Hello Guest
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THIS GAME IS NO LONGER IN DEVELOPMENT This game has been moved to either a new name or it has been canned. |
Description
Welcome to Hello Guest, beloved Hello Neighbor 2 pre-alpha, a stealth horror thriller about an advanced, self-learning AI. You take the night shift as a security guard at the abandoned Golden Apple Amusement Park where a creature is hiding in the shadows.
The AI-Powered creature learns from your movements. It's afraid of the light and always tries to sneak up from behind.
History
First Clues
It first began with tinyBuild posting 2 screenshots to their Twitter that depicted Theodore Peterson (better known as The Neighbor) on a camera. He is wearing the Guest suit. The other screenshot of a character holding a camera monitor, also being recorded. This was later found out to be Quentin.
There is a red text that either read "Distance: 4" or "Distance: 5", this presumably indicates how far away The Neighbor is.
Teaser of Mr. Peterson dressed as the Guest.
Teaser of Quentin on a monitor.
Secret Password (protected archive with Prototype)
On December 20, 2019, after the release of the Secret Neighbor Christmas Update, the message "/ HGP" appeared on the board in the room of the Neighbor. This code was used to access a secret website that is used to download HGP.
When you entered the website, which was found by ClassicJRB, there was a button on the site that gave the download. The file was password-protected, which could be obtained by activating the Mayak event and using the printer to get 20 different hexadecimal codes.
Later, on January 5, 2020, GreenHouseM13 used clues given by the creator of Hello Neighbor, Nikita, that he had put in his status. The clues lead to how the codes were supposed to be put together, and the end result looked like this:
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The file contained a prototype launcher for the game. After launching the launcher, the game will be installed (about 600 MB in size). After the installation, you are able to play the Hello Guest prototype.
More Clues
Later, in January 2020, two videos were posted on the official Twitter: a facial animation test for the Neighbor in the Guest suit and the Neighbor's house.
In the Update Secret Neighbor, 1.0.9.9 was added a new secret in the form of a small video, which can be found in the trunk of the Man in the Hat's car by activating the secret. In the recording, Quentin can be seen grabbing a vandal by the hands. Then the angle changes to the Man in the Hat, who takes him somewhere.
Secret filmreel
Animated Series Gameplay Trailer
The broadcast to the series pilot of the Animated Series also featured screenshots of the game, as well as a small gameplay piece.
Hello Guest Alpha
At night, June 2, 2020, a small excerpt from the trailer for Hello Neighbor 2 was shown, as well as an image for Steam and the old game logo. According to Alex Nichiporchik, this is Hello Guest Alpha, which was going released on June 6, 2020. On June 3, 2020, a game site was created on which screenshots of Hello Guest Alpha were provided. On the day of release, due to the delayal of Summer Games Festival where the game was launching, HG Alpha was postponed to June 13, 2020. For the period from June 6 to June 13, developers began to slowly merge HG Alpha 1 screenshots, and on June 10 a teaser for the game was even shown. HG Alpha became available as a demo on Steam, the Windows 10 Store, and on the game’s official website (a few months after the release of Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1, Hello Guest Alpha 1 was made it's own steam game.) After the release, two patches came out, correcting some errors.
Two seconds of the Hello Guest reveal trailer
Mysterious Streaming Premiere
On July 15, 2020, tinyBuild published a strange premiere preview which looked like an eye inside the grille shaped like a diamond on the red background. Alex, through the Discord server, said that this is the logo of the new studio in which will work redeemed by developers Dynamic Pixels and where they will work on Hello Neighbor 2. Later, on July 17, the premiere screen began to change, new screens appeared, with the presence of a raven and strange structures. Then, on the tinyBuild channel, access to the stream was removed. But still, you can follow the link to go to the premiere on the same channel on YouTube.
Mr. Peterson holding keys to somewhere
Rumble on the Mill
Rumble on the Mill was a scrapped part of Hello Guest, intended to be part of Hello Guest, all that was known for the longest time was a few screenshots Alex had posted, some concept art, as well as a 4 second clip that had appeared online.
On September 5th, 2024, Nikita dropped 2 minutes of footage of Rumble on the Mill onto the Neighbor Games discord.
This marks the first (public) footage of the Mill since Alex posted the first teaser back after Hello Guest released.
You can find the footage here
In Rumble on the Mill, The Guest's goal was to keep the mill spinning, while your goal was to turn off the mill, and get the hell out of there.
Nikita describes the gameplay as "tug of war", as you turn off the Mill, you have more time to grab items, but so does the Guest, you have more time to escape from the Guest, but he has more time to catch you.
The stronger the Mill is, the smaller the eye of the storm around the Guest's abode is, while the Guest scavenges for items it is up to you to destroy the mill or cool the furnace.
Nikita has not revealed what the Mill is for, nor what the ending would of been as he has some ideas, he might use for RBO.
Nikita also fully posted the original video for Rumble on the Mill on Google Drive.
Trivia
- In the iOS version of the game, Man In The Hat's Car disappears during the Ending Cutscene when playing as Beatrix.
Gallery
Steam header (HG)
Quentin and Beatrix Keyart
Logos
Early Logo
Old Logo
Logo used before Hello Guest
