Don't TRUST Your Imaginary Friend! | Imaginary Friend Asylum

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  • @GrantMarrs
    @GrantMarrs 6 місяців тому +3117

    Hey MatPat and Ash!! This is the dev of Imaginary Friend Asylum.
    Thank you guys so much for playing my game! It means a lot that you gave it a go, my wife and I loved watching your video! We can’t wait to see more if you guys decide to continue the story, it gets pretty crazy 👀
    You guys and your community are awesome! Thanks again! 🔥
    - Grant Marrs

    • @farted161
      @farted161 6 місяців тому +67

      found grant in the comments 😈😈🙏

    • @sorbate
      @sorbate 6 місяців тому

      Goated game.

    • @sycam0r
      @sycam0r 6 місяців тому +60

      I'm in love with your game!!! The imaginary friends are so cool, I want to make my own imaginary friends ocs now!

    • @regulargoat7259
      @regulargoat7259 6 місяців тому +36

      Hey, i love the designs of the imaginary friends and the stylistic choice of everyone appearing as a shadow is pretty cool!
      Besides a few kinda scuffed animations the game seems really good! Have you been doing this for a while or is this your first ever project?

    • @Vinnyc6708
      @Vinnyc6708 6 місяців тому

      @@loorthedarkelf8353This needs to be pinned.

  • @CJClark-dh2jr
    @CJClark-dh2jr 5 місяців тому +545

    As someone with PTSD from treatment at a mental hospital when I was twelve, the way the staff treats you is genuinely not that exaggerated from how it is today.

    • @Sweetroll_Wolfie
      @Sweetroll_Wolfie 5 місяців тому +58

      That's awful! I pray that you're alright!

    • @waterwitch1690
      @waterwitch1690 4 місяці тому +28

      I second that. Watching games like this is honestly low key triggering because too much of it is not even exaggerated🫠🥲 I hope you’re doing as well as you can be after whatever you’ve been through💕

    • @FMK127
      @FMK127 4 місяці тому +1

      That sounds like a big lie

    • @aesthxticedxts5915
      @aesthxticedxts5915 4 місяці тому +18

      @@FMK127even if it is, does it really matter? The fact that any human being should have to go through this type of thing in pursuit of peace or recovery is nothing short of sickening ❤

    • @PoisonViper133
      @PoisonViper133 4 місяці тому

      ​@@aesthxticedxts5915yeah, people lying on the internet for pity points does matter and should be scrutinzed.

  • @skem9622
    @skem9622 6 місяців тому +341

    “Holding you to the last minute then punishing you for being late to the next thing” Thats school. thats just school.

  • @ilikefans8392
    @ilikefans8392 6 місяців тому +1361

    3:00 Ash has consumed five medium sized children, and a ww1 German tank.

    • @zerotheinsomniac3272
      @zerotheinsomniac3272 6 місяців тому +45

      Oh dear...

    • @felixnthings
      @felixnthings 6 місяців тому +40

      I read this before getting to that part of the video….

    • @MrDoggoCraft
      @MrDoggoCraft 6 місяців тому +21

      That where my A7V went.

    • @your_cute_
      @your_cute_ 6 місяців тому +19

      Man that sounds horrible 😨

    • @ManSomewhere
      @ManSomewhere 6 місяців тому +21

      Honestly i can understand it the A7V looks like cake

  • @Death_lite
    @Death_lite 6 місяців тому +2161

    Never ask:
    A woman her age
    A man his salary
    Or if MatPat is sane

  • @CleverFoxStudios
    @CleverFoxStudios 6 місяців тому +803

    Hi MattPat! I'm a mod in the IFA server and just want to say thank you so much for playing! The devs are super stoked and knowing you gave it a look made their day!
    Just wanted to say, the prequel "The Friends We Left Behind" is a proof of concept that is relevant to one of the plot points of this game, and that the next game, "Imaginary Friend Institute" is now in early development!
    We really hope you enjoy the rest of the game

    • @ErzsebetF-tr5nf
      @ErzsebetF-tr5nf 6 місяців тому +14

      That's great! I can't wait for the new one!

    • @celinaelzer
      @celinaelzer 6 місяців тому +9

      That's so cool! Thanks for the info!

    • @theultimatetrashman887
      @theultimatetrashman887 5 місяців тому +1

      bro thinks being a unpaid discord moderator is a proud title

    • @cassandrafiscus9192
      @cassandrafiscus9192 5 місяців тому +15

      ​@@theultimatetrashman887 You sound salty that someone else is assisting by presumably moderating the server that the game's devs are in as the official discord channel.

    • @user-nl4ls1mv3k
      @user-nl4ls1mv3k 5 місяців тому +20

      @@theultimatetrashman887 If it's for something you're passionate about and you get to help, even in the smallest of ways, a good chunk of people would be proud. Good on them for doing what makes them happy! :)

  • @Mustafa_AhmedPGH
    @Mustafa_AhmedPGH 6 місяців тому +370

    To be fair, these are children, in the range of 4-8 years old for our group. I wouldn't expect their rational thinking and planning skills to be the absolute best. They would be more influenced by their impulses and emotions, and don't have the wisdom to temper that. I don't blame them for not thinking their plans through: they are young, scared, and unsure of what's going on. I would even go so far as to claim Annabelle's meeting was just as much for her own comfort as it was letting Anthony know something was up. It's not ideal, but nothing about this asylum really is.
    Anyway, great video, and I would love to see more!

    • @baylienixon6919
      @baylienixon6919 5 місяців тому +23

      Plenty of adults these days don’t have the ability to temper their impulses and emotions 😂

  • @sharoncorsey9515
    @sharoncorsey9515 6 місяців тому +398

    Don’t sleep on this game please Matpat! The game is much more that it seems! I would even say this game should have gotten a lot more recognition than it did.

  • @shoop_da_woop916
    @shoop_da_woop916 6 місяців тому +73

    I was just recently in a psych ward. The staff were very harsh, and looked as if they wanted to feel superior. I just recently turned 18 but they showed no difference between me and 40 year old, borderline insane men. This game really resonated with me.

    • @M1lkshake-v
      @M1lkshake-v 5 місяців тому +15

      Ik this comment is a little late but I just wanted to say I’m sorry that happened to you. Let’s hope one day the staff in psych wards will eventually truly care.

  • @ArmundJay
    @ArmundJay 6 місяців тому +264

    Mat: "has anyone else interacted with him (Niccolo)..? no i guess not"
    EXACTLY two minutes prior:
    "you *two* are in for a world of trouble tomorrow!"

    • @anamiko
      @anamiko 5 місяців тому +27

      That is EXACTLY what I was going to say!

    • @tylerprince6371
      @tylerprince6371 5 місяців тому +24

      Also Edward going "Niccolo was right, you can see them" at the first lunch

    • @ThatGamerGamingOffical
      @ThatGamerGamingOffical 4 місяці тому

      He meant with other kids

    • @Raptorboy1313
      @Raptorboy1313 3 місяці тому

      @@ThatGamerGamingOffical tylerprince: Allow me to introduce myself.

  • @KumquatSoWhat
    @KumquatSoWhat 6 місяців тому +209

    Niccolo: I've been in this asylum for over 100 years and I've never seen a ghost!

    • @miyu1640
      @miyu1640 5 місяців тому +6

      Hmm.. I wonder why...🤔

  • @allanbaker3958
    @allanbaker3958 6 місяців тому +613

    BTW, ASH, Spoiler notes for you:
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    Imaginary Friend Asylum the Demo is the first timeline.
    "The Friends we left behind" game is the second timeline. (That one's more FNAF like in gameplay.)
    This game is the third timeline.
    You will understand this at the end of this game.
    And yeah, this game doesn't shy away from the actual horrors of quackery that was "mental medicine" back then.
    BTW, I'm not telling you who "The Ghost" is. You're gonna have to find that out yourselves.
    AND YES, SHB Mike already played through these games. If you want to look that up.

  • @margaretmoniz1254
    @margaretmoniz1254 5 місяців тому +35

    Hey Matt! When I was taking a Psychology class in collage focused on mental illness and treatments, I did learn about insulin coma treatments. Sadly they were a real thing. They gave them an intentional overdose of insulin to put the person into a hypoglycemic seizure/coma for a short time and then woke them up with sugar under there tounge. The idea was to reset the brain by stopping all activity and then turning it back on again to reset the "bad" behavior or illness.

    • @Timunbread-uy7nd
      @Timunbread-uy7nd Місяць тому

      that sounds sick. how was that even supposed to work?? they fr thought human brains were like computers or smth

  • @Trapper32_m
    @Trapper32_m 6 місяців тому +732

    Never ask a woman her age
    A man his salary
    William Afton where are his kids.

    • @R0semary_Bush
      @R0semary_Bush 6 місяців тому +7

      these replies are insane omg

    • @SOURGUMM1
      @SOURGUMM1 6 місяців тому +4

      ​@@R0semary_BushThey're bots 😭

    • @R0semary_Bush
      @R0semary_Bush 6 місяців тому +3

      @@SOURGUMM1 ik 😭

    • @omnimixed
      @omnimixed 6 місяців тому +2

      @UTubeTrollPoIiceNWO I disliked this comment

    • @SOURGUMM1
      @SOURGUMM1 6 місяців тому +3

      @@R0semary_Bush 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @lalalalala-fp1dq
    @lalalalala-fp1dq 6 місяців тому +329

    I’m so happy this game is getting the recognition it deserves

    • @renitys
      @renitys 6 місяців тому +1

      me too

    • @ahsatanweb
      @ahsatanweb 6 місяців тому +1

      Yes

    • @DorkyWolf
      @DorkyWolf 6 місяців тому +4

      Yes! Games like these really deserve so much recognition

  • @ZoeyTheOtter
    @ZoeyTheOtter 5 місяців тому +20

    6:50 Honestly, can confirm this is how mental health assylum- I mean hospitals - treat their patients, even in the modern day. When I was hospitalized around the age of 11 in the early 2010s, I was forced to leave all my belongings that I had with me behind, and spent the first hour (I assume, its hard to tell when you're in there) locked inside a padded room curled in the fetal position because the nurses couldn't put up with my crying :D
    totally didn't come to realize later on how absolutely messed up just that bit in itself was and how likely traumatizing the entire experience was for me by just bringing it up casually in casual conversation with friends haha

  • @SuperCommando567
    @SuperCommando567 6 місяців тому +340

    Yeah, I mean to be fair, I would be upset if someone was pissing me off and I could only haunt.

    • @Soot_Seven
      @Soot_Seven 6 місяців тому

      @UTubeTrollPoIiceNWO your cry for attention is pathetic. I suggest anyone who sees these comments reports them.

    • @cannedbread-ri8fx
      @cannedbread-ri8fx 6 місяців тому +8

      Report the bots guys

    • @ErzsebetF-tr5nf
      @ErzsebetF-tr5nf 6 місяців тому +8

      The bots are gone now luckily (at least for me they are)

    • @cannedbread-ri8fx
      @cannedbread-ri8fx 6 місяців тому +1

      @@ErzsebetF-tr5nf they are for me too

    • @SaphirePhionex
      @SaphirePhionex 6 місяців тому

      DOWN WITH THE BOTS

  • @PaolaPonce-ec7tm
    @PaolaPonce-ec7tm 6 місяців тому +112

    Polo is such a sass king and Im here for it

    • @DorkyWolf
      @DorkyWolf 6 місяців тому +17

      Polo is absolutely the best

    • @miyu1640
      @miyu1640 5 місяців тому +3

      Frfr

  • @amyjones4799
    @amyjones4799 6 місяців тому +144

    Ash has consumed the souls of many children. That's why they're so happy and cheerful all the time.

    • @spaceturtle8889
      @spaceturtle8889 6 місяців тому +14

      They ate too many and thats why their stomach hurts

    • @Yoru-nami
      @Yoru-nami 5 місяців тому

      @@spaceturtle8889*tummy
      /j

  • @deimondrawsproductions
    @deimondrawsproductions 6 місяців тому +71

    Seeing Edward stand up for his brother like that and not wanting to leave him behind-
    My big sister stayed with me too when she could move home from the forced removed place we lived at, bc she knew it wouldnt go good if she left me there.
    We both live on our own now, but we keep in contact

  • @civilwarstann
    @civilwarstann 6 місяців тому +53

    PLEASE play more of this! i love when Matt plays games with a lot of dialogue and does the different characters voices, it heals my inner child :)

  • @StellaHarwood-Marshall
    @StellaHarwood-Marshall 6 місяців тому +51

    I appreciate that mat knows less and less of what he is doing. He sits down and struggles for an hour on a game he doesn’t know. And yet, he wonders why his sanity is long gone.

  • @knilorebardus2519
    @knilorebardus2519 5 місяців тому +16

    Start of the video: "They're kids it's what they do"
    End of the video: "I'm frustrated by the kids"
    Big Parent Energy

  • @jesseperez9327
    @jesseperez9327 6 місяців тому +304

    It seems like no one remembers Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends, and all the fan lore it has behind it.

    • @CharmedPop
      @CharmedPop 6 місяців тому +16

      I like cereal!

    • @DorkyWolf
      @DorkyWolf 6 місяців тому +12

      I love Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends (I literally rewatched it Last year).

    • @uhhno841
      @uhhno841 6 місяців тому +5

      gave me nightmares ngl lol i hated the hedge maze episodes

    • @UnfazedPhoenix
      @UnfazedPhoenix 6 місяців тому +2

      It's connected to this universe/ game?

    • @CloudyNights24-7
      @CloudyNights24-7 6 місяців тому +3

      I loved the show when I was little but I have no idea about the lore lol😅

  • @alanoofie
    @alanoofie 6 місяців тому +237

    Ash's tummy hurts and they are being so brave about it

    • @Blatant.Obscurity
      @Blatant.Obscurity 5 місяців тому +9

      "my tummy hurts, and I'm mad at the government"

    • @juliemesser2053
      @juliemesser2053 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@beardsmcguiness8463 That isn't Ash. I mean,it could be.😮😂

  • @sydneyb2378
    @sydneyb2378 6 місяців тому +120

    Not gonna lie, I'm (pleasantly) surprised you played this, considering it's got some pretty sensitive subject matter. Can't wait to watch though!

  • @Songal18
    @Songal18 6 місяців тому +24

    I love these creepy Jester designs, I love Ash's theory, and I love MatPat obeying the rules to avoid these terrifying nurses more.

  • @foureyedelf6151
    @foureyedelf6151 6 місяців тому +60

    My imaginary friend when I was a kid was a leopard that ran alongside the car when I was bored on a long drive.

    • @UnfazedPhoenix
      @UnfazedPhoenix 6 місяців тому +9

      Did you actually see a leopard ? I've never met anyone who had an actual imaginary friend in that way. Kids would pretend, but they knew it was pretend. Was the leopard real for you? I'm so curious lol

    • @foureyedelf6151
      @foureyedelf6151 6 місяців тому +20

      No it wasn't real for me, I didn't think it was real but I would just imagine it, project it onto what I was seeing in my mind like an AR kinda thing.

    • @tabibibibibi
      @tabibibibibi 6 місяців тому +13

      Yo!! You're the first person I've ever seen whose imaginary friend only was summoned during car rides! Mine was a combination of yours and Ash's. It was me (like Ash's were copies of themself) riding a bike alongside the car (like yours), and I would navigate her through whatever terrain lied ahead to keep myself entertained. Ah, the days before mobile electronics! 😂

    • @angiefluffy2843
      @angiefluffy2843 5 місяців тому +3

      Hah! Cool! Mine was a fox that’s did the same thing!!

    • @juniebean
      @juniebean 5 місяців тому

      isn't that just a ridealong

  • @davideorizio5737
    @davideorizio5737 6 місяців тому +29

    I am really happy you are playing this! I was one of the only two people that suggested this game on your reddit, so I doubted you would ever play it, but I am so happy that you did! I suggest you to continue it, the story becomes really good towards the mid-point (after a certain event I wont mention) and the ending is really, really great (and might give some interesting stuff for theories)!

    • @DorkyWolf
      @DorkyWolf 6 місяців тому

      I haven't been in the reddit in awhile, but I wanted to suggest this game too.

  • @yunion8113
    @yunion8113 6 місяців тому +5

    As someone who was stuck in an awful mental institute as a young teen this is actually so accurate (aside from the heavy horror aspects of corse) It felt so lonely and obscure derelization, dissociation, and constant confusion was all all I could really allow myself to feel. Awful thing for anyone to go through, especially a child. I'm so grateful that modern medicine and physiological knowledge has evolved to the point it has today. I cant imagine how scary It must've been for anyone in the past.

  • @evereimer6746
    @evereimer6746 5 місяців тому +6

    14:36 wow a ghost and a random cleaver on the bed, amazing asylum

  • @DorkyWolf
    @DorkyWolf 6 місяців тому +30

    I love this game so much. Although the witty banter part wondering how this game is based off of history is so funny because it's basically based off of things that have happened in history. Like it focused on things we know happened in and to asylums, but the characters and some of the story itself isn't from history.
    But I'm happy that MatPat finally played this game (This story makes me cry every time I watch a gameplay of it)

  • @sonyamiller4853
    @sonyamiller4853 5 місяців тому +7

    I think the horror of the schizophrenia diagnosis is the fact that those aren't the earmarks at all. Boy sounds depressed from his friend dying.

  • @CamKoudo
    @CamKoudo 6 місяців тому +40

    Fosters home of imaginary friends looking kinda different ngl 😂

  • @CalicoWithWings
    @CalicoWithWings 6 місяців тому +62

    Yk I used to skip the Banter but it's just fun, really
    I know far better now, of course

  • @NightDog246
    @NightDog246 6 місяців тому +28

    I'm so glad MatPat decided to play this! Watching 8-Bit Ryan play this was an amazing treat. This game is a new favorite of mine for sure

  • @noooiisloth
    @noooiisloth 6 місяців тому +373

    Hey mat my name's Louis I sat next to u tonight at your lie in April (I was the one with the pacman shirt) I just wanna say ur super cool and thank you for talking to us

    • @Wolf_BZ
      @Wolf_BZ 6 місяців тому

      @UTubeTrollPoIiceNWOget a life

    • @Wolf_BZ
      @Wolf_BZ 6 місяців тому +5

      @UTubeTrollPoIiceNWOno one cares abt ur content

    • @cannedbread-ri8fx
      @cannedbread-ri8fx 6 місяців тому +10

      Go report the bots please!

    • @Wolf_BZ
      @Wolf_BZ 6 місяців тому

      @@cannedbread-ri8fx no duh

    • @cannedbread-ri8fx
      @cannedbread-ri8fx 6 місяців тому +6

      @@Wolf_BZ just reminding people

  • @TraehderettahS
    @TraehderettahS 6 місяців тому +8

    Hearing Mat describe mental health like he did made me laugh, Ive always said peiple tend to use sarcasm like a sledgehammer when it should be used like a scalpel, so hearing him use those exact terms made my brain tingle a bit

  • @Piscean_
    @Piscean_ 6 місяців тому +49

    Ash was so brave this episode

    • @axolotlsarecute6764
      @axolotlsarecute6764 6 місяців тому +2

      @UTubeTrollPoIiceNWO why does it go backwerds when translated to english??

    • @Ruby2P
      @Ruby2P 6 місяців тому

      @@axolotlsarecute6764That’s what I was thinking-

    • @ErzsebetF-tr5nf
      @ErzsebetF-tr5nf 6 місяців тому

      @Ruby3P What did it say? (if it's appropriate and if you want, can you please tell me as the comment from that bot is gone for mep

    • @exorack3037
      @exorack3037 5 місяців тому

      ​@@axolotlsarecute6764 that's how they get the messages past the bot detection system

  • @NomadTL
    @NomadTL 6 місяців тому +21

    Ash: My tummy is hurting and I'm being really brave about it....

  • @SupaPlayerYoBoi
    @SupaPlayerYoBoi 6 місяців тому +23

    Im glad he didnt go away from UA-cam forever, and is still running GTLive.

  • @redlobter
    @redlobter 5 місяців тому +4

    When I was a young boy, I had an imaginary friend who was just a guy named Fred. Just a normal man. Whenever we went to a new house I would set up the closet as a portal for Fred to come through.

  • @deeto_
    @deeto_ 5 місяців тому +5

    well of course Ash has a tummy ache, they ate and left no crumbs this time

  • @apishi
    @apishi 6 місяців тому +31

    I literally just watched a documentary of the real life version of this asylum yesterday

    • @DorkyWolf
      @DorkyWolf 6 місяців тому +5

      What's the documentary on?

    • @nuhuh2414
      @nuhuh2414 6 місяців тому +4

      what’s the documentary called?

    • @a_touch_of_reality
      @a_touch_of_reality 6 місяців тому +2

      What's the name?

  • @masterklaw4527
    @masterklaw4527 6 місяців тому +69

    Never ask:
    A man, his salary.
    A woman, her age.
    Matpat, how many calories he needs.

    • @L1v1creates12
      @L1v1creates12 6 місяців тому +4

      HAHGHGAGGHH I GOT IT IMMEDIATELY- 💀🙏

    • @UnfazedPhoenix
      @UnfazedPhoenix 6 місяців тому +2

      You're like the 22nd person to make this joke

    • @ErzsebetF-tr5nf
      @ErzsebetF-tr5nf 6 місяців тому +1

      Ikkkk

  • @MathewLeiker
    @MathewLeiker 6 місяців тому +8

    anyone going to mention that Edward says right when we meet him "Niccolo told me you will be rooming with us." so we know Niccolo has talked with the other kids.

  • @lyndseystrait1513
    @lyndseystrait1513 6 місяців тому +9

    In support of Ash's Niccolo theory, I think it's strange that he volunteers to be with us when we would otherwise be alone (like he, as the ghost, wants to get Anthony alone) & that Niccolo almost immediately mentions the ghost when meeting him (right after Niccolo realizes Tony can see imaginary friends). 25:21 Also, Niccolo mentions that he "knew" another kid like Anthony that something bad happened to after the same treatments? That being said, the game confirms that Niccolo does interact with the other kids when we first meet them so maybe not. Or maybe the ghost is Polo? On a different note, the tools on each person's bed seem like they may be symbolic somehow???

  • @yellopeepers7935
    @yellopeepers7935 6 місяців тому +75

    MatPat i wish you were my imaginary friend

    • @lidudley3000
      @lidudley3000 6 місяців тому +11

      I wish these bots were imaginary and weren't real

    • @Lyah.-cf6mv
      @Lyah.-cf6mv 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@lidudley3000 realest comment I've seen on this vid

    • @Fatethedog
      @Fatethedog 6 місяців тому

      not imaginary

    • @Lyah.-cf6mv
      @Lyah.-cf6mv 6 місяців тому

      @@Fatethedog fr

    • @desaug
      @desaug 5 місяців тому

      if he were then we wouldn't have the real matpat

  • @jaxxonbunny1775
    @jaxxonbunny1775 5 місяців тому +3

    Ash, talking about a routine at 9 AM: “You have an early start.”
    Students waking up at 5-6 AM to prepare for School: “Am I a joke to you?”

  • @Constant01234567891011
    @Constant01234567891011 6 місяців тому +12

    Ash encountered the Remnat Extractor and just couldn't resist the temptation to learn what soul essence tastes like which induced a hallucination so vibrant they accidentally ate the left arm of spring Bonnie, both of Freddy's ears, and gnaw on Foxy's hook for comfort before waking up with a sore stomach and aching jaw.

  • @WatchmanHeirs
    @WatchmanHeirs 6 місяців тому +1036

    Day *45* of begging MatPat to play *Death Palette* (Available in mobile and PC, I suggest fans of MatPat also to play this also)

    • @GaymerTheGreat
      @GaymerTheGreat 6 місяців тому +16

      i googled it, it seems like a mobile only :(

    • @CrispyToast2
      @CrispyToast2 6 місяців тому

      @UTubeTrollPoIiceNWOshut up

    • @H3Y_U2
      @H3Y_U2 6 місяців тому +24

      I wanna start begging them to figure out the lore if Warframe but that would take to long 😅

    • @isaacthedestroyerofstuped7676
      @isaacthedestroyerofstuped7676 6 місяців тому +25

      ​@@H3Y_U2 Yeah, they have their hands tied with indie horror; Warframe is a journey for another lifetime.

    • @chrisalexdavis
      @chrisalexdavis 6 місяців тому +14

      I need Genshin lore explained lol

  • @DemonicSpoons945
    @DemonicSpoons945 6 місяців тому +14

    "Niccolo hasnt interacted with anyone"
    not them completely ignoring him and Edward talking to each other the day before when Anthony was still waking up

    • @DemonicSpoons945
      @DemonicSpoons945 6 місяців тому +2

      Also saying Smudge and Niccolo said the same thing isn't quite accurate either Niccolo was talking to us and realizing himself that Edward did it to stay here for his brother, while Smudge was comforting him about it, and without saying it reinforcing that his brother isn't going to leave him alone here

    • @DemonicSpoons945
      @DemonicSpoons945 6 місяців тому +2

      Thirdly, the nurse directly looks at and refers to Niccolo when talking about how some of their treatments are going incredibly slowly. I really like the theory, but you can't ignore the facts to fit the narrative, you have to make a narrative that fits the facts

    • @DemonicSpoons945
      @DemonicSpoons945 6 місяців тому +2

      And finally, the nurse when outside says you four, meaning that Niccolo is there and present, seeing as the nurses can't see the imaginary friends, and if they could then they would have said five or six if we're counting Polo, meaning that all four of the main characters are at least known by everyone there

    • @DemonicSpoons945
      @DemonicSpoons945 6 місяців тому +3

      I still think Niccolo could have something to do with the ghost, maybe helping it out or luring people into its traps or something, but I don't think he is the ghost himself

  • @YukonCornaglia
    @YukonCornaglia 5 місяців тому +4

    I assume Ash's tummy problems are because they went to town on the imaginary feast from Hook.

  • @ena-n7k
    @ena-n7k 6 місяців тому +5

    Ash has consumed 2 gallons of windex

  • @eric8764
    @eric8764 4 місяці тому +3

    55:11 none of the above. The answer is -2 +/- 2i. If the 4 inside the sqrt was 4^2 instead (as it should be for the quadradic equation) then the answer would be -2 +/- i, but the way the question is written right now it's not an option.

  • @rebekahhirons227
    @rebekahhirons227 6 місяців тому +11

    Would love to see you play further, it's always fun to hear your thoughts and Ash's thoughts as we go through.
    I think Ash ate the slop from the cafeteria. And my imaginary friend would have long arms that drag on the floor and a snake like body.

  • @Chuycabra
    @Chuycabra 6 місяців тому +10

    30:37 You can call him whatever you want, but that my friends, is Bitter Giggle!

  • @Alphasnowbordergirl
    @Alphasnowbordergirl 6 місяців тому +12

    As a girl, I watched a lot of Toonami, Jetix, Foxkids, and KidsWB. Man, TV used to be fun. Those special hours of TV just for kids, introducing anime to the world.

  • @mikaylasasmr957
    @mikaylasasmr957 5 місяців тому +6

    You would love the book, “A danger to herself and others” it’s like EXACTLY what you described about a good plot😂

  • @NovaYoutubesBadly
    @NovaYoutubesBadly 6 місяців тому +26

    Y’all would like Greener Grass Awaits, a totally normal golfing game with nothing going on at all

    • @PaolaPonce-ec7tm
      @PaolaPonce-ec7tm 6 місяців тому +6

      sounds legit

    • @ArmundJay
      @ArmundJay 6 місяців тому +4

      man i love completely ordinary golf games

  • @darkclaw7571
    @darkclaw7571 5 місяців тому +3

    Ash, the channel was Jetix, im glad anyone remembers it, it aired in Poland too

  • @WonderPikachu12
    @WonderPikachu12 6 місяців тому +6

    Hearing MatPat compare the concept of imaginary friends becoming real to "IF" makes me feel so old, because anytime I think of it, I can only think of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.

  • @Ashachu13
    @Ashachu13 6 місяців тому +14

    It's weird watching this knowing I saw Matpat and Dawko in London on Tuesday. Gotta say was a fun night seeing Your Lie in April still!

  • @Sway22
    @Sway22 6 місяців тому +6

    "Imaginary Friend Asylum" is the prequel to the original game "The Friends We Left Behind".

  • @mackenzies.g.9862
    @mackenzies.g.9862 6 місяців тому +4

    I think Santi is to blame for Ash's stomach problems.
    Just a gut feeling

  • @Nugget.devourer
    @Nugget.devourer 6 місяців тому +68

    This was an actual place, just with a different name. A women burned it down, there just wasn't many details

    • @UnfazedPhoenix
      @UnfazedPhoenix 6 місяців тому +16

      So it wasn't an actual place. The place in the game doesn't exist. Obviously, mental health asylums existed, and they were very much like this during the time period displayed.

  • @themindofthebrick
    @themindofthebrick 5 місяців тому +10

    Ash talking about 7th grade history made me have flash backs to the Silk Road lessons they taught 😂😂😂

  • @fourcatsandagarden
    @fourcatsandagarden 5 місяців тому +5

    The Ad timing on this one lol. Mat: serious brain talk "the problem-" Mint mobile!
    I laughed so hard cos it was seamless

  • @ASerpentPerplexed
    @ASerpentPerplexed 5 місяців тому +6

    55:08 None of those answers are correct, although I think the intended answer was (-2 ± i). That would be the answer if this was a quadratic equation with a=1, b=4, and c=5. But in that equation, it would be 4² under the square root, but in this equation instead it's just 4. If you do the math as it is written it comes out to (-2 ± 2i), which is not an option, but is what Matpat correctly determined.

    • @Alexa-rv4dr
      @Alexa-rv4dr 5 місяців тому +1

      Yeah I wonder if it was intentional that none of the answers were correct so that the teacher could scold them regardless.

  • @The_Psychotic.
    @The_Psychotic. 5 місяців тому +3

    Holy help I have been obsessed with this game and absolutely love it. It's awesome seeing you play it and I'm sure the creators are happy to.

  • @davudlinteanu8947
    @davudlinteanu8947 6 місяців тому +11

    I think Ash consumed some fruitflies and some expired milk.

  • @parham-g1v
    @parham-g1v 5 місяців тому +2

    im really invested in the story and really want a part 2

  • @TheRealCyberWolf_youtube
    @TheRealCyberWolf_youtube 6 місяців тому +4

    i love the witty banter involving power rangers about a game involving asylums and probably hallucinating godlike creatures

  • @Syra_Tia259
    @Syra_Tia259 5 місяців тому +2

    30:11 - "I've seen one of these stories before, *you're not supposed take pills* and the letters aren't going anyware."
    Me: *intense 'my eyes deceive' flashbacks*

  • @SeaBuni_13
    @SeaBuni_13 6 місяців тому +7

    I’ve been WAITING for more of this game :3

  • @phalstreamsgames1246
    @phalstreamsgames1246 6 місяців тому +2

    When I was deciding what to do for the rest of my life, my initial desire was to be a chemical dependency counselor. I worked at a juvenile dual diagnosis (chemica/mental health) facility with children.
    The amount of kids there whose parents would not answer there calls when they were lonely, wouldn't come during the weekly visiting times, was heart-breaking. Some of the kids would sit looking out the window for a few hours those days, but then would receive no visitors. Usually they would have behavioral issues after that for a while, or be really sad.
    As far as becoming well-adapted, productive, non-addicted members of society most of the kids had slim to none. But will be held accountable for everything in mostly the same regard as anybody else. Of course we are all accountable for our actions, but it's definitely not fair how hard some people have to work to get to the same place some people get to start at. Anyway, I decided against pursuing that field because I wouldn't have been able to shrug off some of that stuff.
    Long story short this game reminds me of that time a little bit.

  • @beepboop1099
    @beepboop1099 6 місяців тому +9

    just got home from seeing matpat in London for Your Lie in April, now i get more matpat content!

  • @ShadoEditsShorts
    @ShadoEditsShorts 6 місяців тому +4

    I played this game at my friends house, and i like the story cant wait to see Mat play more

  • @engineer283
    @engineer283 6 місяців тому +6

    Did Matt and Ash forget about the nurse that yelled at them and Niccolo a minute ago before saying their theory?

  • @zippyzippad
    @zippyzippad 6 місяців тому +5

    I swear this is the only channel that makes me constantly smile even when I'm having a bad day. I know they won't read this but thanks Ash and Matpat for everything

  • @ChickenTrendy
    @ChickenTrendy 6 місяців тому +8

    Ash definitely consumed 8 whole avocados without peeling the skin off 👍

  • @KouyaLover
    @KouyaLover 5 місяців тому +1

    ironically there is place that is haunted where it was an asylum , children's hospital and nursing home where people brought in luggage expecting to keep it but it got tossed in a room never to be seen by the people.

  • @twinkies_ishere8413
    @twinkies_ishere8413 6 місяців тому +4

    OH MY GOSH HE’S PLAYING IT!!! THIS JUST MADE MY DAY

  • @nathanyelrael8980
    @nathanyelrael8980 5 місяців тому +1

    44:40 a good movie that has the twist he is talking about is "A Beutiful Mind". I had to watch it in psychology and it was very interesting

  • @altalt479
    @altalt479 6 місяців тому +6

    Nicollo can't be a ghost because the nurse saw both of them outside of the room

  • @jordanbentley3284
    @jordanbentley3284 6 місяців тому +1

    Definitely continue playing this game! It has such a different take from the “psych ward troupe”. You’ll love it and the theorists will have a field day trying to guess the next game.

  • @yonatan2009
    @yonatan2009 5 місяців тому +3

    16:45 if you think back it was bad in ancient egypt they thought the heart did everything by making by pumping air to our muscle for it to move and they thought the brain was only used to protect our head from getting squished.

  • @ShlokParab
    @ShlokParab 5 місяців тому +1

    The only movie that I've watched of this theme: mental asylum of young children, with a dark twist; is Eli (I didn't like the movie, but this quickly reminded me of it). Also, the introduction of Anabelle Walker, an interaction from someone who knows things, strengthened the case for me as there's a similar character in the movie, played by Sadie Sink(the only character I liked).

  • @GlisteningGucci
    @GlisteningGucci 6 місяців тому +4

    Yall… the nurse just said “WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING OUT HERE” so, canonically, Niccolo is visible 1:04:02

    • @Forgie123
      @Forgie123 5 місяців тому

      or the nurse sees Polo and is just like "purple guy that is sassy af and looks abnormal? yeah, that's a child."

  • @samanthacastillo6757
    @samanthacastillo6757 5 місяців тому +2

    Whoa! That fact that people still remember JetX is crazy!!! I loved to shows they had like "YIN YANG YO" AND "PUCCA". They even have this show about like this hero force idr what it was called but the characters is were like in a blocky 2d style. Anyways it was short lived. R.I.P. JetX

  • @Spookworm
    @Spookworm 6 місяців тому +4

    Woooooo!!! I'm actually excited for this episode! Didn't expect this game to pop up on the GTLive Radar! :D also yes this game has some semi-realism when it comes to mental asylum/institutional living back in the 1800-1900s, since we all know that those places had no care for their patients and staff alike :) (/stressed smiley)

  • @Imperiumalmighty
    @Imperiumalmighty 6 місяців тому +2

    I feel like Ash is the type of person to eat sponges, especially the double-sided ones.

  • @theeverlovableme9121
    @theeverlovableme9121 6 місяців тому +3

    I feel that Ash consumed some 2 day old gas station sushi..........

  • @Unlimited_Galaxy
    @Unlimited_Galaxy 5 місяців тому +1

    I love the voices that Mat gave to the imaginary friends

  • @xaviveykery
    @xaviveykery 6 місяців тому +6

    Ash got flashbacks from the roman numerals of TNMN

  • @Mangacide
    @Mangacide 6 місяців тому +3

    tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, TIME! tick, toxk, tick, tock, tick, tock TIME!
    I wonder if she would have accused you of cheating if you got it [the math problem] right
    Other people: "the ghost could be x paranormal thing"
    My dumb brain: In all likelihood, the "ghost" is just the doctor who took an interest in you earlier and was probably more focused on Annabel up until you arrived.

  • @skarloey1214
    @skarloey1214 6 місяців тому +5

    I think the twist is that Anthony is the ghost. It's an oldy but a goody.

  • @gingermint1230
    @gingermint1230 6 місяців тому +1

    I’d love it if this game was continued! I’m also really intrigued by what’s going on in the Asylum!

  • @Kenners_XD
    @Kenners_XD 6 місяців тому +3

    Okay, if you don’t play more, I will cry, BECAUSE THIS IS FRICKING AWSOME

  • @artemisafton1987
    @artemisafton1987 5 місяців тому +1

    I'm so glad this game is finally getting recognition!