The title was originally announced by Tarsier Studios in May 2014 under the title Hunger with no known publisher for release on PlayStation 4. After a teaser trailer in February 2015, nothing was heard of the project until August 2016, when Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that they had entered into a worldwide publishing agreement with Tarsier for the project, which was now re-titled Little Nightmares.
The Guests are one of the few characters in the Little Nightmares games that speak. Some of them at certain moments pronounce the word "yummy", as well as some other indistinguishable words.
There were several hints in the game, that the Guests might be fed in order to be slaughtered, in other words, using their meat for the next newcomers. The developers hinted that the sausages cooked in the Kitchen were not of animal origin. A question was also asked about whether the guests really eat other guests, to which the answer was given: Kind of ... but not directly.
In the kitchen, as Six falls down the garbage shoot, a pile of clothing can be seen scattered all throughout the floor along with the garbage. In the Shoe Monster's house, Six encounters large piles of shoes resembling those belonging to guests, as well as luggage. This heavily implies that the Guests are slaughtered aboard the Maw.
In the kitchen, as Six falls down the garbage shoot, a pile of clothing can be seen scattered all throughout the floor along with the garbage. In the Shoe Monster's house, Six encounters large piles of shoes resembling those belonging to guests, as well as luggage. This heavily implies that the Guests are slaughtered aboard the Maw.
All Guests encountered in the dining area crawl when they pursue Six. However, the Guests have no problem walking while they are boarding the Maw and march into the dining area. Due to the large amounts of food they eat, the Guests are likely to resort to crawling as their body weight gain inevitably renders them incapable of standing.
The Guests are said to leave the Maw "one way or another."