i like how the animals are sort of different endings, the sheep is sort of the coward ending where you just do what the baby says, the rabbit is where you get away from the baby and escape, and hopefully we will see the cat ending when the new black cat stuff comes out
“I don’t even know what dark Carcosa is.” Mark, you just played a horror dating sim where The King in Yellow explained what Carcosa is. You performed a play about it.
I myself never read King In Yellow, but based on Wikipedia's entry of it, it sounds like a really interesting collection of stories. One that caught my eye in that list was Street of Four Winds, which is about an artist who is drawn to a neighbor's room by a cat. I also learned that King In Yellow inspired a particular SCP, which is 701.
@@silverflight01 I read it however it’s a book based in the (alternative) future of the 1920’s written in the 1800’s and has a lot of “of the times” messages so it’s pretty hard to follow sometimes. Basic idea is pretty interesting, a bunch of unrelated short stories loosely connect by this play called “the king in yellow”. The content of the play is never reveled but lines come out here or there. “Remove your mask, i’m not wearing a mask” is one. Some of the stories are amazing but some I had trouble following. Worth a read tho
Can we all take a moment to salute that baby sitter. The baby is literally turning into a demon and they're like, have this dummy, get in this cot and shut up while its story time. Baby sitter deserves a raise!
And then there’s me, trying to figure out what weird things I can do to the baby. Cook him in the oven, flush him down the toilet, warm him up in the dryer, etc...
@@arshu_parshu1999 ever heard of a crazy thing called a “joke”? Don’t worry I know it’s new to you so I’ll explain to you what I means. It’s something that isn’t serious and is meant to be for a laugh.
I was thinking that "Oh wow, I think Mark needs to voice some books over probably" until I noticed that it was not him and he didn't even open his mouth.
I think the story books were the most disturbing thing of all, and they were brilliant. It really contributed to the amount of anticipatory dread throughout the story.
I appreciated that they refence the situation of the game. The starting mode follows the path of the sheep, the second is the path of the rabbit. The cat is next so we can assume it'll feature a garden of sorts.
@@BlaizeTheDragon holy shit that's cool. i spent the last few weeks seeing videos on this and thinking "that looks so stupid lmfao" but discovered all of it today. I am in love
"Go to sleep, go to sleep." "Please don't kill me in the night." "Go to sleep, please." "Go to sleep, and for the love of god, blink!" - Markiplier, 2020
I think the graphics being a little funky really adds to the spook factor, like the baby seems almost like robotic. I love when games aren't obsessed with making everything crazy realistic.
i agree to an extent, but imo the game goes too far with it and removes all sense of scariness that would be in the game, with goofy, immersion-breaking ui and big flashy plushie ads, i just dont see how this game got so popular when it's not scary at all
@@waffler-yz3gw it’s definitely not scary, but it’s really fun. I haven’t played the game myself but watching Let’s Plays has been very enjoyable, plus the idea of taking care of an eldritch being as a baby is just really funny lol.
@@waffler-yz3gw I can totally see where you're coming from. For me, his game falls into the so bad its good category. And i think that's the point, they're not taking themselves to seriously. However, the ad bit does concern me. It gives off poppy playtime vibes, of course this is a little different considering this game is free to play (at least on mobile). But even so having ads for your game *in* your game feels gross and almost cheep. Espesicially considering the fact that it's not even remotely subtle... Hopefully they wont try to grossly oversell and capatalize off of this game like other games (bendy and hello neighbor im looking at you) have.
@@iminsideyourwalls7002 I honestly don't think it will be like this for several reasons 1. When Baby in Yellow appeared in mainstream it was always for very short bursts and not on as big of a scale as Bendy or Poppy 2. The game is very heavily based on "King in Yellow" so it isn't meant to have some obscure secret plot that many other modern horror games try to achieve as it gives them more attention 3. The game never takes itself that seriously, Poppy and Beddy were serious attempts at making childhood memories scary while this game is obviously goofy for a purpose
I don't know why, but seeing Mark begin to go into an existential crisis screaming "I'M A MAN!" and talking about taxes to a baby is one of the most Markiplier things ever.
Something I never knew we needed: An Eldritch themed horror game -- based on "The King in Yellow" by Robert Chambers -- that consists of you taking care of a baby prince. Big props to the developers for making a game with their own unique spin on the stories. Also, over 80mil downloads? WTF-- that's insane. Good shit to the dev team, and thanks Mark for playing the new content! Hope you play the black cat content when it gets released, too. To summarize: This game is hella dope as a fan of this type of horror fiction, and I hope most, or some of you, will feel the same.
You might also really like ICEY if you've checked that game out. One of the secret endings is the entire reason I learned about the King in Yellow a long time ago
@@flyer3849 Me too! I like having TH-cam open when I write or play games, so for the first two stories I was like "Deep voice narrator Mark, back at it again!"
I love how throughout the three stories the player reads to the baby, the prince slowly begins to show more creepy and unsettling features, like the baby. Very nice attention to detail, helping to show more about the baby the player is babysitting.
The baby is the prince reincarnated or just a disguise since he’s probably immortal and he doesn’t have parents to call player to babysit he lured the babysitter there to make “new friends” like the story books. Or maybe he does have parents and they were getting him a friend :)
This is my first time seeing this game and I gotta say that I love that they fully adopt the whole "King in Yellow" narrative for it and use the agreed upon symbols to make it work
@@ouncerton so i've seen people reply with this alot and i dont get it, if its a joke i would like to be in on the joke but if you people actually think this is a valid response to a comment then i have no hope for the future of communication
@Kavetion i can play fnaf as good as @markiplier but remember, you have to have skills and practice because playing with the characters in these type of games can trick you so you got to watch out for those characters that are planning tricks in the games
Feel free to: give baby a bath in the toilet, get him all nice and dry in the oven, and lastly have him enjoy a nice spin in the dryer! For him it's like a Merry Go Round!
Mark :"Dark Carcosa? I don't even know what Dark Carcosa is." Me: Remembering him having played "Sucker for Love Chapter 2" which was all about doing a play regarding Dark Carcosa (and then wondering how the hell I even remember that)
That’s understandable, since both this game and SfL ch 2 take inspiration from The King in Yellow, a Lovecraftian horror based around a theatrical play
Yeah the first time I heard about it, there's a website called Middle Finger of Vecna, where you can find d&d 5e homebrews. And there is a bard subclass called the College of the Forbidden Play.
_Toast machine explodes and FEED ME coats the walls_ Mark: Okay, a little rude I love how accustomed to this sort of stuff Mark is. Also, yes. The baby did T-Pose on you. Edit: Come to think of it, the narrator sounds a bit like Mark when Mark reads in a deep voice
I enjoy how adamant Mark was about the chess piece being important only to forget about it later lol I think it was just to symbolize the King in Yellow
Okay, so I assume this isn't super apparent because the book itself is semi-obscure but the whole game is paying homage to one of the most powerful entities in the lovecraftian mythos, Hastur; the king in yellow. Essentially a messenger and herald of the outer gods who himself is also an omnipresent outer God whose power is only outshone by his formless parents who are trapped beyond our reality. The symbolism is laid on very thick from the child being called prince, to his clothing, to his ritualistic abidement and even the fact that silencing him can momentarily stop him, and even his symbol/mark that appears.
And the fact mark said the name three times and the game ended right there. One thing about He Who Shall Not Be Named (not the potter one); you don't say his name three times. It...tends to end badly. LoL. Let's just say it gets his PERSONAL attention.
You are right... and now I remember when Mark played this 'Hooney-pop'like Game with the tentacle lady, there was something about yellow king.... now it all comes together... thank you 👍😄
Love the sneaky touches like at 9:59 when there are yellow eyes peeking out of that painting right by the stairs. When he turns around to check on the baby, by the time he returns, the eyes are gone.
For those curious, Hastur is also known as the King in Yellow. He's basically an eldritch god (old ones) from the same mythos as Cthulu. Some variations have him as Cthulu's half-brother, iirc. I'm not super well versed on it, sadly, but the general gist is there.
For a game that is basically a King in Yellow fan fiction it’s coming along well. I like the nods to the original story and am looking forward to the new content.
The developer of this game is Scottish and as a Scot I am so proud to see a Scottish developer get this much recognition! Makes me laugh that Mark didn't know what the 'lounge table' was, or hearing nappy and toasties used instead of diaper and grilled cheese sandwiches. Makes the game even cooler to me :)
So the endings represent the three stories: There's the Sheep ending, which is the first one, the Rabbit ending, which was the escape ending, and I assume they're still developing the Cat ending, which would be, what, taking the baby out for a walk and see them destroy everything?
I think the Cat represent the BiY's Father In the Story he (the Cat) left and the painting says he is cooming (back) There also other connections between the Father & the Cat The Books & the Paint are made by The Father The Secret Room you find The Painting in another version is The Father's Secret Room Also the Father is the only Character that we don't know what happened The Mother help the BiY (mentioned in the Third Book) the Musicisian was Depressed and ended being consumed by the BiY's Madness The Doctor also help the Baby (apparently) & the Babysitter is/are both the Bunny (escaped) & the Sheep (captured)
I love how the main character doesn't talk or react in any kind of way towards the weird things that are happening around them Like a babysitter who just is too focus on the paycheck that ignores the Lovecraftian thing that takes the form of the baby
my headcanon is that rhe Babysitter is stuck on a time loop and has no reactions becahse they just grew numb to it and refuse to give Hastue even the benefit of any sort of reaction kinda like how Chell does in the Portal series
I love that Mark treats him like a normal baby, although quite clearly a demon. This shows best halfway through the video. 21:12 “How bout da sheep :D? How bout dat? Dere u go :D” Edit: and then I saw 29:07
“I SAT ON MY FAT ASS!” I PUT A FAT HAT ON MY BIG ASS AND I SIT ON IT AND ITS AN ASS HAT!” “I DO NOT SIT ON CAT WITH MY FAT ASS BUT I PUT A HAT ON CAT AND IT BECOMES A BIG CAT MAN!”
The first ending was the sheep, you were serving the baby and was consumed just like the sheep, the second was the rabbit, she ran and escaped as did you, the third will be the cat, that's were you'll fight back
In the cat's story he brought the prince then the prince destroyed everything. I think in the third ending you're going to free him, and he's going to destroy everything.
@@ok-qo4cn I mean, with what Eldritch Lore I understand, if Hastur the Unspeakable, King in Yellow, is claiming the mortal vessel of the Baby, any attempt to successfully fight against it would only free him OF that mortal avatar. This would indeed summarily destroy everything, especially since Hastur is known to be a covetous Old One, and much like a child, does not like his toys taken away. Plus, the destruction of all at the hand of the children of Azathoth is merely an inevitability that may only be briefly forestalled, for mere cosmic seconds in the nigh infinity of their majesty.
Carcosa is one of many names for an entity in cthulu nythos, the baby is, lore wise, an eldritch being, the king in yellow. Interestingly, the same king in yellow from that eldritch horror dating sim Mark played, she was the second date.
Lmao was wondering when I'd come across a comment referencing that video (Loved those 3 videos, downright hilarious) Also, it was called "Sucker for Love" if I'm not mistaken
I love that the devs weren't afraid to make this game kind of...goofy. Like, the trope of "demonic possessed child" is so incredibly worn-out at this point that I am really jazzed to see the devs not only have fun with the idea, but really commit to the bit. This game wouldn't be half as hilarious if the devs weren't also having a blast around every corner. The baby exploding out of doors constantly had me in stitches.
10:00 as Mark goes down the stairs there is a faint image of a face in a picture on his left. A few seconds later (10:12) when he passes it again, the face is gone.
Mark: "Cat Hat Sat Fat in the Hat Cat!" It gave me flashbacks to Ethan saying: "SAT, I SAT ON MY FAT ASS" "PUT A FAT HAT ON MY BIG ASS AND THEN I SIT ON IT AND IS A HAT ASS" "I DO NOT SIT ON CAT WITH MY FAT ASS BUT I PUT A HAT ON MY CAT AND COMES A BIG CAT MAN"
"Let's see if anything's different, I don't know if anything is" *Immediately clicks to close the box that tells him what is new* Yup, that's Mark in a nutshell.
For all who don’t know, Hastur is the name for the king in yellow. I assume the baby in yellow is either the child of Hastur or is a younger form of Hastur
I absolutely bout died at the end when you dramatically read “The Black Cat approaches soon” or something because at that very moment my all black cat Shiro came walking up craving attention 😂😂
@@spaceace7355 of course of course! I needed the joke(that no one in my family is cool enough to appreciate 🙄). My friend was tickled by it so there’s that.
It's called a "lounge" in the US sometimes too (though often more in a 'pretentious' context), idk why it tripped him up so hard 😭 Edit: yeah no tbh that would have gotten me too lmao to me that's either a dining room table or dinner table- when I hear "lounge table" I think of a coffee table or something else in front of the couch
I feel it was more because the "lounge" table also appeared to be the dining table.... Even though it was situated in the "lounge" /living room as there didn't appear to be a dining room? Although having said that it is the most blatant table to choose from 😂
I’ll jus say, Mark isn’t lying. Distractible has been a wonderful experience, and y’all should definitely check it out. One of the funniest things I’ve ever listened too.
I like how Mark was disappointed he didn’t get to read the bedtime stories. The baby was both cuter and creepier in its old art. But this update was awesome. I look forward to the cat update.
Bob's Fridge has to be the best Distractable episode ever because of just how angry Bob truly was. Mark saying indignant Bob is his favorite is also true for me. Love it so much.
By the black cat arrives I think that means there will be a new ending. You play the sheep in your first run and the rabbit in the escape run. Finally you'll play the black cat. This would probably happen after the escape run. You escape only for it to follow you to someplace you feel safe and love. Then it destroys it right in front of you.
Mark: let’s see if there’s anything new The game: *shows a screen with new things* Also mark:*clicks x* Edit: I never expected this comment to blow up. Thank you
Mark you really oughta spend some time looking into "The King In Yellow" and "Carcosa" in it's various forms. I think you would appreciate the cosmic horror.
I love how the Baby Sitter didnt even notice anything on the 1st and 2nd night. They were like "Oh the baby teleported eh just a normal tuesday" "woah a painting that sent me inside i better just ignore the painting and everything will be alright" "Oh no the diaper came alive again i thought this only happens once a week"
I feel this is infinitely more terrifying when it's a baby as opposed to it actually being Hastur the Unnamable. And the fact that this is one of the few things Mark has played that makes me genuinely uncomfortable cements that I could never be a parent.
baby: goes missing responsible father mark: _dunking plushie_ "ill be there in a sec honey" _investigates chess piece_ this is why mark doesnt wanna be a dad
For those unaware, this is based on the H.P. Lovecraft character "Hastur, The King in Yellow". He was only briefly mentioned in Lovecraft's own work, but was elaborated on in fan works, and by other authors.
It was actually created by Ambrose Bierce in a short story, expanded upon by Robert Chambers, and then incorporated into the Cthulhu mythos by Lovecraft.
I was hoping that Mark would somehow remember the reference to The King in Yellow when he read the line about Carcosa, since it was featured in the gameplay of that Lovecraftian Creature Dating Sim he played a while back. But I guess I overestimated his memory capabilities. 😅
@@TheAsexualJellyBean admittedly, I only know because of a passing interest in the greater Cthulhu Mythos and a quick trip through a wiki specifically devoted to it due to this video. I hadn't known about Cassildra until watching Mark play this version of this game.
@@Selcryn I'd heard about Hastur a couple of times prior, as I'm very interested in Lovecraft's universe. And I know Mark is a big fan of Lovecraft's stuff himself, so it really did disappoint me when he didn't see, or at least mention, ANY of the Lovecraft stuff in the game.
i like how the animals are sort of different endings, the sheep is sort of the coward ending where you just do what the baby says, the rabbit is where you get away from the baby and escape, and hopefully we will see the cat ending when the new black cat stuff comes out
I'm expecting the cat to be defeating the baby.
I never thought I would see the sentence "defeat the baby" in my lifetime, yet here we are.
I am the best TH-camr ever I am a god. All TH-camrs bow to me and worship me.
@@gothicfemboy428 not funny😐
@@gamepapa1211 You probably haven't heard of "baby with a gun" either
Game: **has own narrator to read the book**
Mark: **Offended but accepts the narrator as a better reader**
What a chad
at first i genuinely thought mark just put on a british accent to read the stories
At least the narrator sounds very similar to Markiplier’s reading voice.
@@ihavenoideawhatimdoing389 same lol
I love that Jack also got upset that they had a narrator for the book
Truly a chad among chads.
“I don’t even know what dark Carcosa is.”
Mark, you just played a horror dating sim where The King in Yellow explained what Carcosa is. You performed a play about it.
He probably forgot
He must have been distracted by…. The graphics….
@Kavetion ok?
@Kavetion Are you a man who has more ovens than a man with 5 ovens?
Didn't think so
@Kavetion Who?
“its okay, the baby’s a demon”
-mark before getting fired from his job as a babysitter
"your honour, the baby was a demon"
We will be right back
Whoever had the idea to adapt The King In Yellow as a babysitting horror game deserves to know they're brilliant, brilliant bastards.
I myself never read King In Yellow, but based on Wikipedia's entry of it, it sounds like a really interesting collection of stories.
One that caught my eye in that list was Street of Four Winds, which is about an artist who is drawn to a neighbor's room by a cat.
I also learned that King In Yellow inspired a particular SCP, which is 701.
Have you seen the Yellow Sign?
@@TempehLiberation I can think of three things called that off the top of my head. You're gonna have to be more specific.
Yeah I was curious if this game was an intentional nod to Hastur, or otherwise known as the King in Yellow.
@@silverflight01 I read it however it’s a book based in the (alternative) future of the 1920’s written in the 1800’s and has a lot of “of the times” messages so it’s pretty hard to follow sometimes. Basic idea is pretty interesting, a bunch of unrelated short stories loosely connect by this play called “the king in yellow”. The content of the play is never reveled but lines come out here or there. “Remove your mask, i’m not wearing a mask” is one. Some of the stories are amazing but some I had trouble following. Worth a read tho
mark:“ohhhh, what happened to your knee?”
baby: *Smiling from the concussion happen half a minute ago*
Also look at the picture at 10:00 😱
Right! You yeeted the baby Mark....
@DONT READ PROFILE PIC okay, I won't :)
@DONT READ PROFILE PIC Nobody will
I love when these games get full versions. We get to see Mark play them again!
Yes, he is such an amaziing creator.
Where is boosfer???
i really enjoy it when he comes back to a game, still hoping for some he played in the past
A moment of silence for those amazing games that Mark never got to finish
YELLOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE???
Can we all take a moment to salute that baby sitter. The baby is literally turning into a demon and they're like, have this dummy, get in this cot and shut up while its story time. Baby sitter deserves a raise!
The job probably pays well why elsewould they keep coming back.
@@TheForgottenGodLurks obviously its better than minimum wage
It's a game...
most youtubers after seeing the sad baby bc they dropped them in a vent:
"oh no im sorry"
Marks reaction:
"Dont be a bitch"
And this is why I love Mark
@@emberhuerta5313 same
@@norah7184 sure
@@norah7184 32:21
And then there’s me, trying to figure out what weird things I can do to the baby. Cook him in the oven, flush him down the toilet, warm him up in the dryer, etc...
Mark: *throws the baby on the ground*
Mark literally 15 seconds later: What happened to your knee?
👧🏼
@Quandale Dingle 👾
Mark changing the subject for 15 minutes.
Also mark:can i put the baby in the washing machine?
love your profile! owl house for life!
damn how is mark reading the books with his mouth closed, that's crazy
There’s a narrator
@@arshu_parshu1999 nah, that’s mark speaking with his mouth closed.
@@itsausername9573 I hope your not serious
@@arshu_parshu1999 ever heard of a crazy thing called a “joke”? Don’t worry I know it’s new to you so I’ll explain to you what I means. It’s something that isn’t serious and is meant to be for a laugh.
@@arshu_parshu1999 oh yeah, this is smol brain time
"can i put the baby in the washing machine?"
me, who probably has seen every little damn secret in this game: YES, MARK. YES YOU CAN.
The fact that it also makes him happy xD
And in the oven too
And the toilet lol
same
And the trash can
Mark doesn’t even have to read the book because the narrator already sounds just like him. 💀
Honestly! I literally thought it was Mark reading for a split sec
i thought it was him reading until he actually started talking
I thought it was Mark ☠️
I was thinking that "Oh wow, I think Mark needs to voice some books over probably" until I noticed that it was not him and he didn't even open his mouth.
I was looking away and genuinely thought it was just Mark doing an accent 😭
I like the thought of Amy walking into Mark's office to give him something and finds him yelling "I'm a man!" to a baby
Just mark as a babysitter:
With a giant head
All one year ago
While he may have forgotten what Dark Carcosa is, the fact that he instinctively knew to avoid looking into the TVs was quite impressive.
😂😂slenderman training Era was strong with this one xD
wait what happeneds when you look into the tv?
@@soup8131 I believe it causes damage
@@soup8131 you would restart back to the beginning of the “tv maze,” so you have to get through it without looking into the tvs for too long! :)
@@soup8131 did you not notice the static when he did look at them?
I like how Hastur was explicitly mentioned.
I also love how Markiplier started teasing an eldritch entity from the Cthulhu Mythos.
Lovecraft.
@@PokeMageTech Okay?
@@PokeMageTech Lovecraft’s cat
It wasn't lovecraft who created hastur though he did develop the idea
Markiplier: Idk if anything’s different
Also Markiplier: clicks out of the notice talking about the updates without a second thought
that’s honestly just such a Mark thing to do
@@servxl3406 You are not wrong. Right up there with skipping tutorials and then screaming that he doesn't know how to play.
Reading is for NERDS with GLASSES
Mark is no nerd hes a CHAD
I think the story books were the most disturbing thing of all, and they were brilliant. It really contributed to the amount of anticipatory dread throughout the story.
I appreciated that they refence the situation of the game. The starting mode follows the path of the sheep, the second is the path of the rabbit. The cat is next so we can assume it'll feature a garden of sorts.
@@BlaizeTheDragon or with us trying to be friends with the baby and it turning out to be a mistake
@@BlaizeTheDragon holy shit that's cool. i spent the last few weeks seeing videos on this and thinking "that looks so stupid lmfao" but discovered all of it today. I am in love
Narrator's voice is also super gorgeous.
i wanna know who is the rabbit
or the protagonist can be both the rabbit and the sheep ?
"Go to sleep, go to sleep."
"Please don't kill me in the night."
"Go to sleep, please."
"Go to sleep, and for the love of god, blink!"
- Markiplier, 2020
I came to say this lol
lmfaoo I remember Markiplier singing this 😂😂😂
Yesssss
Uhh it's 2022
@@misocoveredinmoss6214 I think they're quoting a previous video
Love how mark didn’t notice the rabbit pushie had escaped just like the book had said
I think the graphics being a little funky really adds to the spook factor, like the baby seems almost like robotic. I love when games aren't obsessed with making everything crazy realistic.
𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲,,,,
i agree to an extent, but imo the game goes too far with it and removes all sense of scariness that would be in the game, with goofy, immersion-breaking ui and big flashy plushie ads, i just dont see how this game got so popular when it's not scary at all
@@waffler-yz3gw it’s definitely not scary, but it’s really fun. I haven’t played the game myself but watching Let’s Plays has been very enjoyable, plus the idea of taking care of an eldritch being as a baby is just really funny lol.
@@waffler-yz3gw I can totally see where you're coming from. For me, his game falls into the so bad its good category. And i think that's the point, they're not taking themselves to seriously. However, the ad bit does concern me. It gives off poppy playtime vibes, of course this is a little different considering this game is free to play (at least on mobile). But even so having ads for your game *in* your game feels gross and almost cheep. Espesicially considering the fact that it's not even remotely subtle... Hopefully they wont try to grossly oversell and capatalize off of this game like other games (bendy and hello neighbor im looking at you) have.
@@iminsideyourwalls7002 I honestly don't think it will be like this for several reasons
1. When Baby in Yellow appeared in mainstream it was always for very short bursts and not on as big of a scale as Bendy or Poppy
2. The game is very heavily based on "King in Yellow" so it isn't meant to have some obscure secret plot that many other modern horror games try to achieve as it gives them more attention
3. The game never takes itself that seriously, Poppy and Beddy were serious attempts at making childhood memories scary while this game is obviously goofy for a purpose
Mark today: **yells at the King in Yellow when the king is a prince**
Mark a few months ago: **marries the King in Yellow when she is a woman**
what video was this
*i need to know*
@@movedtoanotherchannel it's the Sucker For Love series he did
@@KhajiitSicario oh no thank you
@@movedtoanotherchannel
It's the "oh no" 😭
I headcanon that this is the baby he has with Estir
I thought Mark was reading the cat story in his very deep voice and I was so confused because his mouth was not moving
𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲,,,,
Me too lol
@@dontclickonmyprofilephoto2231 no
“Why is Mark suddenly British?”
I had my headphones on and wasn't paying attention during the scene, just assumed it was him until I looked up.
I don't know why, but seeing Mark begin to go into an existential crisis screaming "I'M A MAN!" and talking about taxes to a baby is one of the most Markiplier things ever.
Literally telling the infant form of an Outer God he’ll have to pay taxes when he grows up, amazing.
Markiplier: Takes the key from the baby.
Also Mark: “Young man let me tell something about life.”
@DONT READ PROFILE PIC okay i wont
@DONT READ PROFILE PIC everywhere I go, I see his face..
@DONT READ PROFILE PIC dead meme
Don’t reply to the bots comments…
@@FIGHT3R49ER i did but i wont click the fucking channel
Something I never knew we needed: An Eldritch themed horror game -- based on "The King in Yellow" by Robert Chambers -- that consists of you taking care of a baby prince. Big props to the developers for making a game with their own unique spin on the stories. Also, over 80mil downloads? WTF-- that's insane. Good shit to the dev team, and thanks Mark for playing the new content! Hope you play the black cat content when it gets released, too.
To summarize: This game is hella dope as a fan of this type of horror fiction, and I hope most, or some of you, will feel the same.
The second I realised it was actually based on The King in Yellow I got so excited!
This is literally what I’ve been thinking the entire video.
You might also really like ICEY if you've checked that game out. One of the secret endings is the entire reason I learned about the King in Yellow a long time ago
I looked it up and was watching Tale Foundry's video on it when I realized The King in Yellow is also the basis for Estir in Sucker for Love...
@@ohno8398 the second I realized was at 21:04 but it should have been obvious because the in yellow part and Hastur is my favorite of the Mythos
i like how both mark and jack had the same "let's read baby a sto-! oh. it's narrated.
... yeah the narrator's voice is better"
fucking gold i swear
I was praying that Mark would try to stick the baby in the oven like Sean did XD
At first I thought it was him reading the books
@@flyer3849 Me too! I like having TH-cam open when I write or play games, so for the first two stories I was like "Deep voice narrator Mark, back at it again!"
Can we take a minute to appreciate the art in the story books? cause dam it’s good
Mark: gets consumed by as demon child’s mind
“It just T posed on me again…”
After watching from Jacksepticeye's video, it makes me feel anxious if Mark doesn't put the baby in the oven.
Lololol right!
I haven’t watched jack’s vid but I have played this a lot. You can also put the baby in the toilet and flush it
@@Maddie-fg1ku what? You can? That’s funny
i think it's because he's done it already in the demo version! you can watch it back to confirm :)
*Imbuing intolerable anxiety*
I love how throughout the three stories the player reads to the baby, the prince slowly begins to show more creepy and unsettling features, like the baby. Very nice attention to detail, helping to show more about the baby the player is babysitting.
The baby is the prince reincarnated or just a disguise since he’s probably immortal and he doesn’t have parents to call player to babysit he lured the babysitter there to make “new friends” like the story books. Or maybe he does have parents and they were getting him a friend :)
This is my first time seeing this game and I gotta say that I love that they fully adopt the whole "King in Yellow" narrative for it and use the agreed upon symbols to make it work
Mark: *throws baby down the chute *
Me: I have a horrible feeling that won’t work for long.
ok
Same bro 😂
@@ouncerton so i've seen people reply with this alot and i dont get it, if its a joke i would like to be in on the joke but if you people actually think this is a valid response to a comment then i have no hope for the future of communication
@@Juicy-KingDerp.alt. ok
@@ouncerton I don't know what I expected as a response
“Years of Slenderman have programmed me to dodge you” Couldn’t agree more, my dude
man his reaction time on those tvs
@Kavetion yeah sure thing bud
@Kavetion i can play fnaf as good as @markiplier but remember, you have to have skills and practice because playing with the characters in these type of games can trick you so you got to watch out for those characters that are planning tricks in the games
20:30 Mark: get pacified
Baby: falls on the floor
42:40 We here at Markiplier do NOT condone violence towards children. We do, however, find it hilarious.
Mark taught the baby the pecking order
@@karijaques3587 no, that baby is a maggot, the pecking order goes him, dirt, the worms inside the dirt, marks stool, kami, and then mark
34:34 look at the eyes
Feel free to: give baby a bath in the toilet, get him all nice and dry in the oven, and lastly have him enjoy a nice spin in the dryer! For him it's like a Merry Go Round!
@@xercanom5133 yes someone else mentioned the oven and toilet!
_"and then you have to pay taxes.. then you'll cry!"_
*laughs in pain*
LOL
I love how they decided to go a creepy fairytale route with this and included little gags and gimmicks! This was really well done
mark: picks up baby
mark: throws outside
mark:comes out seeing the baby with fire around it.
"HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT!?"
Mark :"Dark Carcosa? I don't even know what Dark Carcosa is."
Me: Remembering him having played "Sucker for Love Chapter 2" which was all about doing a play regarding Dark Carcosa (and then wondering how the hell I even remember that)
same, I instantly thought of sucker for love
That’s understandable, since both this game and SfL ch 2 take inspiration from The King in Yellow, a Lovecraftian horror based around a theatrical play
Yeah the first time I heard about it, there's a website called Middle Finger of Vecna, where you can find d&d 5e homebrews. And there is a bard subclass called the College of the Forbidden Play.
I knew it sounded familiar!
I just love how markiplier makes mostly horror content. He has a special place in our hearts.
69th like
oh no! im gonna die according to the bots in the replies!
He does indeed hold a special place in our hearts ✨❤
What thing
@@SickAndMeanSAM lol
Mark: "3 Scary Games Beginner Leagues."
Lixian: "Time to work my magic."
Lixian really knew that assignment
I was busting out laughing when he said “well are you upset?” Before shutting the door on the demonic baby, because I did the same exact thing😂
_Toast machine explodes and FEED ME coats the walls_
Mark: Okay, a little rude
I love how accustomed to this sort of stuff Mark is.
Also, yes. The baby did T-Pose on you.
Edit: Come to think of it, the narrator sounds a bit like Mark when Mark reads in a deep voice
𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲,,,
I actually thought it was mark at first.
I enjoy how adamant Mark was about the chess piece being important only to forget about it later lol I think it was just to symbolize the King in Yellow
Yeah I was wondering on when Mark would go back to mentioning the chess piece, considering that it's the king piece (I think, I don't play chess 😅)
@@CourtneyAHolmes yeah I was wondering when he would go back to it as well lol it is the king piece you are correct
I need a whole series of the games you once played in the "3 horror games" and now got at an advanced state and got way better.
it will be called "full horror games"
Weekly/Biweekly horror game
Mark: talking
Baby: oh my doctors appointment gotta bounce
Mark: Found the bottle
baby: *poof*
Mark: and your gone..
29:10 I love how mark instantly becomes a drunken, resentful father when he gets the key 😂
Okay, so I assume this isn't super apparent because the book itself is semi-obscure but the whole game is paying homage to one of the most powerful entities in the lovecraftian mythos, Hastur; the king in yellow. Essentially a messenger and herald of the outer gods who himself is also an omnipresent outer God whose power is only outshone by his formless parents who are trapped beyond our reality. The symbolism is laid on very thick from the child being called prince, to his clothing, to his ritualistic abidement and even the fact that silencing him can momentarily stop him, and even his symbol/mark that appears.
I can't believe it took me so long to realize the lovecraftian inspiration I was looking to see if anyone else noticed XD
So you're saying that this isn't an ordinary baby? 🤔
@@WG55 42:10 nope
And the fact mark said the name three times and the game ended right there. One thing about He Who Shall Not Be Named (not the potter one); you don't say his name three times. It...tends to end badly. LoL. Let's just say it gets his PERSONAL attention.
You are right... and now I remember when Mark played this 'Hooney-pop'like Game with the tentacle lady, there was something about yellow king.... now it all comes together... thank you 👍😄
Love the sneaky touches like at 9:59 when there are yellow eyes peeking out of that painting right by the stairs. When he turns around to check on the baby, by the time he returns, the eyes are gone.
For those curious, Hastur is also known as the King in Yellow. He's basically an eldritch god (old ones) from the same mythos as Cthulu. Some variations have him as Cthulu's half-brother, iirc. I'm not super well versed on it, sadly, but the general gist is there.
Hastur also, originally in Ambrose Bierce’s book ‘Haïta the Shepherd’, was a god of shepherds; do with that information what you will (/informative)
For a game that is basically a King in Yellow fan fiction it’s coming along well. I like the nods to the original story and am looking forward to the new content.
trying to count how many times mark tries to make a point by saying the baby is not actually a child but a demon
𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲.
the masculine adult urge to have a soft spoken british person read you a goodnight story (i am void of positive social interaction)
The developer of this game is Scottish and as a Scot I am so proud to see a Scottish developer get this much recognition! Makes me laugh that Mark didn't know what the 'lounge table' was, or hearing nappy and toasties used instead of diaper and grilled cheese sandwiches. Makes the game even cooler to me :)
Very similar to what we call them in Australia, too!
So the endings represent the three stories: There's the Sheep ending, which is the first one, the Rabbit ending, which was the escape ending, and I assume they're still developing the Cat ending, which would be, what, taking the baby out for a walk and see them destroy everything?
@𝙀𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩 shut up
Actually i assumed the same thing except i didnt actually think of what the cat related ending is
@𝙀𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩 damn bro got the whole squad laughing😐
I think the Cat represent the BiY's Father
In the Story he (the Cat) left and the painting says he is cooming (back)
There also other connections between the Father & the Cat
The Books & the Paint are made by The Father
The Secret Room you find The Painting in another version is The Father's Secret Room
Also the Father is the only Character that we don't know what happened
The Mother help the BiY (mentioned in the Third Book) the Musicisian was Depressed and ended being consumed by the BiY's Madness
The Doctor also help the Baby (apparently)
& the Babysitter is/are both the Bunny (escaped) & the Sheep (captured)
I love how the main character doesn't talk or react in any kind of way towards the weird things that are happening around them
Like a babysitter who just is too focus on the paycheck that ignores the Lovecraftian thing that takes the form of the baby
my headcanon is that rhe Babysitter is stuck on a time loop and has no reactions becahse they just grew numb to it and refuse to give Hastue even the benefit of any sort of reaction kinda like how Chell does in the Portal series
I love that Mark treats him like a normal baby, although quite clearly a demon. This shows best halfway through the video.
21:12
“How bout da sheep :D? How bout dat? Dere u go :D”
Edit: and then I saw 29:07
34:01
Mark: That was fun. *Sips drink*
Me: Heart is still racing from jumpscare and squinting my eyes terrified in case there's more
Lmao literally me, it scared me
This man really is, the King of FNaF
He has dealt with jump scares before and now they don’t scare him
mark paying homage to “unus” talking about the cat in the hat out of nowhere was just what i needed
Lol same, the moment he said cat hat I immediately thought of Ethan/unus
Oh Eef
I feel like he does the "I sat on a cat with my BIG FAT cat hat" bit many times.
“I SAT ON MY FAT ASS!” I PUT A FAT HAT ON MY BIG ASS AND I SIT ON IT AND ITS AN ASS HAT!”
“I DO NOT SIT ON CAT WITH MY FAT ASS BUT I PUT A HAT ON CAT AND IT BECOMES A BIG CAT MAN!”
14:09 I swear to god, I heard "ASMR" being said somewhere between the whispers.
I like how at 29:12, the baby was like “I just fell for this fools tricks”
Me: *sees the washing machine*, "Mark should put the baby in the washing machine."
Mark: "Can I put the baby in the washing machine?"
HOW DID HE KNOW
he just knows
It's like his thing lol
That's because of Marki-instinct
The first ending was the sheep, you were serving the baby and was consumed just like the sheep, the second was the rabbit, she ran and escaped as did you, the third will be the cat, that's were you'll fight back
In the cat's story he brought the prince then the prince destroyed everything. I think in the third ending you're going to free him, and he's going to destroy everything.
@@ok-qo4cn yeah that makes sense, but it just felt like the progressive of things, I probably should have listened to the book more carefully
@@JollyBlackwell Yes, but I do imagine at some point they'll add a "fight back" ending
@@ok-qo4cn We can only hope
@@ok-qo4cn I mean, with what Eldritch Lore I understand, if Hastur the Unspeakable, King in Yellow, is claiming the mortal vessel of the Baby, any attempt to successfully fight against it would only free him OF that mortal avatar. This would indeed summarily destroy everything, especially since Hastur is known to be a covetous Old One, and much like a child, does not like his toys taken away. Plus, the destruction of all at the hand of the children of Azathoth is merely an inevitability that may only be briefly forestalled, for mere cosmic seconds in the nigh infinity of their majesty.
9:41 i love how mark just overlooks the eyes of the devil
Mark: "Then you'll have to pay taxes, then you'll cry"
Every person's worst nightmare is taxes 💀
Edit: Thank you all for the likes! ❤
Not when you evade them, then your worst nightmare is them finding out
@@SuperInconspicuous XD men I'm lucky that I'm not on America
@@GamingCat343 you still have taxes lol
@@chumbucket4539 ain’t never goin away
@@chumbucket4539 yep
Carcosa is one of many names for an entity in cthulu nythos, the baby is, lore wise, an eldritch being, the king in yellow. Interestingly, the same king in yellow from that eldritch horror dating sim Mark played, she was the second date.
Lmao was wondering when I'd come across a comment referencing that video (Loved those 3 videos, downright hilarious)
Also, it was called "Sucker for Love" if I'm not mistaken
If only he knew.
Carcosa is a place, a lost and destroyed city
possibly another dimension or planet where The King (Baby) in Yellow comes from or took over
:)
OH MY GOD
THE LORE IS LORING
A good book
I love that the devs weren't afraid to make this game kind of...goofy. Like, the trope of "demonic possessed child" is so incredibly worn-out at this point that I am really jazzed to see the devs not only have fun with the idea, but really commit to the bit. This game wouldn't be half as hilarious if the devs weren't also having a blast around every corner. The baby exploding out of doors constantly had me in stitches.
Mark is such husband material. He even puts the toilet seat down in videogames 😂
27:05
Mark: “Expresso yourself through music”
Lixian may have forgotten to add the *”Ba dum tss”* sound effect there.
Hello again
Only 128 likes?
@@Nobody-xq8vj great now I'm gonna have nightmares from your profile picture
@@bullet_outsmarter_5000 Muahahahaha
10:00 as Mark goes down the stairs there is a faint image of a face in a picture on his left.
A few seconds later (10:12) when he passes it again, the face is gone.
Damn, I didn't even notice that in all the videos I've watched for this game lol
Yea it's a thing in the game, also if u get 100 on the basketball hoop, something happens, like a loud crashing sort of noise and smoke
Mark: "Cat Hat Sat Fat in the Hat Cat!"
It gave me flashbacks to Ethan saying:
"SAT, I SAT ON MY FAT ASS"
"PUT A FAT HAT ON MY BIG ASS AND THEN I SIT ON IT AND IS A HAT ASS"
"I DO NOT SIT ON CAT WITH MY FAT ASS BUT I PUT A HAT ON MY CAT AND COMES A BIG CAT MAN"
YES
i was thinking the same thing
well, yeah, that's what mark's referencing
LMAOOOOOO
I was just thinking that
Mark: casually dodges countless dangers
Also Mark: bet there was a cat in there. 🤔
Me: "Markiplier will be such a great dad!"
Markiplier: *proceeds to put baby in the washing machine* 🤍🤍🤍
*Proceeds to put the baby in the Washing Machine*
I was waiting to see this comment somewhere 😂😂😂
@@angelpeach2348 same 🤣
Jokes on you, you never even saw the video. He never even put it in the oven, he put the baby in the washing machine!
@@Haaalp This is the second time he played this, he did in the first play through
"Let's see if anything's different, I don't know if anything is"
*Immediately clicks to close the box that tells him what is new*
Yup, that's Mark in a nutshell.
For all who don’t know, Hastur is the name for the king in yellow. I assume the baby in yellow is either the child of Hastur or is a younger form of Hastur
I absolutely bout died at the end when you dramatically read “The Black Cat approaches soon” or something because at that very moment my all black cat Shiro came walking up craving attention 😂😂
I love that you named your all black cat "white"
@@spaceace7355 of course of course! I needed the joke(that no one in my family is cool enough to appreciate 🙄). My friend was tickled by it so there’s that.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's so adorable
@@lanamadness1439 well I'm pretty sure it tickled a few ribs on TH-cam to!
i was about to comment about the name lmao
I never realised til now that “lounge” is not a universal thing 😂 it was painful watching him look for the “lounge table” 😂😂😂🤣
it dosen't even matter that its not universal. once the kitchen was the wrong answer, thats the next OBVIOUS table in the apartment.
It's called a "lounge" in the US sometimes too (though often more in a 'pretentious' context), idk why it tripped him up so hard 😭
Edit: yeah no tbh that would have gotten me too lmao to me that's either a dining room table or dinner table- when I hear "lounge table" I think of a coffee table or something else in front of the couch
well i just assumed that it was the living room
I feel it was more because the "lounge" table also appeared to be the dining table.... Even though it was situated in the "lounge" /living room as there didn't appear to be a dining room?
Although having said that it is the most blatant table to choose from 😂
As an American, when I hear "lounge table" my mind goes to a small coffee table, not a big dinning table.
I’ll jus say, Mark isn’t lying. Distractible has been a wonderful experience, and y’all should definitely check it out. One of the funniest things I’ve ever listened too.
Funniest Moments
14:52 until 15:18
29:10
33:00
34:11 until 35:12
40:25
42:08
Have fun watching!
"YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GONNA GET YOUR WAY"
My brother in Christ...he is the King in Yellow. He ALWAYS gets his way.
Eh, not when he's up against other abominations as terrifying as him. Or maybe even more.
@@adityam4263 How about Cthuhlu?
I like how Mark was disappointed he didn’t get to read the bedtime stories.
The baby was both cuter and creepier in its old art. But this update was awesome. I look forward to the cat update.
29:30 Mark’s “grow up” speech was my favourite part of the video
Bob's Fridge has to be the best Distractable episode ever because of just how angry Bob truly was. Mark saying indignant Bob is his favorite is also true for me. Love it so much.
Um I mean that's good but wrong video
By the black cat arrives I think that means there will be a new ending. You play the sheep in your first run and the rabbit in the escape run. Finally you'll play the black cat. This would probably happen after the escape run. You escape only for it to follow you to someplace you feel safe and love. Then it destroys it right in front of you.
Mark : "What happened to your knee ?"
Also Mark seconds ago : *drops baby on the floor*
Those baby eyes look very human and not demonic at all :)
Omg hi Patterrz didn't expect you here
Yes, most definitely a normal homosapian infant.
Yes
𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲.....
9:40 Look closely
I love how mark is just enjoying the story books and not at all bothered by the meaning and pictures unlike me 😂😂
Mark: let’s see if there’s anything new
The game: *shows a screen with new things*
Also mark:*clicks x*
Edit: I never expected this comment to blow up. Thank you
It blew up with no comments???
ok dude...
@@Ronald98 it has almost 600 likes
@@kingme0619 you avoided my point... you still had no comments...
@@Ronald98 and who asked?
@@Ronald98 needlessly critical
Mark you really oughta spend some time looking into "The King In Yellow" and "Carcosa" in it's various forms. I think you would appreciate the cosmic horror.
marks first instinct: feed the baby
jacks first instinct: cook the baby
I love how the Baby Sitter didnt even notice anything on the 1st and 2nd night. They were like "Oh the baby teleported eh just a normal tuesday" "woah a painting that sent me inside i better just ignore the painting and everything will be alright" "Oh no the diaper came alive again i thought this only happens once a week"
I feel this is infinitely more terrifying when it's a baby as opposed to it actually being Hastur the Unnamable.
And the fact that this is one of the few things Mark has played that makes me genuinely uncomfortable cements that I could never be a parent.
Thought it was Hastur the UnSPEAKable. Granted, The Great Old Ones tend to have several titles, so that might just be one that I hadn't heard
@@RotaAbyssian it’s technically Him Who Is Not To Be Named, so they’re pretty close and just seem to have shortened all that.
“AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY TAXES… THEN YOU’LL CRY!!” -Mark, 2022 29:38
3:51 “Can I put the baby in the washing machine?”
“Mark no”
“It’s okay the baby’s a demon”
“…”
baby: goes missing
responsible father mark: _dunking plushie_ "ill be there in a sec honey" _investigates chess piece_
this is why mark doesnt wanna be a dad
Mark: What is a lounge table? Lounge table...what is a lounge?
*Laughs in British*
For those unaware, this is based on the H.P. Lovecraft character "Hastur, The King in Yellow".
He was only briefly mentioned in Lovecraft's own work, but was elaborated on in fan works, and by other authors.
It was actually created by Ambrose Bierce in a short story, expanded upon by Robert Chambers, and then incorporated into the Cthulhu mythos by Lovecraft.
@@Selcryn Ah, my mistake! I just knew it was part of the mythos, and mistakenly remembered it as being created by Lovecraft himself.
Thanks!
I was hoping that Mark would somehow remember the reference to The King in Yellow when he read the line about Carcosa, since it was featured in the gameplay of that Lovecraftian Creature Dating Sim he played a while back. But I guess I overestimated his memory capabilities. 😅
@@TheAsexualJellyBean admittedly, I only know because of a passing interest in the greater Cthulhu Mythos and a quick trip through a wiki specifically devoted to it due to this video. I hadn't known about Cassildra until watching Mark play this version of this game.
@@Selcryn I'd heard about Hastur a couple of times prior, as I'm very interested in Lovecraft's universe. And I know Mark is a big fan of Lovecraft's stuff himself, so it really did disappoint me when he didn't see, or at least mention, ANY of the Lovecraft stuff in the game.
Mark yelling “IM A MAN! IM A MAN!” Has me in stitches
lmfao reminds me of that one kid smacking his chest while saying "I'M GROWN!"
It's weird that this is arguably the most known lovecraft game without people knowing it's a lovecraft game