Disturbing Horror Game Where You Have Horrible Parents - Bad Parenting
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Bad Parenting is a horror game where a boy and his doll encounter a being called Mr.Redface who kidnaps his family.
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"Seeing red"
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✨Thank you for playing my game, and also to everyone who has left a review here. I'm glad that people actually like this game and look forward to the sequel. I'm currently in the development stage for story #2 and my goal is to release it by the end of this year. The plot will revolve around a completely new character and will have nothing to do with the old one! Stay tuned!
Thank you and great job for creating such a masterpiece! Wish you luck and success for the upcoming sequel and any future games! Keep it up!
very important question will we see a reappearance of the cat 👀
Love the style!! Can't wait to see what the plot is about for the next game!
Dude, this game was masterpiece. I literally can't think of words to say.
I REALLY LIKED THE PLOT TWIST IN THIS 😭.
Remember the eternal saying:
All children deserve parents, but not all parents deserve children.
Edit: How some of you guys don’t get that the point of the quote is that children should have parents that actually care for them and allow them to be kids is kind of criminal.
True 🔥🔥
And then there's the same sentence but it's when some children don't deserve their parents
After hearing about Disney offering Puberty Blockers to their employees with children I had to agree.
@@maleficentdunn5370 puberty blockers? What is that?
@@metagross6897a drug that blocks puberty. Burt ward almost lost his making children privilege taking them.
That one friend’s lore:
that one friend is me ngl
Lol real😂
Me.
FR LIKE I'M SO WORRIED ABOUT THEM 😭
As that friend, thanks for being our friend. I know it's kind of a burden but you really do help in ways you may not even understand and I guarantee we'll always remember you no matter how long it's been.
This game reminds me of Little Misfortune, how it follows the fantastical journey of a child learning to accept their own death, guided by some mystical and benevolent force
Interesting.
“I guess I was your little misfortune for a while” that got me crying man
It’s like little misfortune and coraline! I love it!
thanks for the game rec! i’m watching jacksepticeye play it now
@@slowedmusicchannel it’s one of my favorite games. I bet you’ll like it.
I find it just so sad about how confident the kid seems, even with all the abuse. A tough cookie. He didn't cry when his mom disappeared nor when he found his own body, just seemed disappointed about his mom and in shock when he realized he's dead.
Probably got desensitised
"Oh wait, i died? Dang."
I think what is scary about this game is how this situations happens all the time in real life. The end of the game is pretty sad tbh.
The end of the game is not sad...
The whole game is sad.
The ending makes it a little bit happier by the resolution of punishing the father with jail, and the son resting in peace and having friends that understand him.
As much as I hate to admit it, there have been real life cases where one of the parents will murder their children in cold blood as a final “f*** you” to their partner for wanting a divorce. One of the biggest examples that comes to mind is the infamous Worley family tragedy that went viral on Reddit.
As much as I hate to admit it, these kinds of tragedies do happen in real life, with one parent murdering their children in cold blood just to spite their partner. 😔
@@Cure_HanaThat would be a phyco,most of the times, it's because they cannot control their anger or are alcoholics.
@@alexanderthegreat-mx5zuthat one terrifying tyler perry movie comes to mind
No wonder the beer was broken from the start after eating. The doll tried to show the kid but was too innocent to understand.
And his job was to lead him back to the reality but he couldn't piece it all together at the time due to being so innocent. 😢😢😢😢😢😢
I think the most pitiful one here is the mom.
Bad husband, working like a slave, lost her child, suffer alone.
yeah… although I’d recognize whether the mother stayed or left the child would’ve suffered regardless. Her leaving caused the loss of her child, which to any (sane) parent, is a heart-wrenching tragedy. From personal experience, a mother would rather stay than put her children through worse than what COULD be.
Well, at least shes having an affair to vent off
yeah not the murdered kid, tired of you simps
@@lombardi4 I’d argue yeah, not the kid. He’s free of pain, in peace and has friends. His mom has to live with what happened.
Stop labeling any support for women as simping, so childish
@@lombardi4 You heard it here folks, having empathy for a character who’s going through something awful, who just so happens to be a woman, qualifies as simping
'Dad are you ok? You're in the untextured room'
XD
This should become a meme, it’s too good, I laughed for so long xD
@@honneybearr eh its unfunny. i cant see any humor, just a statement like that one unfunny "crazy? i was crazy once"
@@anapple6912you sound like a loser
Not so funny
This is just straight-up sad if you think about it. Children have high imaginations, and even if their parents are doing bad things to them, they still consider it as a good thing, showing just how messed up a child can be growing up with that kind of parent. They're too innocent for this world, yet those who grow up with this kind of parents are forced to see the reality of the world at such a young age.
So innocent , heartbreaking.
I like the detail that the form of teleportation for each kid is in the form that they were left dead, as can be seen here 13:11
They appear out of nowhere yet it makes sense, the kid in the car was either killed then stuffed into the trunk, or left to die inside of it, the second one was either burned alive or tossed into the fire to hide the evidence, and the third was killed then tossed into the grave or just buried alive. The reason I gave to possibilities for each one is that the main character was choked in the air, yet still teleports through closets. So it’s safe to assume that the form of travel isn’t based on where or how you were killed, but rather where your body was afterwards in an attempt to hide it. But man this game gave me hella creeps and kept me shivering almost the whole way through, even though I’m only watching a video about it.
I noticed there seemed to be what looked like blood marks all over the child that was burried. Could well be the babygrow or clothes the child was wearing but it made me instantly think the child may have been mutilated. The child in the trunk and the one we play as also has discloration in the skin so it also leads me to think the child in the trunk must have also asphyxiated but due to the low oxygen levels of being left in the back of the trunk. Really sad about neglect and abuse but was so well done. It's kinda messed up also to think that some of us may kind of relate to or see a resemblance in the character's childhood.
My guess about the child in the car is that they were a baby locked in a hot car. Then hidden in the trunk. Their skin is red. Kid on the fire may have been a child who died during a purposely set house fire. And child in the shallow grave was murdered and buried.
I think we will know how the other children are dead when the creator will make the sequell like he said the comment
i was thinking the same thing too bro
It makes sense, but that leaves me wondering what would happen if the kid's body got eaten by an animal, would they come out of the animal's mouth or what?
To every child who was born to parents who didn't deserve you - May you find peace in the beyond and be loved like you should have been.
:(
😢
Unfortunately there's more to it than that. Hard to be loved, and love back in a genuine manner when you have never been genuinely loved.
Every relationship, another facade.
"In the beyond"?, bitch how tf are they supposed to see that when theyre dead😭-/j
I want to hug them
23:19 no horror movie, no horror game, no horror novel, will ever bring me the terror, shock, and sadness I felt in this moment. Never has horror of any sort made me gag out of genuine shock before.
Seriously.
lol it was so predictable
You've never read Garth Marenghi, have you?
@@thehomunculi5824not for everyone
@@ananousouswhat's that
I actually teared up. He gave the "spell" and it gave a lead! To defeat Mr. Red Face!!! It was bittersweet tbh
the loose neck was a metaphor for his snapped neck 😭
"This is just a small flaw compared to the other dolls"
It implies that other kids had much more gruesome deaths.
@@Storm59-59 Wait, does this mean that the dad murdered the other kids in the same way, marrying a woman who has a kid or something, then murdering the kid and leaving. The dad is red face after all.
@@AstralAxolotl26 could be
@@AstralAxolotl26I think it's more of the fact that people like Ron's dad are everywhere.
Duh 🤷🏻♀️
This is so depressing. No child deserves such treatment from their parents.
I was abused as a kid so many times
@@WhiteSkinGirl21 ☹️🫂
@@WhiteSkinGirl21 I'm sorry you had to go through this. I hope you have time to heal 🫂♥︎
4:40 Hits harder after you’ve already seen the whole game. Even in death, a part of him still denies his father is a completely bad person. He writes them off as mistakes, like most children would think. Not to mention the fact that his neck getting snapped was the “least” awful thing that could’ve happened to him compared to the other children.
This game is so sad, but I’m glad there was at least justice served by the end of it.
BAWLING MY EYES OUT CHOKING WRITING THIS. nothing hurts more than seeing all of the children in this game so blissfully clueless and so innocent at heart. i was never abused so much but i have a very soft spot for kids who are mistreated while they're so young and childish. it's their formative years, the best they'll get in their life, you cannot do this to them, and it's why i'm CRYING LIKE A BABY RN
I empathize very well, I’m becoming a social worker in the future to help kids in trouble. It’s sad that I can’t help all of them but they still have rights to prosper in the future.
the ending shocked me af, now I knew why the kids had specific things with them and why they were there 😭
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what the flip…
26:04 The way he moves triggers a core memory I didn’t know I had. That’s just terrifying.
IKR
It seem like a Tim Burton movie, maybe that’s the reason.
@@Yu56-li6dpfor some reason, seeing uncanny animation like that in a different environment, even though Tim Burtons STM films aren’t that scary, really triggers a fight or flight reaction. That’s why the crooked man from the conjuring was so horrifying.
this really was a beautiful game. the way it depicts how children can process trauma and the common story that a lot of people in abusive families can relate to was so smart. to help draw the connections between a child's imaginative way of coping and the real world was so smartly done because it shows we can't discredit kids, even if their story sounds off. and to have the children sit and play and exist together at the end as a group of healed spirits was so heartwarming, especially because they were happy to wait for when ron was ready to move on.
oh my GOD okay the foreshadowing that we keep picking up is CRAZY. first of all the doll having a loose head representing his corpse, mr 'red face' representing the drunk father, the meds at the start that we don't take, the 'red face' sections where it's vaguely showing the results of his death, the spell card that was meant to defeat mr. redface being the motel buisness card (evidence BOMBSHELL), that scene where redface is beating up the doll literally just being the son's death again, the kids being others who were probably killed by their parents and are thrown into the loop too,,,WOW. WOw. its all just strung together so nicely and yes while i agree with the end where you say it's kind of a common topic for psychological horror its just done so well in a way where it DIFFERENT and i love it. id personally rate this a 9.5/10 only .5 off for lack of explanation for the kids at the end but overall AMAZING WOW GOLD TROPHY I AM ON MY KNEES PRAISING WHOEVER MADE THIS
The kid in the ground was buried to hide the body after being killed
the baby in the trunk was left to die there or killed and was hidden there
and Ron, who's in a closet at the end, was, well, had his body hidden in the closet
@@Rahimahah that definitely makes sense!! my point more is,,,why are they there instead of literally any other dead child yknow? i dont know if i missed something but there wasnt much of an explanation on why they're significant to ron's story. maybe its just the theme of bad parenting?
@@LEMONBONESsand it also explains why they said they were looking for their parents because they wanted to break their loops
@@Whit1213 ooh yeah ok that clears things up a bit
@@LEMONBONESsI think their exact deaths are arbitrary to the main story, it’s just that they’re there at all hits home the issue of child abuse. They all were killed and hidden just like Ron was.
17:29 “Hey, what’s up. I’m a jumpscare.” is a line that should absolutely be in one of these horror games. Hopefully voiced in exactly the same casual tone that Manly used.
holy sh*t bro I ugly cried, the story is so dark and deep. The game really makes you feel like you're the child in the game, and you feel his emotions. It's a sad dark truth, it breaks my heart even if it's a game.
... OH HE'S MR REDFACE BECAUSE HE'S DRUNK SO THE RED FACE IS THE FLUSH
Man, that’s one depressing but happy ending.
a bittersweet ending indeed
I strongly like the story telling in this. The twist is not uncommon but they left very little ambiguous unlike a lot of stories that try this twist.
Realizing that all the other kids at the end were put through similar situations and they’re all just trying to cope with it made my jaw drop and broke my heart
Manly is probably one of my comfort UA-camrs. He always makes me feel better, his voice makes me calm and comfortable. It’s soothing.
Same…
It's a very calming voice!!
For real. I used to listen to his videos while doing word search. That reminds me. I should get more word search books.
Same here.
Because Manly is BadassHero
It was a little wordy at the end, but I do enjoy the "eyes of a child" creativity behind this. The Paranormal aspect behind this was also a cool touch that leaves a lot of chances for fresh scenarios and story elements.
As someone who has to endure physical and mental abuse from my parents, this is the first game that made me bawl. Thank you for the dev and thank you for playing this game Manly.
Has or had? Cause if it's has then you need to get help immediately
@Nereosis16 has, but its getting much better than before bcs i try to distance myself. Currently saving up money, thank you for your concern i hope you have a good life
Same here i think I'm going crazy idk.
Same here, I’m numb tbh
I'm sorry you are going through that. You don't deserve to be treated that way. You deserve to be loved. I am here for you if you ever need to talk. I also encourage you to reach out for support whenever it's safe to do so. There are warmlines, hotlines, and chats for people going through similar situations as you.
despite this being a rather common and cliche storytelling prompt, god was it done in such a way where i genuinely felt anxiety even with the jumpscares aside, execution was absolutely incredible. i could see a lot of the foreshadowing from a mile away (“red face” being the drunken father, the kid dying from being strangled etc) but the game told it in a way where i was still on edge and i think most of it could be handed to the general creation of the environment/effects as well as seemingly irrelevant details.
the grainy green-yellow tint and the stop motion like movements of all the characters as well as the general stasis really felt like i was going through someone’s memories where certain aspects weren’t fully filled in.
something that caught my eye immediately about this game was the layout. at first glance, it’s super simple and uninteresting: that within itself could also be related to the fact it is a memory we’re going through and people, particularly those who are abused/traumatized in some way, are more likely to remember very specific moments (and in this case places/objects) since they’re directly tied to an event that’s stuck with them.
aside from that, the game made everything look so unusually big. granted, that’s also because the character is a child and therefore very short, but even so, it mirrored how children and even adults tend to visualise things. the loud footsteps are somehow meant to illustrate how children feel in real abusive situations, where everything is so much louder than it actually is because it’s both a survival instinct/conditioned fear response (you don’t want to be too loud in fear your abuser will hear you and hurt you).
the imagery of the dad going through heavy guilt after murdering his own child to the point he suffered from hallucinations was horrific, it’s clear he didn’t blame his son for anything, his brain can only remember his son’s innocence and the final look on his face as he locked him in a closet.
the portrayal of the mother also stuck with me, the fact she was ultimately trying her best for a baby she clearly loved and for that to have been spat back in her face by an abusive husband is so heartbreaking. not to even mention the whole idea of the “cycle” and a child’s innocent refusal to put fault on their parent’s despite knowing they hurt him. even early on, the child is meek and shy, refusing to acknowledge his father being a “bad person”, growing increasingly quieter when the cat asked for more direct specifics on the description of his father. he’s scared to say anything because it’s his father, he’s meant to love him, and he does.
it’s that young naivety that makes children both so special and sweet, and so tragically vulnerable to people who are broken. and wow i didn’t expect this to get so long lol, i have even more to add but this has gotten long enough 😭
This is a perfect explanation, well done! I really enjoyed reading this 🥹🫶
That kid has no clutter in his room. C'mon, even the worst parents will at least pick up thrown away toys for their kids.
He also has a voodoo doll of himself
he doesnt have any toys
@@Fachezz They sorta did? It’s voodoo tho
@@Boop-hr3gh the doll wasnt real
@@Boop-hr3gh Who's "they"?
Why does this child walk with so much authority damn
im suprised that the dad still thinks he is the man of the house when the kid's walk spells fear to any that hear it
LMAO tbh, my view on it as that the loud footsteps are somehow meant to illustrate how children feel in real abusive situations, where everything is so much louder than it actually is because it’s both a survival instinct/conditioned fear response.
STOMP STOMP STOMP
Reminds me of Steiner's armor from Final Fantasy 9
@@xianlotusThis is an insightful and highly likely theory. At first I thought it was just unnecessarily loud and weird to add to the horror ambiance but as the story came together, the details made sense.
23:39 the way my smile faded, the silence was so loud.
Dad: starts a conversation in front of you
Also Dad: DON’T EAVESDROP
The redface was the dad we had all the way.
Yk, obviously the dad was bad, but that mom acted a lot like my mother when we were in a rough spot. Clearly stressed but still loved and cared for me. I was lucky enough where my dad ran for the hills at my birth so at least I didn't have to experience his evilness. I'm glad to say me and my mother made it through the hard times comfortably and now live well.
real
@@GhostelFaceMan What's funny is my dad tried to do that when I was born lol but my mom told him to get his ass to the hospital since I was his kid too. Kinda wish she just let him go, but at the same time it's admirable of her to remind him that he had a role in the family too.
My dad killed himself when I was 3 so I don't remember anything about him, mom was poor and never had a good childhood herself so she was checked out by the time I was conscious. Learned early that life is a nihilistic nightmare of people taking advantage, worshipping selfishness and pretending to care until you become a liability. This game was painful yet interesting to watch
@@Jesse-wn6jd I'm sorry to hear that man. I went through some of your struggles too and im always trying to think right about things. I've been called resilient but I think I'm less resilient and more I didn't experience the full fury of the situations I was actually in out of sheer luck. I've always told myself that another day is 1 more day closer to the next and that into the soon next week, month and so on as a means of reminding myself of the bigger picture and reality of it all as I often find myself getting caught up too much in things that are too mundane to be crying over. I hope your life as well has turned over and I wish you the best friend.
You know... it makes sense that the places where the kid sees Mom and Dad are untextured, as these are places this kid has most likely never seen, so he can only really make out what he does know. His parents.
That art style... I was instantly terrified. Excellent job. I'm certain the Coraline vibes are intentional.
Aaand after reaching the end: yes. This was very effective horror. Nothing on a screen makes me scared but these parents really gripped my freaking heart. And yes, the plot is fairly common and it was obvious what Red Face symbolised, but I don't know - I liked this, and I think it's because of the doll. He was a real bro. I'm glad he persisted and finally got through, even though we inadvertently hurt him so much. I would actually like to see more in this universe. Maybe we can start leading the other kids and eventually help them move on.
remember lads, if ya dad threw a bottle at ya, throw one back except fill this bottle with flammable stuff and a rope then ignite then ignite rope before throwing it at em
Molotov?
@@AbasSalah-dn9ij naw i call it the “Hot ticket to freedom” lad
@@daxondelly2141Western Sign: “Bottle o' Flamin' Hot Freedom”!
I fill mine with sand, blunt force is a lot faster with less screaming
So you become fatherless,maybe you already are with all the edge lord shitt.
“Dad,are you okay you’re in the untextured room.”
This game actually made me cry.
All these perfect tie-ins (& direct foreshadowings essentially) is exactly what good storytelling is about;
took a while to exactly understand (especially with the seemingly convoluted & random midsection, though it all came together in the end - wrapped with a nice little bow & all), but loved it nonetheless.
All that making the rewatch value absolutely INSANE.
Plus, the art direction is perfect for such a story - the designs, graphics, colors, movement, slight overlay, etc.
Why is his singing actually kinda soothing like sing me a lullaby sir 🤭
😩his voice sounds so fine
Y’all 💀🙏🏿
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Manly needs to make sleep aid
Never has a game left me as shocked, stunned, and saddened as when the father was walking down the hall then to hear cry's of a child only to finally hear a loud snap to end it. I usually have pretty thick skin and can handle some dark stuff but this was so real and so engraved in reality I had to pause the video for a second I even gagged a few times. The game creator has an incredible talent for creating reality in fiction I don't think I've ever witnessed something so real that looked so fake, it was quick, cruel, and heartless and like real deaths as quick as it was it lasted much longer from putting you in a state of shock for a moment. Again I truly can not commemorate the creator enough. You have truly created horror and not only that successful used a more grounded and considered edgy topic and not only showed it in the most real and grounded cruel way but also worked with it so it didn't come off as offensive or just being edgy for the sake of edgy. I don't think I've ever seen a better horror game then this at least in the catagory of truly leaving the player stunned and shocked.
Tbh low poly or 90s type camera quality in horror games always get me more than high quality
It's a sad fact that children have been killed by neglectful parents.
I think "bad parenting" is a bit of an understatement here. We're pretty far gone from that. It's a sad story told pretty well.
Happy to have had a great childhood, sorry for others who weren’t as fortunate :(.
Your face has a mole lol
How dare you 😮
You unhappily go back this instant and ungreat your childhood!
@@XvLarvavXbut mom says that after the daily guilt tripping session it’s my turn with the Time Machine and I don’t wanna share :(
I agree, i sincerely wish that everyone finds their peace in life ⭐️
Man your gameplay was cinematic and dreamy I didn't even feel 30 minutes pass
Thats not horror, thats pure tragedy and sadness.
I almost puked at the ending of this game. Right at the moment where we see the fathers face turn red..oh my god. Amazing game truly
_That music tho_
This story may be all too sadly common, but the use of the doll gave it a unique viewpoint. The utter horror of that death portrayed with the simple art style -and that music - made me actually tear up. It's strange to say, given the context, but I really enjoyed this and I'm looking forward to seeing more of this developer's work.
The fact that this was made by a vietnamese dev studio is such a competitive one for chillas art and puppet combo
This shit happens. Somewhere out there... The world is a big, scary place. It breaks my heart to think about.
Yeah
9:15 if only Mr Red face was real to take away bad parents.
Mr red face is the dad bruh it's just a way of saying peoples face gets red when their drunk as hell
Then 50% of parents would've disappeared lmao
Definitely an interesting way to go about telling this kind of story, though now I'm curious if we're going to be playing through the other kid's demises, or if we're going to go through a new kid and have them meet up with the murdered children gang, or if they're gonna go in a different direction with the children in afterlife limbo.
Cause, like. The other kids clearly knew that the son was dead and going through his acceptance phase. They played along to help him along. They've clearly got some role to play in the process.
Yeah but playing through the other kid's stories wouldn't work as well because we already know the plot
The worst thing is that - for us it's horror game, for some kids it's everyday reality...
I love these kind of dark horror games
because it's real life horror that actualy exists
Bad Parenting, a horror game: You mean, like, my childhood? Lol
Yay for trauma 🥳🥳🥳/j
The good thing that you are now safe and sound.
I was about to write the same thing.
Literally the same immediate thought I had 💀
Look us down here commiserating about childhood trauma 😌 Hope everyone else is also doing better than when they were kids.
Yoo I was about to comment that. Also I'm so sorry for the people that relate to this I hope you are in a better place! Sending hugs!
This game reminds me of Nights Light. But nights light was incredibly terrifying for how realistic some parts feel and how you actually feel scared for the main character. I’d recommend it but it’s too sad and kinda traumatic for some people
God. Just wow. I'm in love with this? The story, while cliche in a vacuum, has a lot of elements in it that just make it *unique.* This story took a lot of cliches from stories and metaphors about abuse and it turned it into a fresh one. My jaw dropped when I saw the kid get his neck snapped, and it all clicked. No pun intended .-.
This is so Well done! Ron has such a cute character model, it makes it so heartbreaking.
I noticed something about the other kids. The young lad was in the fire. The baby was in the car, and the toddler was in a hole... post video clarity shows the symbolism there
why would you leave your son alone with the obviously unhinged and drunk man
I'm crying
Remember the eternal saying:
All children deserve asbestos, but not all mice deserve slim fast.
so true
Gas leak advice
You know, it takes some years growing up for schizophrenics to start seeing hallucinations, so if a lil' kid is seeing stuff and not just hearing things in a preschooler age, that is EXTREMELY severe.
Ron had an innate ability to see the "unseen" and interact with things around him. His mistake was to share his visions with his mother, who became worried and began to pill him in the hopes of making him "normal".
3:06 "This song is a cliche"
Of course you gonna hear song here, it's a lullaby! What else would you expect to hear instead, "When saints go marching in?"
i swear there is no deeper abyss than the human mind
Maybe the next one will cover how one of the other kids have died... but this is so messed up. I really enjoyed how this story was told. I agree, you can mostly tell whats going on but the way it plays out is satisfying. I hope they make more!
The thumbnail gives coraline vibes
lol I know right. That had been exactly what I was thinking when I went to watch it, which got me really hyped
This kid's footsteps are HEAVY. But also is the floor made of sheet metal??
Do you think maybe the food reappearing was some sort of reference to what the dad did after abusing the son? Like hear me out, after he’d hit the son he’d feed him his favorite food as some sorta apology, to relieve his conscious. Perhaps it’s what he did after he sobered up? Idk
This is so nostalgic to me...If you are curious ,this game depicts an asian family with the common abusive households plotline where the child experience their trauma and domestic violence. This is so common which i would found the other kids relateable to this game. I didnt expect this to go this deep though ,the graphic is so nostalgic its specificlly the Vietnamese style (the bed patterns ,the poor house , the drunk stereotype abusive dad ,the radio and the carring mother) As the devs said they focus on the main plot mostly so it wont be a puzzle game ,it is still so cleverly well done.
the most cheerful guy in the class backstory be like:
I thought both parents were gonna be bad but I’m glad the mom was good to the kid
Yeah lol I was thinking the same thing
There's something sad but oddly fascinating with this sorta story. The idea that children most strongly hurt by bad adults, usually parents, end up somewhere together, isolated from adults feels sorta bittersweet. It's certainly a more whimsical sorta angle on abuse victims.
Wow that was a solid game! It was actually creepy, and I didn’t expect that twist! Was it the best thing to watch after having a nightmare (about a closet, no less..)? Probably not! But that was great; can’t wait to see the sequel!
this was actually really well executed imo, haven't seen any other low-graph horror games try to tell a story of this 'trope' in this way
The words when they appear with the sound makes it so terrifying 💀
Aeveraage backstory of a anime character with ice powers:
Thanks with 332 likes guys,most I've ever had!
@@spaghettiboy1545 rude, I'd clearly have fire powers like Zuko /j
@@sweetsirenaine You sure?
@@spaghettiboy1545 ice type characters tend to not be smooth brained but fire type characters... They're not exactly known for their wisdom (Iroh was a notable exception, hence why he was so powerful/renowned). Part of having a bad childhood typically is being wrapped up in your own trauma and not being able to learn as much at the appropriate times (like most people figure out social interaction by the time they're 20 or so), so combined with ice type characters tending to be powerful whereas fire types can be all over the place I'd say it's a pretty good argument for having unstable and hard to control fire instead of the steady and resolute ice, if that makes sense
This definitely isn't a crack theory
Todoroki bro 💀
@@sweetsirenaine Lore drop?
18:18 “btw”
The child withstanding, I have to say I feel incredibly sorry for the Mum. She was trapped in a relationship where she had to work her life away just to keep their son fed and dressed, while her husband continuously drank all of their savings away - and just when she finally did get the confidence to walk away, he killed her son in one last alcoholic fit of rage, her one reason for suffering all those years stripped from her just as it was about to end. I can't even imagine how horrid and distraught and empty that would make you feel.
I get that the mom's situation is tragic, but it's important to recognize her role in all of it. She knew her son was in danger but chose to cheat instead of taking action to protect him. Staying in that abusive relationship for so long without seeking help just enabled the cycle of violence. It’s heartbreaking, yes, but her choices contributed to the environment that led to her son's death. Ultimately, she could have done more to prioritize his safety, and that can't be overlooked.
She chose to marry someone with alcoholic tendencies, and she knew about the abuse and did nothing. And then she left her child alone with an abuser right after she'd enraged him. Her fault.
Omg bro the story is so well built it deserves more attention
this is probably going to be my favorite indie game of this year. the story and how it's presented is absolutely beautiful, but terrifying
I'm sorry but "My master beat the shit outta me" literally made me laugh to tears 😭😭
This was a pretty good game. I feel like this game was definitely on the nose towards the end, especially with the idea of a sequel; but good nonetheless. I assume that the sequel will be the other kid's perspective on how they died(kinda like telling backstories type of situation). Yeah, I just wish it was more subtle, that way they could slowly feed players the idea of the kids being in some sort of afterlife. But there is still plenty of opportunity with this series. Questions like, who is the cat lady, what will happen now that they've moved on, are the kids connected by the bad parenting or something more? Or this could just be a surreal commentary on parental abuse and childhood trauma. Either direction this series goes, I feel will be good.
“disturbing horror game where you have horrible parents” that’s just my life
Holy shit it's karkat (I'm sorry that must suck..)
@@SugarGH0SThello fefpeta from homestuck (i fortunately don’t live with them anymore, but thank you!!)
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but the mother was ALSO bad. Although she wasn't as bad as his father, there was many things she could do to save her child. For example, don't leave the child behind after angering and threatening his father to file a divorce, completely knowing damn well he's nothing like a good father or husband. It could be a child endangerment as the father is the danger to the child's wellbeing. I'm not blaming her for the child's death, but I'm ALSO blaming her for the child's death (In case one of you is a slow thinker, I'm saying that I'm blaming both parents, but I'm mostly blaming the father, because IF he's a good husband and father, nothing bad would happen). Maybe she also blame herself.
Despite her bad action, she has a good intention, so it's valid for her own child to still love her, as if she was a good mother. Affairs are MAYBE excusable as she need someone better than her husband before and after the divorce (IF she has any affairs, of course). I hope she move on and become a better mother or other types of role model.
Weak and indecisive personality, perhaps, so she was afraid of him. Like afraid of triggering him. Apparently justified, at least partially.
23 seconds in and I'm already loving the style
Ended up being more sad than scary for sure q_q
Oh man, I loved this game, good thing Manly is playing it. Also yeah... a lot of parents don't deserve to be parents... :(
Never did I ever think a game that looks so criminally horrible could make me tear up so much. That was a story that was as great as how horrible the game itself looked. I feel like a lot of self projecting went into this, but I couldn't look away at all.
Whoever made this game, you did a damn good job with the story and evoked an emotion out of me I was most assuredly not expecting to feel tonight.
Dang this eas actually really well done, ngl. I really like that there is a tiny bit of suprrnatural to it in that the kid WAS interacting with the real world to a degree
And like Manly said, it used a fairly common premise, but the execution sold the whole game. Very well done
It's terrible how this pretty much sums up my childhood... Until I was 9, I lived with my father who was extremely abusive towards my mom and I, both physically and verbally. Granted, I'm still alive. But just like the mom in the game, my mom swore she would get me and her out of there and away from him, and she tired endlessly to achieve that. To think that this is what could've happened if we'd stayed with him any longer sends actual chills down my spine... I'm seriously lucky to still be alive.
I hate my father. And I used to hate myself because I have the same hair and eyes as him; it just made me look more like him. And I'm constantly scared of behaving and reacting like he did, such as when I'm angry or if I ever decide to drink for the first time. But over time, despite me always saying that I hope he's either dead or rotting in prison, I've realized he was probably just as broken as me. No one is perfect. We're no exceptions. I'll never forgive him for what he did, and I hope he's been rightfully punished. But I hope that if he isn't dead, that he finally decides one day to change himself for the better.
I’m so sorry about your dad, it’s really sickening how this can happen so easily and so occasionally. It’s a good thing you’re still alive, but that’s absolutely horrible to hear. At the raw age of nine too is just disgusting. Hopefully you’re feeling better about it now though :)
@@Gigi_Axolotl It got a lot better until some stuff started happening between my mom and I, but that was just the usual "your daughter's growing up and you can't accept it" sort of thing 😅 We're okay otherwise. But what's sad is that after I moved to another state to live with my friend, her little sister just recently had her friend over for a few days. She's 9 as well and is dealing with the same issue as my mom and I did. Her mom told her dad to leave but he refuses, so she'd asked my friend's mom if her daughter could stay over for a few days to get her away from her father. I just hope they're as lucky as my mom and I were. Keep your fingers crossed for them, if you don't mind?
i wonder if the sequels are about the other kids.
I got a similar feeling
Oh my my, I've seen Manly giving a heart to a comment...
his own
This game alone reminds me of my little brother who is no longer with us. The ending shows that boy isn't alone with the other children having dealt with similar events, but still.. doesn't make it right nor okay.
Shoutout to Vietnam! I was surprised that this is a VN game, and I'm so proud!
The real horror is the feelings you get watching this game.