Menu

The **Menu** is the main menu of the game IMSCARED. It shows a certain area of the game, as well as what level you're at, and a list of all the achievements. Using the A or D keys will switch the menu.

## Appearance

The menu's appearance changes based on where you are in the game.

From the beginning of the game until you close the game while being chased by HER, the menu will be a view of the Flower map, which is an unfinished version of the Parlor. After getting the second fake ending in the house and typing HER as the name, the subtitle of the game will change to "BURY HER", and by pressing E you will be taken to the level of the menu's scene (not Flower however, as that map is only used when Chapter 2 or 3 is not initiated).

After getting chased by HER and relaunching the game, the menu's scene will be the green room of the parlor (where you closed the game on the brown carpet) and by pressing E you will be taken to that room.

The menu will change once more after you complete Chapter 2. The menu will be a view of White Face's Room, but without White Face himself. The piano music is also replaced with the distorted sound that plays in the House, since there isn't a piano in White Face's Room. Once you complete the Pipes, pressing E will take you to the Door Room, which looks like White Face's Room, but has additional content.

Once the game is completed (switching to daytime and removing White Face entirely), the menu will always be skipped. This can be somewhat of a problem in the 2022 version, since there's an options menu, that will become inaccessible once the player appears in the ending map. The only way to change the options at this point would be to edit the white.ini file.

## Menus

### Title

The player will look straightforward in the menu by default. The player can see the title of the game, accompanied by text that reads: "Press E to begin the experience". At the very bottom of the screen is more text that reads: "A or D to switch the menu". Pressing E will make the title screen fade out, along with removing the "Now Playing" board and "Achievements" panel.

### Now Playing

To the right, the player can see which map they will enter next. Most maps have a picture and name, but some might not, leaving the portrait to be blank, such as the Door Room. This will also happen to maps that are not intended to be entered through the title screen.

### Achievements

To the left, the player can see almost all of the achievements. In total, the game has 11 achievements, but only 10 are displayed on the menu. The missing achievement is "Loneliness", which is unlocked after deleting Heart.txt (White Face's heart), and finishing the game. Since the player needs the 10 achievements to even get the last one, this makes sense. Two of the achievements are initially shown as three question marks until the player unlocks them. These achievements are "Game Ended" and "Game HEnded", which are granted by completing Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 respectively.

### Options

The 2022 Update added an options menu to the game. It can be accessed by pressing A or D two times in the title screen (So basically, right in the back of the room). In this menu, the player can change the FPS, footstep type, head bobbing, screen size, and more.

## Trivia

* There is a comedic bug, where the player's camera will spin after pressing E to begin the game. It can be triggered by moving the mouse as the title screen fades out.
* Oddly enough, the 2022 Update removed the "A or D to switch the menu" text. This was likely done, due to the game coming soon to other platforms other than just Windows.
* Allowing the player to move the mouse and walk during this has glitchy effects. Pressing A or D will make the player spin uncontrollably.
* The piano music used until Chapter 2's ending is called "Title".