Kindergarten

**Kindergarten** is an indie puzzle adventure video game  developed and published by Con Man Games and SmashGames. The game starts off as an innocent and simple game but as the player manages to uncover the school's secrets, things become violent if the player manages to pick false answers leading to the protagonist's death.

A sequel named Kindergarten 2 was released in July 29, 2019.

## Plot

The player controls a student, and his quest to accept and do missions from other classmates. Buggs, a bully, who has problems about his parents. Nugget, another student, who is heavily invested in nuggets and gives nuggets as a token of friendship, Nugget also dug a hole for his nuggets named "Nugget Cave". Cindy, a female student, who claims to be the smartest, nicest, prettiest student in the school, has dated countless boyfriends and lost her dog. Lily, another female student, who has a brother named Billy who went missing. Monty, a seller, sells items that can be useful to the player. Jerome, the principal's son, who steals items from his dad. And Ms. Applegate, the teacher, who wants to get rid of her students to make her job easier. Side characters include the Janitor, the Principal, the Lunch Lady, and the Hall Monitor. Each day, the player can accept missions from his classmates. Each mission includes hints, exclusive items, fails, and a reward for doing the mission successfully. Buggs' mission includes killing the teacher, Jerome's mission includes retrieving his laser pointer who was stolen by the Janitor, Nugget's mission includes receiving nuggets from Nugget by being his friend, Cindy's mission includes being her boyfriend, Monty's mission includes obtaining $20, Ms. Applegate's mission includes killing all the students, and Lilly's mission includes saving Billy. If the player manages to complete said mission, the player will receive an item that is given if the player completes a mission. That item will make other missions completable. Side characters also have a big impact to the plot, the Janitor can be seen mopping blood and has dead bodies in his closet, the Janitor also captured Cindy's dog and used the dog's meat to sell Biscuit Balls (Cindy's dog name was Biscuit). The Principal who kidnapped Billy and used him as a test subject. The game has 6 rooms/levels, the Entrance, the Classroom (Class Time), the Cafeteria (Lunch Time), the Playground (Recess),  the Classroom (Show & Tell), and the Exit. The player can also collect Monstermon cards (Pokemon Cards), if the player manages to collect every Monstermon card, the player can go to the Nugget Cave and activate the true ending where everyone dies except for Nugget and the protagonist.

## Gameplay

At the start, the player can bring money to school by getting money from his Piggy Bank. The maximum is $10 but if the player brings $3 or more, Buggs will force the player to share half of the money. The player can walk as much as she/he wants and can talk to others. If the player talks to a NPC, the player is given choices, each choice results in different outcomes excluding exiting the conversation. The player can also view hints if the player is stumped. During the game, the player is given 5 apples. Apples (in the game) are actions that can be executed by the player. A specific action costs 1 apple, the player can also sell apples for 25¢. If all the apples are used/sold, the time will pass and the player is teleported to another room/level. The player can also interact with other objects or items. The player can obtain exclusive items only from Monty that will help the player afterwards, multiple items can also be used to collect Monstermon cards. The player can also get 7 exclusive items from quests. A flower (from completing Cindy's mission), The teacher's phone (from completing Buggs' mission), A key mold to the principal's office (from completing Jerome's mission), The principal's key (from completing Monty's mission), A note (from completing Nugget's mission), A lunch pass (from completing Ms. Applegate's mission), and a rare Monstermon card (from completing Lily's mission). Those items can be used to complete other missions later on the game.