Description

How long can you hold your ground when every door rattles and the hallway lights won’t stop flickering? Scary Joker: Haunted Dorm wraps a tense tower defense into a hide-and-seek duel where you either barricade a room as a survivor or prowl the corridors as the butcher, each role demanding a different kind of nerve and planning; how to play as a survivor starts the second you claim a room: spend your initial funds on a basic bed (steady income), a door brace, and a low-tier turret or ward, then cycle through upgrades in a smart order—economy first until you hit a safe income threshold, then layered defenses that slow, reveal, and damage; place traps in a staggered pattern so the butcher triggers one, hesitates under a spotlight to be marked, and then eats damage from cross-angled emitters while your reinforced door buys seconds to repair; prioritize choke points: a barricade at the door, a slowing glyph two tiles back, and a sentry facing diagonally to achieve longer targeting lines; midgame strategy hinges on synergy—silence charms that interrupt rush abilities, decoy mannequins that soak the first hit, and sensor totems that ping the minimap so you spot fakeouts—and on timing repairs only after the butcher commits to an animation; advanced play rewards information: peek the hallway when the ambient hum dips (often before a push), watch power flickers that hint at which wing is being stalked, and coordinate with neighbors to overlap slow zones so a chase across rooms becomes a grind; if you swap roles and play the butcher, the plan inverts—cut power routes to darken clustered rooms, fake footfalls to draw turret rotations, and rotate approach angles so defenders can’t stack all their damage on a single line; brutal force rarely works twice, so carry utility like silence to pass a ward, a short blink to skip a trap, and a roar that cancels repairs; patience matters: feint at one door, count the panic repairs, then sprint for the unbraced target across the hall; accessibility settings support clear play with color-independent hazard markers, large fonts for upgrade trees, vibration ticks when a door drops below a threshold, and an optional “calm lighting” mode that reduces harsh strobes without breaking tells; to improve as a survivor, set a minute-one routine (bed → brace → income upgrade → slow → turret), keep a spare kit for emergency repairs instead of maxing a single tower too early, and avoid placing all slows at the threshold—save one inside so your sentry keeps uptime after the first breach; as butcher, learn sound discipline: shift walk speeds to mask distance, and commit only when you’ve baited a repair off the door; the joy here is the ebb and flow—quiet budgeting and careful placement give way to a sudden scramble when footsteps stop outside, then the satisfying relief as your layered plan holds and the butcher retreats; uniqueness comes from the dual perspective and the intimate scale of single-room defense, turning every small choice—where to wedge a chair, when to spend on vision, whether to chase or circle—into a heartbeat-raising puzzle that rewards calm minds more than reckless charges.

Instruction

Slide to move

Specifications

• Easy to play