you know what could a interesting idea? Is kind of a reversed mascot horror. You instead play as an adorable marketable character (which for some reason i imagine him as a fluffy kobold) that was meant to entertain children, then you accidently find youself on the place that created you and discovered that while you where made to spread happiness and joy the place where you came from is a nightmarish hellscape with violence,mutants,slavery,flesh montrosities and even more dark stuff.
@@sociallyineptsnapper of course i don't mind, and i have even more ideas for this game. Like you aren't even something like a soul trapped on a mascot or something instead you are an actually living creature created by the heavy use of Psionics along with biological experiments, which is why the place your character where born in is such a nasty place.
Have the QR code that leads to a mostly blank webpage that is a little easter egg hunt through the source code ala FNaF teaser to learn more about the universe
Fr like what if you have a caruma, and your take photos of different forms of said monster and you import it every time u go home, and it slowly but creepily 1. Hacks into your computer (real and game like doki doki) 2. Exposes who you are/what you are 3. Solves a mystery!
It's genuinely pretty sad to see such a premise being treated so badly. Like, everything else aside, the concept of needing to survive a series of monsters who all wear the same-looking skin while you need to decipher which monster is within that skin to figure out how to stop it is pretty cool. I can imagine a multiplayer game where it's like phasmophobia in that you and others are tasked with identifying the main monster through preestablished clues and finding a way to either escape or contain it before it can kill all of you. I think the best way to have presented this concept is to introduce Sparky as a containment unit that looks the way it does because it's aesthetically easier to comprehend and work with instead of just a normal mannequin where all the monsters' behaviors or traits would have been extremely uncanny. They could have even taken this a step further by making a mechanic where when the monster kills someone, it can remove itself from Sparky and place itself into the corpse, leaving behind a husk of Sparky for other players to find and realize how screwed they are while all the habits that made Sparky look goofy look genuinely terrifying when translated into its new human body. This serves as both a creepy but realistic way to justify Sparky's existence while also making players genuinely feel closer to Sparky as seeing Sparky's empty husk means that things just went from bad to worse in-game and making him a sorta canary where his death means the worst has happened. Instead, they divided efforts into a gamemode they didn't care about to promote a gamemode they do care about but misplaced resources away from when they could have promoted and improved upon it. I can see the potential and it frustrates me seeing it being dumped like this because they were more concerned about using gimmicky advertisements instead of just trying to make a good game and promote it.
@@Super_magi_c TL;DR for all the Mr. Lazys (That's including you in particular.) The multiplayer game had great potential, but ideas and such that could've been used just get ignored and sidelined by gimmicky advertising, and doom the entire game series.
Seriously, instead of ghost possession or the mascot being an experiment gone wrong, it’s monsters that want to kill you wearing costumes. That’s pretty cool and quite unique for a mascot horror.
Is there any actual zoochosis gameplay? The viral trailer was bullshot (animation, not gameplay), it seemed pretty sus to me. But it is important to remember that most teams put out awful games before a success, so no need to to write it off completely. Its a hard "wait for reviews". I will say this game on a technical level wasnt awful, its just poorly designed... You expect poor obtuse design from new developers which of course doesnt excuse it but it does mean theres hope for the next.
Yeah, honestly the only positive about sparky marky is the monster designs. Even though literally only 2 of them were officially used in game with most of them being seen in shorts and the only second one that's in the game barely appearing.
I know that you didn't wanted to talk about Sparky in the comments, but I need to say this. I did some digging about the devs working on Clapperheads, and I found out that some of them worked on the Hello Neighbor IP , and almost all of their games have game design problems similar to Spark Marky. Which is, like, almost some sorts of Pharaoh's level of game curse.
This whole thing stunk the moment I saw it. Sloppy an uninspired level design, extremely NFT-esc characters, discord integration, and of course; Multi-chapter releases. Seriously people, stop making NEW games for each chapter. Just have it all in one engine so you can fix all your garbage at the same time.
When Bendy and The Ink Machine first came out, I always compared it's chapter releases to TellTale (minus the gameplay style), it even has an artstyle that wouldn't look out of place in that engine.
Hot take but chapters are only really useful for extremely story heavy games. If all a chapter adds is an hour of gameplay and 3 new models you didn’t make a new chapter you made an update
@@theveganduolingobird7349 Yeah, Bendy is a mascot horror game. It's even about a cartoon mascot for an animation studio that's a parody of Disney with Bendy being a Mickey Mouse expy.
@@Sylvia_Corvidev yeah Zoonomaly looked kinda mid, maybe if all the monsters weren't white creatures with creeeeepy smile, and the gameplay loop was more then "do the obby for the key" then it would have been good.
Honestly, as a soon to be mascot horror dev, one of my biggest fears is my game being the subject of one of these videos. Which is part of the reason i watch these types of videos. Apart from the fact that i genuinely enjoy this content, it also gives me insight into what not to do as a developer, and has been a big inspiration for my development career (as fledgling as it may be).
the fact that you take the initiative to find these kinds of videos and take in their commentary already puts you leagues ahead of the people who just push out low-effort shlock to make a quick buck. if you really do care about what you're making, i guarantee your effort will shine through and make something great.
If you put passion into it, it won't be awful. Even if it's heavily flawed, it's obvious when people care about something, and that can make something more enjoyable.
@@posthistoricdino422 thank you for the kind words, I've been working on this idea for over a year now, planning out every little detail. I do genuinely have passion for the project and I'm super excited for the day I can release it.
well you already sounds promissing as a gamedev, seems like nowadays mascot horror devs dont really put any effort, which already shows u really are commiting to it. very curious abt what u working on now
Personally, I'm skeptical about Zoochosis. All I've seen were prerendered trailers, security footage-style gifs, some cutscenes, and little to no actual gameplay outside of walking around and getting jumpscared. After doing light googling, I can only assume that it's going to be a FNAF-like task management game that relies on their freaky monster designs. And while the giraffe looks amazing, the kangaroo is just silly. If there's anything out there that actually shows some convincing, real gameplay, I'd love to see it. I sincerely hope the devs are actually making a good game, I just seriously side-eye these kinds of project that seems so reluctant to show what their game actually is.
I forgot the name of this game till now. it looked so unbelievably bad when I saw it... Yet another mascot horror trying to live up to the fame of FNAF, Batim, Poppy Playtime, ETC-
@@nicefloweytheoverseer7632 It's very difficult to live up to the fame of the three main Mascot Horror games. It's even more difficult to live up to the infamy of Banban.
My cat's name is Mufasa and he was found on the streets. Whoever had him declawed his front paws but now, after 10 years, he's learned to grab things with his.. Fingers? Whatever they're called
I remember playing the demo for this thing from Itchio and getting turned off by just how boring the game was and how hard they were pushing their discord for the “code words” sprinkled throughout the game that I did not in fact find and maybe something about lore? Idk, my memories are hazy since it was a couple years back and after getting stuck I dropped it and deleted the files off my pc. Glad to see they’re still pushing to artificially inflate their discord
having to track an invisible enemy and force it off of you by tagging a dummy reminds me heavily of a Saturn-exclusive game called Enemy Zero, which involves you navigating a spaceship while getting stalked by invisible enemies that you can only track by sound (piano keys to be exact) and have to utilize a catch-all tool with limited battery power to fend them off...which honestly makes me wish we got a more modernized take on that instead, but oh well!
my cat likes to twitch-kick his hind leg like he's a horse. He does this primarily when there's a breeze or draft that touches his bum. He also goes 'borl' instead of 'meow', we named him Conan because of his joyless expression and wild hair. He took to my dad the way dads take to dogs, the two have a similar expression when watching football. Pure. Stoic. Focus.
My cat is named Venom, he's a small tuxedo tornado who I swear was ginger in a previous life but I adore him anyways because he's sweet outside of also being insane
This is me with cautious skepticism, but the “trailer” for Zoochosis gave me the similar vibes to Sparky Marky. Not because they’re visually similar, but the 100% animated, mock gameplay, full focus on jumpscares screams “cash grab” to me.
@@SquedMoyai I have no idea why they skipped that chapter. Is it just stuck in development hell for reasons that we don't know yet, or is it some kind of joke like Goat Simulator 3 or Thankskilling 3 (both of which were released almost exactly 10 years apart from each other)?
I like the idea of having to go “outside” the game to solve puzzles, but instead of discord they could have made it a welcome to the game kind of situation, where the game itself contains the plot and also a virtual desktop or something like that that you have to transverse to continue, that way you don’t have to exit out every few minutes and break immersion
The best way I could tell that it was deeply unpopular was when my own younger brothers had no idea what Sparky is, and they're really into the horror mascot games. I am definitely gonna check out Zoochosis though when it comes out, I just hope that they actually get voice actors this time.
This game reminds me of how the DCEU felt like the creators were skipping major bits of what made the genre work to play catch-up to the bigger players? Like, this game feels like it wanted to get to the "FNaF: Security Breach" and "Project: Playtime" points of the mascot horror genre, without even having a starting game to base itself off of.
On the cat topic, I had a cat named Taffy once. They were a pain in the ass. Always bit me for no reason and they always immediately came for me whenever I walked out of my room alone. Eventually made me afraid to even come out until other people were out of their rooms too. We do not have that one now, thankfully. We eventually got two more cats soon after Taffy was given away. One was a black cat named Mavin that had to be put down due to a urinary tract infection and the other one was a breed of cat that I can’t remember off the top of my end but I want to say it was a calico or something. Her name is Willow. She’s still alive and well, She’s annoying too. Mavin was honestly the better one. He may have jumped up on stuff a lot, but he was nice and liked being pet. May he rest in peace. Speaking of him, he was buried in my uncles property for some reason, if I’m not mistaken.
@@GlamrockDusky I’m honestly surprised that I even got a response from you of all people. Not that I’m trying to sound ungrateful or anything, I’m legitimately just surprised 😆 In any case, kind of interesting we happened to share similar experiences with mean cats :P
My experience with having cats all my life. Cats were rather scared or aggressive towards me when I was young. I always tried to force cuddles and my brother would do cat bowling. Now older and learned about cat behaviour, I have very affectionate cats. Basically, don't force them into things :P Lol I have gizmo jump onto my lap just now.
Just to be clear, I'm not saying you're the cause of the cats aggression. Family or outside forces can contribute to a cats aggression. Even just having a neighbours cat hanging around can upset certain cats.
I've comed form 4 months since this video Released and I've come to tell that zoochosis Failed to deliver sadly the game while being in my opinion the anthitesis of a mascot horror, failed in everything it propossed to do and be a real shame since I liked the idea and desings but I come out of the game pretty disapointed
Got a cat named Starla Moon, she's a black and calico mix. She's a sweet girl but also quite stinky (which is how most cats are 😅) We had another cat named Tony but we're 90% certain he passed away.
Bro, I just found your channel, and the fact you only have made EIGHT VIDEOS is INSANE. The quality of your videos are just straight up amazing! Keep up the great work!
Really like these summary/analysis videos! It definitely helps that you’re hitting some fresh topics I haven’t personally seen many talk about. Hope to see more!
26:05 - 26:11 Well, the 'gameplay' trailer just dropped, and it's not looking good for them. But hey, let's wait until the game comes out and judge for ourselves. If the case of it going towards the direction it's older brother, Sparky did, then have that video planned and prepared if it happens. Update: [10/02/24] the game came out and it's not as bad as the gameplay trailer made it out to be. Though the voice acting still sounds abit off but over all, everything's all right. Don't know why they made that gameplay trailer feel off, though. Update 2: [10/03/24] oh boy, never mind. It's terrible.
I will gladly take a dev begging people to engage with their game, a canceled TV show, and gameplay that’s only engaging as a badly built puzzle box compared to literally everything going on here
I remember watching a tutorial video for a Multiplayer version of Sparky Marky on how to give the role to whom Sparky Marky is chasing. It was unbelievably bloated and more complicated than it should be.
My cat is named Tabatha, she was one of the cats that my grandmother had, she used to take in stray cats that would show up. She's blind in one eye and is very talkative to us, which earned her the nickname "Sassy lady".; We also have a dog named Niko she gets along with.
Honestly I really enjoy your channel, just found it out and am shocked at how small it is, the character is crazy cool and super high quality Keep up the good work
I really appreciate Dusky doing their damnest for these videos to end on positive notes!!!! Makes me kinda hopeful for the growth of these smaller, younger devs c:
I want to make a horror game about a person who has dreams about meeting their favorite famous youtubers, and they get invited to meet them at a con. Turns out the whole convention is made by some weird entity trying to kill them. (Or something similar)
you can definitely see they KNOW horror stuff. The idea of sparky is honestly really cool and the environment looked interesting to me but we cant keep doing these walking demos with one jumpscare thing guys you gotta...gotta make a game...
My cat is Archibald. He was apparently living as a stray outside an apartment building and being fed by a few residents before someone realized it was eventually going to get cold and brought him to the shelter where I found him. I have suspicions that he might’ve been abused at some point in his past, just based on some of his behavior, but in the ten months I’ve had him he’s gotten more confident and it’s obvious that he feels safe and secure in my home. ❤
Me watching this video: phasmo style gameplay... A.I. voices... Poop analysis in gameplay... huh, this seems like zoochosis. Get to that part: oh, that's why
Watching Markiplier play this was absolutely insane and confusing. Glad I got at least some explanation of what the hell this abomination of a game was. Btw my cat Venus was a stray we caught and is the yappiest girl ever
*26:24* my cat is named autumn, she is cute, she sometimes paws at her water dish and is just overall a very sweet bean (she was named that way because of her fur pattern, she is an American shorthair)
None of it makes sense. Like, 16 (barely an exaggeration) single use gimmick guns that aren’t used at all and are difficult to remember and acquire if you ever do need one, why would a training facility or real facility require a crypto currency (that somehow is found irl) to unlock hacking (why is hacking encouraged? Just open the door!) or something as simple as using an elevator?? You telling me a wheelchair user can get trapped in the upper/lower floors if they don’t own enough credits?? The hell? The rooms don’t look sciency, no science happens there at all and I don’t understand why these monsters get in these suits in the first place Use the tokens for extra ammo or instant refresh cool-downs, and have it mapped to a key instead of a cumbersome in-game menu screen that makes you stop moving. Markiplier played the second one and both he and I got so confused that I didn’t finish watching it. Idk if he even finished playing it. It was as terrible to watch as it is to play
I remember joining a live from someone playing this mess, being lock for 15+ minutes because the direction wan't clear. To talk about something positive, your videos are still great and pleasant to follow, especialy with your new OC' faces they looks really nice as usual
sparky Marky actually has kind of an interesting concept if it did it properly and if it added actual ARG elements that were completely optional and didn't try and force you to join their discord just to finish the game and if the game actually made Sparky Marky a threat then this could have been great I hope other mascot horror games try something similar but do it right instead of this half cooked way
Got an orange tabby named Lucky i picked up as a kitten from a farm and he has ALL the traits of a orange cat that doesnt have a hold of the universal brain cell xD My 2nd cat i got from my moving neighbour, Lilly, i think shes a mix cause she looks like a tabby but her fur is really fluffy. Shes the sweetest thing around ❤
I heard a lot of good ideas from this video, and I saw a lot of lost potential. First of all, I love the idea of multiple monsters using the same suit, but in execution… Why? Why that suit in particular, why does the suit even look like that. It looks so jarring compared to the rest of the game. The sci-fi SCP style labs don’t fit with the bright pink peanut look of the mascot, and again, WHY are they using that suit? It would be cool if these were some unimaginable horror that could only be contained in these specialized suits, acting as a sort of straight jacket to keep them from harming themselves or others. I’m picturing some old tattered rags clinging onto this amorphous shape that could be any monster. Picture this. The facility has several monsters locked away, sealed inside three suits that all look exactly identical. One day, one of these monsters manages to break free of their restraints, and kills the other creatures. Now, you need to find out which one survived because tactics that could stop some monsters may only embolden whatever is chasing you. The suit isn’t some happy mascot, it’s a mess of mangled metal and cloth, a bulky metal mask hiding the monster’s true face. But in that large hunk of metal, you see eyes and a mouth, an unintentional design that our brain recognizes thanks to paradollia. Buried under the sparking wires of the mask, you can almost make out a large toothy grin.
i was casually given steam keys to this game like a year ago or so before dawko or anyone played it and i will never live down that i just casually had dev keys to both sparky marky and its multiplayer experience game It now just sits in my library rotting because I rather play 9 hours of Buckshot Roulette instead
I had three cats I took care of after my grandpa passed. My favorite was a big fluffy one named Euna. One time it was storming and I didn't want him to be cold, so I sat on my porch hoping he'd join me. He did eventually, and even let me pet him (he was feral, and pets were a rare treat). To my suprise though, he actually climbed into my lap, and fell asleep following some TLC as he laid there. I haven't seen him since my dad kicked me out, and I hope they're ok.
Stumbled across your forgotten video last night and enjoyed the coverage. I like the avatar. Pretty rad. My first thought was “Is that Roxy?”. Then I saw your name and understood the aesthetic.
I have two cats, Ozzy and Shimmer. I got Shimmer when I was four, and she’s always been very grumpy. She’s super affectionate but only on her own terms Ozzy is very big, clumsy, and learned how to cat from the dog. He can and will bite, a lot, but he’s also the sweetest cat I’ve ever met
Sparky's design looks like one of those intentionally bad TF2 loadouts where they stack on mismatched Halloween cosmetics to make their character look as stupid as possible.
My cat is named Monkey D Luffy. He is 4 years old. He loves to get into trouble. He loves to get into small spaces. He dropped a pop figure on my head once. He got stuck in my bathroom sink cabinet once. He has no legs. He doesn't make noise. He sticks his tongue out a lot. He only goes to the bathroom once every one to two weeks. He only eats raw rat meat. He is only allowed to eat every two weeks. He is the king of the pirates. His most powerful attack is gomu gomu no ble le le. He loves meat. He brings JOY. He is a good BOY. When people ask me what he is I tell him them "that's not a snake that's the sun god Nika" Also apparently he's supposed to sit in a ball but he never does. He also never looks where he's going. He also denies gravity applies to him.
You should do a Video on ALL the forgotten little mascot Horror slop games Out there, y'know, the ones you mentioned in your Video about muzy and the other two. Make it Like, 2-3 hours long at minimum, Feature length +
2:14 This game has 3 CHAPTERS?! I only remember seeing one. I think I only saw 2 TH-camrs play this game and neither of them returned to it afterward. 😅
If you take suggestions, a series on youtube that is criminally underrated and unknown that is technically mascot horror is the series ‘Welcome to Dreamworld’ by Rainbott It is an amazingly well made FNAF-inspired analog horror/tragedy with great designs, amazing lore, stellar voice acting, and engaging characters, with the twist to most games and series in the genre being that the ‘mascot’ characters aren’t the villains, but victims of the villain that are actively helping the protagonist to fix things, and they aren’t all children, but a combination of children, teens, and adults, including one who was actually a founder of the facility where everything goes down, I can’t do the series justice in a single comment, but I suggest you check it out and if it fits what you’re trying to do with the channel give it a review so that more people can discover it!
I don't have a cat, but years ago I always went to a McDonald's after a party (to mitigate the hangover) and there was a street cat living in the park nearby, we usually brought him some chicken and called him McFlurry
1 minute and 4 seconds in, commenting to say that I agree on getting bored of Sparky Marky then forgetting about it, you actually reminded me of that game's existence.
I have 3 cats. A dignified old seal point mix, a tuxedo with some serious middle child angst, and the world's sweetest black cat. The first 2 were shelter adopts, the black cat was found half dead in the street by my roommate. She rushed him to the vet with the plan to remove him after but he quickly became my best little buddy.
I have a domestic short hair cat, my friend found him in her neighborhood and my wife and I gave him a loving home. I called him Skrimbo, because he's a Skrunkly lil guy with half a brain cell, but he purrs so loud you can hear him from the other room. Love him
Great thing to watch literally immediately after getting my wisdom teeth pulled.
I hated it after my teeth were pulled! Hope you recover soon
Bros I think Joe hated it after his teeth were pulled
@@ConnorTheUndyingreally? What makes you think that?
@@ConnorTheUndying this is my favorite comment chain
@@ConnorTheUndyinghe hated it so much he got his two brothers to say as much💀
"We can only hope that Zoochosis matches its trailer in quality"
It did, in fact, not match its trailer's quality.
You either die a Jumbo Josh, or live long enough to see yourself become a Sparky Marky
Neither of those sound very appealing.
The correct name is Zumbo Saus
we live in a society
@@kreenbopulusmichael7205kid named the heat death of the universe
@@Daito8 evil boxy boo 🧛♂️
The scariest horror mascot ever: bad game design
Strange. I'm not very scared of Garten Of Banban
I tell you, that mascot horror game gives me nightmares
Ahh!
*[Insert cliche horror movie scream here]*
Just lost consciousness from fear
you know what could a interesting idea? Is kind of a reversed mascot horror. You instead play as an adorable marketable character (which for some reason i imagine him as a fluffy kobold) that was meant to entertain children, then you accidently find youself on the place that created you and discovered that while you where made to spread happiness and joy the place where you came from is a nightmarish hellscape with violence,mutants,slavery,flesh montrosities and even more dark stuff.
That’s actually a really good idea to play as the mascot itself
@@GameStormerSam thanks
Ooo Defnitely very interesting concept. If I ever do get into game making and it hasn’t been done, do you mind if I steal this?
@@sociallyineptsnapper of course i don't mind, and i have even more ideas for this game. Like you aren't even something like a soul trapped on a mascot or something instead you are an actually living creature created by the heavy use of Psionics along with biological experiments, which is why the place your character where born in is such a nasty place.
@@highbahamut6188 interesting
A monster with a QR code for a face would genuinely sounds like it would be a really good idea for a horror game about the internet or social media.
QuaRrel could be a name for such a monster.
Have the QR code that leads to a mostly blank webpage that is a little easter egg hunt through the source code ala FNaF teaser to learn more about the universe
Bonus points if the QR code leads to a rickroll
Fr like what if you have a caruma, and your take photos of different forms of said monster and you import it every time u go home, and it slowly but creepily 1. Hacks into your computer (real and game like doki doki) 2. Exposes who you are/what you are 3. Solves a mystery!
So simulacra but the monsters get a physical form?
When a game requires you to go a discord server to finish it. That’s how you know the devs are desperate
wait really?
That one bad arg with the ai voices that wanted a couple thousand people to play it?
@BobbyNorth-it9gn Do you know how little that narrows it down?
@@ClownHoundIII think he’s talking about the crypto one called something along the lines of “I need (however many) people”?
3042 I think?
It's genuinely pretty sad to see such a premise being treated so badly. Like, everything else aside, the concept of needing to survive a series of monsters who all wear the same-looking skin while you need to decipher which monster is within that skin to figure out how to stop it is pretty cool. I can imagine a multiplayer game where it's like phasmophobia in that you and others are tasked with identifying the main monster through preestablished clues and finding a way to either escape or contain it before it can kill all of you.
I think the best way to have presented this concept is to introduce Sparky as a containment unit that looks the way it does because it's aesthetically easier to comprehend and work with instead of just a normal mannequin where all the monsters' behaviors or traits would have been extremely uncanny. They could have even taken this a step further by making a mechanic where when the monster kills someone, it can remove itself from Sparky and place itself into the corpse, leaving behind a husk of Sparky for other players to find and realize how screwed they are while all the habits that made Sparky look goofy look genuinely terrifying when translated into its new human body. This serves as both a creepy but realistic way to justify Sparky's existence while also making players genuinely feel closer to Sparky as seeing Sparky's empty husk means that things just went from bad to worse in-game and making him a sorta canary where his death means the worst has happened.
Instead, they divided efforts into a gamemode they didn't care about to promote a gamemode they do care about but misplaced resources away from when they could have promoted and improved upon it. I can see the potential and it frustrates me seeing it being dumped like this because they were more concerned about using gimmicky advertisements instead of just trying to make a good game and promote it.
wtf that corpse thing is such a cool idea someone needs to make that
@@GlamrockDuskyI can hear the Peaking Mics
I read half of it and then i give up
@@Super_magi_c TL;DR for all the Mr. Lazys (That's including you in particular.) The multiplayer game had great potential, but ideas and such that could've been used just get ignored and sidelined by gimmicky advertising, and doom the entire game series.
Seriously, instead of ghost possession or the mascot being an experiment gone wrong, it’s monsters that want to kill you wearing costumes. That’s pretty cool and quite unique for a mascot horror.
I never would've guessed this game and Zoochosis had the same devs, that's wild to me
Zoochosis looks like it could actually be good. Concerned by the previous quality of their work though
Is there any actual zoochosis gameplay? The viral trailer was bullshot (animation, not gameplay), it seemed pretty sus to me. But it is important to remember that most teams put out awful games before a success, so no need to to write it off completely. Its a hard "wait for reviews".
I will say this game on a technical level wasnt awful, its just poorly designed... You expect poor obtuse design from new developers which of course doesnt excuse it but it does mean theres hope for the next.
@@christophernoneya4635fingers crossed
WHAT
@@christophernoneya4635there's some available by various TH-camrs, some with commentary, some without
Having a monster in your game with a QR code that leads to malware link is WILD.
I cant believe they didn't remove that yet
At least change it to lead to the Zoochosis trailer. Two birds, one stone!
We should not have gotten our hopes up for zoochosis
...At least "QR-Face" has a cool looking design.
Yeah, honestly the only positive about sparky marky is the monster designs. Even though literally only 2 of them were officially used in game with most of them being seen in shorts and the only second one that's in the game barely appearing.
all these monsters (except maybe selfie monster) deserved better
@@spencerk1932 Yeah, I agree with that. (But yeah, Selfie Monster doesn't look that good compared to the others.)
Holy crap, I was not prepared for the reveal that Zoochosis was made by the same studio
I, for some, read that as "Zoobchosis"
I know that you didn't wanted to talk about Sparky in the comments, but I need to say this.
I did some digging about the devs working on Clapperheads, and I found out that some of them worked on the Hello Neighbor IP , and almost all of their games have game design problems similar to Spark Marky.
Which is, like, almost some sorts of Pharaoh's level of game curse.
This whole thing stunk the moment I saw it. Sloppy an uninspired level design, extremely NFT-esc characters, discord integration, and of course; Multi-chapter releases. Seriously people, stop making NEW games for each chapter. Just have it all in one engine so you can fix all your garbage at the same time.
When Bendy and The Ink Machine first came out, I always compared it's chapter releases to TellTale (minus the gameplay style), it even has an artstyle that wouldn't look out of place in that engine.
Hot take but chapters are only really useful for extremely story heavy games. If all a chapter adds is an hour of gameplay and 3 new models you didn’t make a new chapter you made an update
@@theveganduolingobird7349 I don’t think that’s a hot take.
@@troin3925 it is in the mascot horror community apparently 💀
@@theveganduolingobird7349 Yeah, Bendy is a mascot horror game. It's even about a cartoon mascot for an animation studio that's a parody of Disney with Bendy being a Mickey Mouse expy.
Zoochosis should hopefully be better than Sparkstain Marky
Edit: It was not
Yeah, no. No it ain't...
@@Sammytheflaaffyfan Isn't Zoochosis not out yet? Maybe you're thinking of Zoonomaly.
@@Sylvia_Corvidev yeah Zoonomaly looked kinda mid, maybe if all the monsters weren't white creatures with creeeeepy smile, and the gameplay loop was more then "do the obby for the key" then it would have been good.
@@Sammytheflaaffyfan get your glasses and check the name of the game again
@@Sylvia_Corvidev Okay yeah I'm thinking of Zoonomaly. Holy crap that is confusing...
Honestly, as a soon to be mascot horror dev, one of my biggest fears is my game being the subject of one of these videos. Which is part of the reason i watch these types of videos. Apart from the fact that i genuinely enjoy this content, it also gives me insight into what not to do as a developer, and has been a big inspiration for my development career (as fledgling as it may be).
the fact that you take the initiative to find these kinds of videos and take in their commentary already puts you leagues ahead of the people who just push out low-effort shlock to make a quick buck. if you really do care about what you're making, i guarantee your effort will shine through and make something great.
If you put passion into it, it won't be awful. Even if it's heavily flawed, it's obvious when people care about something, and that can make something more enjoyable.
@@posthistoricdino422 thank you for the kind words, I've been working on this idea for over a year now, planning out every little detail. I do genuinely have passion for the project and I'm super excited for the day I can release it.
well you already sounds promissing as a gamedev, seems like nowadays mascot horror devs dont really put any effort, which already shows u really are commiting to it.
very curious abt what u working on now
@@genericname2747 I second this. Effort and passion can be felt through the final product, bringing it to life.
the qr monster leading you to malware is genuinely pretty funny
Also pretty sure it’s illegal under the computer misuse act
Personally, I'm skeptical about Zoochosis. All I've seen were prerendered trailers, security footage-style gifs, some cutscenes, and little to no actual gameplay outside of walking around and getting jumpscared. After doing light googling, I can only assume that it's going to be a FNAF-like task management game that relies on their freaky monster designs. And while the giraffe looks amazing, the kangaroo is just silly.
If there's anything out there that actually shows some convincing, real gameplay, I'd love to see it.
I sincerely hope the devs are actually making a good game, I just seriously side-eye these kinds of project that seems so reluctant to show what their game actually is.
They referenced lovecrafts' mountains of madness with the demented king penguins so at least they're men of great taste.
I’ll put £50 down to say everything is scrpted
I forgot the name of this game till now. it looked so unbelievably bad when I saw it... Yet another mascot horror trying to live up to the fame of FNAF, Batim, Poppy Playtime, ETC-
And the infamy of banban.
@@nicefloweytheoverseer7632 It's very difficult to live up to the fame of the three main Mascot Horror games.
It's even more difficult to live up to the infamy of Banban.
@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 wait what is the third main Mascot Horror game aside from FNAF and Bendy?
@@nicefloweytheoverseer7632 Poppy Playtime, I think
My cat's name is Mufasa and he was found on the streets. Whoever had him declawed his front paws but now, after 10 years, he's learned to grab things with his.. Fingers? Whatever they're called
Toe beans
evolving
@@osprey_06 he even opens doors. if he had thumbs he understands he needs to turn knobs...
Poor little guy :(
It's a shame that some places allow declawing.
I think most of the time, ppl are ignorant to what declawing actually is.
Good news: You don't need to make a new thumbnail for your next video
Bad news: It's because you'll need it for the Zoochosis video
I’ve also got a cat named Cocoa, and he’s VERY sweet and fluffy. He’s basically my best friend, and definitely the sweetest of the group.
aww that’s cute!
wish i could meet him :)
@@AkariooPinky Well, I’ve posted some videos of him if you’re interested. He’s very cute, and I think he’s got the potential to make it big here!
@@skellington8090 wait- really?! IMA CHECK HIM OUT RIGHT NOW
I remember playing the demo for this thing from Itchio and getting turned off by just how boring the game was and how hard they were pushing their discord for the “code words” sprinkled throughout the game that I did not in fact find and maybe something about lore? Idk, my memories are hazy since it was a couple years back and after getting stuck I dropped it and deleted the files off my pc. Glad to see they’re still pushing to artificially inflate their discord
having to track an invisible enemy and force it off of you by tagging a dummy reminds me heavily of a Saturn-exclusive game called Enemy Zero, which involves you navigating a spaceship while getting stalked by invisible enemies that you can only track by sound (piano keys to be exact) and have to utilize a catch-all tool with limited battery power to fend them off...which honestly makes me wish we got a more modernized take on that instead, but oh well!
my cat likes to twitch-kick his hind leg like he's a horse. He does this primarily when there's a breeze or draft that touches his bum. He also goes 'borl' instead of 'meow', we named him Conan because of his joyless expression and wild hair. He took to my dad the way dads take to dogs, the two have a similar expression when watching football. Pure. Stoic. Focus.
My cat is named Venom, he's a small tuxedo tornado who I swear was ginger in a previous life but I adore him anyways because he's sweet outside of also being insane
Sounds like a lil guy thing,
5:08 love literal jokes like this lmao. The hair tuft not turning clear kinda implies it's its own entity though O-O
Funny thing is
THEY DIDNT LEARN WITH ZOOCHOSIS.
This is me with cautious skepticism, but the “trailer” for Zoochosis gave me the similar vibes to Sparky Marky. Not because they’re visually similar, but the 100% animated, mock gameplay, full focus on jumpscares screams “cash grab” to me.
Well…you were right.
I’m hoping I’m wrong but I don’t think I am :(
0:23
Why do I always get a little hyped when I hear 8-BitRyan get mentioned in a video outside of his or his friends
LMAO Same XD
This game makes Garden of Banban look pure and innocent with marketing and wants of merch
But it’s already that (at least from chapter 3 onward)
@@CubeytheawesomeIT HAS 7 CHAPTERS
@@HorriblePaleoartist it gets better
@@HorriblePaleoartist6 actually, they skipped the 5th for some reason.
@@SquedMoyai I have no idea why they skipped that chapter. Is it just stuck in development hell for reasons that we don't know yet, or is it some kind of joke like Goat Simulator 3 or Thankskilling 3 (both of which were released almost exactly 10 years apart from each other)?
I like the idea of having to go “outside” the game to solve puzzles, but instead of discord they could have made it a welcome to the game kind of situation, where the game itself contains the plot and also a virtual desktop or something like that that you have to transverse to continue, that way you don’t have to exit out every few minutes and break immersion
I can't believe this dog from Oddparents is back in some horror game from 2023
watching this right after the zoochosis video..... they did indeed have to make the video
The best way I could tell that it was deeply unpopular was when my own younger brothers had no idea what Sparky is, and they're really into the horror mascot games. I am definitely gonna check out Zoochosis though when it comes out, I just hope that they actually get voice actors this time.
Nothing can ever compare to the utter gemerald that is Garten of Banban
I honestly wanna get banban 7
@@supersmashseandx1991Im just gonna stick to Manlybadasshero's playthroughs of Banban.
Seeing his contempt growing over each episode is magical.
@@mb-rc4zu fair. I'm probably not gonna buy it but if you want another funny person who plays them I'd recommend uhyeah
Garten of banban is better than sparky marky, i know people hate it, but its the truth
banban is trash but it's leagues ahead of sparky
This game reminds me of how the DCEU felt like the creators were skipping major bits of what made the genre work to play catch-up to the bigger players? Like, this game feels like it wanted to get to the "FNaF: Security Breach" and "Project: Playtime" points of the mascot horror genre, without even having a starting game to base itself off of.
On the cat topic, I had a cat named Taffy once. They were a pain in the ass. Always bit me for no reason and they always immediately came for me whenever I walked out of my room alone. Eventually made me afraid to even come out until other people were out of their rooms too. We do not have that one now, thankfully. We eventually got two more cats soon after Taffy was given away. One was a black cat named Mavin that had to be put down due to a urinary tract infection and the other one was a breed of cat that I can’t remember off the top of my end but I want to say it was a calico or something. Her name is Willow. She’s still alive and well, She’s annoying too. Mavin was honestly the better one. He may have jumped up on stuff a lot, but he was nice and liked being pet. May he rest in peace. Speaking of him, he was buried in my uncles property for some reason, if I’m not mistaken.
We had a very mean and antisocial gray cat when I was very little, Taffy reminds me of it
It didn't even have a name outside of "gray kitty" haha
@@GlamrockDusky I’m honestly surprised that I even got a response from you of all people. Not that I’m trying to sound ungrateful or anything, I’m legitimately just surprised 😆
In any case, kind of interesting we happened to share similar experiences with mean cats :P
My experience with having cats all my life.
Cats were rather scared or aggressive towards me when I was young. I always tried to force cuddles and my brother would do cat bowling.
Now older and learned about cat behaviour, I have very affectionate cats.
Basically, don't force them into things :P
Lol I have gizmo jump onto my lap just now.
Just to be clear, I'm not saying you're the cause of the cats aggression.
Family or outside forces can contribute to a cats aggression. Even just having a neighbours cat hanging around can upset certain cats.
@@Thundermaceaus She was pretty normal before she escaped for a few days and then she came back really mean iirc. I was 4, idk
I've comed form 4 months since this video Released
and I've come to tell that zoochosis Failed to deliver
sadly the game while being in my opinion the anthitesis of a mascot horror, failed in everything it propossed to do and be
a real shame since I liked the idea and desings but I come out of the game pretty disapointed
ah yes my favorite mascot horror Spanky Banky
Ooh, we’re gonna talk cats?!
My cats are Maya and Harry, they’re mother and son, Maya’s a Manx, and Harry seems to think he’s still a kitten
Got a cat named Starla Moon, she's a black and calico mix. She's a sweet girl but also quite stinky (which is how most cats are 😅) We had another cat named Tony but we're 90% certain he passed away.
Funny, I too have a mother and son. Sadie and Sylvester. She's an introvert and he's a fat slob albeit very nice.
Bro, I just found your channel, and the fact you only have made EIGHT VIDEOS is INSANE.
The quality of your videos are just straight up amazing!
Keep up the great work!
Really like these summary/analysis videos! It definitely helps that you’re hitting some fresh topics I haven’t personally seen many talk about. Hope to see more!
26:05 - 26:11 Well, the 'gameplay' trailer just dropped, and it's not looking good for them. But hey, let's wait until the game comes out and judge for ourselves. If the case of it going towards the direction it's older brother, Sparky did, then have that video planned and prepared if it happens.
Update: [10/02/24] the game came out and it's not as bad as the gameplay trailer made it out to be. Though the voice acting still sounds abit off but over all, everything's all right.
Don't know why they made that gameplay trailer feel off, though.
Update 2: [10/03/24] oh boy, never mind. It's terrible.
Sparky Marky makes Hello neighbour's game design look like a masterpiece.
I will gladly take a dev begging people to engage with their game, a canceled TV show, and gameplay that’s only engaging as a badly built puzzle box compared to literally everything going on here
16:24 “little john got some galvanised square steel from his aunt-“ lookin ahh
I remember watching a tutorial video for a Multiplayer version of Sparky Marky on how to give the role to whom Sparky Marky is chasing. It was unbelievably bloated and more complicated than it should be.
20:40 “and do you know why I know they are going to rot” an ad plays for Assassins Creed and for some reason took me off guard
Honestly, really like the intro. I should probably one day join the streams, I’m sure it’d be fun
My cat is named Tabatha, she was one of the cats that my grandmother had, she used to take in stray cats that would show up. She's blind in one eye and is very talkative to us, which earned her the nickname "Sassy lady".; We also have a dog named Niko she gets along with.
scott has confirmed that glamrock dusky will appear in SB 2
I got this video at random...only to learn the they would make Zoochosis and i wish i had seen this sooner
zoochosis came out, it isnt good
I'm not even into mascot horror, but these videos are really fun to watch. I also love your character design.
Honestly I really enjoy your channel, just found it out and am shocked at how small it is, the character is crazy cool and super high quality
Keep up the good work
I really appreciate Dusky doing their damnest for these videos to end on positive notes!!!! Makes me kinda hopeful for the growth of these smaller, younger devs c:
I want to make a horror game about a person who has dreams about meeting their favorite famous youtubers, and they get invited to meet them at a con.
Turns out the whole convention is made by some weird entity trying to kill them.
(Or something similar)
2:39 this may mean nothing but the date 4/14 is very important to Bendy. I wonder if they were trying to get attention through that as well
New mascot video from Glamrock Dusky? seems as if my plans are going to get pushed back by half an hour
you can definitely see they KNOW horror stuff. The idea of sparky is honestly really cool and the environment looked interesting to me but we cant keep doing these walking demos with one jumpscare thing guys you gotta...gotta make a game...
My cat is Archibald. He was apparently living as a stray outside an apartment building and being fed by a few residents before someone realized it was eventually going to get cold and brought him to the shelter where I found him. I have suspicions that he might’ve been abused at some point in his past, just based on some of his behavior, but in the ten months I’ve had him he’s gotten more confident and it’s obvious that he feels safe and secure in my home. ❤
Me watching this video: phasmo style gameplay... A.I. voices... Poop analysis in gameplay... huh, this seems like zoochosis.
Get to that part: oh, that's why
Watching Markiplier play this was absolutely insane and confusing. Glad I got at least some explanation of what the hell this abomination of a game was.
Btw my cat Venus was a stray we caught and is the yappiest girl ever
damn man, my cat bites anything that moves
...anyway yeah the game.
i have nothing to say about it *shrugs*
*26:24* my cat is named autumn, she is cute, she sometimes paws at her water dish and is just overall a very sweet bean (she was named that way because of her fur pattern, she is an American shorthair)
None of it makes sense. Like, 16 (barely an exaggeration) single use gimmick guns that aren’t used at all and are difficult to remember and acquire if you ever do need one, why would a training facility or real facility require a crypto currency (that somehow is found irl) to unlock hacking (why is hacking encouraged? Just open the door!) or something as simple as using an elevator?? You telling me a wheelchair user can get trapped in the upper/lower floors if they don’t own enough credits?? The hell?
The rooms don’t look sciency, no science happens there at all and I don’t understand why these monsters get in these suits in the first place
Use the tokens for extra ammo or instant refresh cool-downs, and have it mapped to a key instead of a cumbersome in-game menu screen that makes you stop moving.
Markiplier played the second one and both he and I got so confused that I didn’t finish watching it. Idk if he even finished playing it. It was as terrible to watch as it is to play
I remember joining a live from someone playing this mess, being lock for 15+ minutes because the direction wan't clear.
To talk about something positive, your videos are still great and pleasant to follow, especialy with your new OC' faces they looks really nice as usual
The monster sparky looks nice “kid friendly”
The art, the editing, the unique content, you are absolutely gonna get a ton of subs soon!
honestly if the qr led somewhere cool I would have nothing but praise for its design but it just HAD to be bs
sparky Marky actually has kind of an interesting concept if it did it properly and if it added actual ARG elements that were completely optional and didn't try and force you to join their discord just to finish the game and if the game actually made Sparky Marky a threat then this could have been great
I hope other mascot horror games try something similar but do it right instead of this half cooked way
I heard of this one before!
I remember uhyeah brought it up in one of his gaming videos
Ever since Uhyeah stopped the streak of daily uploads on Uhyeah gaming, I’ve had no idea what day it is.
@@Cubeytheawesome i didn't know even when he did daily uploads lol
not gonna lie i'm starting to love seeing your videos in my new videos feed :)
Got an orange tabby named Lucky i picked up as a kitten from a farm and he has ALL the traits of a orange cat that doesnt have a hold of the universal brain cell xD
My 2nd cat i got from my moving neighbour, Lilly, i think shes a mix cause she looks like a tabby but her fur is really fluffy. Shes the sweetest thing around ❤
8:26 link shortener broke the redirect, idk WHY they would use a "qr code link shortener" unless they literally don't know how QR codes work
I heard a lot of good ideas from this video, and I saw a lot of lost potential. First of all, I love the idea of multiple monsters using the same suit, but in execution… Why? Why that suit in particular, why does the suit even look like that. It looks so jarring compared to the rest of the game. The sci-fi SCP style labs don’t fit with the bright pink peanut look of the mascot, and again, WHY are they using that suit? It would be cool if these were some unimaginable horror that could only be contained in these specialized suits, acting as a sort of straight jacket to keep them from harming themselves or others. I’m picturing some old tattered rags clinging onto this amorphous shape that could be any monster.
Picture this. The facility has several monsters locked away, sealed inside three suits that all look exactly identical. One day, one of these monsters manages to break free of their restraints, and kills the other creatures. Now, you need to find out which one survived because tactics that could stop some monsters may only embolden whatever is chasing you. The suit isn’t some happy mascot, it’s a mess of mangled metal and cloth, a bulky metal mask hiding the monster’s true face. But in that large hunk of metal, you see eyes and a mouth, an unintentional design that our brain recognizes thanks to paradollia. Buried under the sparking wires of the mask, you can almost make out a large toothy grin.
this is exactly what I needed today, keep it up you're amazing ❤️
i was casually given steam keys to this game like a year ago or so before dawko or anyone played it and i will never live down that i just casually had dev keys to both sparky marky and its multiplayer experience game
It now just sits in my library rotting because I rather play 9 hours of Buckshot Roulette instead
I had three cats I took care of after my grandpa passed. My favorite was a big fluffy one named Euna. One time it was storming and I didn't want him to be cold, so I sat on my porch hoping he'd join me. He did eventually, and even let me pet him (he was feral, and pets were a rare treat). To my suprise though, he actually climbed into my lap, and fell asleep following some TLC as he laid there. I haven't seen him since my dad kicked me out, and I hope they're ok.
Thats the galvanized steel AI voice omg
Stumbled across your forgotten video last night and enjoyed the coverage. I like the avatar. Pretty rad. My first thought was “Is that Roxy?”. Then I saw your name and understood the aesthetic.
26:08 *Welp*
How can one mess up this much it’s honestly insane
I have two cats, Ozzy and Shimmer. I got Shimmer when I was four, and she’s always been very grumpy. She’s super affectionate but only on her own terms
Ozzy is very big, clumsy, and learned how to cat from the dog. He can and will bite, a lot, but he’s also the sweetest cat I’ve ever met
Oh my god, a monster that has a QR code on its head to spread malware is actually a cool idea. I'm stealing it.
Sparky's design looks like one of those intentionally bad TF2 loadouts where they stack on mismatched Halloween cosmetics to make their character look as stupid as possible.
My cat is named Monkey D Luffy. He is 4 years old. He loves to get into trouble. He loves to get into small spaces. He dropped a pop figure on my head once. He got stuck in my bathroom sink cabinet once. He has no legs. He doesn't make noise. He sticks his tongue out a lot. He only goes to the bathroom once every one to two weeks. He only eats raw rat meat. He is only allowed to eat every two weeks. He is the king of the pirates. His most powerful attack is gomu gomu no ble le le. He loves meat. He brings JOY. He is a good BOY. When people ask me what he is I tell him them "that's not a snake that's the sun god Nika"
Also apparently he's supposed to sit in a ball but he never does. He also never looks where he's going. He also denies gravity applies to him.
You should do a Video on ALL the forgotten little mascot Horror slop games Out there, y'know, the ones you mentioned in your Video about muzy and the other two.
Make it Like, 2-3 hours long at minimum, Feature length +
2:14 This game has 3 CHAPTERS?! I only remember seeing one. I think I only saw 2 TH-camrs play this game and neither of them returned to it afterward. 😅
The fact that you HAVE to connecr your discord to play is more than enough to get me to hate the game. That sucks
If you take suggestions, a series on youtube that is criminally underrated and unknown that is technically mascot horror is the series ‘Welcome to Dreamworld’ by Rainbott
It is an amazingly well made FNAF-inspired analog horror/tragedy with great designs, amazing lore, stellar voice acting, and engaging characters, with the twist to most games and series in the genre being that the ‘mascot’ characters aren’t the villains, but victims of the villain that are actively helping the protagonist to fix things, and they aren’t all children, but a combination of children, teens, and adults, including one who was actually a founder of the facility where everything goes down, I can’t do the series justice in a single comment, but I suggest you check it out and if it fits what you’re trying to do with the channel give it a review so that more people can discover it!
I don't have a cat, but years ago I always went to a McDonald's after a party (to mitigate the hangover) and there was a street cat living in the park nearby, we usually brought him some chicken and called him McFlurry
1 minute and 4 seconds in, commenting to say that I agree on getting bored of Sparky Marky then forgetting about it, you actually reminded me of that game's existence.
Tbh you should do zoonomaly, ive heard its bad or whatever
20:11 Basically every modern triple A game. Guy wanted to swim with the big fish while still in the bowl.
I have a little fuzzy black kitten with grey stripes and a constant hunter for the flesh of rodents and reptiles.
I have 3 cats. A dignified old seal point mix, a tuxedo with some serious middle child angst, and the world's sweetest black cat.
The first 2 were shelter adopts, the black cat was found half dead in the street by my roommate. She rushed him to the vet with the plan to remove him after but he quickly became my best little buddy.
I have a domestic short hair cat, my friend found him in her neighborhood and my wife and I gave him a loving home. I called him Skrimbo, because he's a Skrunkly lil guy with half a brain cell, but he purrs so loud you can hear him from the other room. Love him
4:10 “BEHOLD BEFORE YOU, I SUMMON CURSE OF RA, THE EGYPTIAN GOD OF THE SUN, TO SMITE THE FOOLISH ASSES’ RETINAS!!”