Elementary is the third map of the Slenderman's Shadow series. It was released on August 31, 2012.
You play as a little girl, indicated by her breathing when out of stamina, as well as how big the door frames are, where the teddy bear locations are placed and how much taller Slenderman himself seem to be. It is unknown why she is walking around a large elementary school. The goal is to collect 8 teddy bears and escape the school before the Slender Man captures the player.
One of the eight bears
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The flashlight is disabled after 75 seconds with the light bulb breaking (in most playthroughs, this will happen around getting the first teddy bear).
This is the second Slender game to employ the use of items besides notes. The other being the original Slenderman game made in 2011.
This is the first Slenderman's Shadow map to have an outside that the player can walk into (the courtyard of the school).
This map features new sound effects.
You can find dismembered body parts and corpses of Slenderman victims throughout the school. This is reminiscent of his behavior in the original mythos, which would include acts of dismemberment or mutilation, rather than what Slender Man does in the ARG's, or his behavior in the modern Mythos.
It is possible that the body parts and dead bodies belonged to those who used to work at the school.
Outside the school in the courtyard there is a body impaled on a tree; this kill is similar to the original mythos.
This could be a reference to the fashion that Slender Man used to kill his victims; impaling them on tree branches high off the ground, as mentioned in the line "but staple your corpse on a tree" from the "Der Großmann" poem.
Occasionally you can see flies flying around some of the bodies/body parts in the Unity version.
The corpses shown in the school include a skinned and mutilated corpse on the floor, a corpse impaled through a tree, a headless corpse impaled on one of the hooks, a dismembered head on one of the desks (could be related to the Headless corpse on the hook) and a severed arm in the corner of one of the rooms.
The song at the start of the level is a haunting rendition of 'Ring Around the
The body impaled on a tree
Rosie' sung by SprinkleSprankles.
You play as a little girl in this map, although her breathing sounds are similar to the woman in Hospice.
All of the playable female characters in the Slenderman's Shadow games share the same breathing sounds for when they drain their stamina from running.
It is possible that the female characters are all the same person. although extremely unlikely. The only reasonable explanation would be if Elementary took place before the events of Hospice and 7th Street, which in turn would mean the protagonist in Elementary is in fact a younger version of the girl from Hospice and 7th Street.
When you collect 8 teddy bears, you must get back to where you spawned to beat it. This is similar to after you collect 8 notes in Hospice and Sanatorium.
There is a bug in this map where the player can collect teddy bears through walls.
All of the teddy bears the player has to collect are impaled on large hooks and are mounted on the walls.
In the older versions of this map, there was a door near one of the doorways to the courtyard that was previously believed to be locked. A hand symbol would appear if you were looking at it and close to it, and it could be opened by pressing Enter. A fairly well-known YouTuber by the name of Taste Gaming discovered this in his video, which can be seen here.
In newer versions of the map, however, the door was removed, most likely because the door was only meant for testing.
There are actually 9 teddy bears in Elementary. This was discovered by a rather well-known YouTuber called Yamimash. He was attempting to find the exit when he came across a narrow corridor, to which he went forward and saw the ninth bear. However, this bear didn't count, as the presence of a ninth bear seemed to be a mistake on the developer's part. The link to the video can be found here.
If you can obtain 9 teddy bears, you will not be able to escape the map. The reason for this is unknown, but it is most likely because you must have exactly 8 teddy bears instead of at least 8 teddy bears.
In v1.0 of Elementary, a teddy bear could be found in the room with "YOU CAN'T HIDE" written in blood. The change notes for v1.1 state that this teddy bear was removed, but it was later discovered that it was instead moved to the dead end.**In the Unity remake, the teddy bear in the dead end remained in place, while another bear was moved to occupy the original spot of the "YOU CAN'T HIDE" room. Additionally, a teddy bear was also removed, bringing the total down to eight as originally intended.
The bears in the Unity remake look more skinnier than the previous bear models, and they are also exclusively impaled at the stomach.
This is the most gore-filled Slenderman's Shadow map so far because of the blood writing on the walls, the loose body parts, and corpses.
There are 4 bloody messages which include: "I'M COMING FOR YOU", "YOU CAN'T HIDE", "I WILL FIND YOU" and "THERE IS NO ESCAPE". There are also bloody drawings of The Operator Symbol on some of the walls.
The Elementary map was previously believed to be based on Bath Consolidated School in Michigan, USA. This was disproven by Wray on Tumblr, and it is instead based on Midwich High School from Silent Hill.
In v1.0 of Elementary, the poem Der Großmann from Hospice will be seen upon completing the game.
This was changed in v1.1 to the poem "NoNoNoNoNo!" written by C.R. Kartheiser.
The poem goes:
"NoNoNoNoNo!"
I see you walking, Pale with fright,
Like so many other men
Who could not hide
Who could not fight
Who no one ever saw again.
I took them to the other side
For it is me who brings the night.
Faceless hunter, hidden eyes
Watching, to see your demise.
Soon, his hundred arms will hold
Your mortal body, dead and cold.
What really in the shadow lurks,
Is one of Devil's darkest works.
Do you hear its haunting sound,
By which your heart and soul are bound?
Silencing all of your screams,
Following into your dreams.
Your sight will blur, your mind will bend
And when it does, your life shall end!
You run you scream and now, you stop
You turn around, your pages drop.
You beg me, to let you go
Silence
"NoNoNoNoNo!"
C.R Kartheiser
Unlike the Der Großmann poem from Hospice, the poem seen in Elementary is only displayed if you escape.
The line "You turn around, your pages drop" in the poem could actually be directly referencing Slender: The Eight Pages. It could also be mentioning Sanatorium or Hospice and possibly but unlikely 7th Street.
This can't relate to Elementary because you aren't collecting pages in Elementary.
It was believed that the writer of the poem was the same person that wrote the notes to Kate in Slender: The Arrival, this was proven false when the game got updated and C.R.'s name was revealed in one of the notes to be Carl Ross.
Like the Der Großmann poem this poem also mentions Slender's original mythos and the differences between the current mythos.
For some reason, the teddy bears are called "pieces" instead of teddy bears. This could be an error.
The teddy bears also appear to be impaled in different places on their bodies, these include, in the chest area, in the neck and the through mouth.
Some of the teddy bears seem to have errors in their model. This includes one teddy bear missing one of its legs, and another missing its bottom.
This is the first map to introduce a new feature to the Slenderman's Shadows games.
This feature is the ability for Slender Man to "chase" you, which is really him teleporting rapidly.
When Slenderman "chases" you a creepy distorted wind like sound can be heard indicating he is chasing you. This sound can be found here
This new feature carried on to Mansion, Claustrophobia and 7th Street but is a lot rarer to experience in those maps.
There are 2 signs in this map: One is located near the dead end hallway and says "HELP!", another one is outside in the courtyard at one of the entrances to the building and says "KEEP OUT!".
On almost every chalkboard in the map there is a short poem. It goes FIVE, SIX PICK UP STICKS, SEVEN, EIGHT KILLING IS GREAT.
In the Unity remake, the bear that spawned in the room with the head on the desk and another one that spawned in the computer desk room were removed to avoid the nine teddy bear incident that was in the original, but they still kept the hooks in their places.
In the Unity remake all the blood messages and blood writing in the school had been removed.
This excludes most of the chalkboards which still have that disturbing short rhyme.
In the Unity remake the HELP! and KEEP OUT! signs have been removed.
This is one of the four maps where the items are not randomised, including the original and the remake.
In the Unity remake your flashlight doesn't break.
In the Unity remake there is no poem after you escape.
When you go near the tables in the courtyard you can hear children talking in the background.
