Cheatmates

Cheat on your exams. Never on your girlfriend.

Cheatmates is a first-person co-op horror comedy for 1–6 students. Sneak cheat sheets into the exam hall, copy answers, pass notes and flash finger signals to your friends while monstrous teachers patrol the rows. Date a girl, and she becomes your secret weapon.

Play solo fully offline, or bring up to five friends online with proximity voice chat.

One run. One school week.

Five exam days, finals on Friday, and more than 100 subjects, from algebra to ancient Egypt.

• STUDY: five minutes to find the right books and write your cheat sheets.
• BELL: 45 seconds to reach your desk.
• EXAM: circle answers on real multi-page papers. Peek, pass notes, signal answers.
• RESULTS: grades and cash. If nobody passes, the whole class is expelled.

Survive the faculty

Eight teachers, each with a superpower and a punishment. Mr. Thump is blind but hears everything. Madame Ocula watches you with six roaming eyes. Mrs. Tick-Tock stops time to inspect the frozen classroom. Mr. Longneck's head slithers over the desks on an endless neck. And one of your classmates is really the Substitute.

Learn their tells, or learn what happens when they catch you.

Relics and contraband

Spend your exam money at the dealer: 58 relics to carry into the exam, from X-Ray Specs and a Telepathy Headband to a Voodoo Puppet and a Fire Alarm, plus Stink Bombs, Fake Tears, Bribe Apples and a Bathroom Pass for emergencies.

Fall in love. She's got your back.

Ace an exam and someone notices. Date Lyla, Mia or Sofia and she sits next to you in every exam, asks for help ("Q5??"), reads your finger signals and swaps her passing paper for your failing one.

Caught red-handed? She jumps out of her seat, shouts "WAIT! It was ME!" and takes the teacher's punishment instead of you.

A paper ball lands on your desk. Pick it up and read it: "i'm thinking about u instead of question 4". Sometimes it's the answer instead. Sometimes the answer is wrong.

The Detention Kings take your lunch money. She storms in, they beg for mercy, and she chases them across the hall. Then she jogs back with every cent.

Sent to the principal? She comes with you: "Pinky promise. If you're taking the blame, I'm taking it with you." You split the lines and the fine.

After school

Ride the bus into town: an arcade, a casino, a bike shop, a park, and study dates in the library. Just don't let her catch you gambling.

Buy a bike or a scooter and she hops on the back. "Can I ride with you? I'll hold on tight

Grandma sent birthday money? She wants you to have some. Sweethearts slip you cash, "find" you relics and give you a love pen with their own face on top.

Trust no one

Every run, each girl gets a secret personality. The Sweetheart takes the blame for you. The Material Girl leaves when your wallet runs dry. The Heartbreaker goes after whoever scored higher today. Hack the principal's PC to read her file, or carry the Gossip Magazine.

All characters are adults attending university.

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