Game Over

Game Overs are similar to endings, but do not end favourably for Nicolette at all, either ending in her death or leading to a mental breakdown. Unlike endings, each game over does not have its own name in-game, nor do they grant their own achievements (with the exception of the Loss of Sanity game over.)

### Killed by The Demon

This is achieved on January 8, Tuesday after class or in the afternoon, regardless of whether you've already talked to Rowan, by talking to the black silhouette in South Earlton Station.

Nicolette looks at the janitor cleaning the floors of the men's bathroom — the same place she witnessed Mr. Prescott's death the day before. However she notices how familiar the figure looks as well as how meticulously he was doing his job, before he (labelled as The Demon) also sees her staring at him. She replies that she is simply paranoid, because a murder had happened "right here". After some hesitation, The Demon chases her and though she tries to run, she is too shocked to move. The screen fades to black, flashing red once, before displaying the Game Over sequence.

### Captured by The Demon

This is achieved by entering the Gold Residence the day after testifying to the police (on January 9, Wednesday) in the afternoon and either moving too early or staying in place for too long.

The front door to the Gold Residence is found visibly open. If Nicolette enters, after walking in she immediately witnesses James Gold and The Demon fighting. If she moves too early, or waits too long (4 minutes idle and unpaused in real time), The Demon notices her and holds her by the neck. Before anything else can happen, the screen fades to display Game Over and the end title.

This can be averted and leads to a separate ending if the player lets Nicolette observe herself twice (the first time giving the prompt "I should calm myself down and think" and the second leading her to grab her phone) then interacting with The Demon as long as he is facing away from the player to take a photo of him, and then running out the door (also while he is facing away.) Note that if you run before taking his picture, even if he is facing away from the player, he catches you.

### Loss of Sanity

This can be achieved any time from Tuesday to Friday of the 3rd chapter and, though rarely, subsequent chapters as well.

Upon witnessing Angela Hawker's death, the screen flashes red four times. If it flashes red sixteen more times without talking to any social bond or Dr. Seabury, Nicolette experiences a flashback to her mother's death and laments being unable to keep up with not just the serial killings, but also her entire life and fears she is too weak and unfit for the world. A black, humanoid figure appears behind her and says "You're absolutely right, Nicolette." before strangling her to death.

The screen flashes red at the end of each of Nicolette's classes, totalling at least 4 flashes each day. Doing homework or studying also makes the screen flash, and giving up on homework makes it flash twice. Interacting with anything that reminds Nicolette of her mum also makes the screen flash once, with a reminder in the form of a thought bubble from Nicolette to "stop looking at it".

This can be avoided by focusing on social bonds instead, which keeps Nicolette in high spirits and can avert the ending even if the screen has already flashed a total of 20 times during the week. It's also noteworthy that marks may also drop more by the end of the week the less Nicolette has interacted with friends or the more she has forced herself to focus on academics.

### Failure

This is achieved at the end of the game, provided Nicolette has a D+ or lower in 3 or more subjects.