At first, I read this entire post as a way to get people to uninstall and remove the game

Hatchman Co from their Steam accounts, but I soon realised pretty much no one has ever

played it. But if you buy any chance, happen to own a copy. Please, I urge you. Remove

it. Uninstall and forget it. Don't look back. Don't touch it ever again.

I'll tell you why.

A friend of mine bought a three-pack of Hatchman Co. back in 2009. It was a multiplayer

game, where three people are paired up against a single strong player on the opposite team.

Kind of like an early Dead by Daylight game. This game might very well be the spiritual predecessor.

The similarities between those games are pretty eerie. I'm sure, at least one person on

the Dead by Daylight team has a Steam copy of Hatchman Cove, and that kind of worries me.

See, Hatchman Cove was this game where you played in cycles, kind of like a red light green

light game. Three people play survivors from a ship that crashed into a cove, and the

fourth player gets to play as the killer. The killer wasn't necessary some slasher with

an axe. It could be a vengeful angel, a grim reaper, or several other kinds of killers.

At least, that was the original plan.

So the game would alter between having bright lights all over the map going on and off.

While they were on, the killer would notice any kind of movement with a ping. When the

lights were off, survivors could move any way they want, as long as they didn't draw too

much attention. Make it set of traps to delay the killer or sabotage the lights to get

more time. The killer, on the other hand, would try to grab the survivors and drown them

in a well at the center of the map. One to survive was grabbed, and the other survivors

are given a choice to either try and intercept the killer using traps or use the time to gain

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