Park Events & Endings

If you are trying to unlock the say cheese cricket ending, treat the run as a single-subject photography route. Find the small cricket or grasshopper-like creature in the park, keep your camera on it, and avoid feeding unrelated news cycles. The exact shot count is not documented reliably, so the Endings menu—not a guessed number—confirms whether the route worked.

How to get the Cricket ending

Use this order for a clean attempt:

1. Start a fresh run. A restart clears the previous news direction and gives the cricket route a clean set of events.
2. Search the park ground and grass. Look for the small insect described as a cricket or grasshopper-like creature. It is easy to miss if you spend the run following character arguments.
3. Photograph the creature repeatedly. Keep the camera centered on the cricket while it is visible. The route is described as repeated attention to the creature, not as a single incidental photograph.
4. Do not mix in a different headline route. Avoid repeatedly photographing fear, anger, rescues, peace signs, television scenes, or money exchanges during this attempt.
5. Check Endings after the run. If Cricket is not recorded, use Restart and try again rather than assuming a missed shot count or a different event caused the result.

The evidence supports the creature-focused route, but it does not establish a precise number of photographs, a guaranteed spawn position, or a complete timing sequence. Those details should be treated as unknown until the live game confirms them.

Photograph the Cricket route and money exchange

These guide moments show the repeated Cricket photography route and the separate money handoff to capture before chaos begins.

Load 1:39 · Photograph the cricket repeatedly for the Cricket endingLoad 3:20 · Photograph the money handoff before the chaos

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Park event routes at a glance

These routes are useful for deciding what to photograph—and what to leave alone—when you are collecting endings. The action column describes the supported focus for each event, not a promise that every row has a fully verified trigger count.

Say Cheese hat ending route

The say cheese hat ending should be attempted as its own run. When Hat Man appears, photograph him immediately, then continue photographing Hat Man and other characters wearing hats. This keeps the news focused on the hat sequence instead of allowing a different event to take over.

Do not treat this as a confirmed alternative name for the Cricket or Good ending. The rescue clue describes a Square helping two people near the corner, while the Hat Man instructions describe a separate special-character sequence. The available evidence does not prove that both routes unlock the same ending.

Keep each run on one story

Photos become News, and the resulting headlines influence how characters react. That makes route discipline more useful than taking every interesting picture:

• Cricket attempt: photograph the insect and avoid unrelated event coverage.
• Hat Man attempt: begin with the immediate Hat Man shot, then stay with hat-related subjects.
• Good attempt: watch the park corner for the Square rescue and avoid building fear or anger headlines.
• Money attempt: capture the handoff before chaos starts; a money bag alone does not prove the full route.

If you accidentally photograph a competing event, restart instead of trying to repair the same run. When the story ends, open Endings and verify the named result. OFF AIR gatherings and nested-TV scenes can help identify what is happening around the television, but they are not confirmed standalone ending triggers in the available evidence.

Photograph the Square rescue near the park corner

This moment supports the Good-route clue by showing the Square rescuing two people near the corner while the helping action is happening.

Load 0:44 · Photograph the Square rescuing two people

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FAQ

How do I get the Cricket ending in Say Cheese?

Find the small cricket or grasshopper-like creature in the park, start a focused run, and repeatedly photograph it. Confirm the unlock in Endings; the exact number of required photos is not documented.

Is the Hat Man ending the same as the Good ending?

It is not confirmed. Hat Man uses a hat-focused photo sequence, while the Good route clue concerns a Square rescuing two people near the corner. Try them in separate runs.

Should I photograph the television during the Cricket route?

No, not if Cricket is the goal. Television photos are associated with a separate TV route and can dilute the single-subject focus needed for a clean attempt.

Why did a different ending appear?

Your photos may have shifted the news toward another subject, such as fear, anger, television, or a rescue. Restart and photograph only the event tied to the ending you want.