The short answer
To follow the Viral Ending route, keep photographing the escalating hostility between the round and square park visitors. Use each new broadcast as the cue for your next subject, then let the final sequence finish.
Start with the shared opening
The Viral route is a useful first full playthrough because it introduces the news loop used by several other endings. A photograph becomes a television report, and that report changes how the people in the park behave. Treat the broadcast as feedback rather than clicking every moving character.
The opening passes through the hat portrait and the agitated square before the park begins separating into hostile groups. Follow this sequence in a fresh run so that you can recognize the same characters when you return for Hat, Good, or Eyes Closed.
Photograph the escalation
Keep your framing focused on the event that has changed since the last broadcast. A neutral visitor standing near a frightened character is not automatically the intended subject. Wait until the report finishes before trying to push the story forward.
- Start a new run and follow the opening photo prompts, including the conspicuous hat wearer.
- Capture the agitated square and the reactions that begin the fear cycle. Watch the TV after each accepted photograph.
- As round and square visitors become hostile, photograph their reactions and confrontations rather than switching to empty grass or the television itself.
- Continue down the worsening crowd branch until the violent final sequence begins. Let the camera pullbacks and ending reveal complete.
If you get a different ending
The decisive distinction is your attention. Staying on an isolated frightened visitor can lead toward Scared; choosing the rescue can divert toward Good. Repeated late portraits of Hat Man lead into another branch. Do not combine those objectives with a Viral attempt.
The final reveal takes time after the active photography. A darkening screen or a wider view is part of the recorded sequence, so do not restart at the first fade. Verify the result on the named ending card, then record it in your checklist.
Questions about this route
Is Viral the only bad ending?
No. Scared, Eyes Closed, and other routes have distinct ending cards. Viral is one particular conclusion to the escalating news cycle.
Should I restart when the screen zooms out?
No. The recorded Viral sequence includes camera pullbacks before its ending card.
