Operation Guide
The in-game prompts are short, so this page turns the controls into a round plan: where to spend prep time, how to paint, when to pose, and how to think as seeker.
Basic
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Pick the spot before painting
Spend the first part of prep moving to a believable object, wall seam, prop cluster, or high angle. Opening paint mode in the middle of the room wastes the timer.
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Open Paint Mode with F
Sample the exact surface beside you, then adjust brightness and saturation. A raw sample is only a start because lighting changes across your body.
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Pose with R
Break the human silhouette. Crouch, flatten, wall-stick, or choose an awkward shape that looks like a prop the room already expects.
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Hold still
Once the hunt begins, micro-movement is one of the fastest tells. If your escape route needs constant camera checks, the spot is probably too exposed.
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Seek with a reason
As seeker, do not shoot every odd object. Sweep rooms by height: low objects, eye-level clutter, then ceiling and wall-stick positions.
Advanced
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Paint the light, not only the color
Add darker paint where the room shadow hits and brighter paint on the exposed side. Flat single-color bodies look artificial.
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Copy patterns across the body
On tiles, brick, hay, signs, or Backrooms walls, recreate the pattern rhythm so the seeker has to stop and compare.
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Use object logic
A strange shape works if the room explains it: a cushion near chairs, a hay lump near hay, a penguin-like blob near statues. Random corners fail fast.
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Move the idea after it works
Exact spots get weaker after one round. Keep the same hiding pattern but change room, height, prop, or first viewing angle.
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Manage clones deliberately
Q creates a clone of your current paint and pose, with a limited total count and cooldown. A bad clone can get you killed, so delete risky clones before hunters confirm them.
Control Memory
Practice Routine
Private room: run to a prop cluster, paint from the exact surface, rotate the camera to check the back, lock a non-human pose, then switch seeker and sweep the same area low, eye-level, and high. Repeat until the timer stops feeling rushed.