Lakeview Cabin IV

Lakeview Cabin IV: Curse of the Lake begins as the band's van runs out of gas near a chaotic Mansion. The violent community inside the demented halls of the Mansion will be a violent roadblock keeping the girls from leaving. Saving everyone will be harder than expected.

Gameplay

Lakeview Cabin IV features a much more randomly generated gameplay, with the rooms and items in the mansion being randomized each run.

The goal of the game is to collect 4 gas cans, load them into your van, and escape. They are found in the following places: The pit trap in the cellar, one of the attic rooms, inside the gas station, and in Piggy's room at the slaughterhouse. There is also a chance to find one in the secret gift room.

Each playable character has 10 health.

Walkthrough

The layout of the map is randomized each reset so there is no one definitive way to beat Lakeview Cabin IV, though there is a certain way of having less trouble with it.

First, get into the Mansion and activate the alarm, which will cause every NPC to be active. Pick up the Chicken Feed and go to the Slaughterhouse. Every time you enter a door, drop the Chicken Feed a couple of times and that will tell you which doors to use when escaping. You can also peek through the doors before entering to avoid being spotted by Cannibals if you took the wrong route. Once you have arrived at the Pig room, drop the Chicken Feed and enter. Grab the gas can. When escaping, follow the Chicken Feed outside of the Slaughterhouse.

Once you collected the gas, wait for the Piggy to get out and fall into the trap at the right of the map. It will get into the mansion and kill everyone in its way, which will cause everything to be easier. Now just wait for Piggy to get out of the mansion and follow the broken doors. It will lead you to the basement, be but careful because Piggy will probably be there. Act as fast as possible, get the can from one of the 3 rooms and get out, and try to get a weapon.

If you need to set off a Bear Trap, you can always go back for the Chicken Feed. Throw the Chicken Feed at the Bear Trap and you will get 3 uses out of it. The Bear Trap is needed to kill Piggy (once the trap knocks Piggy down, kill with a Power Tool. Pick up the chainsaw which has lots of fuel and then go back to the Slaughterhouse but this time take the path to the mansion. You'll probably be greeted with hostile NPCs so kill then with the weapon you got. Finally get to the Attic, where you'll have your last gas can. Always peek before entering a room to avoid confrontation with the Mutant Rat. The air ducts will rattle just before the rat appears.

The first time you play, the four playable characters will all be gathered near the van on the right hand side of the map. Subsequent plays will have the characters inside the gas station.

Items

• Bear Trap
• Blue Wrench
• Candelabra
• Chainsaw
• Chicken
• Chicken Drumstick
• Chicken Feed
• Drill
• Dynamite
• Flare
• Gasoline
• Hypno-Dial
• Ice Cream x7
• Key
• Machete
• Molotov Cocktail
• Pig
• Pipe
• Present
• Rat Skull Mask
• Shotgun
• Shotgun Shell
• Skeleton Key
• Throwing Axe

Locations

• The Mansion
  • Front Hall
    • Cannibal Rooms
  • Basement
  • Attic
• Slaughterhouse
• Gas Station
• The Van

Characters

Player Characters

• Red Pants
• Pink Shirt
• Cowboy Hat
• Green Shirt

Non-playable characters

• Piggy
• The Cannibals/Mansion Dwellers
• Sack Head
• Mutant Rat
• Screaming Woman
• Pregnant Woman

Tips

• As you kill more people in the mansion or slaughterhouse, your characters will delve into a psychosis, experiencing delusions, and strong screen distortion as well as visual effects. Going back outside will cause the effect to dissipate, allowing you to go back inside with normal vision.

Notes

• Lakeview Cabin IV is largely inspired by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise.
  • In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre five teens on a trip encounter the cannibalistic Sawyer family.
    • The Slaughterhouse and Gas Station are two mentioned and visited locations in the first movie.
    • The intro message to the level is a direct reference to the one that appeared at the beginning of the movie.
  • Each subsequent sequel has new members or a completley different iteration of the Sawyer Family and personality types, resembling the strange group of cannibals that all reside together.
• The level could also be inspired by another movie with cannibalistic themes: Motel Hell, which has a cult following.
• The Cowboy Hat wearing character resembles the character Nikki played by Ellen Fox in the movie Stump the Band from 2006.