You are tasked to escape a haunted mansion while avoiding getting caught and killed by the Humanoid Abomination that is Ayuwoki.
Escape the Ayuwoki provides examples of:
- Adaptational Ugliness: Here, the Ayuwoki's appearance is changed from Michael Jackson on Botox, to a bug-eyed, big-mouthed, sharp-toothed, long-clawed beast.
- Adaptational Villainy: Unlike its Ambiguously Evil nature in the original meme, here, Ayuwoki is actively malevolent, given that it kidnaps people to hunt, and will explicitly kill you if it catches you.
- Creepy Basement: The house has not one, but two. One is especially larger than the other too, with a very long corridor.
- Gonk: In the game, his eyes are far larger than a normal human’s, and now possesses a giant mouth full of shark-like teeth.
- Humanoid Abomination: In the game, it divorces itself from its already-questionable human guise to go even further, now redesigned as a monstrous entity that can change from bipedal to quadrupedal and back with ease, has gazing, giant, bulbous eyes, a gaping Glasgow Grin-style mouth lined with Scary Teeth, and Creepy Long Fingers tipped with claws. In a later release, he's redesigned again with an almost zombie-like appearance. Appearing to have had the the skin ripped from his cheeks and lips, and no pupils.
- Insurmountable Waist-Height Fence: Most of the obstacles in the game aren't very high at all, such as chairs, tables and other pieces of furniture that could otherwise easily be mounted or moved. The Ayuwoki and the player, however, have to move around it, which can sometimes be a detriment when trying to escape.
- Jump Scare: What the player is treated to if the Ayuwoki catches up to them, seemingly eating them alive.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Sometimes, the Ayuwoki can be seen with bright red eyes, especially when he's searching the area of the player's last-heard location.
- Super-Speed: Ayuwoki is shown to be extremely fast, its very movement resembling almost a Flash Step. It’s so fast that it cannot be outrun if it spots the player.
