I covered an early build of Abscission a couple of years ago, but the full game has just been released and it's a fantastic bit of slow-burn Eldritch body horror. I love the storytelling in it and there are some fun little Easter eggs too - including an ABG one! :)
I'm really glad you were able to cover the full release. I remember when you covered the early build -and I was fascinated to see more. Sure took a while (but these things always do, LoL), but it's definitely worth the wait.
My pleasure! I've been looking froward to this game since the first build. The storytelling is superb and there are lots of great little touches (those spooky past case files for example). Awesome work! :)
I haven't played this game, but watching this playthrough is so compelling! Feels like I'm watching a proper mystery film. You have created a masterpiece! Bravo.
I think this is one of the few games I've played where the Eldritch monster isn't technically a monster. The Pale Queen just wants to help spread her gift to humanity through her acolytes and ascend to live out their greatest dreams in the other world. I mean, you're body becomes fertilizer for her trees, but in doing so, you cross over and, like I said, you live out the best life she gives to you.
@@JakePrytherch I want to ask: How much practice does it take to have your prose in writing? Your descriptions of the event is very nice and easy to imagine and follow.
@@sirbedivere5670 I tried to reply to your comment with my other account but UA-cam is being odd... anyway I wanted to say I have been writing for a long time, ever since I was at uni (20 years) and have a few books out, so was most comfortable with the writing aspect. The most difficult thing was the coding, which I taught myself, and the pixel art (but the pixel art was more fun). I just fancied a change from books so did a game instead :)
@@JakePrytherch. It kind of reminds me of Lovecraft's dream lands. Even artifacts and things like the "silver key" that are not evil are surrounded by an aura of otherness or madness because their natures are hard to reconcile with the rest of mundane reality. I would think that if magic were real and one were to practice it, you would feel schizophrenic until you had others witness it and confirm it for you.
Cosmic Horror: "You're welcome, although I think you meant 'the absolute death of humanity *yet*,' because it's absolutely on the itinerary -but you will long since have become dust by then."
Haha, yeah I'd be straight to a doctor, but I think he did find it suspicious. He says he needs to look into it, but has more pressing issues at the moment.
Dude i remember when i watched the early build in your channel years ago and i was pretty impressed by the game. Really happy that the dev persisted to make this beautiful work!!
26:49 don't think i didn't see that manlybadasshero picture above one of the doors, you ain't slick 👀(jokes aside, it's nice to see him be a easter egg in games, cuz he deserves the recognition!)
That was a really solid little horror game. Even managed to have some genuinely interesting lingering questions. I'd love to see more stuff from the dev set in this universe.
Wow! What an amazing game! Really checked all the boxes : great atmosphere, great dialogues, enticing visuals, clever nods to other games or horror novels..Perfection. The Dreamweb graffiti was the icing on the cake, one of my favourite games ever!
Was definetly not expecting a reference to Y'golonac in the case files. I am wondering what the spinning bottle/revolver cylinder case is in reference to? At any rate, I hope to give this game a go or at the very least a purchase in the future.
FINALLY! I’ve been waiting for this game for years since I saw it’s first beta build and I’ve been obsessively thinking about it ever since cause of how great that demo was and thank god the full release did not disappoint at all, there is so much I can praise like the writing, mystery, world building, characters and so much more I’m just so happy to see this amazing story I’ve been looking forward to finally being done and being as amazing as I hoped it would be when I first saw it. Truly an indie horror gem all prompts to the creator
the game is great, for fans of the genre it really nails a lot of the details you want to see in an adventure game, with a combination of a good story along with puzzles that are logically integrated to the plot. the music and sound is perfect.
I honestly don't remember the last time I've seen a game with such poetic and researched writing. That was amazing. The developer needs to get into writing as well if he's not already.
32:24 why does everything in horror games sound like a piano? Touch a corpse - piano. Killer pulls out knife - piano. Protagonist startled by a cat - piano. Protagonist farts - piano.
7:33 Wait...what? Melancholic isn't depressing, but rather organized, detailed, and thoughtful? Like...organized, detailed, and thoughtful...about their own suicide? Choleric isn't irritable, but rather efficient, confident, and demanding? Like...efficiently grumpy, confidently annoyed, and is a demanding grouch? Personally, I'd rather have the specific example of what is going to be said, organized by behavior; I really hate it when I choose a behavior, but I get the absolute worst kind of response from my character, games like Mass Effect where I'm constantly loading save files because I accidentally said the wrong thing to the wrong person. I rather liked the SWTOR-style of conversation, where there's a few "neutral" responses for the purposes of getting information, and a few "behavior" choices, like being pragmatic, being aggressive, or being aloof. I rather like the art style, knowing how insanely difficult it is (for me) to make pixelated artwork look appropriate and not like misshapen blobs. Not to mention, given that this starts as a murder mystery, it's disconcerting to have to rely on pixelated artwork to map out specific details of a mystery, and requires a goodly amount of imagination, which should lend itself quite nicely in a Lovecraftian story. I know that red is the best color to read things in the dark, but I got eye strain whenever I'd try to read a book as a kid with a red-tinted flashlight, and this is directly affecting my ability to enjoy this game.
Abscission has been nominated in four categories for the AGS 2023 awards - Best Audio, Best Gamplay, Best Programming and Best Game of the Year! Previous award winners include Resonance, Technobabylon, Whispers of a Machine, Gemini Rue, Nightmare Frames, Kathy Rain, 5 Days a Stranger, and others. Just to be considered is a dream come true! Thank you everyone who has supported me to keep going and finish this labour of love, a childhood dream made into weird, fleshy fruition! Any votes are very welcome of course 🙂 Thank you!
So, (Spoilers ahead) ... ... seems like choleric ending is the "best" ending? (Unless you're into helping to spread the infection. Or into spending the rest of your life in a dream which might be considered good from Stanhopes POV)
I think it all depends on if you believe what Spencer McGreggor's selling. If the Pale Lady really is a benevolent being who is trying to help humanity ascend then any ending where you prevent that is a bad ending. I really love the ambiguity in the endings. Depending on what you believe, Stanhope may have saved or doomed the human race.
I really enjoyed this. The Queen didn't really seem to be all that bad though ya know? Like... what was her motive? Her big plan? Did she get anything out of what she was doing? Didn't seem to be so.
man lets get some voice acting in here and this would be perfect. im reminded of benjordan mixed with some chzo's mythos series. your the real ones if you know what im talking about.
Anybody else get stuck at Mark's apartment. I picked the wrong approach with the lady in room #2, and did not get the key. Is this a bug that has deadlocked my game now? Is there another way in?
I covered an early build of Abscission a couple of years ago, but the full game has just been released and it's a fantastic bit of slow-burn Eldritch body horror. I love the storytelling in it and there are some fun little Easter eggs too - including an ABG one! :)
I remember it, I was hoping to see the full game.
Thank you for playing it.
Great job
Cool!
I'm really glad you were able to cover the full release. I remember when you covered the early build -and I was fascinated to see more. Sure took a while (but these things always do, LoL), but it's definitely worth the wait.
Yes, I saw it too, it's right at min 07.15
Thank you for playing the full version! I really appreciated your support when I started making Abscission and appreciate it now too :)
Thank you for persisting! So happy to see it finished. great game!
@@miklam229 Glad you like it :)
My pleasure! I've been looking froward to this game since the first build. The storytelling is superb and there are lots of great little touches (those spooky past case files for example). Awesome work! :)
I haven't played this game, but watching this playthrough is so compelling! Feels like I'm watching a proper mystery film. You have created a masterpiece! Bravo.
@JakePrytherch So I have a question, it seemed like the cult had a good method with dosing going on why did things go so sideways with Serena?
I think this is one of the few games I've played where the Eldritch monster isn't technically a monster. The Pale Queen just wants to help spread her gift to humanity through her acolytes and ascend to live out their greatest dreams in the other world. I mean, you're body becomes fertilizer for her trees, but in doing so, you cross over and, like I said, you live out the best life she gives to you.
Yes, that ambiguity was what I was going for :)
@@JakePrytherch I want to ask: How much practice does it take to have your prose in writing? Your descriptions of the event is very nice and easy to imagine and follow.
@@sirbedivere5670 I tried to reply to your comment with my other account but UA-cam is being odd... anyway I wanted to say I have been writing for a long time, ever since I was at uni (20 years) and have a few books out, so was most comfortable with the writing aspect. The most difficult thing was the coding, which I taught myself, and the pixel art (but the pixel art was more fun). I just fancied a change from books so did a game instead :)
@@JakePrytherch. It kind of reminds me of Lovecraft's dream lands. Even artifacts and things like the "silver key" that are not evil are surrounded by an aura of otherness or madness because their natures are hard to reconcile with the rest of mundane reality. I would think that if magic were real and one were to practice it, you would feel schizophrenic until you had others witness it and confirm it for you.
@@sirbedivere5670 Their prose style is similar to flash fiction
seeing cosmic horrors for once not wanting the absolute death of humanity is oddly charming ngl
How sweet
Cosmic Horror: "You're welcome, although I think you meant 'the absolute death of humanity *yet*,' because it's absolutely on the itinerary -but you will long since have become dust by then."
@@G0thCrayonSir, this is a different cosmic horror, get out.
@@Nsodnoajdjksllet little guy alone bro
@@mthaylanprogames3689 he was criticizing
It's very cool to discover a new game that use my music! Very proud to have my tracks in this kind of game!!! Sooooo cool.
A lot of people ask about the music, I am happy to spread the word, your stuff is awesome!
@@JakePrytherch thank you so much!
Gets pricked by a needle in a letter addressed to him.
Doesn't IMMEDIATELY find this the least bit suspicious.
I mean, the wax was there to protect him from the needle, so it was his own fault he scratched it off and pricked himself:)
Haha, yeah I'd be straight to a doctor, but I think he did find it suspicious. He says he needs to look into it, but has more pressing issues at the moment.
Go to a doctor and get the letter sent straight to forensics
I live like 20 minutes from Ashfield, can confirm, that was a weird week.
ABG: *enters tattoo parlor*
*immediately boss fight music starts playing*
The loot the owner drops better be good or else...!
Three hours of body horror goodness?!
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I didn't expect such a kickass music in the tattoo store.
Dude i remember when i watched the early build in your channel years ago and i was pretty impressed by the game. Really happy that the dev persisted to make this beautiful work!!
Thank you! It took a lot of work but glad I got there.
26:49 don't think i didn't see that manlybadasshero picture above one of the doors, you ain't slick 👀(jokes aside, it's nice to see him be a easter egg in games, cuz he deserves the recognition!)
Oh so it WAS there, I legit thought I watch so much of his stuff that I started seeing things 😂
27:04 top left corner, ManlyBadassHero reference, awesome
I thought I'm the only one who saw it xD
@@oddbluedragon Thank god this comment section isn't "empty, just like my soul!"
@@elvis5384reply* section
I remember this game being played few years ago in this channel... so it finally finished it seems.
That was a really solid little horror game. Even managed to have some genuinely interesting lingering questions. I'd love to see more stuff from the dev set in this universe.
This game... with the right voice acting would be so epic!
Wow! What an amazing game! Really checked all the boxes : great atmosphere, great dialogues, enticing visuals, clever nods to other games or horror novels..Perfection. The Dreamweb graffiti was the icing on the cake, one of my favourite games ever!
You had me at "Eldritch Body Horror"
I love the Manly easter egg and how Nate's music sounds like a bossfight.
Say, i should shove a reference to you too somewhere in my games...
Was definetly not expecting a reference to Y'golonac in the case files. I am wondering what the spinning bottle/revolver cylinder case is in reference to? At any rate, I hope to give this game a go or at the very least a purchase in the future.
FINALLY! I’ve been waiting for this game for years since I saw it’s first beta build and I’ve been obsessively thinking about it ever since cause of how great that demo was and thank god the full release did not disappoint at all, there is so much I can praise like the writing, mystery, world building, characters and so much more I’m just so happy to see this amazing story I’ve been looking forward to finally being done and being as amazing as I hoped it would be when I first saw it. Truly an indie horror gem all prompts to the creator
Yet another amazing game, covered by the best gamer! Thank you for introducing me to another banger!
Wow the dialogue is well written!
the game is great, for fans of the genre it really nails a lot of the details you want to see in an adventure game, with a combination of a good story along with puzzles that are logically integrated to the plot. the music and sound is perfect.
Thank you! Much appreciated :)
I honestly don't remember the last time I've seen a game with such poetic and researched writing. That was amazing. The developer needs to get into writing as well if he's not already.
Thank you! I do also write, I have a few books on Amazon under Jacob Prytherch
Thank you for letting me experience this masterpiece through your playthrough!
WHOOO BABY THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!
1:01:52 coincidentally Napier is the first part of the polish "napierdolić", which means "to get shitface drunk"
love you ABG i always put on your vids after a long day of work :)
The lack of noises is really unnerving
Fell asleep to this, woke up to the music changing and it scared the shit out of me! Great work!
i've been waiting for this one for years
25:36 the body was still spinning when they found the body. The song GEDDAN of Goldeneye 64 fame was playing on the computer.
32:24 why does everything in horror games sound like a piano? Touch a corpse - piano. Killer pulls out knife - piano. Protagonist startled by a cat - piano.
Protagonist farts - piano.
Its either a piano or a violin lol
This? What I heard is awesome. I think you are just a hater.
@@ryanrivera2430 I sympathise with the guy dragging a piano all the way, trailing behind the characters.
@@AntipaladinPedigriIt’s more of a stinger, is what I think is the term for it. It’s played in a cord that’s supposed to startle the player/viewer.
I know, I'm just joking
Holy crap! A horror game based in Massachusetts?! Wooo!
To be honest, I really liked the plot. It's even a pity that this is an indie game and not a film.
7:33 Wait...what? Melancholic isn't depressing, but rather organized, detailed, and thoughtful? Like...organized, detailed, and thoughtful...about their own suicide? Choleric isn't irritable, but rather efficient, confident, and demanding? Like...efficiently grumpy, confidently annoyed, and is a demanding grouch?
Personally, I'd rather have the specific example of what is going to be said, organized by behavior; I really hate it when I choose a behavior, but I get the absolute worst kind of response from my character, games like Mass Effect where I'm constantly loading save files because I accidentally said the wrong thing to the wrong person. I rather liked the SWTOR-style of conversation, where there's a few "neutral" responses for the purposes of getting information, and a few "behavior" choices, like being pragmatic, being aggressive, or being aloof.
I rather like the art style, knowing how insanely difficult it is (for me) to make pixelated artwork look appropriate and not like misshapen blobs. Not to mention, given that this starts as a murder mystery, it's disconcerting to have to rely on pixelated artwork to map out specific details of a mystery, and requires a goodly amount of imagination, which should lend itself quite nicely in a Lovecraftian story.
I know that red is the best color to read things in the dark, but I got eye strain whenever I'd try to read a book as a kid with a red-tinted flashlight, and this is directly affecting my ability to enjoy this game.
Choleric best ending. "You know what? Fuck you". And survives. Respect.
Funny i watched Cure from 1997 yesterday, and then a day later ABG posts a detective game about a cult.
Abscission has been nominated in four categories for the AGS 2023 awards - Best Audio, Best Gamplay, Best Programming and Best Game of the Year! Previous award winners include Resonance, Technobabylon, Whispers of a Machine, Gemini Rue, Nightmare Frames, Kathy Rain, 5 Days a Stranger, and others. Just to be considered is a dream come true!
Thank you everyone who has supported me to keep going and finish this labour of love, a childhood dream made into weird, fleshy fruition!
Any votes are very welcome of course 🙂 Thank you!
Very captivating, good mystery!
She's... beautiful. And that ending 1 music...
21:25 if the fruit or vegetable exists, there is pr0n of it
Sweet Jesus, that's some F'd up pr0n!
McFarlane kinda made a movie about it called Sausage Paty. It's literally food pr0n
My favorite quality of horror: Pixel Indie
I love how many games I can discover on your channel ❤
27:00 is it just me or I just saw a ManlyBadassHero pfp above the door?? I'm pretty sure it is
And there was ABG easter egg too, neat!
Yes it was. I love watching his vids :)
So, (Spoilers ahead) ...
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seems like choleric ending is the "best" ending? (Unless you're into helping to spread the infection. Or into spending the rest of your life in a dream which might be considered good from Stanhopes POV)
I think it all depends on if you believe what Spencer McGreggor's selling. If the Pale Lady really is a benevolent being who is trying to help humanity ascend then any ending where you prevent that is a bad ending. I really love the ambiguity in the endings. Depending on what you believe, Stanhope may have saved or doomed the human race.
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO
I'VE WAITED FOR THIS GAME FOR SO LONG!!!! THIS THE BEST!!!!
this is a very, Very classic style of game that i havent seen in quite a while
Vita Carnis: The Game
The beginning music is the same music in planet crafter. Idk if alpha did that to avoid copyright or if that’s the actual music lol.
1:26:38 you saw a murder room, but yeah, sure, let's turn the light off to care for the environment, because that takes priority.
Haha right. He even broke the lock when entering, but when he turns the light out when leaving it seems like he's trying to "leave no traces" XD
This game got me invested, it even made me feel horrified. Very nice.
I find the trend of horror games that involve fleshy plant growths really interesting.
I really enjoyed this. The Queen didn't really seem to be all that bad though ya know? Like... what was her motive? Her big plan? Did she get anything out of what she was doing? Didn't seem to be so.
man lets get some voice acting in here and this would be perfect. im reminded of benjordan mixed with some chzo's mythos series. your the real ones if you know what im talking about.
2:23:59 oh my god, it's Sid the sloth from Ice Age!
I've heard that BGM of the Murder Scene before. It's one of the BGMs in The Planet Crafter.
this is GOTY right here
So you finished it man ? Congrats, I played it a year ago, cool game !
What a great game! The story was interesting, it had me invested right in the beginning. The eldritch horror-esque themes were awesome! Fantastic game
Shoutout to the Chzo reference :P
Too mortis for fleshy plants
Happy Halloween
Great video 👍🔝
Anybody else get stuck at Mark's apartment. I picked the wrong approach with the lady in room #2, and did not get the key. Is this a bug that has deadlocked my game now? Is there another way in?
This is gooood
why is the animation of the intro at the VERY beginning of the video so familiar? reminds me of the Bunny Graveyard so mutch.
Hi! The Bunny Graveyard dev animated my intros! :)
@@AlphaBetaGamer that is awesome
This is such a cool game
Looks like one of Yathzee's adventure games.
1:13:15 truck-kun moving people to isekai worlds can be seen in the background
The heck is a kun!?
@emmanuelrossi828 a japanese term of endearment for friend
Oh shit i got pricked by a needle :/
Oh shit now i'm marked for death :/
Why does it feel like I’ve seen this game during the old flash games era
Vita Carnis: the vidya game
11:20 Where have I heard that song before? E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy? Planet Crafter?
1:14:20 wow this music
Oooh looks alot like Trilby trilogy
I love the Chzo mythos, definately an inspiration when I made this :)
That was a pretty nice game! ❤
2:52:20 I am REALLY concerned about why his hand is there while he's dreaming about his wife......
and even a White flower popped out hehe
I found my people
this is like from Vita Carnis ,cool
It's amazing how games released just a couple days ago look like they were made forty years ago O_O
Because I'm 40 years old!
@@JakePrytherch I’m thirty seven XD
@JakePrytherch damn, you're senile. Should've been 38 like me ;)
@@JakePrytherch Pixel games rule 😁😁
anyone knows what's the music while in bloodweb tattoo? 1:14:22
neato, a game that takes place in Massachusetts
Is there any ost for this game?
I like rhe music background
The music was mostly by Dark Fantasy Studios - ua-cam.com/users/DarkFantasyStudioNicolasJeudy
@@JakePrytherch thank you for the reply
But do you have the link for the music at 1:36:38 ?
The channel have more than 600 videos and Idk wuch one is
@@akaryan4405 @DarkFantasyStudio It's Experiment 6 from Cult, by Nicolas Jeudy. Great composer!
really cool game!
Need on switch
this was an awesome game
1:01:25 I like how conflicted you were between booze and a snappily dressed woman.
And the booze won.
They took the music from Planet Crafter. That's a...weird choice.
I like this game? But it does feel weird the best ending is the "just shoot him" ending
Massachusetts hug
I'm actually from the UK, hopefully it was a good representation!
I appreciate youuuu ❤
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