<s>
Slender	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Eight	I-Application
Pages	I-Application
(	O
originally	O
titled	O
Slender	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
indie-developed	O
first-person	O
survival	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
as	O
a	O
beta	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
by	O
Parsec	B-Application
Productions	I-Application
,	O
using	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
Mark	O
J	O
.	O
Hadley	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
quasi-folklore	O
meme	O
figure	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
depicted	O
as	O
a	O
tall	O
humanoid	O
creature	O
wearing	O
a	O
black	O
suit	O
and	O
tie	O
with	O
a	O
white	O
face	O
and	O
no	O
facial	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slender	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Eight	I-Application
Pages	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
dense	O
forest	O
during	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
the	O
night	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
first	O
person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
collect	O
all	O
eight	O
notes	O
located	O
in	O
various	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
forest	O
while	O
avoiding	O
the	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
player	O
collects	O
pages	O
,	O
the	O
fog	O
in	O
the	O
forest	O
grows	O
thicker	O
,	O
and	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
appears	O
closer	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
sprinting	O
speed	O
slowly	O
increases	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
moves	O
by	O
teleporting	O
,	O
creeping	O
around	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
from	O
a	O
certain	O
distance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
will	O
occasionally	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
field	O
of	O
vision	O
,	O
accompanied	O
by	O
a	O
loud	O
slamming	O
noise	O
and/or	O
static	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
occurs	O
when	O
either	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
taken	O
too	O
long	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
note	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
stares	O
at	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
for	O
too	O
long	O
,	O
or	O
if	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
comes	O
into	O
contact	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
turn	O
them	O
around	O
and	O
end	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
screen	O
shows	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
's	O
face	O
up	O
close	O
and	O
blinking	O
static	O
pulses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
successfully	O
collects	O
all	O
the	B-Application
eight	I-Application
pages	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
will	O
continue	O
to	O
chase	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
all	O
the	O
pages	O
are	O
collected	O
,	O
one	O
is	O
allowed	O
to	O
walk	O
around	O
for	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
seconds	O
in	O
total	O
silence	O
until	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
finally	O
appears	O
behind	O
the	O
player	O
and	O
ends	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
grace	O
period	O
in	O
the	O
very	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
during	O
which	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
remains	O
inactive	O
for	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
minutes	O
,	O
or	O
until	O
the	O
player	O
collects	O
the	O
first	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
unlock	O
this	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
beat	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
"	O
Normal	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
ending	O
shows	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
awakens	O
in	O
the	O
daytime	O
after	O
collecting	O
all	O
eight	O
pages	O
and	O
being	O
caught	O
by	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
"	O
Normal	O
Mode	O
"	O
,	O
except	O
that	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
sees	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
a	O
song	O
called	O
"	O
20	O
Dollars	O
"	O
by	O
American	O
rap	O
artist	O
Ron	O
Browz	O
starts	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
a	O
fan-originated	O
meme	O
about	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
if	O
a	O
person	O
gives	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
$20	O
,	O
he	O
will	O
leave	O
the	O
person	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
version	O
0.9.0	O
as	O
Slender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
would	O
be	O
caught	O
by	O
the	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
quit	O
and	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
0.9.7	O
on	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
ambiance	O
during	O
the	O
menu	O
screen	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
portions	O
of	O
the	B-Application
eight	I-Application
pages	I-Application
being	O
shown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
now	O
links	O
to	O
the	O
Slender	B-Application
Man	O
Mythos	O
Forums	O
and	O
some	O
popular	O
web	O
series	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Mythos	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Marble	O
Hornets	O
and	O
the	O
TribeTwelve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
officially	O
renamed	O
Slender	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Eight	I-Application
Pages	I-Application
to	O
avoid	O
confusion	O
with	O
its	O
sequel	O
,	O
Slender	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Arrival	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
new	O
light	O
sources	O
became	O
available	O
:	O
a	O
glow	O
stick	O
with	O
almost	O
no	O
light	O
,	O
and	O
almost	O
no	O
range	O
at	O
all	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
crank	O
lantern	B-Language
with	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
short	O
amount	O
of	O
light	O
which	O
must	O
be	O
replenished	O
by	O
cranking	O
the	O
lantern	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
given	O
a	O
backstory	O
in	O
its	O
successor	O
;	O
Slender	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Arrival	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
publications	O
noted	O
the	O
effectiveness	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
minimalist	O
horror	O
approach	O
,	O
contrasting	O
it	O
with	O
many	O
action-based	B-Application
survival	O
horror	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
latest	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
website	O
crashed	O
after	O
too	O
many	O
people	O
tried	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
subsequent	O
mirror	O
downloads	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
and	O
later	O
MediaFire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slender	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Eight	I-Application
Pages	I-Application
gained	O
a	O
cult	O
following	O
through	O
let	O
's	O
players	O
such	O
as	O
PewDiePie	O
and	O
Markiplier	O
,	O
this	O
spawned	O
several	O
clones	O
and	O
fangames	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reimagining	O
was	O
released	O
one	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
named	O
Slender	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Arrival	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
a	O
remaster	O
was	O
released	O
titled	O
'	O
Slender	B-Application
Reborn	O
 '	O
.	O
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