Controls

You are a baby: you can carry one big awkward thing in your hands (a fuel can, a teddy, a toddler) plus six small things in the bag.

Click to start. The game uses pointer lock for mouse look. Click the game canvas once to lock your cursor; pressing Esc (or the browser taking focus away) unlocks it and pauses the game in solo play.

Full key table

Key	Action
`W A S D` / arrow keys	Move (waddle)
`Shift`	Sprint — loud, and drains stamina fast
`Ctrl`	Crawl — quiet and slow
`E` / left mouse button	Interact with whatever your crosshair is on; hold for anything that takes effort (searching, repairing, escaping)
walk into a door	Pushes an unlocked door open — no button needed
`R`	Use the item selected in your bag, or trigger the secondary option on a prompt (shown as "R" in the prompt UI)
`1`–`6`	Select a bag slot
`Q`	Drop whatever is in your hands; with empty hands, drop the selected bag item
`F`	Toggle your torch (needs a flashlight in the bag and battery charge)
Right mouse button	Peek, while hidden
`M`	Open/close the full school map
`Tab`	Show objectives (Mrs. Honeywell's list and school status)
`T`	Open chat (co-op only)
`Esc`	Pause
Mouse	Look around (sensitivity and invert-look are adjustable in Settings)

Carrying

Big items fill both your hands, so you can only carry one at a time: a fuel can, Mr. Wiggles the hamster, a teddy, or a toddler. Everything else — batteries, snacks, keys, tape, drawings, and so on — goes into six bag slots, selectable with 1–6 and used with R.

Carrying anything in your hands slows you down slightly (more so with a toddler), and holding a teddy specifically reduces how fast your fear rises at night. See Items for the full list and The Night for the fear mechanic.

Talking to Grump

When Grump's dialogue box is open, the number keys 1, 2 and 3 pick an answer directly, in addition to clicking.

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