BATEYD is a horror game mixing puzzle and stealth mechanics. Outwit the Beast who haunts your nights, and save as many of your darlings as you can. Each nightmare is a puzzle you can solve in a myriad of different ways. The better you do, the more you discover about a past you’ve long forgotten.
## About This Game
Nightmares are haunting you. Set in a variety of different places, they play
out in a similar way: there’s a Beast keeping cats in cages. As the Beast gets
hungry, they eat a cat. And then another. And so on. The Beast doesn’t like
you: if they see you, they start chasing you, and better they don’t catch you
– feeling your head being chopped off is quite unpleasant. Luckily there’s
always a way out, usually on top of something. Maybe it’s a hot air balloon on
top of a skyscraper, or a mysterious door sitting on a cloud… who knows what
else. Get there to escape your nightmare. It’s fine to get out by yourself.
Best though if you manage to also save all those pets. They feel extremely
dear to you. You’ll discover why (as well as discovering what’s actually
behind all of these absurdities) if you succeed in beating your nightmare. So
go ahead, find a key to open those cages; do also find bracelets to buy catnip
(there’s always this weirdo around, he sells you things in exchange for
bracelets), so that cats will follow you… up to that door on that cloud.
* Hand crafted nightmares (“levels”) tailored to offer a variety of creative ways to reach your goals;
* AI that’s easy to understand, yet never fully predictable;
* A variety of items to help you in your quest: insta-growing Vines to let you climb walls, Wonderglass to make you invisible, Bubbletrap to trap the Beast, and more;
* Why the cats? Why the Beast? Discover how each element in your nightmares is actually connected to a past you’ve long forgotten;
* Granular scoring system and leaderboards provide a never ending challenge;
* Personalize your experience through “interviews with your therapist” that affect the way the game looks and feel
## Mature Content Description
The developers describe the content like this:
There’s no graphical depiction of mature content, however the storyline
involves drugs, episodes of bullyism and psychological abuse.
The Beast Awoke To Eat Your Darlings