How to play (and be) Sneaky

Sneaky shares a problem with every prototype every made. It's about as accessible as a brick wall. So to clear things up I'll explain the basic concepts and mechanics as well as the overall map layout a little. Here we go!

How to start a game:

The first thing you need to do in order to play the game is either open a port on your modem to your pc at 25565 or know a friend who can do that for your. Keep in mind that if your are playing this with friends only one of you needs to open the port. If you don't know how to do that, there are plenty of tutorials on the internet on how it works. It's usually a bit of a hassle for the first time but it really pays off once you understand it.

Once you got your port open you can just open the game link and click on Start if you want to host a server, or Join if you want to join a friends game.

Starting a server is as easy as clicking on the start button. The game does the rest for you and drops you right into the player lobby which we'll get to in a second. If you click on Join Game you'll see a list of all currently running games(this list is usually very short, i.e. empty so finding the right game should be easy enough).

The player lobby:

Once you got your game running and your friends have connected to your server you'll see 4 buttons and, if you are the server, a big button at the very bottom to start the game. Now each player can pick a team in the game. Each game has 2 teams and two spots per team. There is the Hiding Team and the Seeking Team. Once you click on one of the buttons it will set it to ON, meaning you are logged into the game and will spawn once the Server hits the start game button. Now let's get into some gameplay!

The teams – Hiders:

In Sneaky there are two different teams that play fundamentally different. The hiding team is equipped with a stun gun that has 3 darts in it. Once they are all fired he is out of primary attacks for the rest of the game so try not to waste them. If you hit an enemy seeker he will be stunned for 10 entire seconds in which he will be unable to move or see at all. Keep in mind he can still shoot though. As a hider you don't want to get into actual combat though and instead should try to sneak past and outplay the enemy seeking team. As a hider you can jump with space and use that to get to areas you'd otherwise wouldn't be able to get to. You can also use this to jump through windows and escape your persuers. With left shift you can crouch in order to hide behind cover and sneak past your enemies. Crouching you also make less noise while moving.

Your goal as a hider is to hack a database which you can access from 3 different consoles around the map. These consoles are the green glowing cubes spread around the map. Step in front of them and press E to start hacking. On the top of your screen you see a counter which will go up the more data you have hacked. Once this counter is full the game ends and the hiding team wins.

The teams – Seekers:

The seekers play a much more fast paced role. As a seeker it's your goal to find and take out all hiders in the enemy team. (fun fact: This is the reason why the the game instantly ends when you try to start the game alone as a seeker. The game will detect that there are no enemy hiders left and instantly sets the win condition to true).

As a hider you don't have all the fancy movement controls that your enemies have. Instead you have a gun, and you will need it! Your gun has a mag of 45 bullets and once that runs out you can walk to any ammo crate and press E to grab a new mag. You also don't need to worry about death as a seeker. The stun darts of the hiders only paralyse you for a short time, but don't do any actual damage.

Listen out for sounds and try to predict the enemies next move. You sure can't catch up with the speedy hiders but you bullets definitely can.

The map:

This is the map from a birds eye perspective with the shadows toned down. You can see the two spawn points of the teams, the consoles the hiders want to hack, and the ammo boxes for the seekers to refill their ammo. There are plenty of ways through the map with lots of verticality and options for your enemy to jump on you, so stay focused!