It felt like I was part of a weird art installation. I'm not sure if I successfully protected the cheese, but when the lights came back on, the cheese was gone. So probably not. Honestly, I loved the feel of this game. It had great atmosphere :)
The rats win If the cheese leaves the spotlight, and you'll get sent back to the main menu. it was just the intermission time between rounds to pick up knives, so yeah, good job you protected the cheese
