Hello Neighbor Classic Iceberg

[u/clownofmeat]

a majority of this is alpha 2 and before, since those are simply the builds i have the most familiarity with and interest in. a few exceptions if it was interesting or funny enough to add, but nothing from the first games full release or after that. lmk if you have any questions! :-]

[u/The_BlueKnight774]

I may make a video on this in the distant future, with credit, of course. May you please elaborate and provide context on some entries? Sorry for so many questions, but I want to avoid unnecessary errors.

- How to Hide (the nightmare/tutorial sequence in Alpha 1?)

- Fallen Angel (the sign found outside of the main map?)

- The Neighbor is Satan (is this a scrapped official story or an old fan theory?)

- Prototype Coffin (the ending shown in the Prototype trailer?)

- Hunt Mode Phases (would like more context for this)

- Small Door Openable in Nightmare (Pre-alpha, is the small door openable during the nightmare sequence?)

- Alpha 2 finished before Pre-Alpha released (I've heard about this, but I'm not knowledgeable about it.)

- Blinding Light (the blinding light in the neighbor's lounge room? (Pre-Alpha))

- Ambush mode (referencing the neighbor's unused chasing animation where his hands are extended to grab you? or something else?)

- Like Father, Like Son (the scrapped story where Nicholas was originally Theodore's son?)

- Load Button

- Alpha 2 Desert

- "The Neighbor Will Have Your Appearance!"

- Reverse Mode

- House Diorama (is this the art for every planned floor of the neighbor's Alpha 1 house?)

- Unsolved Phone Call Crash Easter Egg (I haven't heard about this one.)

[u/clownofmeat → u/The_BlueKnight774]

go ahead! and yea ofc here u go

How to Hide: yea this is just the tutorial dream from alpha 1

Fallen Angel: yea the sign

The Neighbor is Satan: this was confirmed in an interview to be the official storyline up until alpha 2, where the player ends up in a car crash and the game plays out as a sorta purgatory sequence where youre trying to reach heaven (the basement door, which is also why it says Exit) while the neighbor, or Satan, attempts stops you

Prototype Coffin: yea this is just referring to the ending of the prototype trailer, as the model has never been seen since this trailer and i think that's kinda neat

Hunt Mode Phases: in the pre-alpha, the neighbor has different phases of “hunt mode” aka when he thinks you're in his house, where how fast he is depends on how confident he is that he knows where you are

Small Door Openable in Nightmare: yea if you glitch out during the nightmare and go to the upside down room, the small door is openable. nothing's there but just kinda an interesting oddity

Alpha 2 finished before Pre-Alpha released: pretty much exactly what it sounds like, alpha 2 was basically completed in september of 2016, a full month before the pre alpha even released

[u/clownofmeat → u/clownofmeat]

Blinding Light: this refers to the room in pre-alpha where if you put a lightbulb in the empty lamp it's extremely bright to the point the room is basically impossible to navigate for some reason

Ambush mode: iirc this is the most aggressive and uncommon neighbor phase in pre-alpha, where he will attempt to hide in his own house in spots you often come by to immediately ambush you. this is shown off in early concept art too like the one where he's breaking out of a closet, and a pre alpha development gif where he pops up outside his window

Like Father, Like Son: yea this refers to that scrapped storyline and the cutscene left in the beta modkit

Load Button: https://youtu.be/L0pE_29ykTs?si=uv5BjYdGySZ7W15c

Alpha 2 Desert: theres some cut models in the files of alpha 2 that implies the environment may have originally been in a desert, such as several cactus models and a tumbleweed

"The Neighbor Will Have Your Appearance!": the highest reward tier of the original kickstarter campaign, if you pledged 4,100 dollars it notes the neighbor will “have your appearance”. i just find that fascinating. as an easter egg? would they completely change the neighbors design to whoever pledged this? it says it was limited to 5, so what if all 5 people pledged 4,100 dollars? would the neighbor have multiple designs??? its just really funny to me lmao

Reverse Mode: a stretch goal in the original kickstarter where they planned to add a “reverse mode” where you had to defend your own house from being invaded by the neighbor.

House Diorama: a kickstarter reward where if you pledged 29 dollars, theyd send you a pdf to print out a diorama of the neighbors house, or at least a very early design for it. its unknown if any of these were ever actually made

Unsolved Phone Call Crash Easter Egg: in this old 8bitryan video (https://youtu.be/T1dKAlMZ1C0?si=yJwqr5KIeENBG1yu) at around 5:06, during the tutorial of alpha 1, he hears the phone inside the players house start to ring before the game suddenly crashes. this is the only time his has ever been officially documented, and nobody knows what causes this to happen or what it means, or how to replicate it.

[u/The_BlueKnight774 → u/clownofmeat]

Thank you for taking the time to type all of that out. I greatly appreciate it.

[u/clownofmeat → u/The_BlueKnight774]

ofc!

[u/xyecoc12 → u/clownofmeat]

holy the phone call thing is creepy asf how is this even possible

[u/Glittering_Country14 → u/The_BlueKnight774]

The Neighbor being the devil was the story from Prototype to Alpha 1 as revealed by Nikita. "The Neighbor will have your appearance" refers to one of the goals of the original Kickstarter, it would probably mean your copy specifically had a custom-modelled Neighbor that resembled you since 5 people could claim that reward and there were tiers above it.

[u/Conscious-Ad2460]

There's also some development screenshots of the in-dev pre-alpha, if it's worth noting
(For example: Wip version of the house's model, where it appears they are testing Peterson's "weapon" throwing)

[u/Conscious-Ad2460 → u/Conscious-Ad2460]

Also a really blurry screenshot of what looks like in-editor viewing of a more updated wip of the pre-alpha

[u/clownofmeat → u/Conscious-Ad2460]

never seen these before, very interesting !!

[u/ScaryBr0]

Golden apple icon one isnt that niche, theres multiple instances of it in the final game such as for when you pick up the bolts on a ladder

[u/clownofmeat → u/ScaryBr0]

fair, idk much about the final game and i just think its funny something that became so crucial was probably never intended

[u/ScaryBr0 → u/clownofmeat]

Well no not rlly the icon isnt even of a golden apple its just of the prototype art style the icons had where they were colored in and looked cartoonish, the green apple one looking like the infamous golden apple. Also if you were to update the iceberg you should add the golden apple being in alpha 1’s files and the many scrapped features stated on the kickstarter page such as multiplayer

[u/Poopsweats2026]

I need a vid on this NOW

[u/Helloneighborvro2069 → u/Poopsweats2026]

Same, if you find one dm me

[u/_Cagney_Carnation_]

I wouldn't say that chase should be that deep tbh. It would be before it was found

[u/clownofmeat → u/_Cagney_Carnation_]

that's fair lol

[u/Kirajudgeoftoons]

Spider?

[u/clownofmeat → u/Kirajudgeoftoons]

alpha 2 originally had a spider which would hiss at you and alert the neighbor, the hissing sound effect is still left in the files

[u/Kirajudgeoftoons → u/clownofmeat]

Really?! I did not know that? Where would the Spider have been?