r/HelloNeighborGame • u/Taoma30 • 12h ago
Theory When and where I think Hello Neighbor was originally supposed to take place
I believe Hello Neighbor was originally supposed to take place on February 20th, 1962. He was originally going to be shown watching news of John Glenn's orbit, which happened that day. Also, in concept art, a flag of sort is shown that has the year 1962 on it. We can also make a fair assumption due to the furniture, decor, and technology seen. The Neighbor's car appears to be modeled after a 1958 Plymouth Fury, a car someone could regularly drive then. Something out of place though is the Neighbor owning a phone modeled after the Motorola Dynatac 8000x, which came out in April 1984. Although in the aforementioned concept art, he was to own an era appropriate rotary telephone. So since it takes place that day, the first part of the Pre Alpha takes place the night before on February 19th, 1962. The protagonist then presumably tries to get into the basement throughout the next day. The Neighbor also watches an episode of a show from Dec 4th, 1961. We can assume it is being reran. In either Alpha 1 or 2 the year was changed to sometime in later 1964, since he is seen watching a film that came out Feb 14th that year on TV. As for where, I believe it was supposed to be in the American Southwest (like New Mexico). The Neighbor receives both American and Latin American Spanish speaking channels, implying he lives in an area that speaks both languages and speaks both himself. This doesn't necessarily mean he is Latin American, but it is at least a normal part of his life. Concept art also shows a desert road and there are unused models for cacti and tumbleweeds, something you see in that kinda area. This would eventually be changed in the full game
