Controls
- MoveAD or ←→
- ShootSpaceJK or click
- Search a house, hide in it, salt it, go out, board the jeepneyWSE or ↑↓
- Switch gunQTab or 1–4
- Reload (it reloads by itself when the magazine is empty)R
- PauseEsc or P
- Move◀▶
- ShootFIRE
- The action button says what it doesSearchHideSalt itGo outLeave barrio
- Reload (it reloads by itself when the magazine is empty)R
- Switch gun (once you have a second one)⇄
- PauseII
The Night
- Search houses for pesos, ammo, bandages and salt. A bandage heals you and the villagers with you. You're safe inside: the aswang lose you and wander off.
- Your objectives are at the top right: one a night at first, two from night 4, three from night 8. Finish them all, then get to the jeepney.
- Lose the villager you were sent to save and the mission fails. You get 3 retries a night. Lose too many on a rescue night and the rescue is off: just get back to the jeepney.
- Full moons pay more. In a brownout only your gun lights the way: stand still at a lamp post for 5 seconds to switch it on. Walk off and it keeps how far you got.
- The game saves at nights 5, 10, 15 and so on. Quit and Continue takes you back to the last one. Die and the run is over.
- Between nights, Tessie's store sells guns, ammo and supplies, and tunes up your guns.
Monsters
- Aswang. Fast and they come in crowds, but two shots drop one. Back away while you shoot.
- Tiyanak. Rare, tiny and faster than you. One shot kills it. Look down.
- Kapre. Slow, but it takes many shots and one blow throws you back. It pays ₱40.
- Manananggal. Bullets only stun her. Find her lower half in a house and salt it.
Their legends are in the Journal's Bestiary: kill one to open its page.
Villagers (while they follow you)
- Lola heals you 1 HP every 4 seconds.
- Mang lends you a gun you don't have yet, for that night only: he takes it back at the store. If you have every gun, he gives you pesos instead.
- Ate hands you one spare magazine a night, when your gun and its spare ammo are both empty.
- Kuya helps you search: houses pay half as many pesos again, and turn up extra ammo more often.
- Later on, not everyone hiding behind those doors needs saving. Maybe you'll find help, who knows?
Tune Up
- At the store, each gun you own can be tuned up: Firepower, Reload Speed, Capacity and Rate of Fire, each in levels that cost more as they go.
Max all four to unlock the gun's Exclusive upgrade:
- Service Pistol
- Critical Shot
- Pump Shotgun
- Wide Choke
- Submachine Gun
- Cripple
- Assault Rifle
- Penetrator
Upgrades are lost when the run ends.