Emily Wants To Play

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Emily Wants To Play
Developer	Shawn Hitchcock
Publisher	SKH Apps
Platform	Windows, Mac OS X Oculus Rift, HTC Vive iOS, Android PS4 Xbox One
Release Date	Steam (PC) - December 10, 2015 iOS - January 29, 2016 Android - January 30, 2016 PlayStation - August 9, 2016 HTC Vive, Oculus Rift - August 25, 2016 Xbox - September 9, 2016

Emily Wants To Play is a first-person indie horror game created by Shawn Hitchcock. It is the first game in the series.

Summary

It’s 11pm, and you are at the last house on your route. The lights are on, and the front door is opened. But, the windows are all boarded up and the grass is overgrown. It seems like a strange place to deliver a pizza, but at least, it looks like someone is home.

You run to the front door since it’s storming pretty bad.

“Hello!? Your pizza's here!" You announce. No one answers. There's an eerie silence.

You are getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the door and look around. The front door suddenly closes behind you.

You just wanted to finish this last delivery and head home for the night. Now you must figure out how to get out of this stupid creepy house.

Freely roam the house and try to figure out what is going on. Three dolls and a strange girl named Emily will also start roaming the house as the hours toll by. Stay away from them, but if you do end up in a room with one, figure out how to stay alive.

This may be your last pizza delivery.

Plot

The game begins with a pizza delivery man entering an abandoned house on 905 Sister Street. The door closes and locks behind him, following up with a quick glimpse of a zombie-looking girl. The man is able to search around the house to find drawings and tape recordings that detail the death of a couple, Maggie and Herbert Withers, and the downward spiral of their daughter, Emily Withers. The items also detail three creepy dolls that Emily found in the basement, Kiki, Chester, and Mr. Tatters. The dolls can also be found around the house if the man comes across them. The man is then forced to play childhood games with the dolls and Emily for 5 hours. If he survives, he is allowed to escape the house at 6 A.M.

The ending cutscene plays as a news reporter explains the events of the game. The pizza delivery man reported the house and the dolls to the police. However, with the lack of evidence, the man was sent to receive psychiatric evaluation. The dolls had also been taken to be stored as evidence.

Alternative Endings

At 6 AM, the player is able to remain inside the house if they choose to do so. If they stay inside long enough, Emily or one of the dolls will jumpscare them. This will also result in the player having to re-do the 5 AM hour.

Gameplay

Throughout the game, the player must play childhood games with the dolls and Emily. Each antagonist plays a different game that the player must pick up on in order to complete the game. Kiki, the black-haired porcelain doll, plays the game Peek-A-Boo. If the player hears her giggle, they must stare at her until she disappears in a puff of smoke. Mr. Tatters, the clown doll, plays the game Red Light, Green Light. If players hear him laugh, they must stand still until he disappears. Chester, the ventriloquist dummy, plays the game Tag. If players hear him laugh, they must run into a different room to escape him. Emily, the white-haired zombie girl, plays the game Hide and Seek. Players must find her around the house before the given time limit is up. The time limit is 70 seconds at 4 AM and 90 seconds at 5 AM.

At each hour, different antagonists become active. At 12 AM, only Kiki is active. At 1 AM, Kiki and Mr. Tatters are active. At 2 AM, Mr. Tatters and Chester are active. At 3 AM, all of the dolls are active. At 4 AM, only Emily is active. Finally, at 5 AM, everyone is active.

To figure out what game each antagonist plays, it is best to use Emily's drawings as a reference. In the kitchen, there is a whiteboard that will lie to the player about how to deal with each doll, a good example of this is when the whiteboard says to not stare at Kiki. However, the whiteboard will truthfully detail how to deal with Emily.

Development History

2015

• On September 18, Hitchcock announces on Unreal Engine that he is working on a horror game called Emily (the original title for the game) and asked for assistance on how to get it onto Steam GreenLight.
• On September 24, Hitchcock uploads the game to Steam GreenLight, alongside a trailer for the game.
• On October 22, Hitchcock announces that the game has been GreenLit.
• On December 1, Hitchcock releases a Game Test video onto YouTube.
• On December 7, Hitchcock announces the release date for the game and uploads the official trailer onto YouTube. He also uploads a gameplay teaser.
• On December 10, the game was released onto Steam.

2016

• On January 29, the game was released on iOS. The following day (January 30), the game was released on Android devices.
• On August 9, the game was released onto PlayStation.
• On August 25, the game was made playable on Virtual Reality devices, such as HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.
• On September 9, the game was released on Xbox.

Trivia

• Emily Wants To Play is referenced on Hitchcock's CO-OP horror game, Pacify. In the good ending for the Dolls map, the leader of P.A.H Inc. explains that the corporation must investigate 905 Sister Street. He further explains that a couple died in the house and the pizza delivery man informed the group about the events of the game.

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Emily Wants To Play Greenlight Trailer - Steam Horror Game PC and Mac