Nightmare (Pre-Alpha)

The Giant Neighbor outside the player's house.

The Nightmare is an unusual phenomenon in Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha.

Description

After being caught by the Neighbor or sleeping in bed seven times, the player will experience a nightmare.

During the eighth run of the game, the nightmare occurs. The player will awaken in their house as usual, but the Neighbor, now a gigantic size, stands right outside the house. If the player were to look outside the window, they would notice that the sky has also turned yellow and blood red. After bending down and peeking at the player through the window, the Neighbor will attempt to reach through the corridor to grab them, to no avail. The Neighbor eventually smashes through the window and grabs the player, ending the nightmare. The player cannot leave the house at any point during the nightmare.

After the nightmare has ended, the player will awaken once again in their house. From this point, if the player has not yet unlocked the door, the second stage of the game will begin and many elements of gameplay begin to change.

The Neighbor himself will switch to advanced idle mode where no longer constantly watch television, and will instead walk around the rooms of his house and do incomprehensible tasks. Because of this, gameplay will become more complicated.

Now the situation in the house will change. Furniture and objects will be in other places than before (including the crowbar, hammer and copper key).

Trivia

• Until the player comes to the window of their house during the nightmare, the Giant Neighbor will stand still and not move.
• Due to numerous bugs, the player can escape from the locked house during the nightmare.
• If the player approaches the Giant Neighbor close enough, he will become normal size and catch the player. This is because the Giant Neighbor is the same actual in-game Neighbor, but made much larger.
• In the Act Finale of the full game, the very first scene with the Giant Neighbor bending over and looking through the window is most likely a reference to the Pre-Alpha nightmare.

Gallery

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  The player looks at the Giant Neighbor.

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  The Giant Neighbor smashes the window of the player's house.