Ice Scream 1: Horror Neighborhood

**Ice Scream 1: Scary Game** (also referred to as ***Ice Scream 1***) is the first episode of the Ice Scream Franchise. It was developed by Keplerians, who were also known for creating Evil Nun, their first successful horror game, and Mr. Meat, which was also one of their successful games. It was released on September 27, 2019, on Google Play, and September 29, 2019, for the App Store.

## Information

### Release Date

September 29, 2019 (App Store)
September 28, 2019 (Google Play)

### Platforms

App Store
Google Play

### Rating

★★★★☆ (4.5) (App Store)★★★★☆ (4.3) (Google Play)

## Characters

* J. Brown (Protagonist)
* Charlie Owens
* Rod Sullivan (Antagonist)
* The Security Guard (Mentioned)

## Locations

* Stall
* Neighborhood
* Playground
* Cafeteria
* Parking

## Overview

Based on December 27, 1982, this game starts with the protagonist, a young boy named J. Brown, looking outside his bedroom window when he sees another young boy, whose name is later revealed to be Charlie Owens, walk to an ice cream maker named Rod, who looks friendly. However, J. soon witnesses Rod kidnapping Charlie, and it turns out that Rod was actually an evil kidnapper and a psychopath who kidnaps chubby kids to kill them by turning them into ice cream by pretending that he was just a friendly ice cream maker. The ultimate goal of this game is to save Charlie from Rod's clutches before it is too late. J has 3 attempts (or 1 attempt if you are playing on Extreme Mode) to save Charlie, who was locked in a cage. J. is locked in a fridge in the Stall, if Rod manages to catch him and freeze him temporarily. Once J. fails all of his attempts, however, it triggers the Bad Ending, where Rod takes Charlie to his Factory to put him in the Extraction Room. However, in the Good Ending, if you manage to save Charlie by opening his cage with the cage key, he and J. will jump out from the moving van, and escape from Rod. Charlie will clap his hands in joy and will give you a Blender as a reward.

## Walkthrough

Your main goal of the game is to get the cage key and release Charlie from the padlocked cage in Rod's van. Firstly to get out of the house, you need to find a rope which can be found on any of the drawers. Once you found it, you can attach it to the window and get out of the house. After that you have to hide in the dog's house. A cutscene will be played where Rod will be singing and will drop a map. Take this and attach it to the van's interior wall. Travel to stall and take the empty petrol can and keep it on the van. Next travel to cafeteria. You can enter the cafeteria room either through the door or the broken window at the back. Interact with the [workwear in the kitchen to get the identity of the worker here. Take the oil can from the kitchen. Also search the bins in the Cafeteria to look for a paper with cash register code written on it, by which you will be able to unlock the cash register and get coins. Then go to the Playground. Take the oil can and go across the tunnel beside the prize machines to lubricate the hatch. This will give you access to a petrol pump from which you can fill your  petrol can. Then take the coins you got from Cafeteria and use it on one of the slot machines. Press the red question mark button on the machine to take the Paintball Gun. You'll use this later. Then head on a crane and interact with the 3 levers and press the green button. The correct combination of the 3 levers will result in the pipe heading down, breaking the iron fencing and allowing you to grab the office key. Then head to the Parking. Use the Paintball Gun to shoot the red button on the wall of the Go-Kart room from the windowed door [Alternatively, you can also use the slingshot which you can obtain from your house, thus not needing for the slot machine]. This will open the shutter in front of the room. Fuel the Go-kart using the filled petrol can. Mount on it and drive it to the storage room. Ram it into the two plywood walls in front of the storage room. Then grab the office key and unlock the office. Take the ID Card of the worker you got from the workwear in the cafeteria. Head back to the cafeteria again and use the ID card to unlock the storage room of the cafeteria and get the cafeteria's garage key. Go back to the Parking again and open room number 235 of the parking. Pick the pliers and use it to cut the wire holding the stage light above Rod's storage unit. This will break the partially damaged floor. Get to the storage unit and grab the Cage Key. Use the ladder in the storage unit to climb up again. Finally travel to Neighborhood to complete the game.

## Trivia

* The name of the protagonist, J Brown, wasn't revealed in this episode of Ice Scream. It was revealed in Ice Scream 2 from the interactions with J's friends. The same applies to Charlie, who was the first of J's friends to be kidnapped by Rod.
* Charlie was later revealed to be J's best friend.
* Rod has some hatred towards J for unknown reasons as it was revealed in his diary, and it also mentions how he hated chubby kids as they reminded him of his past as he was chubby himself as a young boy who got severely bullied for it.
* Ice Scream crossed over 50M downloads on December 28, 2021, making it one of the most popular horror games ever. It also became the most popular game of Keplerians.
* The Ice Scream Franchise is one of those few horror games where players of all ages can play, as it doesn't contain any bloody scenarios. Moreover, the jump scares aren't that scary except for a scream when J gets caught.
* In the Good Ending of this episode, Charlie gives J a blender that he stole from Rod's van, though it's unknown how Charlie managed to fit it into his pocket.

## External Links

* Download Link (App Store)
* Download Link (Google Play)