Eyefestation

Look at its eyes. Look at its many beautiful eyes.

- Eyefestation

Z-317, codenamed “Eyefestation”, is a hostile monster in Pressure, acting as a common threat to the players in the Hadal Blacksite.

Appearance

Eyefestation appears to be a black malformed Bull Shark with numerous bright green glowing eyes of various sizes across the top of its head and along its body. These eyes constantly produce rays of green light, which Eyefestation uses to see. Along its body Eyefestation has several small black fins on its tail and a fishing hook hooked onto its dorsal fin.

Mechanics

Eyefestation has a chance to appear in any room with large windows that lead into open water (excluding ones with sea mines), casting rays of green light from its eyes. While the player is in view of this green light, their camera will be drawn towards Eyefestation, forcing them to look at its eyes and will damage the player if looked at. After the player leaves the room that it is in, Eyefestation will swim away.

The Gauntlet

Rooms where Eyefestation will be present have a small chance to have their door locked by Z-779, p.AI.nter, for 15 seconds. Enraged Eyefestation will appear and the player(s) afterward must survive Eyefestation until the door unlocks and the player(s) exits the room. Entering a locker will cause Z-779 to halt the timer and tell the player to leave it. Staying in a position Eyefestation cannot drag your attention will also halt the timer.

This is officially known as an "Eyefestation Gauntlet."
Z-779 causes the doors to lock.

Notes

Occasionally, what the player would assume to be HQ will speak to the player about looking at Eyefestation. If this happens, the player must ignore this as this is not actually HQ, but the shark itself.
- The voice may say things such as ‘Look at it and you will see your family and friends again,’ ‘’Look at it,’ and ‘I know you can hear me’.
Using a Flash Beacon on Eyefestation will cause it to become enraged, making its telekinetic pull stronger and making it do more damage. Its eyes and glow will become red to signify its enraged state, as well changing the theme. It will also begin following the player through the rooms if possible, and will stay enraged/outraged until the player dies.
- Enraging Eyefestation and escaping it will give the player the "+ENRAGED" badge.
- Enraging Eyefestation is also client-sided, so only the player who flashed Eyefestation will be subject to the enraged state.
Using a Flash Beacon on Eyefestation after being enraged once will further anger it, making its telekinetic pull yet stronger, changing from red to purple, and changing the music once again.
It's Enraged and Outraged phases remove the Geiger counter sound effect when gazing upon it and replace it with what seems like a car engine revving. This is a possible reference to ULTRAKILL'S which sounds similar to a car engine.
- Eyefestation, when outraged, instantly kills when its' victim is below 15 health.
Eyefestation is immune to Flash Beacon s after outraged. So it's just 3 phases, normal, enraged and outraged.
Eyefestation spawns after the door to the room it’s in is opened, and will despawn after the next room’s door is opened.
Anglers and Pandemonium can still spawn in Eyefestation rooms, making survival more challenging.
- If an Angler or any Node Monster goes through the room before you get to the other side, Eyefestation will go away, making it so you can walk through the room unharmed.
There may be multiple Eyefestations as some rooms (mostly seen in rooms that split into two paths before merging again) will have two of them, however this may be purely for gameplay purposes.

The Ridge

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oh thats sad [USER] Eyefestation's old behavior and mechanics do not deviate while in the Ridge, appearing in large rooms with windows, however, due to the constant flickering light present in the Ridge, as well as potentially distracting players with its communication, an Eyefestation encounter in the Ridge may leave players more vulnerable to an Angler or Pandemonium encounter.

Strategy

The only way to combat Eyefestation's ability is to look away from it while your camera is being drawn towards it. Players should focus on surviving whilst moving towards the next door to avoid taking damage/dying.
Eyefestation uses Raycasting to create its line of sight, so hiding in places that block its view (such as behind structural beams or office rooms) works to avoid its gaze. Hiding in hiding spots is also another option to avoid its gaze.
If there is a sign that a Node Monster is approaching whilst you are dealing with Eyefestation, it is recommended to deal with the Node Monster first.
If players happen to be locked in an Eyefestation Gauntlet, crouching in a corner and trying your best to look away from Eyefestation can also work.

KIA Messages

"EXR-P's brain was fried after an encounter with Z-317."
[Enraged] "EXR-P used a Flash Beacon on Z-317 seemingly hoping the blinding light would scare it off. This had the opposite effect however, enraging Z-317."
[Outraged] "Despite not scaring it off with the Flash Beacon the first time, EXR-P decided it'd be a splendid idea to try the same thing a secondary time, which, unsurprisingly, yielded the same result as before."

Documents

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Gallery

Trivia

Eyefestation is confirmed to be female by Zeal's Twitter. Zerum would like to see more male than female fanart, however.
Eyefestation is similar mechanically to Eyes from the ROBLOX game DOORS. The main difference is that Eyes will not force the player to look at it.
It is said that Eyefestation kills its victims by firing radiation through a person's optic nerve, effectively "melting" their brain.
- This is because Eyefestation was an early experiment from the B.U.P.W.M program, a program designed to create procedures that allow humans to perform the same feat.
  - The acronym for B.U.P.W.M is "Blows Up Pancakes With Mind." (a reference to the meme of the same name)
- This is shown in-game by the Geiger Counter sound that plays when looking at Eyefestation.
Eyefestation can presumably communicate telepathically with humans, replicating voices of those close to them to manipulate them into looking at it.
- This implies that Eyefestation can also read the minds of humans.
It is said that Eyefestation’s internal organs are also infested with moving eyes. This can be seen in-game, as eyes can be seen peeking through the slits in Eyefestation's gills.
Surviving to an encounter with Eyefestation for the first time rewards the player with the "Can’t Take My Eyes Off You"badge.
Surviving to an encounter with Enraged Eyefestation (or Outraged) for the first time rewards the player with the "+ENRAGED" badge, as well as the "Eyefestation" Jumpsuit, the "Enraged Eyefestation" Jumpsuit, and possibly the "Outraged Eyefestation" Jumpsuit.
- The badge name is a direct reference to Hakita's ULTRAKILL Style bonuses, with one of them being +ENRAGED.
Eyefestation's name is a portmanteau of the words Eye and Infestation.
Eyefestation's mouth is irregularly curved upwards into a smile unlike a normal shark's mouth.
Eyefestation's kill screen leaves messages. Though hard to partially see, Eyefestation apologizes when you resist it's gaze and kills you, but taunts you when you simply look at it and die.
- This doesn’t apply when enrages/outraged where it will taunt you calling you a “glutton for punishment”
Eyefestation has three themes. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "ENRAGED" and "Voluntary Suicide".
- "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is Eyefestation's normal state theme, whilst "ENRAGED" is its Enraged state and "Voluntary Suicide" being its Outraged state theme.