## Description

_Paranoid Friendship_ is a dark, side-scrolling game set inside a mental
hospital and the first game in the _Lylian_ series. Lylian never got along
well with her family. She has strange ideas in her head and they tend to leak
out, altering things. From finding her “peculiar”, her parents went on to deem
her a complete mental mess. They packed her bags and sent her to the
Hacklaster hospital, where she is locked up with her only friend Bob, a bear
she constructed from various toy parts. An unknown entity sets her free and
removes her restraints. The only thing Lylian can do is venture out, to
escape. The hospital is however full of strange and explicable things, and
Lylian has to decipher what is real and what is a figment of her imagination.

Players control Lylian through 2D environments. She can move around, jump and
attack by swinging the long sleeves of her straight jacket. By combining
running, jumping and standing still, while attacking, quick combos are
possible. She often meets other characters to talk to, with written text and
portraits shown during the conversation. She is also helped by her toy bear
Bob. She can release him to climb through vents and open new passages. Health
is restored by picking up doughnuts, the only thing Lylian eats. By defeating
enemies, such as nurses and other patients, a second bar can be filled up with
feel-Goody-ness. Once the bar is full (along with health), Lylian can activate
a Brain Spew. In this episode two types are available. They transfer Lylian
temporarily to an alternate reality. The first one is set in a lush field with
butterflies, bees and balloons. Lylian often needs to destroy a hive in this
alternate realm to progress in the real world. The second Brain Spew
transforms Lylian in a plant-like creature that moves underwater. In this
second mode she can jump very high, to get past obstacles. While exploring
Lylian will also discover a power-up to summon a large version of Bob to
execute a mass attack. There are two difficulty modes.

Lylian: Episode one – Paranoid Friendship