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  • Опубліковано 23 чер 2024
  • You ever have a FLAT HEAD? Then you should play FLATHEAD to fix it!
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  • @yuaisnek
    @yuaisnek Місяць тому +8169

    I do appreciate a dev whose so confident in the horror of their game they allow you to turn off jumpscares.

    • @SEGSnews
      @SEGSnews Місяць тому +634

      Real horror is made in atmosphere. If your game isn’t good without jump scares, you’re relying on cheap tricks to carry what’s most likely a sub-par game at best. Some of the best horror has little to no jump scares.

    • @frog_goblin
      @frog_goblin Місяць тому +317

      @@SEGSnewsdifferent types of people like different types of horror, and if you play a lot of horror games you may grow numb to things like jumpscares OR some atmospheric elements. i’m a big horror nerd and i love an atmospheric horror game, but unironically jumpscare-based horror scares me more because i don’t play it so i don’t have the tolerance for it.
      in a similar vein, giving the option to remove jumpscares can be entirely because some people really cannot handle the feeling of being startled from a jumpscare so they will not even touch the game if its in there, even if they like horror. it’s not inherently cheap, it’s just that most jumpscares fall into the equivalent of “shaky png appears on screen”. don’t write off a classic horror trope simply because it gets used a lot. it clearly is a form of horror that scares a lot of people, and a good jumpscare can take just as much effort as good atmosphere.

    • @DarkBelial
      @DarkBelial Місяць тому +81

      @@frog_goblin It's definitely a mixed bag overall, I think for sure though that atmosphere is considerably more vital in a game being scary, and sometimes the atmosphere is what makes the jumpscares scary in the first place, I think i'm kind of on the opposite side with jumpscares doing little to nothing to me, unless they're built up well.

    • @orang1921
      @orang1921 Місяць тому +17

      who's*
      sorry

    • @yuaisnek
      @yuaisnek Місяць тому +25

      @@orang1921 that's crazy I don't care

  • @_danoffx_4757
    @_danoffx_4757 Місяць тому +7554

    LET'S GO GAMBLING!
    *ch ch ch* (wrong buzzer) aw dangit!
    *ch ch ch* (wrong buzzer) aw dangit!
    *ch ch ch* (wrong buzzer) aw dangit!
    *ch ch ch* (wrong buzzer) aw dangit!
    *ch ch ch* (wrong buzzer) aw dangit!
    *ch ch ch* (wrong buzzer) aw dangit!
    *ch ch ch* (wrong buzzer) aw dangit!

  • @hangry3102
    @hangry3102 Місяць тому +1291

    The use of peripheral anomalies, particularly strange or horrifying things that only appear on the border of your vision that either hide or will be further instigated when you attempt to look directly at it, is a concept I've always wanted to see properly realized in a horror game. I feel like this game has made excellent use of that trick which is rare.

    • @theminecraftbro661
      @theminecraftbro661 Місяць тому +25

      i am terrified of seeing something horrifying out of the border of my vision

    • @whimsii-cal
      @whimsii-cal 29 днів тому +24

      as somebody who gets hallucinations rather frequently that primarily manifest in my peripheral vision just like that, this was some GOOD horror to me. Felt really personal and accurate to my experience with those hallucinations. Makes me wonder if the dev has experience with something similar?

    • @mutably
      @mutably 18 днів тому

      just like in real life...🥲

    • @madithevampirequeen9316
      @madithevampirequeen9316 16 днів тому

      a horror game i played called In Sound Mind actually did it a lot, it had completely random peripheral hallucinations of this one character that was ever present in the game, he could just randomly show up to spook you but subtly

    • @Yasha277
      @Yasha277 9 днів тому

      The whole game is "higher or lower number?" while random shit tries to scare you. Why do people accept shit like this as if it's a good game?

  • @GWPetersFilm
    @GWPetersFilm Місяць тому +237

    5:58 I loved the "What in the FNAF minigame--"

  • @ree9389
    @ree9389 Місяць тому +7231

    dude this game design is crazy, this UI is some of the weirdest I've seen in a while. the dev of these games is crazy talented.

    • @vogelvrouw
      @vogelvrouw Місяць тому +257

      Iirc it's by the same people as mortuary assistant! The whole vibe in this game is amazing, the sound and weird visuals are so fucking off putting its great

    • @elliotludwig7487
      @elliotludwig7487 Місяць тому +74

      They seriously have a skill with atmosphere!

    • @timoxton
      @timoxton Місяць тому +264

      @@vogelvrouw ha its by me! brian of MA helped produce and publish it through dreadxp! but regardless, thank ya thank ya thank ya :)

    • @noahmalmstedt9735
      @noahmalmstedt9735 Місяць тому +52

      @@timoxtoni just have to ask since I saw you here! I noticed that the font used for ”FLATHEAD” is similar to, or maybe even the same, as the font that the band radiohead have used for their logos in the past, an example being on the cover for their record ”the bends”. As i thought about this I also realised that the guy sitting to the right in your game also resembles the dummy thats featured on that same album cover, the bends by radiohead. Both of them also look up which I thought was interesting and eerily similar. I’m wondering if you were inspired by radioheads imagery when coming up with the aestethics for this game?

    • @SlurpyPie
      @SlurpyPie Місяць тому +8

      Ikr it kinda feels like RE7 on LSD 😭😭

  • @NekoHanyouHanaru
    @NekoHanyouHanaru Місяць тому +2679

    Hi! I’m a voice actor! Most of us LOVE to act, it’s why we do what we do. Yes, we’d like to be compensated for our time on projects that will actually come out. My biggest advice for starting game devs: make adding VA’s the last step before you release your game!
    Most people don’t realize how much work adding voices is but it really takes your content to the next level of your game if you get good enough actors. That being said, the amount of times people add voices early and then the project never sees the light of day is TOO NUMEROUS TO COUNT. Don’t drag along VAs until your content is 99.9% finished.
    Thanks!❤

    • @AnOrdinaryBear
      @AnOrdinaryBear Місяць тому +125

      To add to your point how much VA's can add, remember that Disco Elysium released without full voice acting at one point. the game went from an 8/10 to a 10/10 just by patching in full VA. Not just adding voice acting, but GOOD voice acting.

    • @Razzy-sr4oq
      @Razzy-sr4oq Місяць тому +5

      This is good advice!

    • @hades_town
      @hades_town Місяць тому +26

      thissss I have seen so many indie projects (visual novels for example) casting voice actors very early but then development stalls

    • @NekoHanyouHanaru
      @NekoHanyouHanaru Місяць тому +39

      @@hades_town exactly! It’s for this reason that a lot of VA now have trust issues, tbh. It might not seem like a big deal to fans on the outside, but that the time/effort we put into a project=money for us, and then when those projects come out, that’s another project on our resume/portfolios. When we put forth time and effort into a project, even if we are paid, and it doesn’t come out, we’re actually losing money.

    • @bluemutt9964
      @bluemutt9964 Місяць тому +2

      I mean the first VA sucked lol, "uhh I uhh, read uhh all my lines uhh, real awkward uhh"

  • @AtLeastOutLoud
    @AtLeastOutLoud Місяць тому +1270

    There is more to the game. You have to play multiple intervals of three round to get all the tapes/recordings/spectigrams to "beat" the game. Hope this helps! :)

    • @Smrts955
      @Smrts955 Місяць тому +28

      Sounds like you played a lot maybe you can tell me if im imagining things. The creepy clown looks up or down just before you have to select telegraphing the high/low

    • @AtLeastOutLoud
      @AtLeastOutLoud Місяць тому +33

      @@Smrts955 The one next to the “roulette” machine? Yes, it does. :)

    • @Smrts955
      @Smrts955 Місяць тому +7

      @AtLeastOutLoud i noticed it in the video then after i noticed mark never looked back that way so i felt crazy

    • @Voltronnumber1fan
      @Voltronnumber1fan 28 днів тому +1

      ​@@AtLeastOutLoudWhat time stamp?

    • @mime514
      @mime514 27 днів тому +1

      666th like ;)

  • @SmokeySyn
    @SmokeySyn Місяць тому +594

    Man Marks got some of the most highest high and lowest low kind of luck I’ve ever seen.
    Watching how incredible he was doing in the first 10 minutes only to have the worst string of luck a human could ever witness for like 15 minutes. Then somehow overcomes everything in his path to beat the game.
    You love to see it.

  • @vogelvrouw
    @vogelvrouw Місяць тому +4366

    For those curious, the "make your own luck" thing makes the thing coming for you move faster. In the rounds you can bank the wins you get or keep gambling them
    Im pretty sure the lights do stop it from moving

    • @innertuber4049
      @innertuber4049 Місяць тому +175

      I can't tell if they stop it from moving, but at the very least, they can inform you about what risks you're willing to take

    • @MyouKyuubi
      @MyouKyuubi Місяць тому +38

      Who gives a sht? This game is complete garbage.... It isn't engaging whatsoever... the whole game is literally just, one, single random number generator.
      Wow, what riveting gameplay... -.-
      You win nothing, and lose nothing... And there's nothing to be scared of either, because the "scary" stuff is on a strict timer... It's hardly even a game.
      It's not like if you lose you'll jump, because the lose sequence is the same every time, and arrives on time, like clockwork.... There's no spontaneity, nothing engaging, no immersion... nothing.

    • @uncreativ_1
      @uncreativ_1 Місяць тому +362

      @@MyouKyuubicope lol

    • @GreedoShot
      @GreedoShot Місяць тому +276

      @@MyouKyuubiwatch out everybody we got a badass over here

    • @YouKnowItsEn
      @YouKnowItsEn Місяць тому +172

      ​@@MyouKyuubiA lot of horror games nowadays seem to be do a simple/menial task while holding off monsters. A lot of the ones inspired by Mandela Catalogue are some kind of quiz, heck even the night shift part of FNAF 6 had you click on tasks like printing flyers and ordering napkins while holding off the animatronics, and there's definitely many more I'm forgetting. It's just a formula that works

  • @theguywithfries
    @theguywithfries Місяць тому +1589

    Flat head when round cranium walks in

    • @brandonbingham6871
      @brandonbingham6871 Місяць тому +95

      Don't forget cubic noggin

    • @Nobody-uo5go
      @Nobody-uo5go Місяць тому +82

      better not sleep on pyramid scalp

    • @TamakoYT
      @TamakoYT Місяць тому +55

      Y'all always forget triangle skull 😔

    • @Dorunek
      @Dorunek Місяць тому +65

      what about dodecahedron dome

    • @bigfish5544
      @bigfish5544 Місяць тому +22

      MEGAMIND

  • @BDogCarter
    @BDogCarter Місяць тому +196

    This game is 100% dressing and atmosphere wrapping what is, essentially, an incredibly simple game mechanic but hoo boi it works really well.

  • @quiritatus32
    @quiritatus32 Місяць тому +133

    Man Mark really went from "wow he's dead dead" to "HOLY CRAP I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH HOW MUCH HE'S POSTING"

  • @Astr0_Th3_W3ird0
    @Astr0_Th3_W3ird0 Місяць тому +3019

    “Well that’s an anomaly”
    Mark this isn’t alternate watch 😭🙏

    • @JohnCrites
      @JohnCrites Місяць тому +38

      Yeah mark, this ain't alternate watch

    • @Astr0_Th3_W3ird0
      @Astr0_Th3_W3ird0 Місяць тому +25

      @@JohnCrites THATS THE NAME OF THE GAME I FORGOT IT 😭😭😭

    • @Cinnaschticks
      @Cinnaschticks Місяць тому +27

      It certainly is anomalous though. 😂

    • @GamingAndChill
      @GamingAndChill Місяць тому +13

      You mean Exit 8

    • @sagespencer
      @sagespencer Місяць тому +34

      I’m telling him through my phone this isn’t observation duty 😂

  • @0_dearghealach_083
    @0_dearghealach_083 Місяць тому +999

    I still don't understand just what's going on in Flathead, but I'm heavily disturbed.
    Something about the strange music, the weird faces and smiles, it just touches on a visceral reaction to me.
    It's like if someone ran Fuan No Tane through a cassette tape.

    • @neil2444
      @neil2444 Місяць тому +117

      I think that's entirely the point. You never feel "safe" while playing. You always feel observed, not to mention the uncanny valley certainly doing its part. The game was masterfully made and get's an A++ for atmosphere.

    • @cooliostarstache5474
      @cooliostarstache5474 Місяць тому +9

      I just looked up the manga you mentioned, saw some images, and then 22:09 happened lol
      Coincidence?

    • @Mytharax
      @Mytharax 11 днів тому +1

      just here to give you props for your awesome profile pic @0_deargheakach_083 ...
      I didn't play "LoK:Soul Reaver 2" yet, but LoK:Defiance is a game like no other ^_^

  • @DarkJJ13948
    @DarkJJ13948 Місяць тому +54

    Mark is like a D&D character who's neglected stat is luck, whenever something is heavily luck based, he gets steamrolled

  • @LastTheNoel
    @LastTheNoel Місяць тому +546

    I love how this game functions as a metaphor for navigating bureaucracy. The way the game throws you in without a tutorial, the deeply unsettling user environment and oddly cheery musical cues capturing that idea of painting a veneer of cooperation on the part of Whatever you are dealing with. the monster inching closer operating on rules you don’t understand, ready to punish you for mistakes you don’t realize you’re making.

    • @TaRa_K
      @TaRa_K Місяць тому +15

      🤯.... damn.. you nailed it.. and here I am and didn't even know there was a hammer? lol but seriously, thats a really great analogy of it all tho!

    • @dxrvst007
      @dxrvst007 Місяць тому +2

      wild

    • @SwoggersLOL
      @SwoggersLOL 29 днів тому +18

      kind of a stretch tho. you could plaster any kind of "trauma" to this game and call it a metaphor, but ig you went with bureaucrazy of all things 💀

    • @ateslabattery115
      @ateslabattery115 29 днів тому +6

      thats a fun way of looking at it

    • @basic6735
      @basic6735 17 днів тому +1

      Idk about this one, a bit of a stretch

  • @yharr3789
    @yharr3789 Місяць тому +1397

    Can't wait for the sequel, Flathead 2: Revenge of The Phillips

    • @jacobfrias7478
      @jacobfrias7478 Місяць тому +71

      this is the worst dad joke ive ever seen, keep em coming

    • @cheery-tube
      @cheery-tube Місяць тому +17

      is the third one going to be flathead vs Robertsons

    • @lordfordification
      @lordfordification Місяць тому +11

      I can't wait for the Torx trilogy

    • @Robb03
      @Robb03 Місяць тому +2

      This was so good it took a solid thirty seconds of me scrolling on before the penny dropped 😂

    • @patch5383
      @patch5383 Місяць тому +2

      amazing dad joke 10/10

  • @GhibliGoober
    @GhibliGoober Місяць тому +637

    this game would slap in VR

    • @Frenzywouldwin
      @Frenzywouldwin Місяць тому +46

      Shit would be way scarier

    • @SuperNASCARrocks
      @SuperNASCARrocks Місяць тому +10

      It’d be insane

    • @lemnlyme
      @lemnlyme Місяць тому +20

      oh god i’d die actually irl

    • @ElizabethGerman-hv7nd
      @ElizabethGerman-hv7nd Місяць тому +10

      There would be no turning back

    • @Mytharax
      @Mytharax 11 днів тому +2

      yep, same thought hit me right after Mark mentioned "voice actors"....
      I can't imagine the sheer amount of bricks I might shit just from the atmosphere, not to mention an actual jump-scare q_q

  • @Readyforaslowflight
    @Readyforaslowflight Місяць тому +104

    I think we should get Amy cam or something, imagine you're just chilling on the couch reading a book or something and hear, "I WAS RIGHT THERE THAT'S NOT FAIR" faintly from the next room

    • @basilg695
      @basilg695 Місяць тому +7

      Oh I love that idea. Imagining the dogs perking up or Amy shushing them not to bark when he yells. Or the whole fam giving a sideways glance towards the recording room lmaooo.

  • @jacobracette9037
    @jacobracette9037 Місяць тому +416

    Hey! I'm one of those professional voice actors Mark was talking about! Yes, please get voice actors for cool games like this! It really helps bring indie games together!

  • @robonator2945
    @robonator2945 Місяць тому +942

    2:30 it's a minor thing, but it's super refreshing to see someone play a game and actually pay attention to it so much so that they verbally recap it. I imagine part of it has to do with coming back to making videos after over a year of primarily working on the movie, but eitherway it's just refreshing because it's not uncommon that even youtubers who I'd consider on the more attentive/competent side of things have their eyes completely glaze over meanwhile the game is basically screaming "HEY, TO NOT DIE, PRESS THE G KEY" only for them to die 5 seconds later confused.
    3:15 "purely speculative" *_TODAY_*

    • @epicyamiphobs5217
      @epicyamiphobs5217 Місяць тому +58

      You must be new to Markiplier because he always used to forget the function of the game, especially in games like cuphead

    • @mimicmemento
      @mimicmemento Місяць тому +10

      I get what you mean, Mark isn't JUST making content, so he actually pays SOME attention to what's going on-instead of just dying his hair crazy colors (lately) and screaming about literally everything lol

    • @joshuahoward4556
      @joshuahoward4556 Місяць тому +28

      Mark does a good job usually but also kudos to the developer for making the instructions/lore interesting in a way that makes you want to read it/pay attention to it. Like if that information was just a text scrawl at the beginning, I think most people would have glossed over it. And the developer didn't put too much at once. Too much exposition can lead to glossing as well too often. So good job all around lol

    • @DragoNate
      @DragoNate Місяць тому +14

      @@joshuahoward4556 Mark literally skips tutorials and ignores things (or misses them) in games often lol
      I'd say this video would be the exception to the rule for him :D

    • @Isaaclolwastaken
      @Isaaclolwastaken Місяць тому

      Deepwoken

  • @Unknown_Geek
    @Unknown_Geek Місяць тому +1720

    Fun fact, Kellen Geoff (voice of Glamrock Freddy and Funtime Freddy) did the glitchy effects for Funtime Freddy. He keeps how he does it a secret

    • @Dustblye
      @Dustblye Місяць тому +159

      He is also the voice of Overhaul from MHA, and he does an amazing job! And I love him as Glamrock Freddy and Funtime Freddy; he is an amazing voice actor

    • @natalie-chanistrash7214
      @natalie-chanistrash7214 Місяць тому +115

      He also voiced the Daycare Attendants!

    • @MonoxideBreather
      @MonoxideBreather Місяць тому +168

      @@ezaf5989thats a very subjective fact

    • @AnimatedTerror
      @AnimatedTerror Місяць тому +50

      And it’s stupid. I’m of the opinion that anything that can help aspiring individuals in any field should be made available.
      Joel haver has my respect for showing how he makes his “rotoscoped” videos. And he shares the same opinion. This stuff should be available to all.
      Keeping his program a secret is childish.

    • @kevindelacruz4127
      @kevindelacruz4127 Місяць тому +104

      ​​@@ezaf5989 you must be fun at parties.

  • @davidmcclellan4446
    @davidmcclellan4446 Місяць тому +219

    I’m a voice actor! Heck ya mark! Thanks for shouting out VAs . I love working with game devs. Much love man

  • @FrostedVisionHD
    @FrostedVisionHD Місяць тому +76

    1:20 I can't remember the last time I heard such realistic voice acting in a game. = )

  • @pentagonofpeople
    @pentagonofpeople Місяць тому +416

    This game really makes you FEEL like you're having a fever dream after taking one too many benedrils

  • @Menarecuteaaa
    @Menarecuteaaa Місяць тому +1520

    door: infected with plague
    mark: *are those big ass mussels??*

    • @MaskedReviews
      @MaskedReviews Місяць тому +18

      Mussels and barnacles are pretty much plague for metal

    • @Mmlpfana
      @Mmlpfana Місяць тому +9

      WEEZER

    • @FishyBoi1337
      @FishyBoi1337 Місяць тому +2

      I clicked your profile to make sure your pfp was weezer and you're subbed to Markiplier (obviously) SamO'Nella, and boffy??? Goated tastes my fellow

  • @UndoingRuin08
    @UndoingRuin08 Місяць тому +38

    10:00 he even threw a key change in there, absolutely beautiful mark

  • @PoopTruck
    @PoopTruck Місяць тому +33

    1:19 seriously awesome voice acting here, sounds so believable which is so hard to find especially in horror games.

  • @falsehoodintensifies445
    @falsehoodintensifies445 Місяць тому +2627

    I'm not used to him being consistent again I'm being surprised every time

    • @Secret_Takodachi
      @Secret_Takodachi Місяць тому +5

      If you think a couple days of posting back to back is "being consistent" then you've got low standards friendo. 😂 get some self respect, standards and a life. Mark has one, that's why he'll go back to inconsistent posting fairly soon I'm sure.

    • @canada8574
      @canada8574 Місяць тому +147

      @@Secret_Takodachichill tf out

    • @juu0n
      @juu0n Місяць тому +89

      @@Secret_Takodachi someone’s feelings are hurt…

    • @LyraPyxisVT
      @LyraPyxisVT Місяць тому +75

      ​@@Secret_TakodachiUmmm have you been around for years, he posts everyday he only left for so long cause he was making a movie 😂

    • @viaol
      @viaol Місяць тому +60

      ​@@Secret_Takodachihow HOWWW DID U GET SO MAD FROM SUCH A HARMLESS LITTLE COMMENT WTF 😭😭😭 R U OK

  • @vvitch-mist20
    @vvitch-mist20 Місяць тому +2016

    I like how you explained the importance of paying professional voice actors. People undervalue VA work a lot. (Hell any art/craft tbh)

    • @skylarkblue1
      @skylarkblue1 Місяць тому +111

      Especially with how many "developers" think AI voices are an acceptable replacement. Very genuinely lovely of mark to make that a strong point!!

    • @OhSeeBarber
      @OhSeeBarber Місяць тому +11

      ​@skylarkblue1 why are you putting it in quotes they are still 100% developers

    • @vvitch-mist20
      @vvitch-mist20 Місяць тому +41

      @@skylarkblue1
      Keep in mind dev teams are like single people who are also very broke but wanna make games. So like you can't produce something from nothing and AI voices can probably work for smaller dialogue.
      The problem isn't broke devs trying to make a game. It's AAA game corporations who wanna hoard money.

    • @skylarkblue1
      @skylarkblue1 Місяць тому +99

      @@vvitch-mist20 Hi, I'm a solo developer with a budget of £0. You absolutely do not need to even look towards AI for making a game. AI voices are horrifically bad and lower the quality of the game overall. It WILL get noticed.

    • @tanksrprettyneat2369
      @tanksrprettyneat2369 Місяць тому +16

      @@skylarkblue1some developers are broke as shit and it costs a fair bit of money to get a VA that doesn’t sound like a shitty anime protagonist

  • @DiCamilloNicole
    @DiCamilloNicole Місяць тому +15

    Yo! Professional VA here 😄 Thanks, Mark, for giving us a shout-out, and what he said is true! Most of us can and will do mixing or, at the very least, we KNOW someone who can do the mixing. I'd love to work with any developer on their game!

  • @nathanjwriting
    @nathanjwriting Місяць тому +8

    I just see this as an anti-add for gambling. The two monsters next to you represent people passing by who occasionally like to watch and the incoming monster behind is just the guy who tells you that the casino is closing. (Or you ran out of money and that last gamble determines whether you get more money to gamble more or nothing)

  • @_smiler_294
    @_smiler_294 Місяць тому +222

    If gaming has taught me anything, if it isn't 100% it's 50/50

  • @Angel_Dust_Official
    @Angel_Dust_Official Місяць тому +745

    My favorite kind of horror is the silent and unsettling feeling you get when something is just about to happen but you don’t know when.

    • @bammity9875
      @bammity9875 Місяць тому +7

      Ik, and ngl the message of “there’s jumpscares” helps make it scarier imo

    • @freezingfire127
      @freezingfire127 Місяць тому +4

      That’s known as a thriller

    • @Sugolite4
      @Sugolite4 Місяць тому +1

      That's my least favorite horror because I get violent when I'm scared

  • @Saxdude26
    @Saxdude26 Місяць тому +118

    The VA conversation was fantastic. Reminds me of the comments Erica Lindbeck made when someone did an AI of her voice and she actively said she would have happily discussed doing some lines for the project if they had approached her. But the choice to favour AI first and not even ask her she found greatly disappointing, as it illustrated some people will take convenience over reaching out, and she felt like hearing her own voice in a project that devoid of her involvement felt... unnerving and haunting.
    It's something we tend to overlook, or undervalue, especial if we look up to these VAs. Of all the games to hear this topic, was not expecting it here.
    So cheers Mark.

  • @thenarrator6846
    @thenarrator6846 Місяць тому +56

    Flathead and Silkbulb Test remind me of my nightmares and it gives me so much hope for horror as a genre

  • @yellow_jacket3260
    @yellow_jacket3260 Місяць тому +410

    One thing I really appreciate about this game, is that it does a great job not making you know what is going on, and that is horrifying

    • @RyanM92
      @RyanM92 Місяць тому +9

      Is it? honestly found this pretty boring. Nothing really happened, and there was just no real atmosphere. It was weird, but hardly scary.

    • @zythe9876
      @zythe9876 Місяць тому +26

      @@RyanM92 there's a lot of things that are unknown in this game, which makes it scarier, and adds to the atmosphere, like what is the thing coming towards you? why is there a guy smiling on the monitors? and what is that human-like figure sitting next to you? the sound of the monster behind you slowly gets louder, and you can only see it with limited uses. there is an atmosphere, but i guess it doesn't appeal to everyone

    • @athar_adv
      @athar_adv 18 днів тому +1

      ​@@RyanM92Everything is blurry if you stand far enough... To feel the atmosphere you really just have to stand closer. Experience it... idk how to describe it other than that

    • @sigasaurusrex
      @sigasaurusrex 18 днів тому

      tbf, i think the devs did a great job, but just like the first reply, i know personally I and some others who watched this just really get much out of it. I think this is a game that's very much up to preference and that's okay!

  • @framedpokky
    @framedpokky Місяць тому +213

    seeing how angry mark gets gives me hope that he won’t ever be a gambler

  • @corretief1566
    @corretief1566 Місяць тому +17

    Mark does have a few screws loose, but I don't think a flathead is gonna work.

  • @Alex_...34565
    @Alex_...34565 Місяць тому +16

    even though its a simple game, it has AMAZING atmosphere

  • @lovediyana47
    @lovediyana47 Місяць тому +165

    i love the voice acting in the first recording it's so natural

    • @knaughta.masso-kist5944
      @knaughta.masso-kist5944 Місяць тому +4

      Same, I was shocked by the quality of the acting here. I'm happy Mark called it out as well.

  • @user-zf3mj8jt8r
    @user-zf3mj8jt8r Місяць тому +117

    “That’s an anomaly” not Mark getting PTSD flash backs from observation duty.😂

  • @sullychow4123
    @sullychow4123 Місяць тому +6

    Having a jumpscares option is actually really nice and inclusive.

  • @NubbyBananas
    @NubbyBananas Місяць тому +7

    Thank you mark for mentioning this! I’m a voice actor, and more than happy to get involved in projects! It’s something I personally love, and have a real passion for, and hearing it get mentioned was really refreshing :)

  • @psiimoth
    @psiimoth Місяць тому +84

    “What in the FNAF minigame…?”
    THAT FEELS PRETTY ACCURATE-

  • @Spaz115
    @Spaz115 Місяць тому +146

    4:15 mega-based Mark spreading the word for voice actors

  • @ourochroma
    @ourochroma Місяць тому +5

    Mark: *king of buckshot roulette*
    Also Mark: I will not cash in any of my progress ever

  • @WRLDOfSad
    @WRLDOfSad Місяць тому +9

    17:35 the footsteps getting ever closer ☠️

  • @kikielmer6143
    @kikielmer6143 Місяць тому +361

    Mark: "It's not that hard to get professional voice actors for your game"
    Me a professional voice actor : "Thank you for making me feel seen. We beginning voice actors dream of being approached by indi developers. Some might even do it for free if we like the project enough and are still trying to get some experience under are belt"

    • @themerrymeg
      @themerrymeg Місяць тому +14

      I felt so seen too! I dream of being cast in a game and seeing it launch. 😊😊

    • @kikielmer6143
      @kikielmer6143 Місяць тому +27

      @ezaf5989 except I have done paid work my biggest job being 2000 dollars so though I am not well established I am a professional with a professional set up. Being casted in an Indi game is a great way to show you can do veidogame work and character work and can help give you a in to that part of the industry. You should not talk if you don't know. A lot of beginner professionals get gigs in promo and freelance in things that isn't the field of voice acting they want.

    • @OhSeeBarber
      @OhSeeBarber Місяць тому +5

      Yeah and then later you'll make a twitlonger about how they didnt pay you

    • @Sol_eri
      @Sol_eri Місяць тому +20

      Why are half of the comments here so negative lol- I'm sure you'll do great, OP!

    • @kikielmer6143
      @kikielmer6143 Місяць тому

      @ezaf5989 um dude in voice acting you definitely need to prove you can do work. It's called being able to market yourself. That's why you need professional demos and to do auditions. If you are not well established sure you can get lucky and score a good audition and be casted, but often you get those parts through slowly getting recognized via networking and self promotion. You literally have no idea how this industry works. A professional is some one who dose this for a job. True a more well established professional doesn't need to market as hard because they have the work to prove it for them aswell as people they have worked with to recommend them. You 100% need to show you are capable of doing certain type of voice acting for different things. How you record and read depends on the type of voice over work. Promo, telephone recording, audio books, educational , documentary, animation, video games, dubs, raido, announcements ect all require different skills. There are professionals on the lower end who need the stuff for there portfolio just like a photographer would or an on screen actor, dancer, or a writer. Creative jobs that take talent and skill like this requires proof beyond a good audition. Don't belittle professionals who are still in the phase of taking smaller jobs or jobs to build up there work experience. Again I personally have a professional set up and get paid to do my work. Doesn't mean I won't consider helping some one with a passion project that I like and want to support. So why don't you stop acting like you know what a professional is unless you yourself are in that profession.

  • @bojangles4045
    @bojangles4045 Місяць тому +68

    The new horror meta: Spooky Gambling

  • @WRLDOfSad
    @WRLDOfSad Місяць тому +7

    23:30 now he gets everything right when he's just tryna die ☠️

  • @slnxphile
    @slnxphile 23 дні тому +3

    mark used all his luck in buckshot roulette, that's why he kept getting them wrong

  • @glowchips7386
    @glowchips7386 Місяць тому +472

    Flathead? Uh yeah I sure hope I do

    • @Killbayne
      @Killbayne Місяць тому +41

      I can only read that with the vine voice

    • @tenwhoever
      @tenwhoever Місяць тому +23

      DREW GOODEN REFERENCED 🗣️🔥🔥‼️

    • @cucumber_porridge943
      @cucumber_porridge943 Місяць тому +4

      NOO THATS ALMOST WHAT I COMMENTED

    • @ZerglingLover
      @ZerglingLover Місяць тому +6

      i don’t get this one

    • @vogelvrouw
      @vogelvrouw Місяць тому +8

      ​@ZerglingLover it's in reference to the "roadworks ahead? I sure hope it does" vine by drew wooden

  • @thebathuman
    @thebathuman Місяць тому +1032

    Actor of 25 years here who has dabbled in voice acting. I am often pained to hear subpar voice acting in games. I'm always super keen to provide great, immersive voice work for games but alas the chances are often afar and few between for me. Quality voice acting can really, really enhance a game.

    • @animatrix1490
      @animatrix1490 Місяць тому +117

      I love hearing a real voice actor even more now that people have started using AI “voice acting” in games. It sounds lifeless at best and the line reads often have incorrect/unnatural inflection :( Good luck and I hope people start realizing how valuable your skills really are

    • @thwomp1542
      @thwomp1542 Місяць тому +39

      Playing a game that has obviously awful voice acting is an instant turn off. I legitimately cannot play a game with bad voice acting.

    • @Halucygeno
      @Halucygeno Місяць тому +27

      Not everyone has the budget to hire one. That's kind of the "indie" part of indie games.

    • @dragonslairproductions5138
      @dragonslairproductions5138 Місяць тому +53

      @@Halucygeno I'd imagine you would be more likely to find better VAs for money, but I use Casting Call Club and have had some pretty decent VAs audition for my projects that are unpaid, so there are free options (but again, paid work probably does give a better guarantee for the most part that the actor will be really good)

    • @Mashy8722
      @Mashy8722 Місяць тому +12

      Absolutely true. I HATE to start a game I’m really excited for or I read the plot and seems like something I’d be into…only for it to be ruined by awful voice actors. Smh. There’s been times where I’ve just put it aside and played anyways and other times where it’s such a crucial part of the character development that u just can’t continue.

  • @ChrisGlassVA
    @ChrisGlassVA Місяць тому +10

    Huge props on that Voice Actor recognition at the start. Mark lookin out for those little people just wanting to make money speaking into microphones.

  • @nothankyou6840
    @nothankyou6840 Місяць тому +5

    The voice acting is actually insanely good, whoever was reading those notes 10/10

  • @MythoMan411
    @MythoMan411 Місяць тому +96

    Mark: How am I in debt already?
    Me: Welcome my brother.

  • @portalix7885
    @portalix7885 Місяць тому +103

    4:16 GOD! It overjoys me to hear him mention and represent us fellow voice actors! I am indeed a small one in a sea of professionals but I still try with what I have. And he's not wrong about our ability to edit our own work for others, I do it every time I record. Thank you Mark.

  • @Lubuu_MnK
    @Lubuu_MnK Місяць тому +52

    Someone need to tell him that the “Sucker for Love Date to Die For” full game was released a while ago he NEEDS to play it it be so fun to watch him continue his Sucker for Love series

  • @itsTEKKtv
    @itsTEKKtv Місяць тому +3

    “Sorry for the over reaction. It’s not bcuz your ugly” 💀

  • @mooncaker
    @mooncaker Місяць тому +195

    Marks back to being constantly confused

  • @thatman13545
    @thatman13545 Місяць тому +52

    when the world needed him most, his upload schedule returned.

  • @Emisnyan7
    @Emisnyan7 Місяць тому +32

    7:32 😂😂😂 "its not that youre ugly"

  • @Nintendoodz
    @Nintendoodz Місяць тому +18

    @14:09 someone should try running the audio of the glitch through a spectrograph.

  • @Dragonhatchie
    @Dragonhatchie Місяць тому +303

    mark being consistent again after not being consistent for so long is throwing me off lol. im here for it! but im still surprised when i see a video not months apart

  • @malps7028
    @malps7028 Місяць тому +113

    5:59 “What in the FNAF?”

    • @DJ_T0nk1
      @DJ_T0nk1 Місяць тому +6

      wait, h-how did you already watch 6 minutes of the video if..

    • @malps7028
      @malps7028 Місяць тому +1

      @@DJ_T0nk1 It happened somehow! X)

  • @bjtfh92
    @bjtfh92 Місяць тому +5

    "What in the FNAF?"
    can we get that on a tshirt please? 😂😂😂

  • @joshuaseitler6003
    @joshuaseitler6003 Місяць тому +11

    the music, the style, the sound design. while the gameplay itself is a bit lacking this has one hell of a potential

  • @FlorX0
    @FlorX0 Місяць тому +429

    “hello everybody and my name is markiplier” never gets old

    • @swisscheese-047-c
      @swisscheese-047-c Місяць тому +16

      bro was saying that ever since 2012 i believe

    • @KitKat-co2of
      @KitKat-co2of Місяць тому +12

      ​​@@swisscheese-047-c That was when this channel was made lol

    • @nanashi-senpai4789
      @nanashi-senpai4789 Місяць тому +7

      Like being greeted by a long-time friend.

    • @swisscheese-047-c
      @swisscheese-047-c Місяць тому +3

      @@KitKat-co2of yea

  • @MartHommes
    @MartHommes Місяць тому +75

    Man that's such a cool thumbnail. Probably one of my favorite thumbnails on YT

    • @timoxton
      @timoxton Місяць тому +39

      I’m the dev. And I gotta say - whoever made the thumbnail should hit me up because they did such a good job with the text I’m debating changing the actual games font to match that better. It’s so good.

    • @johncruelty1
      @johncruelty1 Місяць тому +1

      @@timoxton i love the style of the games

    • @timoxton
      @timoxton Місяць тому +3

      thanks :)

    • @Meckolo
      @Meckolo Місяць тому +2

      @@timoxton dude your game is so sick, it’s so rare to find a game that nails basically every aspect from the design to the horror to the story that leaves just enough out that you’re both confused and intrigued, it’s genuinely inspiring seeing such cool work and I can’t wait to see more stuff that hopefully mark covers in the future:0!!

    • @hmorton490
      @hmorton490 Місяць тому

      ​@@timoxtonIt reminds me of the movie White Noise, it's nostalgic to me so it makes it even worse for me to look at 💀💀😭

  • @TheWolfFangProductions
    @TheWolfFangProductions Місяць тому +4

    So glad Mark mentioned that Voice Actors can add so much to projects and games like these!
    I'M an open voice actor for commission and would've been honored to work on this!

  • @Nneofade
    @Nneofade Місяць тому +9

    12:16
    GYATT -Markiplier 2024

  • @tickbait777
    @tickbait777 Місяць тому +23

    It’s so funny to be watching this while working and then halfway into the video deciding to focus on the game and it’s just Mark screaming at random numbers

  • @Halo-pd5um
    @Halo-pd5um Місяць тому +248

    "Until Tomorrow, Flathead"

    • @HonkHonkler
      @HonkHonkler Місяць тому +3

      Today... Was... A good... Day...

    • @vishalhanumegowda6791
      @vishalhanumegowda6791 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@HonkHonklerToday... Was... Special...

    • @hmorton490
      @hmorton490 Місяць тому

      He really dragged tf outta that 😂😂

  • @Death_Beast
    @Death_Beast Місяць тому +9

    17:20 I know that noone will care about this, but I guessed that it would be 16 right before it happened

  • @S.B.A.N.05
    @S.B.A.N.05 Місяць тому +2

    The sounds that the watchers make scratch my brain so good idk how else to explain it

  • @hunterdickerson8318
    @hunterdickerson8318 Місяць тому +69

    I want to see Bob play this game with his terrible luck

    • @otakuman706
      @otakuman706 Місяць тому +9

      I can just hear his yelling now. ahhhh *in contentment*
      Lol

  • @EduardosAvocados
    @EduardosAvocados Місяць тому +652

    “Flat head”
    Relatable 💀
    Edit: “get your mind out of the gutter” -stupendiom

  • @TristaTaelor
    @TristaTaelor Місяць тому +3

    My days have been so full of joy lately. So happy you’re back on the video grind and things are normalizing for you post long-stretch movie work!

  • @mikek7660
    @mikek7660 16 днів тому +1

    I'm not even watching the screen I'm listening to the audio while cleaning my fridge and this is peak entertainment 😂

  • @dambotelons6262
    @dambotelons6262 Місяць тому +39

    Hey Mark, or/and any other dev/creator around here.
    If you need an Spanish (from Spain) male voice actor, 25 years old, contact me by replying to this comment.
    I don't have professional experience in the trade, but I always DM in Dungeons and Dragons games, and was the broadcaster for the school radio time ago.
    I would be delighted to work with you and help however I can!

    • @xedinhu
      @xedinhu Місяць тому +2

      boost (ignore me)

  • @LASlvdr21
    @LASlvdr21 Місяць тому +21

    I started watching mark when I was 13 years old. Now that I am in my Twenties and I am now having adult problems... Just hearing his voice brings me to a calm state.

  • @michaelmonstar4276
    @michaelmonstar4276 Місяць тому +2

    Every time the little "ping" goes off: "Ah, my airfryer is done!"

  • @fl0wet
    @fl0wet Місяць тому +14

    "This is flat head, so we're gonna Flat. Head."
    "I can spin my head allllll the way around"
    😂😂😂

  • @StevenJobsonVoiceActor
    @StevenJobsonVoiceActor Місяць тому +35

    100% I love voice acting in games like this! Super fun and cool :)

  • @ochmael3432
    @ochmael3432 Місяць тому +99

    Hey mark. I know you will probably never see this comment but I just wanted to thank you genuinely. I used to live in a really bad area with a lot of fun violence and addicts. My mother and father were going through a divorce at that time and I wasn’t sure what to do until I watched your first video on FNAF. It made me so happy to see someone play with so much energy and happiness. Your videos, whether I knew it or not at the time, kept me in happy during times I had really needed it. I was 8 when I watched your first video and I’m still watching today.
    Thank you, Mark. God bless you.

    • @Kale6196
      @Kale6196 Місяць тому +1

      I saw a post about your comment on Reddit and this is the most wholesome thing I’ve seen in a while

  • @Jubbano
    @Jubbano Місяць тому +3

    This is some high quality stuff. The talent this indie dev has is INSANE.

  • @Gabrilos505
    @Gabrilos505 Місяць тому +5

    27:24
    Man I laughed a lot. Had to replay it a dozen times

  • @shardinhand1243
    @shardinhand1243 Місяць тому +16

    the autmosphear and, lighting the sound the music and monster design and animation are all incredable, like a perfect nightmare, the dev should be proud watching this made me releave some of my most memoriable nightmares like when i was trapped in a dark field of courpses, or stuck in a sewar system on a platform over a rushing water way with only a ladder made of razors to try and escape. or when i was butchered alive by clowns. yeah i have a lot of f ucke d up dreams dont worry about it, i dont dream anymore, its much better.

  • @feistykitten3195
    @feistykitten3195 Місяць тому +91

    Only Mark can bring out a pure rage in me 😂😂 Im over here screaming at my phone "TRAAAANSFEEEER!!!"

    • @NAT20Ashes
      @NAT20Ashes Місяць тому +7

      Oh good I’m not stupid 😂😂 I’ve been wondering why he stopped transferring and this is my first markiplier video lol

    • @Bloodsong13T
      @Bloodsong13T 26 днів тому

      YES! omg....

  • @mementomori0908
    @mementomori0908 Місяць тому +1

    This is the most interesting yet completely confusing game I've seen in a while. I have so many questions that aren't getting answered

  • @yarrow1113
    @yarrow1113 3 дні тому

    Anyone else wanna see Mark do a play through of Still Wakes the Deep? I think he’d love that game, especially since he brought up the professional voice acting

  • @xyz12259
    @xyz12259 Місяць тому +8

    there's a full ending once you get all the tapes by gambling enough

  • @yummeewhy8324
    @yummeewhy8324 Місяць тому +15

    This reminds me of a program we used in school that was kinda like how this game plays, answer a question correctly among multiple choices to proceed but if you fail you have to complete two makeup answers in order to continue making “points”. It was very infuriating lmaoo

  • @brain_drops
    @brain_drops Місяць тому +1

    Theres a fun difference between what humans consider random and true statisitical random.
    True random has points that cluster up and deviate all the time. Where as our human perception of random a lot more ordered than we'd like to think.

  • @CrowbirdCannon
    @CrowbirdCannon Місяць тому +1

    There are thousands upon thousands of hungry voice actors like myself who would gladly jump at the opportunity to work on a project like this. Like Mark said, there's an endless amount of VA's out there who would work for a nominal fee or maybe even free, and would happily help work on the audio effects needed to bring the project to life.

  • @marylouiz7820
    @marylouiz7820 Місяць тому +17

    This is what distractible felt like when mark started introducing the random chance wins like the coin flip and the wheel, even if it was enjoyable it was also bullshit. Great game.

  • @thatone3dartist
    @thatone3dartist Місяць тому +18

    POV: Mark experiences a fraction of Bob's Wheel of Fate misfortunes

  • @SynthiaNominae
    @SynthiaNominae Місяць тому +3

    14:06 ....Darkiplier?

  • @RelativelyBest
    @RelativelyBest 16 днів тому +1

    This is actually kinda fascinating and I'd live to see more.