Opening cinematic:
A man and a woman are out in the woods fishing. They keep catching salmon until they get tired of it. The guy complains that salmon is a terrible fish and wishes the river had something better. The lady agrees, anybody that would eat this much salmon is pathetic.
The camera cuts to a bear a few layers of the woods back overhearing them. The camera pans in super close on the bear's eyes and they narrow.
The man and woman pack up and drive off towards the city before the game's title slams onto the screen:
You Are Being Stalked By A Bear
Each stage has you performing a common everyday task, like waiting in line at the pharmacy, going food shopping, handling an afternoon at work, playing with the kids at the park/their sports game, and so on.
You have tasks you need to do and failing too many tasks fails the level. If you complete all the tasks, then you complete the stage.
As you do your tasks, you are being stalked by a bear, relentlessly moving towards you. If the bear catches up to you, it’s very much a game over.
The bear can shove aside small objects freely making a path for the bear. However, you cannot, so the bear can change the level layout and block paths to make it harder for you to complete your tasks.
The bear can also destroy items or block them off so much that you cannot complete one of your tasks so you have to be careful about luring the bear away from critical items/people.
The bear cannot move through heavy solid objects, so you need to get the bear caught on obstacles and trapped in spaces so you can complete your tasks and then escape without it catching you.
You bounce back and forth between the man and the woman through all the levels as they complete their tasks for the day.
At the end of the game, you both return home to your apartment and recount your adventures and just how weird the day has been.
You settle in for the night watching TV together, both deciding to not cook dinner after how stressful the day has been, and you’ve ordered pizza.
Finally, you hear a heavy knock on the door and have your final task to get up and answer the door. As you reach the door and unlock it, you pause and the man and woman look back at each other before cautiously looking to see who they just opened the door for. And the game ends...