Welcome to my guide, In this guide I shall help you learn how to play Last Year: The Nightmare (I will call Last Year The Nightmare LYTN for simplicity). Before we get to the gameplay and strategies, we should review the history of LYTN. Starting off, in December 2018 LYTN was released on the Discord store as a discord store exclusive. Unfortunately discord decided to close down the discord store in March or April of 2019. With the closure of the discord store they had to finish up the content they were making and release LY on steam. But they changed LYTN a lot, starting with the fact it was no longer called LY the nightmare but instead called Last Year Afterdark. Afterdark was the first chapter in last year, and maybe it's last. After dark brought in new features such as skins, a new fiend (killer), a new classmate (survivor), a progression system called the arcanum (only for classmates), and completely redesigned the first 3 maps (The Bell-tower, The Gym, and The Library). Over the next few months they worked to update the game, adding new skins (multiple sets, for example the Ice and Death Fiend skins and new fiend weapon skins), premium currency (mystic ore), an in-game shop, a tutorial for classmates and fiends, a fiend arcanum, new maps (The Sawmill, The Mine), events (such as the Bloody Valentines event, where players could get special valentines inspired skins for a limited period of time), and daily challenges to keep the players engaged in the game. But unfortunately, Elastic Games couldn't get enough money from sales, and couldn't get a publisher to fund LY development, so they had to stop development on LY. In October, they brought over the original version of the game from discord to steam for 30$, and all the funds from LYTN go to development of Last Year so that LY can get new content. After a short while the price was lowered for both LY and LYTN and they had their prices changed (LYTN to 10 bucks, LY to 5 bucks). If you wish to check out LY it has sales often and when it isn't having a sale its fairly cheap: cheap:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1195460/Last_Year/

You have just stepped into the nightmare, and now you must survive against 3 vicious fiends that only want to kill. If you need an in depth review of LYTN then i recomend watching the video below. If you die, don't fear as there are closets that you will re-spawn in, but first another classmate must save you from the closet. In the nightmare, the fiends are not invincible, and can be killed but like every horror slasher they wont be put down for good. A tip for taking on the fiend, always check your health, if its below 50 then run away from the fiend, if its above and you have weapons like the baseball bat (assault) or the shocker (medic) then you should attack the fiend, but always try and keep your health up. First step to surviving is staying with your group, when you start you spawn in with the other 4 classmates and you must choose a class. There are 4 different unique classes you can play which are each presented in detail. In the next section we shall review the Assault Class

Assault is the only class that can attack the fiend without using any craftable's, and is used to help attack the fiend while protecting the other classmates from the fiend. The Assault Class has a steel pipe which can be used to hit the fiend and deal damage, if you deal enough damage the fiend will die, but he can still re-spawn as a different fiend. When attacking the fiend you should always pay attention to your health, for if it gets low you should disengage and find others, like a medic, or run away if you cant find classmates. If you are close to The Strangler, then you need to run as far as you can if there aren't any classmates close to you, try going in a zigzag instead of a line so his chain cant grab you. you have 3 different craftable's that you can create to help you against the fiend or do other things such as heal you, make you faster, or give you extra health against the fiend. The 3 craftable's for Assault are in the Craftable's section. That concludes our discussion on the Assault Class, next up we shall review the Technician Class.

The Technician Class has 2 unique abilities to aid other classmates. The First ability is making barricades. The Technician can barricade trapdoors and normal doors making it hard for the fiend to get in or stoping classmates from falling through the trapdoors. The Technicians second ability is to place a turret which will shoot the fiend if the fiend is in range of the turret. When placing the turret, try placing it in high places so that the fiend doesn't notice the turret. When you are doing objectives barricading to door to the objective is a good way to keep the fiend out of the room. The barricades can be quickly dismantled by other classmates, but takes longer when the fiend is trying to destroy the barricade. That concludes our segment on the Technician Class, next up we shall talk about the Scout Class.

The Scout Class is a class designed for going off from the team and doing the objectives. There are 2 unique abilities for the Scout. The first ability is a flash that blinds the fiend for a short time, making the fiend unable to hit classmates allowing assaults to go in and attack the fiend. The second use of the Scout is a radar which will help you determine where the fiend is and what state the fiend is. in the middle of the screen on the tracker there is a line which moves the closer you get to the fiend, and if your really close the line starts moving like crazy. The screen will change colors if the fiend if either in or out of predator mode (to learn more about predator mode go to Fiend Gameplay). When the fiend is in predator mode the screen is blue, but when the screen is green the fiend is spawned in and ready to attack. That concludes our review of the Scout Class, last but not least we shall review the Medic Class.

Medic is a very important class, for sometimes a medic is the difference between Surviving or Dying, Escaping or being Trapped. The Medic can do Two things. First they have the ability to heal others when they are low of health. Second they also have the ability to Heal themselves, which comes in handy when running from the fiend. When you are with your group and there is an assault facing the fiend, it is wise to heal the assault so that the fiend doesn't kill him, leaving the team defenseless. When the assault has died it is necessary to heal those the fiend has attacked and find a place to barricade yourself in if you're with a tech. As a medic you can see the health of other classmates, Red for low, Orange for not a lot, Yellow is decent, Green is almost full. That concludes our review of all the classes, next up we shall review the fiends.

Each Class gets 3 different craftables that they can make using scrap found all over the 3 maps. For the Assault you can craft 1. A football helmet that takes 30 damage before you start taking damage 2. A molotov cocktail that when thrown create's a circle of fire that deals damage to the fiend and classmates alike 3. A baseball bat that deals lots of damage but breaks after 4 hits.For the Technician you can craft 1. Pain pills which heals a classmate over time 2. A proximity mine which explodes when a fiend gets close enough to it. 3. a flame thrower which lights the fiend on fire preventing them from spawning out and making them take damage over time. For the scout class you can craft 1. An Adrenalin shot which gives you infinite stamina 2. A smoke bomb making the fiend disoriented and all standing classmates also disorented (you can crouch so your not disorented) 3. A powerful Shotgun which only has 2 (or 4) shots. For the Medic Class you can craft 1. A Flashlight which can be used to illuminate dark areas and find scrap 2. A Pipe Bomb that can either kill the fiend in a flash or explode the team in a blaze of fire, maybe be carful with it 3. A Shocker that has 2 charges, and holds the fiend allowing the assault to attack the fiend doing huge amounts of damage

The Fiends are a horrifying supernatural collection of killers out for your blood. The Fiends best ability is predator mode, where the fiend can spawn out and become invisible but he cannot attack the classmates. Instead he needs to watch his victim's, set traps, and go in for the kill. When the fiend wants to spawn in they need to get out of sight to spawn in or out. The fiend can set trapdoors, plant gas traps in scrap spots, and place bear traps to slow your prey. There are 3 fiends you can play as, if one of them dies you can re-spawn as a different fiend, but the first fiend can only be playable after the second fiend is dead. The First Fiend we shall go over is The Slasher.

The Slasher is a cunning cold blooded killer, who's only goal is to plunge his steel axe into your squishy skull. The Slasher is a Strong Fiend with a bloody axe ready to viciously kill his prey, in this case being a group of teenage high schoolers. The slasher has a medium amount of stamina, a decent speed, and a strong hit. When in a chase try and find spots to spawn in, so you can find a corner the classmate is close to and jump out from behind it, surprising the classmate and hopefully getting the kill. His ambush is crashing through a skylight and plunging his axe into a classmates skull for an instant kill.

The Strangler Is an insane twitching killer, who only wants to wrap his long cold fingers around his victims neck and strangle the life out of them. His power is a chain that he can throw, grabbing a classmate so the strangler can get them in a hold that can only be broken by another classmate. He has the lowest health of the 3 fiends but has a fast speed and the highest stamina. He is good for picking off the classmates who wander off from the group and then when their arn't many classmates left he can take them on and destroy them. When you are facing the group go after the assault and medics, when the medics are dead you need to take out the assault so that when those 2 classes are gone then the others cannot fight back without craftables. That concludes our review of the strangler, now we take a look at the final fiend: The Giant

The Giant is a massive tanking brute who's only desire is the ground his victims skulls into a fine powder. He has unique 2 powers to aid him in his pursuit of blood and bones. His main power is the ability to grab and throw classmates, very effective when throwing them from high places. His secondary power is a mad dash that he can cancel into a grab or a punch. The Giant has the most health and highest damage, but he is the slowest speed and relies on getting into predator mode to catch his prey, for in predator mode all fiends have the same fast speed. When throwing Classmate, it is a good idea to throw them into traps in order to get more damage off of them. His ambush is a wall that he breaks through and beats a classmate to death. That concludes our talk on the 3 fiends, next we shall review the objectives and maps.

In the nightmare, you're going to experience multiple different area to hunt or be hunted, To survive or to hunt. The Objectives are important on both sides in a game, for the only way for the classmates to win is if all the objectives, like the blowtorch, are done so they can open up the gate. To win as the fiends, you must either kill all classmates before the timer runs out, or make sure that the classmates cant get the objectives done making escape impossible. If a classmate does not escape they are counted as killed. When all the objectives are finished there is a crank that the survivors can open giving the classmates only one minute for the classmates to escape. A tip for new players is to do the crank until it is almost done so when you are done rescuing and preparing you can turn the crank and the escape will open. When it is the last minute the fiend has no re-spawn cool-down, but if a classmate dies then it is likely that you aren't going to escape, but it is not impossible if you have a small cool-down and don't have. Every map has a unique set of objectives for the fiend to guard or for the classmates to complete. That concludes our overview of the maps and objectives, for the first map we shall look over the gym.

The Gym is the first map you will likely play when experiencing the Nightmare, so its always good to know what you're in for. When spawing in, you listen to troys plan to escape, while you are in a room over looking the gym. in a few second the doors will open and you can go down a stair case and into the gym. You can drop down through a hole and enter the basement, on your left and right across the Gym you can find doors leading to the first and second floors containing the classrooms. The first objective you need to either defend or complete are the 2 gas canisters that spawn around the map and are needed to power up the lift. After that you need to drive the lift to the other end of the gym, when that is completed you can go up to the rafters where the crank needed to open the escape gate is. After you open the gate you need to make a mad dash to the exit, a tip for classmates use smoke bombs to disorientate the fiend, a tip for fiends is to place traps close to the gate and attack the classmates to slow them down. That concludes our review of the Gym, the next map we shall review is the Belltower.

The Belltower is one of the maps that you will likely experience in you first couple of round's in The Nightmare. When you enter the Belltower, you start in Mr. Bellmans (the principal) office. after the door opens you will find a wall that has a gate on the right and a crouch space near the front of the gate after entering the gate you will find a building in the middle with 2 crouch spaces you can use to enter it. The first objective you need are 2 blowtorches you need to bring into the basement to break the locks to the door that enters the sewer. once you break the locks you can enter the sewer which leads to the entrance of the Belltower. After that you need to bring 2 gears up the tower to open 2 gates blocking your way to the top. then at the top of the belltower you can start the crank and escape. Tip for classmates, there are ways to get to the escape gate from the bottom floor, next to the building there are two platforms to get up. Tip for Fiends, the giant is good at throwing classmates off the top of the belltower instant killing them. That concludes our review of the Belltower, the final map we shall review is the library.

The Library is the final map we shall discuss today, but it is still one of the most fun maps in the game that we have. When starting on the Library, you are in a large room with computers and a large server. The first objectives are 3 disks that you need to power up the server, which will allow you to start hacking the other computers. After the 3 disks are in the server, you need to hack into 3 terminals, the first 2 spawin in random places, but the third always spawns in mr bellmans library to the left of the main building. Once the third computer is hacked you can open up bellmans seceret library. Inside bellmans secret library you can turn the final crank which opens the gate allowing you to escape. Tip for classmates, you can use adrenalin while holding the disk to get to the terminal quicker. Tip for fiends, the area below the library is a perfect place to trap classmates, for there is only one entrance. That concludes our look of the Library and the 3 maps, next I shall give you the verdict on LYTN.

Last Year:The Nightmare is a great game that deserves to have players, LYTN is also one of the most fun games i have ever played. Wether you are playing with friends or random players you are bound to have a good time playing. To learn more about Last Year the Nightmare you can go to the website: https://lastyearthegame.com/ or join the discord: https://discord.gg/lastyearofficial If you enjoy LYTN then i recomend you go check out Last Year which can be bought here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1195460/Last_Year/ I hope you learned a lot about LYTN and I hope to see you in game one day.