Shortly after the initial hype, a download link appeared on the 4chan board /x/ (Paranormal), claiming to be the "real" version of the game. This version—now commonly called the —diverged sharply from the YouTube footage in dangerous ways:
The "original" gameplay shown in these videos was a surreal, first-person "walking simulator" built using the . It featured: sad satan real gameplay top
Unlike the "safe" version on YouTube, the clone contained graphic images of real-life gore and, most infamously, one instance of child pornography. Shortly after the initial hype, a download link
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The legend began on June 25, 2015, when a YouTube channel called Obscure Horror Corner uploaded the first gameplay video. The channel owner, Jamie, claimed the game was found on a deep web forum and sent to him by an anonymous subscriber known as "ZK".