Anguish

**Next area**

**Anguish** is the first area in the second part of the game, accessed by activating the Friend cutscene. Anguish is the Future version of The End. The city is now on fire, the rain is over, and the buildings are collapsing even quicker than before. This area introduces the mechanic of lives, which is present throughout the entirety of the Future, as well as 2 new enemies. Ash's gaming console is still present in Anguish 1 and can be used to play cartridges.

Anguish's main path consists of 20 levels, not counting Anguish 0. All of the area's levels are altered versions of The End's levels.

Anguish contains 8 secret levels, in which 1 cartridge (Scab or Die!) can be collected. Another cartridge (Spike Tales) can be collected in Anguish 0.

The area does not contain any tumors, same as every other Future area.

Getting through Anguish leads Ash to Gloom.

## Enemies

Anguish is a lot more dangerous than The End, containing three enemy types:

* Agons - spiky balloons that come in two sizes (big agons and small agonyias). They are dead or mostly dead creatures inflated with gases from decomposition. Agons float in the air, connected to the ground with a chain, and act as passive obstacles, similar to spikes. Touching one kills Ash.
* Ferals - more active, aggressive versions of agonyias. Unlike agonyias, both of whose eyes are crosses, ferals have one eye open. They will slowly follow Ash as long as he is in range, and retreat to their original position if Ash gets too far away. Ferals' movement is restricted by the length of their chains. Touching a feral kills Ash.
* Anchorfish - fish-like creature chained to a solid block. Anchorfish move in a circle in a set direction around the block they're chained to. There are three chain length variations - short, medium, and long. Anchorfish seemingly have no trouble being outside of water. Touching the fish kills Ash.

## Secret entrances

* Anguish 6 (upwards secret) - 1 NPC. Accessed from Anguish 7, by jumping into the hole in the wall of the building on the left. The path to the left is hidden by a fake wall.
* Anguish 12 (upwards secret) - 1 cartridge. Accessed by riding the rising platform all the way to the top of the level.
* Anguish 15 (right secret) - nothing. Accessed by climbing the spiky wall of the right building and jumping over the top spike to the right. This level contains no reward and no NPC to talk to.

## Characters

Anguish contains 3 NPCs. Click on "Open" to see their dialogue.

**Skeleton in Anguish 1:**

```
oh hey
you are
awake

man
you missed out
on some

seriously epic fire
and brimstone
bullshit

it was all
BAM!!
BOOOM!

GAAAHHHH!
CRUNCH! CRUNCH!
BABOOMBA!

. . .

AHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHH!!!

PLEASE NO!
NOOOOO!
GAAAHHHHHHHHH!

. . .

then the
earth freakin
opened up

and every damn
tortured soul
came out

screaming
into the red
night sky

sadly you
missed it . . .
lazy

anyway

there is nothing
to live for
anymore

i highly
recommend giving
up now

i did
and look how
happy i am

. . .

also
i wouldn't
recommend dying

when you die
in this place
. . .

you leave a
piece of yourself
behind

. . .

see you on
the
other side!
```

**Skeleton in Anguish 0:**

```
we are
fucked
dude
```

**Isaac in the secret above Anguish 6:**

```
mother
is
coming . . .

i can
hear her
whispering

she's
calling
us

we have
done something
wrong . . .
```

## Trivia

* Isaac, the NPC in the secret above Anguish 6, is a reference to Edmund's game The Binding of Isaac. His dialogue mentions Mother, who is present as an overarching force in both games, albeit in different ways.
* The secret above Anguish 12 is what remains of SS Exodus after crashing into one of The End's buildings. The falling blocks in Anguish 15 are also coming from the ship.
* The secret to the right of Anguish 15 is the only completely empty secret in the game. It only provides a pointless challenge of getting to the other side of the room. Tyler insists that the level is there for a reason. It is likely to be another piece of SS Exodus.

## Gallery

### Gallery of Anguish's main levels

* Anguish 0
* Anguish 1
* Anguish 2
* Anguish 3
* Anguish 4
* Anguish 5
* Anguish 6
* Anguish 7
* Anguish 8
* Anguish 9
* Anguish 10
* Anguish 11
* Anguish 12
* Anguish 13
* Anguish 14
* Anguish 15
* Anguish 16
* Anguish 17
* Anguish 18
* Anguish 19
* Anguish 20

### Gallery of Anguish's secret levels

* Anguish 6 up
* Anguish 12 up 1
* Anguish 12 up 2
* Anguish 12 up 3
* Anguish 12 up 4
* Anguish 12 up 5
* Anguish 12 up 6
* Anguish 15 right

## Individual level pages

Links to individual level pages

* Anguish 0
* Anguish 1
* Anguish 2
* Anguish 3
* Anguish 4
* Anguish 5
* Anguish 6
* Anguish 7
* Anguish 8
* Anguish 9
* Anguish 10
* Anguish 11
* Anguish 12
* Anguish 13
* Anguish 14
* Anguish 15
* Anguish 16
* Anguish 17
* Anguish 18
* Anguish 19
* Anguish 20

## See also

* Gloom - the area which comes after Anguish.
* The End - the Past version of Anguish.