History VideoGame / LastYearTheNightmare

The game was funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}} on December 7th, 2014, and originally released on December 18th, 2018 for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on the Discord Store, with UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne versions said to be in the works.

The game was eventually re-released on December 10th, 2019 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, almost a year after its initial launch.

The game was shut down in late 2021 due to Elastic Games going bankrupt, but was acquired by Undaunted Games and re-released via Steam once more as a free-to-play title on May 4, 2023. In March 2024, Undaunted Games announced a sequel to the game titled ''Forest Hills: The Last Year'', which will feature most of the same mechanics and gameplay and set to release in June 2024. What will happen to ''Last Year'' after ''Forest Hills' releases is unknown.

The game was shut down in late 2021 due to Elastic Games going bankrupt, but was acquired by Undaunted Games and re-released via Steam once more as a free-to-play title on May 4, 2023.

''Last Year: The Nightmare / Last Year'' is an AsymmetricMultiplayer survival horror game originally developed by Elastic Games, and now worked on by Undaunted Games.

''Last Year: The Nightmare'' is also available on Steam, when it was originally a Discord exclusive.

''Last Year: The Nightmare / Last Year'' is an AsymmetricMultiplayer survival horror game made by Elastic Games.

The game was funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}} on December 7th, 2014, and originally released on December 18th, 2018 for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on the Discord Store, with UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne versions said to be in the works. The game was eventually re-released on December 10th, 2019 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, almost a year after its initial launch. The game was shut down in late 2021 due to Elastic Games going bankrupt, but was acquired by Undaunted Games and re-released on May 4, 2023.

''Last Year: The Nightmare / Last Year'' was an AsymmetricMultiplayer survival horror game made by Elastic Games.

You can visit the website for ''Last Year'' [[https://lastyearthegame.com/the-game/ here]].

The game was funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}} on December 7th, 2014, and originally released on December 18th, 2018 for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on the Discord Store, with UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne versions said to be in the works. The game was eventually re-released on December 10th, 2019 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, almost a year after its initial launch.

''Last Year: The Nightmare'' was also available on Steam, when it was originally a Discord exclusive.

* AnAxToGrind: The Slasher's preferred weapon for killing.

You can visit the website for Last Year [[https://lastyearthegame.com/the-game/ here]].

The game was funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}} on December 7th, 2014, and originally released on December 18th, 2018 for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on the Discord Store, with UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne versions said to be in the works. The game was eventually re-released on December 10th, 2019 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, almost a year after it's initial launch.

''Last Year the Nightmare'' was also available on Steam, when it was originally a Discord exclusive.

!!Last Year provides examples of the following tropes:

* TheTetrisEffect: After playing a couple rounds, you might find yourself avoiding skylights and ventilation grates in real life. With the addition of the Spider, you might be looking down at the ground quite a lot as well.

* HomemadeInventions: Due to being regular lethal weaponry being hard to get in a school. The students have to make their own from the materials and supplies already available in the school.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Most of the Classmates' basic weapons, such as [[BatterUp baseball bats]], hockey sticks, and [[Pipepain metal pipes]] are these.

''Last Year: The Nightmare / Last Year'' is an AsymmetricMultiplayer survival horror game made by Elastic Games.

''Last Year the Nightmare'' is now available on Steam, when it was originally a Discord exclusive.

''Last Year the Nightmare'' is now on Steam for the first time, when it was originally a Discord exclusive.

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Though the player playing as the Fiend is outnumbered five to one, their biggest advantage comes in the form of Predator Mode, which allows them to move through the school unseen, keep tabs on the students' locations, set traps to split up and disorient the group, and choose a Fiend to spawn as to move in for the kill. With the Fiend able to spawn in anywhere from smashing in through a nearby wall to crashing in from the ceiling through a skylight, nowhere in East Side High is safe. However, the Classmates aren't completely defenseless - they're able to arm themselves with a wide array of improvised weapons, from lead pipes to jury-rigged flamethrowers and thermos grenades. If the Classmates want any hope of escaping the Nightmare alive, they'll have to complete objectives, use the unique talents offered by their roles to their advantage, and stick together.

* AnAxToGrind: The Slasher's preferred method of killing.
* BlindingCameraFlash: Scouts on the Classmate team can briefly blind the Fiend using the flashes on their scanners.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Most of the Classmates' basic weapons, such as baseball bats, hockey sticks, and metal pipes are these.
** Also applies to the Strangler, as he uses a pair of rusty scissors.

* SentryGun: Technicians can build these out of nail guns, tripods and cameras. They'll shoot at the Fiend whenever he's within range. However, [[ArtificialStupidity they'll shoot at each other]]. This is fixed in the Steam release.

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''Last Year''[[labelnote:*]]Originally ''Last Year: The Nightmare'', but renamed to just ''Last Year'' for it's re-release in 2019.[[/labelnote]] is an AsymmetricMultiplayer survival horror game made by Elastic Games.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Scouts can craft Shotguns, which can take the Fiend down in just 4 hits. That being said, they only carry 2 rounds, come with a steep Scrap cost - and landing hits on the Fiend is harder than it looks.