Hey! I’m the developer! Thank ya so much for playing, recording, editing, and posting this! That’s a hella lot of work and I seriously appreciate it. A few points: 1. Your voice is the audio equivalent of a warm weighted blanket. Goddamn it’s comforting. 2. The second race is on a mistake timer. You did too well! I never even made it to 7/8 so I assumed it’d be over pretty quickly/obvious you couldn’t succeed. The fact you did equally as well as the first race is crazy cool. 3. The soundtrack is mostly by me - the game song is entirely by me and the menu song is a premade loop (the fact someone in the comments not only recognized it but also knew exactly where it was from is insanely impressive) all the other sounds are either recorded by me or manipulated free sounds I found online. 4. The full game (or I should say, final game) is essentially the same length (probably like 10 min longer) but the latter half is almost entirely different. I don’t love how it ends here and I feel like it loses steam a bit. I’d absolutely love to hear your thoughts on it - so I’m more than happy to send ya a copy when I finish. 5. I’m a big fan of lists and I felt like 5 was a solid number to end on. But seriously dude- thank ya for playing. I poured my heart into this and expected like, at most, 10 people to know of its existence. So this is blowing my mind. You’re a treasure, and if you ever record an audiobook, ima be your first goddamn customer.
hey man! really dug this game. do you have anywhere you post updates or anything? would love to stay informed on this!! (and possibly other game endeavours, if there's others)
this game had amazing horror vibes especially for how long it was just the right moments to put it in along with it not being obviously in your face ab9ut it really brought back a nostalgic horror vibe for me the voice of henry was amazingly well done the music i don't really need to say much more about really because its been said already by others it did lose a little steam nearing the end but the rest was just fantastic and i really loved the interaction with the mailman it was hilarious
This is an awesome game, you did a great job on this! It's intriguing, spooky without relying on cheap jumpscares, a great balance of comedy and horror, excellent voice acting, and of course a banger of a soundtrack. The game gives you just enough to piece together what is going on, yet leaves you wanting more. Fantastic work!
Had to jump in, the pause menu music is a preset on the software instrument, CMI V by Arturia, based on the Fairlight CMI. The preset is called "Come on and Dance" and is more a homage to the music of Art of Noise. It also loops seemlessly so a 10 hour version is 100% possible
Seeing Manly pause the game and saying "YEAH" while listening to the music every so often is soothing to the soul. Really wholesome and surprising considering Manly has no soul
I like the energy of this protagonist. A creepy monster is standing in front of him, *clearly* wearing someone else's face, *obviously* so to the point where no one would be deceived. And then when it starts saying really cryptic shit, the protagonist's response is "sorry, I have to beat this game." I'm pretty sure the game is part of it all, but still the idea of telling some nightmare creature "not now, I want to play my video game" and then just walking away is pretty amusing.
It's the little things in horror games that I like. The messages sound totally normal at first, but Bob heard you having a loud conversation the night before when you only watched tv and went to bed, and Henry keeps compulsively eating apples even though he eats them "because he's bored" and then later both of them start showing more obvious signs of being infected. I hate it when they just go straight to someone staring at nothing and then lunging at people or some other cliche.
As a man who smashes my head on other people's doors, Manly is right: don't open them, it's not like I'm knocking, it's just my morning-noon-afternoon-evening-night routine ☺️
Ikr!? I was smashing my head on a door and someone opens it and I accidentally head butted them and then they got mad at ME when they were the one that opened the door!
On about the 6th time he looked through the peephole, a giant eyeball spanned my screen. Turned out to just be an ad for a vision doctor, which happened at perfect timing.
It just occurred to me at the end of the video- the reason why the protag gets infected is probably related to the game, but I can guess from the clues that the console itself may have contained the parasites, and with it some salt water (and possibly other plankton or substances) to keep them alive for the spread to continue- but only enough to keep them alive for a certain time, hence the letter telling you the game won't be available unless you play it within 24 hours.
yeah, the fact the console is stated to smell like the sea and how the inside of the box was coated by a chalky substance (most likely the salt from the dried seawater) made me think that too
Cool character/monster designs in this one. Bob’s transformation actually unsettled me. They did the “hollow eyes and gaping mouth” trope in a unique way. Like I could actually see how that used to be Bob
I have to say, I think the "hold F to close your eyes" is really cool. I think the idea is that you "see" using touch and sound while your eyes are closed.
I don't think that's it, because what he missed by clicking away too fast was that the rest of the "F to see" message said "Click to see farther". I think the 'eye-less sight' thing was supposed to be a sign that the character was infected by whatever this octopus virus thing was, and was no longer strictly human.
This! I don't see anyone mentioning it so maybe it didn't click, but I think the proximity of the "sight" felt like it was approximately arm's length, which made it connect with my sense of touch almost uncomfortably as I watched. Really really cool idea.
@@nisenazo Again though, even if it is by touch, that means that the character is no longer strictly human, because Manly glazed over/clicked through too fast to see that in the same message as it told you to press F to see, it also told you to click to see farther, meaning that if the baseline 'sight' radius in that mode is arms-length, then you have some freakishly-long arms at that point, or at least can stretch them.
@@MCOmegaX123 While I understand that the addtional text can suggest a more supernatural feat, it's also possible that the extended vision is having multiple senses working together. For example, if you were to close your eyes and hold your hand to a random part of a concrete wall and then moved your hand around, you would still have a sense of where the wall is from your posision and its size. If you do the same to a drywall, you can feel when you're getting close to a corner due to temperature changes. I think the overall point though is that the text ingame can suggest both readings.
Daamn the pause menu music is a feature I forgot about. I feel like more modern games don't make jams for their pause menu like this one, and even less be making chiptune type beats. This is a pretty cool game.
It's weird considering how golden eye's sick pause tune became such a meme and yet I have not seen another attempt at something like this in any new game
_MBH's "Yeah!" was perfect everytime_ I enjoyed this. I felt it balanced situational horror and humor well. The voice acting, particularly for the last phone messages, was really excellent. It's the small tragedies like that can bolster a great story. I wanted more weirdness with the peephole somehow, but liked the guy on the ceiling. That's always freaky. Look forward to the full game.
Eatin' apples and listenin' to jams. (Also yes there was a silhouette) I find the idea of a man walking to a power breaker during an apocalypse scenario so he can play his video games pretty funny.
Man, I did not expect this one to get me but it really did. The blurriness of the isolation leading to getting lost in dreams as rationale, losing track and fixating on something that's clearly not the right answer but rather your only real option. It started goofy, lighthearted, the tension and horror was hidden in the environment and then it sucker punched you hard with a cruel kind of psychological horror, not jumps. Excellent stuff.
Well dang this was one boppin' horror game. The sheer levels of sass in the dialogue from our MC combined with the absolutely JAMMIN' music was a transcendsnt experience
"Sir, this is not a concert, there will be no such headbanging on my window at this time of night" Honestly though I imagine Manly seeing this happen by his window and just saying in a stern but simple "No"
I get songs stuck in my head really easily, like the pause music- it was on loop in my brain from the very first time it played. Stopping so often for that music and jamming out was exactly what my brain needed, and it genuinely upgraded the video experience
Have u played/watched a playthrough of Deadly Premonition? If yes, u should now have "that tune" playing in your head for the next weeks. If no, go watch it, that tune is worth having in your head. Its like a must-have for lovers of weird games.
I really like this game the vibe was so uncanny but so real kinda like a dream but you arent sure if you're actually dreaming! I cant wait for this to get updated
You know I like this game, it’s like one of those games that’s innocent looking but disturbing taken in a direction that isn’t “uwu cutesy”. Not that it’s a bad thing it’s just nice to see something so different you forget it’s not a normal game until the weirder stuff happens.
I'll also need to add that, the horror games that look like cute and innocent just aren't that scary anymore? Like you kind of expect the twists nowadays with how much it's been done. Even more so legally they have to say it's a horror or put warnings in place for people.
@@JayFaychAych to be cute you don't have to have a soul. just like the hidden collection of human fleshes that i have in my basement. I mean they got no soul; but they're still pretty annoying. not that manly is annoying. I'd say his existence is cute.
All I hear is “GOTTA GO FAST! GOTTA GO FASTER, FASTER, FASTER!” playing in my head when watching the racing bits. Yes there is a person in the background when your character is trying to beat the high score
My question for everyone is: Is Future Racer 2000 a good thing for the protag, or a bad thing? (Or possibly a trade off?) It might very well be eldritch/evil in nature (due to the shape/design of the console), but could it actually be what's keeping the protag sane? (Or as sane as they can be anyway.) After all, the census probably sent the protag the video game (due to the protag's answer of wanting a video game). If the game is bad/evil, then that would mean either the census is evil (in this game) or the eldritch beings might have overheard the conversation and sent it with the pretense of being from the census. (But then again, they're the "Census Business", so not even from the government, it seems?) Bonus thing to consider: Did Henri play the game? He said he was going to, but... did he? He never told the protag what he thinks about the game (hence possible that he didn't even play it). And even if Henri did play it, he would be playing it much later than the protag, yet he seems to be in deeper trouble... (And there's a curious encouragement to play it within 24 hours, due to the game not being available unless you do so.) But it's just some food for thought. It's probably evil with how that thing looks... but I can't believe that thing is the one spreading the epidemic. While the "census" could have asked and sent everyone a similar item using the same method, that seems awfully inefficient at spreading the epidemic. So whatever the game console does, is probably different from the epidemic itself. (Though then again, maybe the "census" is just doing this to pick off those who got away from the infection. )
I think the painted packaging of the box might be spreading the virus. That way, no matter what option you picked from the Census, you would still get infected
im sure that because of the messed up voice of both the "census business" and bob after late infection, the octopi probably took over enough people to orgonise all this, all they needed was to have one epicenter taken over, say a whole apartment, before causing the spread. if you read the yellow signs you can tell who is and is not infected and a bit more about it too, i think its less eldritch and more intelligent zombie hive mind also cute derg
Someone else has said this, but it is notable that the console smells like ocean water, even though that's something you don't really want in an electrical device. We're never told the size of the marionette octopus, but for it to be able to forcefully enter the brain without causing enough damage to impair bodily functions suggests that it's quite small. It's possible that the console was holding water and perhaps a bit of food for the octopus inside, just enough to last until it found a host. The encouragement to play the game within 24 hours is likely because the octopus within was at the end of its rope/getting desperate. Of course, the exact nature of the octopi itself is up in the air. There's nothing explicitly supernatural about the disease itself, but the way the game acts (mainly the opening cutscene and the humanoid figure in the background of the levels) suggests that there's something more to the octopus that just being an intelligent parasite.
@@everlastingdragon4520 Octopus? And I thought I was paying attention to the game... I guess I'll have to pay more attention next time Manly plays the full game.
@@everlastingdragon4520 I don't think the 24-hour limit has anything to do with desperation. It feels more like there is just a limit on how long the disease can be outside of a host (24h is pretty short, but not that absurd). The ploy feels very elaborate for it being out of desperation. The existence of and/or the console itself also feels vaguely supernatural, especially how hard it would be to manufacture (how much of the world has fallen to the disease?), but that is probably overthinking things.
Also I like that it's vague but probable that the protag is also infected, like the weird grasp on reality and understated responses and the very question video game setup deal.
FINALLY JESUS, man you’ve made my day like I had such a horrible day- kinda scary to, but man you always lighten up my mood, and I love seeing you play these games man thanks
Hugs for you 🫂🫂🫂😊☺🥰✨💖✨💖✨ I hope you feel better soon ♡♡♡ maybe have a nice hot bath or shower, get into some clean jammies and watch videos that'll lift your spirits ^-^ (I suggest rain frog "potato fairy" videos. Rain frogs are SO CUTE!) 8 bit Ryan is good for high energy, gt live for the happy vibes, manly for calm commentary, daz black for laughter ♡♡♡ just be kind to yourself and do something that makes you happy, or even just feel happy on the inside. Better days are coming, friend. 🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🌈🎀💖🧸🍕🖥
This was genuinely scary. It just had that uncanny vibe. Everything was ok one day and then suddenly it wasn't. I absolutely love Henry though, poor man's eating the world's entire stock of apples out of sheer boredom. I also really love the snail racing bit, kinda jack stauder/andy land etc vibe. The fact that Bob had the main character in a vulnerable easy to kill situation and choosing to not is also creeper then the generic infected zombie stuff. The infected know that no matter what the main character does, they are already one of them.
20:00 to 26:00 is some of the spookiest stuff I've seen in a game in a long time. Absolutely love it. (Only improvement I'd like to see in that section is just having the subtitles for the voicemails come up sentence by sentence as they're being said instead of all at once.)
I enjoyed the game play but I think my favorite parts out of the while thing was when Manly bopping to the pause menu music. 😂 Also the weird show give me Salad Fingers vibes.
Man, that pause screen music didn't need to be that good but I am happy it is. Legit excellent. The game is also good, some nice creepy moments and strong voice acting.
The most funny part is the postman. The Marionette Octopus left delivery people alone. There's some angry postman stomping round in full protective gear. Like he's in Death Stranding. Dodging zombies. And he isn't one of them. Because he threatened to punt the console. He's just there. Delivering.
I didn't know you were a fan of Aqua Teen! :D I think the episode you were thinking of is the Moon Master episode, where the mooninites use a video game to recruit people into a pyramid scheme lol
Tbh, if I dont manage to get a house of my own or kids, gf etc ... this apartment is perfect to me. Simple, exactly what I'd need (ideally it'll be local to everything I need to shops, work, gym, entertainment stuff). Had to comment, its been on my mind since I watched this video a week ago or so.
I can't tell if the virus is a red herring and the Cthulu console is what's causing that, or it's the other way around. I hate how cinematic the camera movement is, and the way Manly slowly turns around in the basement every time, like he's expecting something, doesn't help either lol; gets me anxious. Henry's dialogue sounds like something Manly would say.
There was a band in the early 90’s/late 80’s called ‘The Men’. Had one radio hit that I remember called “Church of Logic, Sin and Love”. Worth a listen I guess
I can't think of any games off the top of my head right now that had great voice acting but this one, in my opinion, has amazing voice acting. Especially the protag's friend, Henry. You could tell when his voiced switched from boredom to kinda sad. His voice sounded more sad to me than scared or in panic, like he accepted his fate. Or whatever he was turning into was slowly taking his humanity... Hmm either way, great voice acting, good game. Deff enjoyed the playthrough 😊
One thing I think is cool is how the pause screen music is the same as the games (in game)'s ost. Could be a neat little clue that already the game's (and whatever parasites the "strange chalky ocean smellin" console are influencing the protagonist
Korean baking videos do it for me! Just watching someone bake so cleanly, no commentary except subtitles, the gentle sounds. Perfection. I only get about 2 to 4 hours a night, but those videos definitely help turn off the zoomy sponge thing in my head ☺
I love games that feel like someone had fun with making them. Like there's passion there and clearly effort but also just small details that they didn't need to add that make you really appreciate it
Big fan manly, thanks for this amazing content! Been watching for a year or two(can't remember), please keep up this amazing content and have a good day
The music sound tracks and the rain in the background were so nice it rock me to sleep. Now I'm awake and ready for a rewatch lol. The game has potential.
That was the most badass Pause button i've ever seen! he could have just kept the game paused the whole time and i would have been perfectly fine with that, it should be mandatory for all games to include that sweet beat during the Pause screen.
That like 3 second clip I got of 'blindsight' while not-really-paying-attention around 24:20 had probably the best god-damn representation I've ever seen of how things 'look' in my head while in the dark *in an unfamiliar place* as someone with hearing loss. I can see for the most part, but sensing the walls a literal millisecond before you'd 'see' the foreground without sight is 👌.
When it comes to anything with a rhythm, slower modes are always more difficult. Like ridiculously harder, because usually the "easier" modes have no rhythm to them and just have you fixated on the button prompts and when to do them rather than just going with the flow. Elite Beat Agents/OSU! on easier difficulties is impossible, absolutely impossible after getting good at Hard/Expert.
Welcome to the GOING FAST Club how GOING FAST are ya?
gotta go fast!
gotta go fast!
gotta go faster, faster, faster faster
sonic x!
I AM SPEED
VERY FAST
I’m GOING FAST, how GOING FAST are you?
Pretty fast
I like how careless the protagonist is- he sees Bob's deformed self and just says "You look like shit."
you look like shit, bob! now move i need to beat my highscore 🙄
I mean- he's not wrong
Hey! I’m the developer! Thank ya so much for playing, recording, editing, and posting this! That’s a hella lot of work and I seriously appreciate it.
A few points:
1. Your voice is the audio equivalent of a warm weighted blanket. Goddamn it’s comforting.
2. The second race is on a mistake timer. You did too well! I never even made it to 7/8 so I assumed it’d be over pretty quickly/obvious you couldn’t succeed. The fact you did equally as well as the first race is crazy cool.
3. The soundtrack is mostly by me - the game song is entirely by me and the menu song is a premade loop (the fact someone in the comments not only recognized it but also knew exactly where it was from is insanely impressive) all the other sounds are either recorded by me or manipulated free sounds I found online.
4. The full game (or I should say, final game) is essentially the same length (probably like 10 min longer) but the latter half is almost entirely different. I don’t love how it ends here and I feel like it loses steam a bit. I’d absolutely love to hear your thoughts on it - so I’m more than happy to send ya a copy when I finish.
5. I’m a big fan of lists and I felt like 5 was a solid number to end on.
But seriously dude- thank ya for playing. I poured my heart into this and expected like, at most, 10 people to know of its existence. So this is blowing my mind. You’re a treasure, and if you ever record an audiobook, ima be your first goddamn customer.
Mate, I absolutely loved the soundtrack and all the musical visuals! Absolutely well done with the creative direction and ideation
I love you Tim (I love henry too)
hey man! really dug this game. do you have anywhere you post updates or anything? would love to stay informed on this!! (and possibly other game endeavours, if there's others)
this game had amazing horror vibes
especially for how long it was
just the right moments to put it in along with it not being obviously in your face ab9ut it
really brought back a nostalgic horror vibe for me
the voice of henry was amazingly well done
the music i don't really need to say much more about really because its been said already by others
it did lose a little steam nearing the end but the rest was just fantastic and i really loved the interaction with the mailman it was hilarious
This is an awesome game, you did a great job on this! It's intriguing, spooky without relying on cheap jumpscares, a great balance of comedy and horror, excellent voice acting, and of course a banger of a soundtrack. The game gives you just enough to piece together what is going on, yet leaves you wanting more. Fantastic work!
Voice acting is very solid. Really felt bad for henry despite not seeing him.
Poor guy had to eat all those apples 😔
no one deserves to eat apples like that :(
Guess he was just trying to keep the doctor away.😅😢
Me when there is a horror game character named Henry (it is oddly common)
He can't eat all those f**king apples...
Had to jump in, the pause menu music is a preset on the software instrument, CMI V by Arturia, based on the Fairlight CMI.
The preset is called "Come on and Dance" and is more a homage to the music of Art of Noise.
It also loops seemlessly so a 10 hour version is 100% possible
YIPPEEEEE
This should be the best comment on here.
This comment should be pinned
i love you. where do i find them tho.
♪┌|∵|┘♪〜(꒪꒳꒪)〜♪ヽ(･ˇ∀ˇ･ゞ)
Seeing Manly pause the game and saying "YEAH" while listening to the music every so often is soothing to the soul. Really wholesome and surprising considering Manly has no soul
It's not wholesome, cause Manly has no soul 😀
Felt the same. And that sweet beat too.
Manly has a soul it's just empty. Like the trashcan.
YEAH!
I couldn't reply cuz I was watching on switch but, I didnt not expect the manly has no soul LOL
I like the energy of this protagonist. A creepy monster is standing in front of him, *clearly* wearing someone else's face, *obviously* so to the point where no one would be deceived. And then when it starts saying really cryptic shit, the protagonist's response is "sorry, I have to beat this game." I'm pretty sure the game is part of it all, but still the idea of telling some nightmare creature "not now, I want to play my video game" and then just walking away is pretty amusing.
Gamers can definitely relate. If you got a good game you got priorities. Nobody has time for nightmare monsters
i have to play gam
When you have monster drink running through your veins and internal body system, a disturbing deformed monster is the least of your worries.
Jeenine moment
“Dude I can’t die yet, come kill me after I beat my high scote
It's the little things in horror games that I like. The messages sound totally normal at first, but Bob heard you having a loud conversation the night before when you only watched tv and went to bed, and Henry keeps compulsively eating apples even though he eats them "because he's bored" and then later both of them start showing more obvious signs of being infected. I hate it when they just go straight to someone staring at nothing and then lunging at people or some other cliche.
Yeah I was impressed how scary this game was without anything actually chasing you or anything
Well shit, maybe i'm infected too, i get so bored i eat things i hate just out of boredom sometimes.
@@Dice-ZI was doing so while watching. I didn't care for the food, but hey, it's smt to put in my mouth
I can give you something to-
how is henry eating apples a sign of infection?
As a man who smashes my head on other people's doors, Manly is right: don't open them, it's not like I'm knocking, it's just my morning-noon-afternoon-evening-night routine ☺️
Oh my!
Do you happen to know a guy by the name “salad fingers”? 🤨
It's hard not to headbang with those slick beats amirite
Makes sense 😀👍
Ikr!? I was smashing my head on a door and someone opens it and I accidentally head butted them and then they got mad at ME when they were the one that opened the door!
On about the 6th time he looked through the peephole, a giant eyeball spanned my screen. Turned out to just be an ad for a vision doctor, which happened at perfect timing.
THAT IS A AMAZING XDD
The one time I would want an ad, that's amazing lol
Dude i got the Same ad it was a Mini jumpscare
@@Drumstyck lololol
@@Drumstyck luckyyyy
the apple scene has no business being this funny in a horror game
"I'm eating fruit, you know I hate fruit"
Peak dialogue
@@Fanrose2475it's one of the sings he's infected, he's doing something he would never do
It just occurred to me at the end of the video- the reason why the protag gets infected is probably related to the game, but I can guess from the clues that the console itself may have contained the parasites, and with it some salt water (and possibly other plankton or substances) to keep them alive for the spread to continue- but only enough to keep them alive for a certain time, hence the letter telling you the game won't be available unless you play it within 24 hours.
yeah, the fact the console is stated to smell like the sea and how the inside of the box was coated by a chalky substance (most likely the salt from the dried seawater) made me think that too
Cool character/monster designs in this one. Bob’s transformation actually unsettled me. They did the “hollow eyes and gaping mouth” trope in a unique way. Like I could actually see how that used to be Bob
its not bob its wearing his face like henrys mom wasnt his mom it was something with her face
I have to say, I think the "hold F to close your eyes" is really cool. I think the idea is that you "see" using touch and sound while your eyes are closed.
I don't think that's it, because what he missed by clicking away too fast was that the rest of the "F to see" message said "Click to see farther". I think the 'eye-less sight' thing was supposed to be a sign that the character was infected by whatever this octopus virus thing was, and was no longer strictly human.
This! I don't see anyone mentioning it so maybe it didn't click, but I think the proximity of the "sight" felt like it was approximately arm's length, which made it connect with my sense of touch almost uncomfortably as I watched. Really really cool idea.
@@nisenazo Again though, even if it is by touch, that means that the character is no longer strictly human, because Manly glazed over/clicked through too fast to see that in the same message as it told you to press F to see, it also told you to click to see farther, meaning that if the baseline 'sight' radius in that mode is arms-length, then you have some freakishly-long arms at that point, or at least can stretch them.
@@MCOmegaX123
While I understand that the addtional text can suggest a more supernatural feat, it's also possible that the extended vision is having multiple senses working together.
For example, if you were to close your eyes and hold your hand to a random part of a concrete wall and then moved your hand around, you would still have a sense of where the wall is from your posision and its size.
If you do the same to a drywall, you can feel when you're getting close to a corner due to temperature changes.
I think the overall point though is that the text ingame can suggest both readings.
@@MCOmegaX123 agree
Manly pausing every so often makes this video ten times better :D
So true
"YEA"
YEAH
Annoying
Yea
Daamn the pause menu music is a feature I forgot about. I feel like more modern games don't make jams for their pause menu like this one, and even less be making chiptune type beats. This is a pretty cool game.
It's weird considering how golden eye's sick pause tune became such a meme and yet I have not seen another attempt at something like this in any new game
Hopefully you are a woman
The best I've heard recently was in Atomic Heart they put a stellar "Bassa Nova" type song in the weapon crafting menu.
@@perrycoffey5410what 😭
So insightful
Manly will be on his deathbed, about to pass on, and be like
"Hold one just one sec" *Pause* "....YEAH!"
The music in this game had no business being so danceable.
Lol facts 😂🎉
The pause music made me want to bust a move
I started bobbing my head a this music. Cool
I love the balance between jokey non-serious parts and the serious implications and messages this game had
What implications and messages did you get from it?
_MBH's "Yeah!" was perfect everytime_
I enjoyed this. I felt it balanced situational horror and humor well. The voice acting, particularly for the last phone messages, was really excellent. It's the small tragedies like that can bolster a great story. I wanted more weirdness with the peephole somehow, but liked the guy on the ceiling. That's always freaky. Look forward to the full game.
You really do comment on every manly video
@@lonelyloser9376 Yep, pretty much. For many years. Hi~!
@@NaturalFlirtGamer iirc you're also a Manly mod. ;P
@@NotExactlySans Also yep, for many years now. Hi~!
@@NaturalFlirtGamer I admire the dedication honestly
Eatin' apples and listenin' to jams. (Also yes there was a silhouette) I find the idea of a man walking to a power breaker during an apocalypse scenario so he can play his video games pretty funny.
Man, I did not expect this one to get me but it really did. The blurriness of the isolation leading to getting lost in dreams as rationale, losing track and fixating on something that's clearly not the right answer but rather your only real option. It started goofy, lighthearted, the tension and horror was hidden in the environment and then it sucker punched you hard with a cruel kind of psychological horror, not jumps.
Excellent stuff.
Damn, an entire game came with the soundtrack? Very epic.
"Yeah!" is my favorite new addition to the Manly lingo.
A nice little touch but all the other room doors disappear around the 30 minute mark.
In the words of Manly, "Yeah!"
I want every game to have casual but bumpin' pause music like thhis one, even if it ruins the tension
Lol it’s a bop
this game is way too f*cked up anyways
a worthy sacrifice!
I liked the part where he paused and said... "YEAH!"
Haha 😂
"It's pausing time!"
Well dang this was one boppin' horror game. The sheer levels of sass in the dialogue from our MC combined with the absolutely JAMMIN' music was a transcendsnt experience
"Sir, this is not a concert, there will be no such headbanging on my window at this time of night"
Honestly though I imagine Manly seeing this happen by his window and just saying in a stern but simple "No"
I get songs stuck in my head really easily, like the pause music- it was on loop in my brain from the very first time it played. Stopping so often for that music and jamming out was exactly what my brain needed, and it genuinely upgraded the video experience
Have u played/watched a playthrough of Deadly Premonition? If yes, u should now have "that tune" playing in your head for the next weeks. If no, go watch it, that tune is worth having in your head. Its like a must-have for lovers of weird games.
@@illyria7756 I'll check it out, thanks for the suggestion!
We need a 10 hours version of that pause menu
Yeah!
i am disappointed to see no link upon opening the replies section
@@apenasumpanzerkampfwagenvi2492 Considering UA-cam hates it when normal people use links, yeah I'm not surprised there are no links.
Dude the eyeball when he sleeps for the first time just made my dog start barking and growling at the screen. 😂
im not the only one whos dance everytime that Manly pauses the game right? right?
I danced every time Manly paused the game
bro.
@@ManlyBadassHero no way I also danced when manly paused the game
@@JayFaychAych Really? Same!
@@ManlyBadassHero Whoa, Manly loved your comment!! What an honor, I wish I could get a love from Manly 😔
I really like this game the vibe was so uncanny but so real kinda like a dream but you arent sure if you're actually dreaming! I cant wait for this to get updated
I bet the player character didn't get infected because it's in the water and he never washes himself and only drinks coke.
Manly seems so animated this video. Much more lively than usual. 😅
The pause music gets to him
its the funky pause music
Manly posting is literally the highlight of my day
You mean the "lamp"light of your night wink
Did anyone else notice the neighbors' doors disappeared when you enter the apartment one last time?
I'm over here trying to sleep and Bob's crawling around on the damn ceiling in the middle of the night. What an asshole.
Henry eating apple is now the funniest thing in any horror game ever.
Neat game and story. Magic zombie infection/disease that might spread through video games, a thing many people do during quarantine. Very nice.
You know I like this game, it’s like one of those games that’s innocent looking but disturbing taken in a direction that isn’t “uwu cutesy”. Not that it’s a bad thing it’s just nice to see something so different you forget it’s not a normal game until the weirder stuff happens.
I'll also need to add that, the horror games that look like cute and innocent just aren't that scary anymore? Like you kind of expect the twists nowadays with how much it's been done.
Even more so legally they have to say it's a horror or put warnings in place for people.
Is it just me or manly has been sounding hapoier in his recent videos lately. Good for u manly :). U deserve all the happiness life has to offer
Man manly is such a premium youtuber compared to those that have 3 million views horror videos all they do is scream manly's videos have a soul.
But Manly doesn’t have a soul🤔
@@supremedream-dg1dp He does it’s just empty
@@mothgirl0512 just like that trashcan 😔
No need to compare each is good in their own way
@@rxm1109 That’s right. Society is competitive enough as it is ❤
pov: your friend is going to die:
friend: *sends voice message*
welp there's only one thing to do now...
*plays pause screen music*
the "YEAH" everytime manly pauses the game is so cute
wdym "cute"?
@@JayFaychAychwdym ""cute""?
@@siegwardinspirit manly isnt cute, he doesnt even have a soul
@@JayFaychAych He has a soul, it's just empty, like a trashcan.
@@JayFaychAych to be cute you don't have to have a soul. just like the hidden collection of human fleshes that i have in my basement. I mean they got no soul; but they're still pretty annoying. not that manly is annoying. I'd say his existence is cute.
All I hear is “GOTTA GO FAST! GOTTA GO FASTER, FASTER, FASTER!” playing in my head when watching the racing bits.
Yes there is a person in the background when your character is trying to beat the high score
Henry saying "Thanks for being such a good friend" got caught in my throat.
Damn emotions.
This was a good one! Actually had a creepy vibe to it. Clearly the best video game channel out there, well done sir
My question for everyone is: Is Future Racer 2000 a good thing for the protag, or a bad thing? (Or possibly a trade off?) It might very well be eldritch/evil in nature (due to the shape/design of the console), but could it actually be what's keeping the protag sane? (Or as sane as they can be anyway.) After all, the census probably sent the protag the video game (due to the protag's answer of wanting a video game). If the game is bad/evil, then that would mean either the census is evil (in this game) or the eldritch beings might have overheard the conversation and sent it with the pretense of being from the census. (But then again, they're the "Census Business", so not even from the government, it seems?)
Bonus thing to consider: Did Henri play the game? He said he was going to, but... did he? He never told the protag what he thinks about the game (hence possible that he didn't even play it). And even if Henri did play it, he would be playing it much later than the protag, yet he seems to be in deeper trouble... (And there's a curious encouragement to play it within 24 hours, due to the game not being available unless you do so.)
But it's just some food for thought. It's probably evil with how that thing looks... but I can't believe that thing is the one spreading the epidemic. While the "census" could have asked and sent everyone a similar item using the same method, that seems awfully inefficient at spreading the epidemic. So whatever the game console does, is probably different from the epidemic itself. (Though then again, maybe the "census" is just doing this to pick off those who got away from the infection. )
I think the painted packaging of the box might be spreading the virus. That way, no matter what option you picked from the Census, you would still get infected
im sure that because of the messed up voice of both the "census business" and bob after late infection, the octopi probably took over enough people to orgonise all this, all they needed was to have one epicenter taken over, say a whole apartment, before causing the spread. if you read the yellow signs you can tell who is and is not infected and a bit more about it too, i think its less eldritch and more intelligent zombie hive mind
also cute derg
Someone else has said this, but it is notable that the console smells like ocean water, even though that's something you don't really want in an electrical device. We're never told the size of the marionette octopus, but for it to be able to forcefully enter the brain without causing enough damage to impair bodily functions suggests that it's quite small. It's possible that the console was holding water and perhaps a bit of food for the octopus inside, just enough to last until it found a host. The encouragement to play the game within 24 hours is likely because the octopus within was at the end of its rope/getting desperate.
Of course, the exact nature of the octopi itself is up in the air. There's nothing explicitly supernatural about the disease itself, but the way the game acts (mainly the opening cutscene and the humanoid figure in the background of the levels) suggests that there's something more to the octopus that just being an intelligent parasite.
@@everlastingdragon4520 Octopus? And I thought I was paying attention to the game... I guess I'll have to pay more attention next time Manly plays the full game.
@@everlastingdragon4520 I don't think the 24-hour limit has anything to do with desperation. It feels more like there is just a limit on how long the disease can be outside of a host (24h is pretty short, but not that absurd). The ploy feels very elaborate for it being out of desperation. The existence of and/or the console itself also feels vaguely supernatural, especially how hard it would be to manufacture (how much of the world has fallen to the disease?), but that is probably overthinking things.
Also I like that it's vague but probable that the protag is also infected, like the weird grasp on reality and understated responses and the very question video game setup deal.
That scared the SHIT out of me, thank you for pausing so much, the music calmed me down. 😅
FINALLY JESUS, man you’ve made my day like I had such a horrible day- kinda scary to, but man you always lighten up my mood, and I love seeing you play these games man thanks
I hope you’re ok and that life will be full of GREAT days for you ❤
Hugs for you 🫂🫂🫂😊☺🥰✨💖✨💖✨ I hope you feel better soon ♡♡♡ maybe have a nice hot bath or shower, get into some clean jammies and watch videos that'll lift your spirits ^-^ (I suggest rain frog "potato fairy" videos. Rain frogs are SO CUTE!) 8 bit Ryan is good for high energy, gt live for the happy vibes, manly for calm commentary, daz black for laughter ♡♡♡ just be kind to yourself and do something that makes you happy, or even just feel happy on the inside. Better days are coming, friend. 🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🌈🎀💖🧸🍕🖥
This was genuinely scary. It just had that uncanny vibe. Everything was ok one day and then suddenly it wasn't. I absolutely love Henry though, poor man's eating the world's entire stock of apples out of sheer boredom. I also really love the snail racing bit, kinda jack stauder/andy land etc vibe.
The fact that Bob had the main character in a vulnerable easy to kill situation and choosing to not is also creeper then the generic infected zombie stuff. The infected know that no matter what the main character does, they are already one of them.
The pause button is like an anxiety break for those who have high anxiety, along with the music....amazing score 👏🏿 👌🏿 🎶🎶
For anyone who cares the song is "Naprimer Yo" by Iner and can be found here on YT and probably other places too.
The fact this video contains both a God Hand line and an ATHF gets the official rank of Moon Master.
Yeah!
good to know manly is a fellow euro beat enjoyer. at 15:36 he sings heartbeat by nathalie.
20:00 to 26:00 is some of the spookiest stuff I've seen in a game in a long time. Absolutely love it.
(Only improvement I'd like to see in that section is just having the subtitles for the voicemails come up sentence by sentence as they're being said instead of all at once.)
Energetic Manly as he bops to the beat brings me life
I enjoyed the game play but I think my favorite parts out of the while thing was when Manly bopping to the pause menu music. 😂
Also the weird show give me Salad Fingers vibes.
I love how Manly always does exactly what I would do like when he keeps dancing to the music and pausing to hear it! 😂
Man, that pause screen music didn't need to be that good but I am happy it is. Legit excellent. The game is also good, some nice creepy moments and strong voice acting.
References to Initial D and ATHF in the same video? Now you're speakin' my language, Manly! Great video as always!
Alternative title: Manly is addicted to Battletoads Pause Theme
And ye, we'd all listen to it for hours on end lul
It might be immersion breaking, but i think every horror game should have a pause menu like this game
Was jumpscared by a Cayman Jack ad. As Manly was peering through the peephole. Best unintentional horror!
The most funny part is the postman. The Marionette Octopus left delivery people alone.
There's some angry postman stomping round in full protective gear. Like he's in Death Stranding.
Dodging zombies.
And he isn't one of them. Because he threatened to punt the console.
He's just there. Delivering.
Manly titles will never cease to be the most descriptive
this was one of my favorite games you've played recently, it was so creative and well done and had so much passion in it
I didn't know you were a fan of Aqua Teen! :D I think the episode you were thinking of is the Moon Master episode, where the mooninites use a video game to recruit people into a pyramid scheme lol
Tbh, if I dont manage to get a house of my own or kids, gf etc ... this apartment is perfect to me. Simple, exactly what I'd need (ideally it'll be local to everything I need to shops, work, gym, entertainment stuff). Had to comment, its been on my mind since I watched this video a week ago or so.
Your best friend just died, what do u do?
Manly: press pause button and dance babyyyyyyy XD
I can't tell if the virus is a red herring and the Cthulu console is what's causing that, or it's the other way around. I hate how cinematic the camera movement is, and the way Manly slowly turns around in the basement every time, like he's expecting something, doesn't help either lol; gets me anxious. Henry's dialogue sounds like something Manly would say.
If I ever form a band, we're just gonna be called "Men". Pretty much sums up how much effort I put into my day to day life.
There was a band in the early 90’s/late 80’s called ‘The Men’. Had one radio hit that I remember called “Church of Logic, Sin and Love”. Worth a listen I guess
🎵 Men men men men manly men men men🎵 is the only song you'll need!
I can't think of any games off the top of my head right now that had great voice acting but this one, in my opinion, has amazing voice acting. Especially the protag's friend, Henry. You could tell when his voiced switched from boredom to kinda sad. His voice sounded more sad to me than scared or in panic, like he accepted his fate. Or whatever he was turning into was slowly taking his humanity... Hmm either way, great voice acting, good game. Deff enjoyed the playthrough 😊
I knew there was something fishy about the statue. Cthulhu sure knows how to make a video game.
One thing I think is cool is how the pause screen music is the same as the games (in game)'s ost. Could be a neat little clue that already the game's (and whatever parasites the "strange chalky ocean smellin" console are influencing the protagonist
Another banger video from Manly, as per usual
i know manly probably won't see this but: your voice is really nice and it helps me sleep when my insomnia is bad
Korean baking videos do it for me! Just watching someone bake so cleanly, no commentary except subtitles, the gentle sounds. Perfection. I only get about 2 to 4 hours a night, but those videos definitely help turn off the zoomy sponge thing in my head ☺
I dont know why this game actually did spook me. Looking forward to see more from this cause damn I love the style
The ship paintings fits perfectly to this game. It also reminds me of "1408".
Imagine if you paused just before a jumpscare, that would be so funny with the pause theme
Let's go manly Is back to make our days better
This is so strange to say, but the surfaces in this game look amazing-that wall actually looked like a painted wall!
man they went all in on this game for how short it was
Ong
I love games that feel like someone had fun with making them. Like there's passion there and clearly effort but also just small details that they didn't need to add that make you really appreciate it
Manly waxing nostalgic interspaced with "YEAH!" were the highlights of this playthrough lol
Bob looking like something is very wrong
Sam: you broke my peephole!!
It’s nice to see his priorities were in order😂
Big fan manly, thanks for this amazing content! Been watching for a year or two(can't remember), please keep up this amazing content and have a good day
The music sound tracks and the rain in the background were so nice it rock me to sleep. Now I'm awake and ready for a rewatch lol. The game has potential.
Idk if Manly noticed it or not, but all the doors to the other apartments have vanished at 29:39
5:07 Heck yeah, I love it whenever I hear the Robocop GBA theme. It's a theme that really will never die out.
That was the most badass Pause button i've ever seen! he could have just kept the game paused the whole time and i would have been perfectly fine with that, it should be mandatory for all games to include that sweet beat during the Pause screen.
That like 3 second clip I got of 'blindsight' while not-really-paying-attention around 24:20 had probably the best god-damn representation I've ever seen of how things 'look' in my head while in the dark *in an unfamiliar place* as someone with hearing loss. I can see for the most part, but sensing the walls a literal millisecond before you'd 'see' the foreground without sight is 👌.
When it comes to anything with a rhythm, slower modes are always more difficult. Like ridiculously harder, because usually the "easier" modes have no rhythm to them and just have you fixated on the button prompts and when to do them rather than just going with the flow.
Elite Beat Agents/OSU! on easier difficulties is impossible, absolutely impossible after getting good at Hard/Expert.
I love Manly's YEAH! when he jams to the pause menu. Just hits my smile button❤
Yes, Manly. There was a person in the background when you played the game for the second time :)
I think I originally fell in love with watching these because of your jamming out to random good game music, keep it up
Oml i just love your voice- it has this amazing sound i could listen to all day 🫰
I absolutely love your videos 💞
this game is like it's from David Firth and i love that. for those of you who don't know. 2004 newgrounds, salad fingers and burnt face man