Thinknoodles Plays Alternate Watch

Intro & Context

• Intro by Thinknoodles, fans chose today's scary game: Alternate Watch
• Inspired by the game I'm on Observation Duty with Mandela catalog entities
• Contracted by the United States Department of Temporal Phenomena
• Game mechanics: monitoring security cameras, noting changes, and reporting anomalies

Starting the Game

• Goal: Report anomalous changes and survive until 6 AM
• Report types: shadow figures, distorted humans, objects moving, etc.
• Multiple rooms to monitor
• Game Instructions: Set camera, select room and anomaly type, check the anomaly list
• Initial observations and room setups

Gameplay & Observations

• Rooms and Anomalies: Key Notes
  • Master bedroom: Painting anomaly
  • Multiple items to look out for in each room
  • Sounds and movements can be misleading
  • Monitoring and capturing different anomalies throughout the rooms
  • Impact of missed anomalies: cumulative effect leading to game failure
  • Examples of anomalies found: misplaced items, extra items, shadow figures, etc.
• Game Progression:
  • Stress and increasing difficulty as threat level changes
  • Multiple anomalies in the same room can cause significant issues
  • Successfully identifying and reporting anomalies decreases threat level

Tactics and Strategies

• Importance of methodically checking each room for changes
• Use of the anomaly list provided by the game
• Reporting random anomalies sometimes helps reset the room
• Impressions of game mechanics vs. I'm on Observation Duty
• Strategy developed through observation and experience with similar games
• Not sticking to one room while reporting an anomaly
• Significance of color mode in identifying anomalies

Final Thoughts & Completion

• Stressful yet exhilarating gameplay
• Identification of the majority of anomalies led to success
• Importance of remaining calm and systematic under pressure
• Conclusion by Thinknoodles and general reflection on game experience
• Achievement: Beating the game by surviving till 6 AM
• Missing elements: Preacher and some unknown anomalies

Takeaways

• Alternate Watch is a challenging observation game that requires attention to detail and deduction skills
• Fans of I'm on Observation Duty and horror games will likely enjoy this type of gameplay