I Can Smell You from Here beginner guide

Start with a first run

The premise is a first date with a dating-app match. The developer built the story around the fear of telling one lie and needing increasingly strange explanations to keep it consistent. Let your first run introduce that situation before looking for a specific outcome.

Read before confirming

Choice navigation and confirmation are separate actions. Move through the responses with the arrows or scroll wheel, then hold the confirmation control when you are ready. That hold matters: a quick tap advances dialogue but does not serve the same purpose as committing to a response.

Keep track of your account

A useful, spoiler-free approach is to remember what you have already said. This is a reading suggestion based on the premise, rather than a verified route to a particular ending. Use the dialogue-review control when you need to revisit recent lines.

Explore after the first ending

The listing promises five endings and a psychological evaluation after each run. A later run is a chance to try different responses and compare the result. Exact answer sequences and hidden triggers have not been verified here.

Make yourself comfortable

Tab opens the options. The September 29 update added volume control. If the embedded build will not start, try the original itch.io player or one of the official downloads.

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