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How to play
Thirty seconds
Move the frame. Click when someone is doing something. Read the headline on the television. The crowd copies the headline. Your next photo is about that new crowd.
Open play when you want the game itself. The headline list, with the original punctuation, is on headlines.
What each stage wants in frame
First, photograph the circle in the hat. Everyone else puts a hat on. Next, the screaming square has to be screaming in the photo, not merely standing near shocked neighbors. Then the nervous circle has to be afraid, and the square it fears has to be in the same picture.
The smug square has to be mid-sneer. Angry people have to be shouting, not just painted red. At the candle scene, any photo advances you. Missing the action prints a line like 'oooooh just missed it' or a reminder to catch who they are scared of.
Photographing the television prints 'A TV... ON TV!'. An empty frame prints 'WOWWEE, IT'S NOTHING'. A cricket prints 'LIL' CRICKY <3'. None of those three are required to finish. The story page puts the same beats in order, and characters names who is who.
You cannot lose
KBH Games and the scene flow agree: no score, no clock, no game over. Refreshing throws away your place in the loop, so wait for the action instead.
If you are hunting a happier finish, that hunt is answered on endings. The photos of people getting along are real headlines. They are not a second route.
FAQ
Can you get stuck?
You can wait on the wrong action. The game does not have a fail state. If the picture freezes, click it. Leaving the tab pauses play.
Are there cheats?
There is no code entry and no inventory. The word code in search results points at the source files, not a cheat list.
What if the photo does nothing?
You usually caught a person and missed the action, or you caught the action and missed who it was aimed at. The game prints a hint instead of a penalty.
Sources
- itch page by Nicky Case — checked 2026-11-07
- PlayGamesDaily — checked 2026-11-07
- Steam: All The Scenes — checked 2026-11-07
- English strings in the 2018 revision — checked 2026-11-07