Neighborhorde

Neighborhorde is a free update released on the 20th of October this year. It's a timed endless horde mode. The gamemode can be unlocked after beating the base game (or immediately when the game is booted up for those who have beaten the game before the update).

There are 4 stages for this mode which are the Stage 4 set, Puppet Pirate's Cove set, The Park's Hedge maze, and the Offices lobby. These maps are slightly altered versions of maps in the base game with dispensers that dispense various items from ammo to candybars. They contain the Neighborhood puppets as well as giant unfriendly variants which gives extra points for downing them.

## Mechanics

The gamemode starts off with a timer counting down from 3 minutes. The only way to add more time to is shooting at various targets across the map that can alternate between red, green, and purple after each hit. Added seconds can vary from 15, 30, and 60 seconds. The amount of hits one can take till the round ends is four hits, akin to how it is in difficulties Survival and below. The round ends if either time runs out or the player is knocked out. The gamemode has a ranking system that goes from F--, F-, C, B, A and S which is determined by points earned.

For every puppet downed, points are given and there's a combo counter for each one downed that resets by either getting hit or not downing any puppet for a little while. Exclusive to this mode, the giant unfriendly variants of the Neighborhood puppets can appear in the map, they're stronger than the normal variants and give extra points for beating them. As the round goes on, the frequency of spawns, number of spawns and enemy speed gradually raises. To help combat that and avoid getting ambushed, it is recommended to periodically eat a candybar from the respective dispenser since it grants the player a movement speed increase which can be stacked that lasts until the round is over. How spawns work is that they can only spawn in specific corners of the map but they cannot spawn where the player is at and where they're looking.

## Playable characters

The playable characters goes as follows: Gordon, Chimken, Ricky and Junebug. They all have unique suitcase interiors in line with the characters with set equipment and base speed.

### Gordon

He is the first playable character available in the gamemode. His equipment consists of The Sternographer/Rolodexer, the Novelist, and four shotgun shells. It makes sense to have Gordon be the default playable character with no changes to speed and equipment so anyone going into it for the first time to get an idea of how it all works

His suitcase interior is exactly that of his suitcase in the final game, a simple green felt interior. His base speed is the same as base game.

### Junebug

She is the second playable character available in the gamemode. Her equipment consists of only the Conclusion, which instead of making it only have 999 ammo, it has infinite ammo. However, her base speed is slower than Gordon's base speed.

Her suitcase interior is hot pink felt with Silica gel and cute 3D stickers (such sticker designs include that of a vanilla ice cream with a smile, a unicorn, two hearts and three stars).

### Chimken

It is the third playable character available in the gamemode. It's equipment consists of 9 Punctuations, it makes it so that the dispensers for Pistol magazines and Shotgun shells be useless. Its base speed is faster than Gordon's base speed, akin to that of how it is on Chimken mode in the base game (along with camera positioning).

Its suitcase interior is bright dirt-like brown with strings of fresh and dead grass

### Ricky

He is the 4th playable character available in the gamemode. His equipment consists of the Sterngrapher/Rolodexer, the Wrench, and five tokens. His base speed is slower than Junebug's base speed. His kit makes it so that the shotgun shell dispensers are useless.

His suitcase interior is blue and red striped with small tissue paper with a nail clipper with Syzmanski labeled on it.

## Gallery

Giant unfriendly Norman in the gamemodePistol magazine dispenserSoda dispenserHealth-o-Lax dispenserPunctuation dispenser