Between Me and The Night: 100% Walkthrough

Following this guide should unlock all 18 achievements in a single playthrough.

The numbered points progress the story.
The bulleted points are side-tasks related to achievements.

It shouldn’t take more than two hours.

1. Walk/run right.
2. Down the stairs.
3. Push the block right offscreen.
4. Push the chair under the key, climb on the chair and grab the key.
5. Run right, downstairs, then use the key to open the door and exit the tutorial.
   Why was it so dark?

   Finish the tutorial.

1. Interact with the TV.
2. Go right and move aside the stack of boxes blocking the wardrobe.
3. Open the wardrobe.
4. Interact with the bed. Take the NES from the shadow.
5. Slide the chair right and climb up on it to reach the controller on the shelf.
6. Use the NES on the TV; the controller on the NES.
7. Interact with the TV to play the game.
   • Get to level 3 (and game over on level 3).
   The harder, the better.

   Complete level 3 of Generic Knight.

8. Follow the monster downstairs.
   Upstairs
9. Switch the light by the monster on.
10. Follow it into the nearby room.
11. Walk into the arcade machine.

It’s snowing…

Enter the Otherworld for the first time.

1. • There is an achievement for not getting hit by enemies on this level (1/2?)
   • But it’s buggy, I didn’t get hit by enemies on Otherworld I, and didn’t get the achievement until Otherworld II.
2. Run down the stairs; right across the bridge; defeat the enemy.
3. Keep going right past the gate and up the stairs to a lever.
4. Activate the lever; keep running right until you can enter a tree.

1. 1. • Don’t get caught by the big grey roaming monster on this level.
      • It spawns only at night.
      • Be very careful when transitioning rooms.
      • It can be avoided by entering/exiting rooms, going up/down stairs or distracting it by switching on a light.
      • You can safely run past it while it’s absorbing light.

1. • Pick up the two grey knights and the green soldier.
2. Go downstairs.
   Upstairs
3. Move aside the green cabinet and take the vinyl behind it.
   • Walk past the cabinet and return the green soldier.
4. Run back right and down the stairs you come to.
   Downstairs
5. Note the cassette + player under the stairs. Ignore it for now and enter the first door on the right (kitchen).
6. Sit down at the table.
7. Move a chair right; stand on it to reach the cupboard and take the cat food.
   • Move a chair left and take the grey knight on top of the fridge.
8. Exit the kitchen.
   • Run left past the cassette and return the three grey knights.
   • Now you can pick up cassette #1/6.
9. Run right past the kitchen and into the next door.
10. Open the toy car on the bookshelf, take the keys inside.
11. Exit the room and keep going right.
12. Open the trunk with the keys you just picked up. Open the toolbox, and take the bolt cutters.
13. Move away the stack of boxes on the right and take the jerrycan that was behind them.
14. Run left now until the you reach the living room.
15. Use the cat food on the bowl and push it towards the cat. Interact with the cat when you can.
    • Pick up the green soldier from on top of the fireplace.
    • Return upstairs, on the right is a green cabinet with another green soldier.
    • Enter the bathroom (door by the cabinet) and examine/take the medicine #1/3.
    • Go back left and return the remaining two green soldiers.
    Forever young.

    Put all the soldier and knight toys in their respective bases, in the House.

16. Run past the cat to reach the yard.
    • Place the hanging clothes in the laundry basket.
    I can’t leave this here.
17. Open the shed on the left with the bolt cutters, use the gasoline on the mower, and move it right.
18. Defeat the lawn mower by running against the suction of its blades, and interacting with the blue pipes it spits out to throw them back. Repeat three times.
19. Go upstairs.
    Upstairs
20. Run right. When you are attacked by the head, just run left away from it.
21. Enter last room on the right (past the bathroom). It’s your parents’ bedroom.
22. Open the cupboard drawer and take the record player.
23. Go downstairs.
    Downstairs
24. Use the record player you just picked up on the amplifier between the speakers in the living room, then use the vinyl on the player.
25. Interact with it to turn on the music.
26. Go upstairs.
    Upstairs
    • Enter the second room from the left on this floor (where the ghost was before) and pick up cassette #2/6 on the shelf.
27. Run all the way right onto the balcony.
28. Push the large vase and pick up the clock hand.
29. Go to your parents’ bedroom. Pick up the clock hand on the vase.
30. Go downstairs.
    • On the way back downstairs, listen to both cassettes.
    Downstairs
31. Use both clock hands on the grandfather clock in the living room.
32. Push the statues together until they embrace.
33. Go upstairs.
    Upstairs
34. The door by the stairs is now open. Head inside and into the arcade machine.
    It seems like only yesterday.

    Finish the house level.

    • If you didn’t get caught:
    Don’t touch me!

    Complete the house without being caught by any ghost.

1. 1. • Don’t get hit by the enemies on this level (2/2?)
      • As mentioned above, this achievement is buggy. I did get hit on Otherworld II and still unlocked the achievement upon transitioning to the next area (step 4 below).

I’m getting the hang of this.

Don’t get hit by enemies while in the Otherworld.

1. Same deal as before. Make your way right.
2. Interact with the symbol, defeat the enemies that spawn to open the gate.
3. Keep going right, destroy the smaller crystals to remove the larger one.
4. Enter the tree.
5. Make your way up the stairs and enter the doors.

1. • Walk/run all the way right and look beside the plant for poster scrap #1/5.
2. Enter the first foreground door from the right.
   • Outside, pick up poster scrap #2/5 on the windowsill by the red trashcan.
3. Go right to to your backpack.
4. Follow the girl to the storeroom.
   • Use the two poster scraps on the poster.
   • Pick up the book on the floor as well.
   • Exit the storeroom and enter the staff room (far left of this floor), and pick up BOTH keys and the hall pass from the shelf.
   • (When you see it) let the roaming teacher catch you.
   Yes, I can be here.

   Let the Keykeeper catch you while holding the hall pass.

   • Return to the storeroom and unlock the cabinet with the key. Don’t take anything yet.
5. Run left until you see a first aid box (its by the staff room). Pick up the Instant cold.
   • Enter the library (door by the lockers), return the book to the top shelf and pick up cassette #3/6.
   Upstairs
6. Run to the far left. Pick up the key.
   • Open the lower left locker for poster scrap #3/5.
   • Unlock the lower right locker for cassette #4/6.
   • Leave both cassettes here for now to free up some inventory space.
   • Enter classroom B and pick up another locker key.
   • Also in classroom B is poster scrap #4/5.
   • Enter the girls’ bathroom and examine/take the medicine #2/3.
   Downstairs
   • Unlock the locker here with the new key and take the cartridge.
   • Return to the storeroom and place another two poster scraps.
   • Take the charger from the cabinet.
   • Use the charger + cartridge on the Game Boy.
   • Interact with the Game Boy and complete the 1000 knights level.
   Let me do my thing.

   Get to the end of 1000 Knights.

   Upstairs
   • Pick up the two cassettes you left.
   • Go back downstairs to the staff room and listen to both cassettes.
7. Back upstairs, go to the very right and see the crow fly with the camera up to the roof.
8. Unlock and enter Classroom D.
9. Pick up the bottle of Zinc (Zn).
10. Use the Instant cold and Zinc on the chemistry set on the first desk.
11. Interact with the chemistry set to start a fire.
12. Head up to the roof.
    Roof
13. Run to the left and pick up the camera.
    • On the right end of the roof is poster scrap #5/5.
    • Return to the storeroom and finish the poster.
    Postermania!

    Complete the Thunder Rangers poster in the High School.

    Upstairs
14. Enter Classroom C and pick up the photography books on the last desk.
15. Enter Classroom A and approach the girl on the desk.
16. Run back downstairs…
    Downstairs
17. …and all the way left to where you started this level.
18. Enter the last door on the right and walk into the arcade machine.
    Welcome to the real world.

    Finish the high school level.

1. Again, keep going right attacking whatever’s in your way.
2. Interact with a lever, and defeat the new wave of enemies to open a new path.
3. Keep going right, enter the tree.
4. Make your way up all the stairs and enter the doors.
5. Go left away from the girl and enter the door.

1. Walk left. Open the fridge and take the tomatoes.
2. Take the bread.
3. Use bread + tomatoes on the cutting board.
4. Interact with it.
5. Push the fridge left to block the door.
   • Run right and pick up cassette #5/6 on the shelf.
   • On the same shelf are four broken objects: broken controller, broken record player, and two broken speakers.
   • Place the four broken objects in the trash bag in the kitchen area.
   Starting over.

   Clean up the broken objects in the apartment.

   • Exit right to the bedroom, then into the bathroom and examine/take the medicine #3/3.
   This is not the solution.

   Find the 3 strange medicine bottles.

6. Pick up the controller from under the bed in the bedroom.
7. Go back into the living room and use the controller on the NES.
8. Interact with it for a short scene.
9. Pick up the key that appears on the TV.
10. Open the wardrobe in the bedroom.
11. Pick up the camera.
    • Pick up cassette #6/6 as well.
    • Go to the kitchen and listen to both cassettes.
    • (The relevant achievement will unlock in the credits.)
12. Interact with the window between the kitchen and sofa to break it.
13. Interact with it again to climb out.
14. Climb up to the roof.
15. Walk to the very left end of the roof.
16. Don’t jump off and instead take the sword.
    A light at the end.

    Finish the apartment level.

1. Run right and into the tree.
2. Climb up to the top to begin another retro game.
3. Jump up the platforms – avoiding enemies and spikes. Don’t go too slow either or the demon will catch you.
4. Once you reach the top, the final sequence will play.
   • During the credits:
   I don’t get it.

   Finish the game.

   Life is beautiful.
   • If you listened to all 6 cassettes:
   You have… 6… new messages.

   Listen to all the cassettes.

Written by alphabetsoup