`A`	Boo
`B`	Dash
`X`	Hide
`Y`	Special
`LB` `RB`	Drive
`START`	Pause

Touch screen

Drag anywhere	Move
Big buttons	Boo, dash, hide, special
II button	Pause

On a touchscreen Chromebook you can switch between touch and keyboard any time.

Where it's headed

Full release

The playtest stays free right here until the full game launches. What you report now shapes what ships.

This websiteFREE

The v0.9 playtest, in your browser, until launch.

Steam$4.99

Coming soon for PC. All 20 monsters, all 10 maps and story mode.

App Store$4.99

Coming soon for iPhone and iPad, with Android to follow. All 20 monsters, all 10 maps and story mode.

HOLLOW TOWNThree little towns lost in a big dark forest. In the playtest.

THE CITYStreets, towers and traffic everywhere. In the playtest.

THE SUBURBSTidy houses, fenced yards and a park with a lake. In the playtest.

THE COUNTRYSIDEFive farms, a tiny village and a lot of fields. In the playtest.

THE CARNIVALTents, a ferris wheel, a carousel and a huge crowd. Full game.

THE ISLANDA fishing town with a lighthouse, a pier and boats. Full game.

THE PEAKSA ski village snowed in by pine forest. Full game.

THE BAYOUA rainy stilt town in the swamp. Full game.

THE CASTLEA walled keep with a moat over a sleepy village. Full game.

THE STATEThe grand finale: the whole state in one huge night. Full game.

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