Gotta love how the game's like "Don't feed Grandpa bad things or flesh" and Mark _immediately_ feeds Grandpa a battery, some insulation, then gives flesh at the first opportunity.
I find it really interesting that this little girl gets exactly what she wants even if she doesn't really understand what happened. Like whatever this creature was (probably a demon from some of the in game books and such) legitimately gave her a happy ending. They probably did it by invading her parents body's or replacing them but regardless she got a loving family. That's oddly wholesome and horrific.
It's what that demonology article in this was talking about, that demons are "fed" by specific acts, either the act of worship or the act of chanting or the act of sacrifice but heaven also "has its heel on them" and makes it so demons have to abide by specific terms. If you follow their terms or contract, they get well fed but they also can't do anything to you and must fulfil their end of the bargain. If you don't follow the steps correctly or don't uphold your end of the contract or bargain, the demon gets to devour you. From Adrienne's conversations with whiskers, it seems like whisker's standard operating procedure was to mimic an individual's desires to lure them in and consume them. Whiskers seems to primarily feed off thoughts and desire, but also needs some food or flesh to build with as alluded to with the "looks like it can use some vitamin C from a kiwi" part. If an individual's desires are particularly strong it grows a connection with them and it seems to telepathically urge them into the contract. It seems to be some kind of telepathy because individuals aren't afraid and have an urge telling them what to do.
Whiskers/grandpa mentioned that what he says is influenced by those around him. He was also contractually obligated to fulfill Adrienne's wish. But I wonder if Adrienne's childlike innocence somehow influenced whiskers in a way that Dr. Hart (her actual grandpa yes I know) and his team couldn't. I wonder, perhaps, because the team envisioned whiskers as a horrible flesh eating monstrosity, even unintentionally, that that's what whiskers tried to repeatedly grow. But maybe because Adrienne had only innocent ideas/visions, maybe that's why whiskers was more passive. One of the notes warned to avoid meat even being in the same room as whiskers, and no where near it at all, let alone feeding it. Adrienne had meat and whiskers did nothing but smell and wait until it was fed willingly. Humans are naturally weary of things they don't immediately recognize. The brain runs wild speculating every possible danger in an unidentified lifeform, and forms judgement without even knowing. Whiskers and the researchers were keenly aware of that. What they thought of it molded it, sculpted it. Perhaps it had no ill intent. Perhaps it's one duty was to abide by a contract humans make with it, and grow accordingly. All speculation, it's 22:30 here and I've been up since 0400 and I'm a bit sleep deprived, but this is an incredibly captivating game. Games definitely does a fantastic job of creating a world to dive into.
Brilliantly put! I absolutely agree. Adults have prejudices, judgements, bias, etc. Children end up learning from them. The same way the creature was learning from the adults. When it comes to children learning from children, the imagination runs wild and can be amazing in ways adults have forgotten. And that's what Adrienne did with the creature, in a way.
Yames is honestly a master of disturbing imagery and themes in his games. Both Discover my Body and Growing my Grandpa deal in different types of body horror. Discover my body deals with the change of a persons body into something unrecognizable, all the while the person is happy about it. Growing my Grandpa deals in the transformation of a cosmic horror into something that could tangibly be a person. Both of these manage to somehow be equally disturbing. To me, Yames has perfected his craft, and I'm honestly so excited for Discover Our Bodies.
Mark had also played The Well, though that one is relatively pale, more leaning to a standard horror story. But still Water Womb World might be the most "normal" one. Oh yeah, and Lips like Velum, Im not so sure if that one will ever gonna be fully released though...
Love his work, his story telling is captivating and he always puts a fun or new twist on the POV or an unreliable narrator in a sense and it just adds to the ambience!! Always wishing Mark would do a deeper delve into the other games :)
I love the implication that if it's not a demon, it's so old it's actually the _inspiration_ for demons. I also really like the trope of "if you don't give the demon a task it goes rogue and kills you," it's more animalistic than a genie wish
After seeing the "Bad" ending I think it is safe to assume Whiskers left the imperfect shell of Grandpa and has moved into the parents' bodies, molding them into what Adrienne wanted. What I find very interesting is that in Bad end Whiskers invades Adriennne's body but since she is accepting of the situation they seem to have a symbiotic relationship; the parents no doubt resisted being invaded in the "Good" end and so were violently overwritten.
Message of the story: as long as you can get over your fear and revulsion, there is a lot to be gained from giving a psychic parasite exactly what it wants. Everyone can benefit! She's a naturally budding alchemist and dabbler in the dark arts! I'm so proud of you Adrienne!
For everyone who's saying "don't feed it meat" I was initially thinking the same thing but then I realized all of those guidelines were for studying whiskers and then incinerating it to restart the process back to the beginning. If Adrienne continued nurturing whiskers but didn't initialize and finish a contract nor incinerate it to "reset" it, whiskers would have eventually consumed her because that is it's nature. The only easy way out for Adrienne was to initiate and complete a contract with whiskers. The act of feeding it flesh is symbolic of intent to initiate a contract and then the act of offering her blood was symbolic of offering her own flesh to begin the contract.
Had to sort comments by new just to see if there at least one person paying attention and not just using their one brain cell to go “but meat bad!” Thank you. It’s like everyone forget about the grad student from part one that wanted to bring back his dead sister.
on the other side of things, I think it's more likely that it doesn't have any rules at all. The reason it obeys contracts is because that's what people *_thinks_* it does. If you never feed it meat then it shows that Adrienne is scared of it and keeping it contained, whereas if you *_do_* feed it meet then it's treating it with a naive innocence that it must be okay and normal. If you feed it meat then it shows you aren't scared of it, therefor you don't percieve it as something scary, and so it *_isn't_* something scary. On the other hand if you don't feed it meat then it means that you are scared of it, or more accurately what it could become; you *_percieve_* it as a threat so it *_is_* a threat.
the ending was oddly wholesome. "grandpa" decided to help her with her neglectful parents when he could have just not held up his end of the bargain and left.
@@the8626 Her parents weren't exactly the best ones anyways, Grandpa literally just fulfilled her wish of having a happy and loving family no matter the method in which he achieved it. For a literal anomalous demonic entity with no sense of morality, can you really criticize it's actions of simply fulfilling the contract?
@@the8626 By the sound of it, he didn't necessarily kill them. I think it's exactly what Adrianne said, that it reached inside and changed them.. However it did though. And it looked like hell so it definitely wasn't good.
Im kinda happy the "apparently bad" ending after you feed it meat lets Adrienne be happy, even if as some comments explain maybe it was the monster all along. idk its a weirdly wholesome ending for a thorugh and thourh 10/10 disturbing scary game
She got her wish I suppose... And from Grandpa's comments it seems like she may have met a gruesome end if she hadn't fulfilled her end of the bargain.
@@SeraphimCramer The other ending is her crawling into the vent, getting attacked by whiskers, it possessing her body, she goes to the counselor, is all twitchy and "introduces" her grandpa to the counselor.
This is technically the good ending lol...though I wonder what happened to her actual parents. Probably eaten or infected by the monster idk. Bad ending is much more horrifying because the monster parasitizes her for not giving the blood sacrifice and totems
I find horror games like this are most effective. Instead of jumps scares it relies on a constant stream of unnerving and deeply uncomfortable images and scenarios that physically repulse you yet it is interesting enough to keep you playing to find out how it ends by morbid curiosity. In a way these types of games are a strange and fascinating phenomenon unlike many other horror games.
I completely agree with you!! It's the reason I've continued to watch this game be played over and over again by different people to see their reactions and enjoy shuddering along with them all over again! I am absolutely obsessed and enamored by this game!! I can't wait to see what Yames makes next!!!
"Too much doubt can suffocate even the surest thing. Only with patience and growth and nurturing does something become what it will be." Thank you for your words of wisdom, horrific Basement Being.
Honestly though, Grandpa said some really legitimately helpful and truthful things about growth and desire. His whole speech on wishes is very true. I thought pretty much everything he said in that final section was really interesting, and very, very well put. I love that he explained he felt he could be honest because he was her grandpa and that he loved her, so he could trust her. Even though he still recognized that he wasn't REALLY her grandpa. A lot of nuance that I just adore the writing in this game so much.
As far as eldritch body horror goes that ending was surprisingly...wholesome? I mean I'm sure "grandpa" went on to cause chaos elsewhere, but he helped a sad, lonely little girl in his own messed up way.
That was such a sweet, happy ending. Mom and Dad don't fight anymore, and Adrienne is so happy now! I'm sure Mr Whiskers will spread love and kindness throughout the world now. He's like Santa. But he doesn't like cookies, though his presents seem to be a lot better!
This game feels emotional when I get to 26:13 where the Growing and developing Grandpa communicates with the player like a loving and caring friend. It is a monster with a big heart, with inalienable love and understanding for his creator, and the dedication to be anything his creator wishes him to be. It's so heartwarming, doesn't matter if the creature is grotesque and unappealing. Growing My Grandpa reimagined Frankenstein in a biological way.
What I love about the Monster is that It reads like a predator honing his bait for sentient beings. Like an angler fish for humans. The core (whiskers) produces a segment of itself which develops into a set personality by becoming What the person in front of It wants It to become (a lure for Whiskers). While the lure might be limitedly sapient It is mostly empty and speaks for the demon itself. "Grandpa" loves the girl because she wants granpa to Love her, still he lets her know that he (since he is just a lure) cant do anything to protect her if the actual entity (Whiskers) decides to atttack
I think that the reason whiskers acts and appears differently towards Adrienne than towards the researchers, is that the researchers were experimenting by thinking and wanting it to be something. Adrienne genuinely believes that whiskers is her grandpa, not whatever it is. Therefore its transformation and attitude is much more genuine. Because Adrienne is much more genuine.
This game is honestly incredible from a narrative perspective. Well-considered plot arc, good pacing, deft distribution of environmental storytelling elements, great writing throughout... genuinely one of the most compelling horror narratives I've ever come across.
I find it intresting that breaking the rules of caring for grandpa is actually the way to get this much happier ending, the ending where you obey the rules and don't finish the contract is quite bad compared to this so.. WOO best ending
Yames, time and again, has proven himself to be a sick and twisted mastermind. I'm a bit too squeamish to play their games myself, but god damn, I can't stop myself from rewatching Mark play some of his older content too. Yames makes the sort of horror that I wish was more prominent in the genre; not jumpscares and shrieks, but unsettling and unerving situations that make your skin crawl. Well done, Yames!
This really was oddly sweet. Even with him probably not being her grandpa, something she herself acknowledges, he was still worthy of love due to him helping her, and she got a loving family, even if her new parents are probably nothing more than meat puppets that do whatever will make her happy at all times, and probably have no free will of their own.
Honestly? I think it was the best ending for Adrienne. She may not have her "real" parents, but now she has present ones and they knew they were playing with fire.
Am the only one that loves the fact that Grandpa is so honest? Like he repeats MULTIPLE times that he acts and talks in the way Adriene wants, hes saying flat out that he's manipulating her
I know this comment is old, but I feel like it's less that Grandpa is manipulating her, but rather acknowledging that it is a production of Adrienne's own mind, that it's actions are not it's own, but a result of what she wants to hear and see.
I think it’s an interesting concept, that a little girl is tricked by a demon into helping become a powerful self sufficient being, all the while she has no idea what’s actually going on and is eager to trust it as she feels alone in her broken home. Really well thought out storyline
I would argue that being "tricked" is debatable. Did it obviously withhold information? Yes, but it was also quite frank about what you were doing AND gave thekid exactly what they wanted (though maybe not in the ideal manner)
@@Altair1243WAR This point of discourse is basically the point of all the antique “demon” pages in the game that predate Dr. Hart. The way everyone interpreted the creature was an affect of their time, the scientists see it as an alien monster with a Gremlins construct and they die trying to study it. In the past, people thought it was a hell spawn and warned vehemently against making a deal with it unless you’re desperate and you could die. Adrienne doesn’t understand what it is much more than she understands other adults and why they behave oddly, so without the hesitance and the dire nature of “confronting a devil at a crossroads for a deal in exchange for yourself,” she simply saw it as taking care of a family member and that inherently fulfilled the parasitic need of the entity to be “loved,” which is clearly fed off of from the way it would bring to life widower’s wives as the graveyard. And unlike those that came before, she had no expectation of what she’d get in return, just a prayer for her family to be happy.
@@Altair1243WAR could be argued that the creature didn't quite know what was happening either. it seemed to have only vague recollections of the past, disjointed and without proper context. it blatantly told adrienne that it would hurt her in some way if she didn't fulfill the contract, really it was honest about things every step of the way, it just didn't have the ability to communicate it in a way she would understand due to how much of it operates off instinct. we don't know if the creature is truly malevolent or just another natural predator acting off instinct, and I think that's a very charming aspect of the game.
Lixian seeing 24 faces scares me, and I'm not sure if it's because I should be seeing more or if I should just be more terrified of Lixian. Probably both tbh
I wouldn't be surprised if he actually did see 24 faces because of his attention to detail as an editor. Of course there are the two other editors, but Lixian has been doing this for Mark for a long time. He's seen things, people. So many things. @_@;
@@ItsLunafr i have adhd. That’s what causes the memory issues. I never shamed him for forgetting to begin with. I was just making a meme and some guy jumped in to defend him for no reason 🤷🏻♀️ even if he didn’t forget and chose to feed him meat it wouldn’t have been a bad thing, its his gaming experience so he can do whatever :)
A textbook example of the phrase "The path to hell is paved with good intentions". In this case possibly on a literal level seeing as how it was a demon.
It's weird to think that most of us have been watching him for over 5 years (probably more). It shows how intrigued Markiplier is in entertaining us (also himself). Thank you Markiplier. Thank you for carrying our childhood.
@@Mane_Event47 but then they miss out on the possibility of writing some "I love Markiplier so much because X" post and get people to like it. THINK OF THE LIKES THEY WOULD MISS
Thank you so much for educating your audience on how to grow my own grandpa! Now I can grow my grandpa so he can be as healthy as he can be, he even knows how to say his first words!!
This concept is amazing - the 'dreams' manifested and crawling away, the self being partly what people intend one to be, and patrly - something else entirely.
Here I was contemplating the note about the types of demons and gods listed in the note Mark read, and Mark spouting 'He was a goDDAMN HIPPIE' caught me so off guard I choked on my laughter.
In horror, uncovering someone's horrific monster is one thing, but creating a monstrosity yourself is something totally different, the documentation, procedures, its all so disturbing. Everything in Growing my Grandpa feels absolutely immoral and uncomfortable. Some fine bodily cosmic horror. Yames doesn't miss the mark. Hope they make more games.
I really love this game. Here‘s what I‘ve been able to deduce for some folks who might wanna discuss story beats: The game is intentionally vague about whether or not Whiskers is a supernatural entity (demon, devil, etc.) or a biological predator hunting off instinct. It used both heavy religious symbolism in the documents, mainly from the way cultures who previously encountered it dealt with the creature while also showing the research and biological concepts applied by the grandpa and his university team. The notions you teach it during the language teaching parts seem to be obvious symbolisms tying into the games plot „meaning, language“ etc. all relate to the theme of theory of mind and how the entity seems to both understand the world around it through implicit mimicry, but one could not be sure whether or not it was just an instinctual automaton that merely mirrors instead of understanding. It also asks the question of what one means by „understand“. I really love the tie ins with the neuroscience bits by the gamedev, particularly regarding shamans who have facial blindness being required to deal with the creature because it cannot feed off of their representations of other people for further cycles. These themes seem to also be underscored by the split between its shell and inner core. The core appears to be quasi static and somewhat conscious retaining some information about previous cycles throughout its regenerations, as it mentions memories of being buried (possibly by shamans) in a graveyard sometime in the stone age (it is confused by all our modern concepts and complications of mind), while the shell seems to be more dynamic but also animalistic and in control (the core grandpa when being released speaks of „being used“ by the outer shell and that he cannot resist against its urges). The core might also simply be used by the shell as an anglerfish would use its antenna, as a lure so it might not be conscious at all (which the scientists constantly doubt). This is all just scratching the surface of a game that has fantastic visuals, atmosphere and eery gameplay. A true marvel of a horror game! There‘s simply so many themes I don‘t know where to end!
It just occurred to me: Whiskers is gone, probably crawled through the vent at the spot it remained dormant. The girl commented that there was another vent at the top of the room where her Grandpa now resides. Whiskers is Grandpa. Additionally, there was talk about setting up a grave to be a "demon trap". When Grandpa is interviewed (10:32) he talks about the grave, says about the shepherds and how this all occurred before the stone buildings and such. In other words: Child is growing an ancient shapeshifting monster that lusted after blood and flesh, attempting to change it into a loving grandpa, oblivious to the danger this thing poses. And then Mark fed it meat...
I wondered if whiskers replaced grandpa, as the whiskers adrienne mentioned made me suspicious Mark had forgotten what it meant and what it caused to feed the creature flesh. Not good :/
I love how Yames’ games always have this interesting blend of Science and Religion. They always seem so interesting and well thought-out. More like short stories than games
I think we're lucky it was an innocent little girl in this instance who was growing "Grandpa" if it conducts itself based on the true desires of its caretaker. As "bad" as the ending was, it was oddly wholesome at the same time. lol
Mark: *Skims over lore and refuses to heed any crucial info about feeding or sacrifices.* The (secretly) good ending: *Requires player to ignore all instructions from Dr. Hart and his team.* He did it, he failed another task successfully. A hidden genius in the works, knowing that following the guidelines of a dead man would only guide you to death, all without knowing he knows. The Markiplier guarantee.
I love how when you ask about Grandpa's... Proboscis, he details something like being a caterpillar turning into a butterfly? "I fed from a sheep while hungry, then I slept for a long time, emerged a half-grown child, I had died before..." Idk maybe it's just me but that's the connection I made with that. The whole thing about shepherds and their wives is more biblical feeling and I don't quite understand it, lmao. This game is so so interesting!
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Basically, if you ever leave Mark instructions write down what you want him to do then invert them. He generally doesn't follow "normal" instructions well xD Though it did save his life in this instance
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I was honestly excepting "grandpa" to betray Adrienne and just kill her. So I was pleasantly surprised when he didn't. At least Adrienne's happy now. So good ending I guess? 🙂👍🏻
This is the good ending, the creature needs flesh to develop. If you don't give it any then you get the bad ending as you stunted it and it takes it by force, first chance it has. Either way, it gets out. The lore also goes that this thing is shaped by your perception of it. Adrienne saw it as family and genuinely cared for it, weirdly. (She's just a kid and has clearly not seen horror movies yet) The scientists saw a monster and feared it. It's constant adaptations and experimenting meant their repulsion grew stronger, despite their understanding and it's containment. The time between Adrienne's parents moving into the house and her actual Grandpa's death was in the years, meaning the creature had time to reset. (Which normally takes a full month with no one nearby.
When he was talking about the haunting pictures that would stick with me tonight.. I was expecting Lixian to put pitcures of Mark on the screen, not gonna' lie :D
Did he uh.... forget about the warnings against letting Grandpapa indulge in his carnivorous cravings...? Or did he willingly chose not to heed them......?
@@blammmed yes, in the past he was much more set on doing things by the book or being more of a completionist(he was never a total completionist, but he certainly aimed to complete more of games than he does now, for any number of reasons)
This was a really sweet and poignant ending. I really love horror stories that end with the vibe this one did. I'm happy Adrienne got what she wanted and deserved, even if her parents may have gotten a little more than they bargained for...
This game's lore is fascinating. So this is a thing that copies the thoughts and wishes of humans, and has been alive for maybe longer than humanity existed. People have clearly used it to bring back their loved ones, but maybe also less benevolent things like murder. In addition to nutrients and knowledge, it needs flesh, and a blood offering. Then it grants the wish if possible- makes better parents, makes a dead person, makes someone fall in love with you. If Mark hadn't fed it flesh and gave it blood, I think Adrienne might have been dead. That's what its comments suggest. What I'm most curious about is if the parents are now part-Whiskers, and what that will entail.
This reminds me a lot of David Lynch's short film, The Grandmother, where a kid with awful parents decides to grow himself a caring grandparent. It's also super weird yet strangely touching.
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23:58 To summarize for you, and anyone else confused by what that said, essentially that last paragraph is saying that you better not disobey your end of the blood contract, or this thing can and will kill you.
Mark: “she lives in the country” Also mark: “how does she get to school?” Me, who lives in the country: “i can’t think of anything funny to say, so im just gonna say I take the bus”
This is scaryly amazing. I think that it would be cool if there was a growing family we already have growing Grandpa and now we just have to do the rest.
I know that the grandpa is probably some kind of evil creature and probably brainwashed her parents or something, but low-key he seems like a nice dude apart from that.
Gotta love how the game's like "Don't feed Grandpa bad things or flesh" and Mark _immediately_ feeds Grandpa a battery, some insulation, then gives flesh at the first opportunity.
“The game said not to do that but I’m sure it was a suggestion.”
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@@I_quit_trolling_now no
Imma feed kave to grandpa
I find it really interesting that this little girl gets exactly what she wants even if she doesn't really understand what happened. Like whatever this creature was (probably a demon from some of the in game books and such) legitimately gave her a happy ending. They probably did it by invading her parents body's or replacing them but regardless she got a loving family. That's oddly wholesome and horrific.
Gave me SCP vibes tbh
Everyone got what they wanted, it's truly a heartwarming ending.
@@sansprobus7209 for now anyway, I wonder if there will ever be a sequel?
It's what that demonology article in this was talking about, that demons are "fed" by specific acts, either the act of worship or the act of chanting or the act of sacrifice but heaven also "has its heel on them" and makes it so demons have to abide by specific terms. If you follow their terms or contract, they get well fed but they also can't do anything to you and must fulfil their end of the bargain. If you don't follow the steps correctly or don't uphold your end of the contract or bargain, the demon gets to devour you. From Adrienne's conversations with whiskers, it seems like whisker's standard operating procedure was to mimic an individual's desires to lure them in and consume them. Whiskers seems to primarily feed off thoughts and desire, but also needs some food or flesh to build with as alluded to with the "looks like it can use some vitamin C from a kiwi" part. If an individual's desires are particularly strong it grows a connection with them and it seems to telepathically urge them into the contract. It seems to be some kind of telepathy because individuals aren't afraid and have an urge telling them what to do.
grandpa demon got so many shrooms that it became one
i like how professional grandpa looks when you talk to him
Yeah, he was so polite, I like that about it
I am a god above all TH-camrs!!!!. bow down!!
Well he was a PhD Doctor after all
@@gothicfemboy428 I defy thee!
@@gothicfemboy428 on my knees
Whiskers/grandpa mentioned that what he says is influenced by those around him. He was also contractually obligated to fulfill Adrienne's wish. But I wonder if Adrienne's childlike innocence somehow influenced whiskers in a way that Dr. Hart (her actual grandpa yes I know) and his team couldn't. I wonder, perhaps, because the team envisioned whiskers as a horrible flesh eating monstrosity, even unintentionally, that that's what whiskers tried to repeatedly grow. But maybe because Adrienne had only innocent ideas/visions, maybe that's why whiskers was more passive. One of the notes warned to avoid meat even being in the same room as whiskers, and no where near it at all, let alone feeding it. Adrienne had meat and whiskers did nothing but smell and wait until it was fed willingly.
Humans are naturally weary of things they don't immediately recognize. The brain runs wild speculating every possible danger in an unidentified lifeform, and forms judgement without even knowing. Whiskers and the researchers were keenly aware of that. What they thought of it molded it, sculpted it. Perhaps it had no ill intent. Perhaps it's one duty was to abide by a contract humans make with it, and grow accordingly.
All speculation, it's 22:30 here and I've been up since 0400 and I'm a bit sleep deprived, but this is an incredibly captivating game. Games definitely does a fantastic job of creating a world to dive into.
This is a great take, I love it
Brilliantly put! I absolutely agree. Adults have prejudices, judgements, bias, etc. Children end up learning from them. The same way the creature was learning from the adults. When it comes to children learning from children, the imagination runs wild and can be amazing in ways adults have forgotten. And that's what Adrienne did with the creature, in a way.
this makes sense! its why feeding the meat didn't do any harm even though the researchers said not to do that
i fully agree tho, it sounds legit honestly, makes sense
And at the start she was shy but the more she Talked the more he Talked but this is a good take
Note: *"DO NOT FEED MEAT!"*
Mark: "I'll pretend I didn't see that."
Dont feed it Animal Meat, since it was Anthropoid so its kind of human, which the document said something i forgot.
He hasnt played in a while you can't blame him for remembering EVERYTHING
@@МирјанаАдамовић human is basically animal
@@DirectorOfChaos9292 same for me yet i still remembered 💀
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Yames is honestly a master of disturbing imagery and themes in his games. Both Discover my Body and Growing my Grandpa deal in different types of body horror. Discover my body deals with the change of a persons body into something unrecognizable, all the while the person is happy about it. Growing my Grandpa deals in the transformation of a cosmic horror into something that could tangibly be a person. Both of these manage to somehow be equally disturbing. To me, Yames has perfected his craft, and I'm honestly so excited for Discover Our Bodies.
couldnt have put it better myself! yames makes my favorite content of the genre.
what about his ocean game? The undersea one? I feel like everyone always forgets that one...
Mark had also played The Well, though that one is relatively pale, more leaning to a standard horror story.
But still Water Womb World might be the most "normal" one.
Oh yeah, and Lips like Velum, Im not so sure if that one will ever gonna be fully released though...
Love his work, his story telling is captivating and he always puts a fun or new twist on the POV or an unreliable narrator in a sense and it just adds to the ambience!! Always wishing Mark would do a deeper delve into the other games :)
hes such a good writer too
such a nice game about caring for your completely normal grandpa
Irk so wholesome 😅
ive never seen this kind of dementia before
Just so intensely normal
@@SwizzleDrizzl the idea is amazing that what is going on with the grampa is dementia
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I love the implication that if it's not a demon, it's so old it's actually the _inspiration_ for demons.
I also really like the trope of "if you don't give the demon a task it goes rogue and kills you," it's more animalistic than a genie wish
After seeing the "Bad" ending I think it is safe to assume Whiskers left the imperfect shell of Grandpa and has moved into the parents' bodies, molding them into what Adrienne wanted.
What I find very interesting is that in Bad end Whiskers invades Adriennne's body but since she is accepting of the situation they seem to have a symbiotic relationship; the parents no doubt resisted being invaded in the "Good" end and so were violently overwritten.
Message of the story: as long as you can get over your fear and revulsion, there is a lot to be gained from giving a psychic parasite exactly what it wants. Everyone can benefit!
She's a naturally budding alchemist and dabbler in the dark arts! I'm so proud of you Adrienne!
hopefully she has a good life ahead of her
For everyone who's saying "don't feed it meat" I was initially thinking the same thing but then I realized all of those guidelines were for studying whiskers and then incinerating it to restart the process back to the beginning. If Adrienne continued nurturing whiskers but didn't initialize and finish a contract nor incinerate it to "reset" it, whiskers would have eventually consumed her because that is it's nature. The only easy way out for Adrienne was to initiate and complete a contract with whiskers. The act of feeding it flesh is symbolic of intent to initiate a contract and then the act of offering her blood was symbolic of offering her own flesh to begin the contract.
Had to sort comments by new just to see if there at least one person paying attention and not just using their one brain cell to go “but meat bad!” Thank you.
It’s like everyone forget about the grad student from part one that wanted to bring back his dead sister.
Thank you. 💪
on the other side of things, I think it's more likely that it doesn't have any rules at all. The reason it obeys contracts is because that's what people *_thinks_* it does. If you never feed it meat then it shows that Adrienne is scared of it and keeping it contained, whereas if you *_do_* feed it meet then it's treating it with a naive innocence that it must be okay and normal. If you feed it meat then it shows you aren't scared of it, therefor you don't percieve it as something scary, and so it *_isn't_* something scary. On the other hand if you don't feed it meat then it means that you are scared of it, or more accurately what it could become; you *_percieve_* it as a threat so it *_is_* a threat.
the ending was oddly wholesome. "grandpa" decided to help her with her neglectful parents when he could have just not held up his end of the bargain and left.
My dude, "grandpa" killed her parents, copied them, and created a messed up replacement. There is nothing wholesome about this.
@@the8626 it's about as wholesome as a horrific cosmic being gets!
@@the8626 Her parents weren't exactly the best ones anyways, Grandpa literally just fulfilled her wish of having a happy and loving family no matter the method in which he achieved it. For a literal anomalous demonic entity with no sense of morality, can you really criticize it's actions of simply fulfilling the contract?
@@the8626 By the sound of it, he didn't necessarily kill them. I think it's exactly what Adrianne said, that it reached inside and changed them.. However it did though. And it looked like hell so it definitely wasn't good.
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Im kinda happy the "apparently bad" ending after you feed it meat lets Adrienne be happy, even if as some comments explain maybe it was the monster all along. idk its a weirdly wholesome ending for a thorugh and thourh 10/10 disturbing scary game
She got her wish I suppose... And from Grandpa's comments it seems like she may have met a gruesome end if she hadn't fulfilled her end of the bargain.
Considering the other ending is probably just it killing her, I think this is as close to a "good ending" as it gets.
@@SeraphimCramer The other ending is her crawling into the vent, getting attacked by whiskers, it possessing her body, she goes to the counselor, is all twitchy and "introduces" her grandpa to the counselor.
yeah this was definitely the good ending
This is technically the good ending lol...though I wonder what happened to her actual parents. Probably eaten or infected by the monster idk. Bad ending is much more horrifying because the monster parasitizes her for not giving the blood sacrifice and totems
I find horror games like this are most effective. Instead of jumps scares it relies on a constant stream of unnerving and deeply uncomfortable images and scenarios that physically repulse you yet it is interesting enough to keep you playing to find out how it ends by morbid curiosity. In a way these types of games are a strange and fascinating phenomenon unlike many other horror games.
why little nightmares works
I completely agree with you!! It's the reason I've continued to watch this game be played over and over again by different people to see their reactions and enjoy shuddering along with them all over again! I am absolutely obsessed and enamored by this game!! I can't wait to see what Yames makes next!!!
Ah yes, my favorite but rare genre: wholesome horror
It's criminally underappreciated.
Agreed
A found family you can grow!
@@Classicbutterscotchmy grandpa?
whorror
wait that sounds like something else
"Too much doubt can suffocate even the surest thing. Only with patience and growth and nurturing does something become what it will be."
Thank you for your words of wisdom, horrific Basement Being.
Honestly though, Grandpa said some really legitimately helpful and truthful things about growth and desire. His whole speech on wishes is very true. I thought pretty much everything he said in that final section was really interesting, and very, very well put. I love that he explained he felt he could be honest because he was her grandpa and that he loved her, so he could trust her. Even though he still recognized that he wasn't REALLY her grandpa. A lot of nuance that I just adore the writing in this game so much.
Inspiration can come from strange sources...
As far as eldritch body horror goes that ending was surprisingly...wholesome? I mean I'm sure "grandpa" went on to cause chaos elsewhere, but he helped a sad, lonely little girl in his own messed up way.
That was such a sweet, happy ending. Mom and Dad don't fight anymore, and Adrienne is so happy now! I'm sure Mr Whiskers will spread love and kindness throughout the world now. He's like Santa. But he doesn't like cookies, though his presents seem to be a lot better!
Santa, Satan, close enough. 🤷🏻♀️
@@dangerbirb4981 LMAO
Don’t forget to leave a glass of blood and a plate of flesh nuggets by the chimney
New favorite inspirational quote:
"Alright, let's see if grandpa will eat it and puke some- BwOOughhhh..." - Markiplier 2022
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@@KingKobra49 you’re a shorts creator
You have 3 different bots, bait bots, a pity picker bot and a hate bot
You deserve better that these bots. Have a like a this comment free.
This game feels emotional when I get to 26:13 where the Growing and developing Grandpa communicates with the player like a loving and caring friend. It is a monster with a big heart, with inalienable love and understanding for his creator, and the dedication to be anything his creator wishes him to be. It's so heartwarming, doesn't matter if the creature is grotesque and unappealing. Growing My Grandpa reimagined Frankenstein in a biological way.
Game: Don't feed Grandpa flesh!
Mark as soon as he finds fleshy food: Let's feed Grandpa!
What I love about the Monster is that It reads like a predator honing his bait for sentient beings. Like an angler fish for humans.
The core (whiskers) produces a segment of itself which develops into a set personality by becoming What the person in front of It wants It to become (a lure for Whiskers). While the lure might be limitedly sapient It is mostly empty and speaks for the demon itself.
"Grandpa" loves the girl because she wants granpa to Love her, still he lets her know that he (since he is just a lure) cant do anything to protect her if the actual entity (Whiskers) decides to atttack
I think that the reason whiskers acts and appears differently towards Adrienne than towards the researchers, is that the researchers were experimenting by thinking and wanting it to be something. Adrienne genuinely believes that whiskers is her grandpa, not whatever it is. Therefore its transformation and attitude is much more genuine. Because Adrienne is much more genuine.
This game is honestly incredible from a narrative perspective. Well-considered plot arc, good pacing, deft distribution of environmental storytelling elements, great writing throughout... genuinely one of the most compelling horror narratives I've ever come across.
I’m pretty sure we were all yelling at Mark when he found the meat lmao
I was freaking out because, of all the things this game said, the DO NOT FEED ANY KIND OF MEAT was the only one I remembered
There was one rule and he broke it 😭
Marky poo
if you're talking about the little friends, i thought they were akin to insects or something
Yeah he didn't realize that 🤣
I find it intresting that breaking the rules of caring for grandpa is actually the way to get this much happier ending, the ending where you obey the rules and don't finish the contract is quite bad compared to this so.. WOO best ending
Grandpa growing glasses was a nice detail
And a mustache
Yames, time and again, has proven himself to be a sick and twisted mastermind. I'm a bit too squeamish to play their games myself, but god damn, I can't stop myself from rewatching Mark play some of his older content too. Yames makes the sort of horror that I wish was more prominent in the genre; not jumpscares and shrieks, but unsettling and unerving situations that make your skin crawl.
Well done, Yames!
This really was oddly sweet. Even with him probably not being her grandpa, something she herself acknowledges, he was still worthy of love due to him helping her, and she got a loving family, even if her new parents are probably nothing more than meat puppets that do whatever will make her happy at all times, and probably have no free will of their own.
Note:" Do NOT feed it meat"
Mark:" Hey grandpa, how about some meat?"
The lore of this game is fascinating, if also thoroughly disturbing.
I know, right? It's so fleshed out.
@@garnet1918 haha… flesh.
@@hannatude : )
Honestly? I think it was the best ending for Adrienne. She may not have her "real" parents, but now she has present ones and they knew they were playing with fire.
Am the only one that loves the fact that Grandpa is so honest? Like he repeats MULTIPLE times that he acts and talks in the way Adriene wants, hes saying flat out that he's manipulating her
I know this comment is old, but I feel like it's less that Grandpa is manipulating her, but rather acknowledging that it is a production of Adrienne's own mind, that it's actions are not it's own, but a result of what she wants to hear and see.
I think it’s an interesting concept, that a little girl is tricked by a demon into helping become a powerful self sufficient being, all the while she has no idea what’s actually going on and is eager to trust it as she feels alone in her broken home. Really well thought out storyline
I would argue that being "tricked" is debatable. Did it obviously withhold information? Yes, but it was also quite frank about what you were doing AND gave thekid exactly what they wanted (though maybe not in the ideal manner)
@@Altair1243WAR This point of discourse is basically the point of all the antique “demon” pages in the game that predate Dr. Hart. The way everyone interpreted the creature was an affect of their time, the scientists see it as an alien monster with a Gremlins construct and they die trying to study it. In the past, people thought it was a hell spawn and warned vehemently against making a deal with it unless you’re desperate and you could die. Adrienne doesn’t understand what it is much more than she understands other adults and why they behave oddly, so without the hesitance and the dire nature of “confronting a devil at a crossroads for a deal in exchange for yourself,” she simply saw it as taking care of a family member and that inherently fulfilled the parasitic need of the entity to be “loved,” which is clearly fed off of from the way it would bring to life widower’s wives as the graveyard. And unlike those that came before, she had no expectation of what she’d get in return, just a prayer for her family to be happy.
@@Altair1243WAR could be argued that the creature didn't quite know what was happening either. it seemed to have only vague recollections of the past, disjointed and without proper context. it blatantly told adrienne that it would hurt her in some way if she didn't fulfill the contract, really it was honest about things every step of the way, it just didn't have the ability to communicate it in a way she would understand due to how much of it operates off instinct. we don't know if the creature is truly malevolent or just another natural predator acting off instinct, and I think that's a very charming aspect of the game.
Idk if yall know this but the true way to keep a grandpa nice and healthy is to water it with his bottle of scotch for full effect!
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Bot FARM sorry my dude but you right the scotch is great for his health 👍
@@lauryn5696 why cant others get the hint on the scotch?
I am a god above all TH-camrs!!!!. bow down!!
@@Oden41785 ikr??!!
His reaction to "Grandpa your proboscis is out" made this video even more worth watching.🤣
This just sent me to a channel with nothing on it.
@@gabrieldobbs7640 it’s a scam. Not actually him
@@CatsandConspiracies I figured it was.
Lixian seeing 24 faces scares me, and I'm not sure if it's because I should be seeing more or if I should just be more terrified of Lixian. Probably both tbh
or secret answer number 3: youre thinking about it too much lol
Yeah hes memeing bro
You know what's scarier than 24?
25
@@WolfgangDoW thanks man,now I can't sleep
I wouldn't be surprised if he actually did see 24 faces because of his attention to detail as an editor. Of course there are the two other editors, but Lixian has been doing this for Mark for a long time. He's seen things, people. So many things. @_@;
Notes from the last episode: “do not give it flesh” Mark: “Anthripoid time grandpa!”
it's been a few weeks... you cannot expect him to remember everything
@@DirectorOfChaos9292 I literally have a mental condition that interferes with memory and I remembered 😭
@@Rhamburgers_420 And mark has ADHD and also everone is different
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@@ItsLunafr i have adhd. That’s what causes the memory issues. I never shamed him for forgetting to begin with. I was just making a meme and some guy jumped in to defend him for no reason 🤷🏻♀️ even if he didn’t forget and chose to feed him meat it wouldn’t have been a bad thing, its his gaming experience so he can do whatever :)
“a kiwi fruit would be an excellent remedy”
*feeds grandpa insulation*
A textbook example of the phrase "The path to hell is paved with good intentions". In this case possibly on a literal level seeing as how it was a demon.
It's weird to think that most of us have been watching him for over 5 years (probably more). It shows how intrigued Markiplier is in entertaining us (also himself). Thank you Markiplier. Thank you for carrying our childhood.
Closer to 10 for some of us
Ngl you should wait to watch the video, then post a comment.
I've watched him like 7-8 years ago
Sacrificing his sanity for are entertainment
@@Mane_Event47 but then they miss out on the possibility of writing some "I love Markiplier so much because X" post and get people to like it. THINK OF THE LIKES THEY WOULD MISS
The end of the game with the councilor closing was exactly irl situation, they just do a quick open/shut case even if it sounds out of norm.
Thank you so much for educating your audience on how to grow my own grandpa! Now I can grow my grandpa so he can be as healthy as he can be, he even knows how to say his first words!!
This concept is amazing - the 'dreams' manifested and crawling away, the self being partly what people intend one to be, and patrly - something else entirely.
Lmao why is my comment the one that's attacked by a bot... 6~6
all the newer ones are
@@stuffedbrains aa, ty
That relatable moment when you grow a possibile eldritch being that takes the form of your grandpa and replaces your parents.
But then doesn't kill you and generally improves your life! Thanks, Grandpa!
@@Altair1243WAR Grandpas are cool :)
Here I was contemplating the note about the types of demons and gods listed in the note Mark read, and Mark spouting 'He was a goDDAMN HIPPIE' caught me so off guard I choked on my laughter.
This is the perfect thing for me to watch before going to bed and visiting my grandma tomorrow, thank you
Do not feed meat to your grandma, she will turn into a cosmic horror too
In horror, uncovering someone's horrific monster is one thing, but creating a monstrosity yourself is something totally different, the documentation, procedures, its all so disturbing. Everything in Growing my Grandpa feels absolutely immoral and uncomfortable. Some fine bodily cosmic horror. Yames doesn't miss the mark. Hope they make more games.
I really love this game. Here‘s what I‘ve been able to deduce for some folks who might wanna discuss story beats:
The game is intentionally vague about whether or not Whiskers is a supernatural entity (demon, devil, etc.) or a biological predator hunting off instinct. It used both heavy religious symbolism in the documents, mainly from the way cultures who previously encountered it dealt with the creature while also showing the research and biological concepts applied by the grandpa and his university team. The notions you teach it during the language teaching parts seem to be obvious symbolisms tying into the games plot „meaning, language“ etc. all relate to the theme of theory of mind and how the entity seems to both understand the world around it through implicit mimicry, but one could not be sure whether or not it was just an instinctual automaton that merely mirrors instead of understanding. It also asks the question of what one means by „understand“. I really love the tie ins with the neuroscience bits by the gamedev, particularly regarding shamans who have facial blindness being required to deal with the creature because it cannot feed off of their representations of other people for further cycles. These themes seem to also be underscored by the split between its shell and inner core. The core appears to be quasi static and somewhat conscious retaining some information about previous cycles throughout its regenerations, as it mentions memories of being buried (possibly by shamans) in a graveyard sometime in the stone age (it is confused by all our modern concepts and complications of mind), while the shell seems to be more dynamic but also animalistic and in control (the core grandpa when being released speaks of „being used“ by the outer shell and that he cannot resist against its urges). The core might also simply be used by the shell as an anglerfish would use its antenna, as a lure so it might not be conscious at all (which the scientists constantly doubt). This is all just scratching the surface of a game that has fantastic visuals, atmosphere and eery gameplay. A true marvel of a horror game!
There‘s simply so many themes I don‘t know where to end!
It just occurred to me: Whiskers is gone, probably crawled through the vent at the spot it remained dormant. The girl commented that there was another vent at the top of the room where her Grandpa now resides. Whiskers is Grandpa.
Additionally, there was talk about setting up a grave to be a "demon trap". When Grandpa is interviewed (10:32) he talks about the grave, says about the shepherds and how this all occurred before the stone buildings and such.
In other words: Child is growing an ancient shapeshifting monster that lusted after blood and flesh, attempting to change it into a loving grandpa, oblivious to the danger this thing poses.
And then Mark fed it meat...
I wondered if whiskers replaced grandpa, as the whiskers adrienne mentioned made me suspicious
Mark had forgotten what it meant and what it caused to feed the creature flesh. Not good :/
I love how Yames’ games always have this interesting blend of Science and Religion. They always seem so interesting and well thought-out. More like short stories than games
I think we're lucky it was an innocent little girl in this instance who was growing "Grandpa" if it conducts itself based on the true desires of its caretaker. As "bad" as the ending was, it was oddly wholesome at the same time. lol
Mark: *Skims over lore and refuses to heed any crucial info about feeding or sacrifices.*
The (secretly) good ending: *Requires player to ignore all instructions from Dr. Hart and his team.*
He did it, he failed another task successfully. A hidden genius in the works, knowing that following the guidelines of a dead man would only guide you to death, all without knowing he knows. The Markiplier guarantee.
I love how when you ask about Grandpa's... Proboscis, he details something like being a caterpillar turning into a butterfly? "I fed from a sheep while hungry, then I slept for a long time, emerged a half-grown child, I had died before..." Idk maybe it's just me but that's the connection I made with that. The whole thing about shepherds and their wives is more biblical feeling and I don't quite understand it, lmao. This game is so so interesting!
Markiplier always knows how to fill your free time
If this channel keeps your entertained, I know mine will surely put a smile on your face. I may not be the best just yet but with your love and support,we’ll definitely be at the top 1 day 🌟🫶🏼
@@KingKobra49 go away
@@KingKobra49 don’t do this
Would you say he provides a good... distraction?
@@JasonVickeryEsq Distractible...like his podcast?
6:52 Powerwash said NOPE.
Im loving this as a series. Him reading every line is like a audio book, with added comments and feelings.
Lets a person work on stuff and not have to be staring at the screen non-stop. TY Markiplier!
I love how markiplier can play the most disturbing games and make them hilarious
The bots are everywhere :(
@@KateCat420 I know, they’re in every reply :’(
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They’re worse now💀😢
Game: What ever you do, DO NOT FEED IT FLESH
Mark: Hey Grandpa, you want some flesh?
Mark: Proceeds to feed it the flesh
Basically, if you ever leave Mark instructions write down what you want him to do then invert them. He generally doesn't follow "normal" instructions well xD Though it did save his life in this instance
Ah yes, I've always wanted to grow my own grandpa
Aw, what a wholesome game about grandparents.
I like the part where Mark says "I'm growing my grandpa" and growed the grandpa. Truly an interesting part of the video.
I liked the part where he said "IT'S GROWIN' TIME" and grow'd all over his parents.
Note : “Do not feed Meat!“
Mark : “I’ll pretend I didn’t see that.”
Trust Yames to make some weird disturbing shit.
Really unique, we need more stuff like this.
i feel like someone could take Markipliers “phonating” while teaching grandpa new words and turn that into some horror game element
i’m on it.
Yes!! I’m so happy to see this series continue!
If this channel keeps your entertained, I know mine will surely put a smile on your face. I may not be the best just yet but with your love and support,we’ll definitely be at the top 1 day 🌟🫶🏼
me too!! having a bad day so this is a great way to turn it around
samee!!!! its such an interesting game :}
@@ajcrowIey True, it's so trippy and awesome. 😄
it feels like it's been ages
I was honestly excepting "grandpa" to betray Adrienne and just kill her. So I was pleasantly surprised when he didn't. At least Adrienne's happy now. So good ending I guess? 🙂👍🏻
This is the good ending, the creature needs flesh to develop.
If you don't give it any then you get the bad ending as you stunted it and it takes it by force, first chance it has.
Either way, it gets out.
The lore also goes that this thing is shaped by your perception of it.
Adrienne saw it as family and genuinely cared for it, weirdly. (She's just a kid and has clearly not seen horror movies yet)
The scientists saw a monster and feared it. It's constant adaptations and experimenting meant their repulsion grew stronger, despite their understanding and it's containment.
The time between Adrienne's parents moving into the house and her actual Grandpa's death was in the years, meaning the creature had time to reset. (Which normally takes a full month with no one nearby.
@@Firesgone Oh okay, thanks for the confirmation. 😆☺
When he was talking about the haunting pictures that would stick with me tonight..
I was expecting Lixian to put pitcures of Mark on the screen, not gonna' lie :D
I may have already seen a full playthrough, but I will never pass up a chance of seeing Markiplier's shenanigans
Mark finds some of the greatest games I swear
@Jordan VI wow so cool! .. not gonna check out your channel tho
He literally forgot the ONLY thing you shouldn't forgot. I'm laughing so hard.
"Yeah I'm sure grandpa will love THIS FLESH"
Did he uh.... forget about the warnings against letting Grandpapa indulge in his carnivorous cravings...? Or did he willingly chose not to heed them......?
I think its because he wants the spooky ending first, so that he can make quicker content to fill out the other endings.
He got curious.
this is how you know if someone has been watching mark for a while or not
@@blammmed yes, in the past he was much more set on doing things by the book or being more of a completionist(he was never a total completionist, but he certainly aimed to complete more of games than he does now, for any number of reasons)
@@Amodh1257 i think the adhd meds helped him get the perfectionist tendecies a bit better under control. now he runs purely on chaotic neutral energy
This was a really sweet and poignant ending. I really love horror stories that end with the vibe this one did. I'm happy Adrienne got what she wanted and deserved, even if her parents may have gotten a little more than they bargained for...
This game's lore is fascinating. So this is a thing that copies the thoughts and wishes of humans, and has been alive for maybe longer than humanity existed. People have clearly used it to bring back their loved ones, but maybe also less benevolent things like murder. In addition to nutrients and knowledge, it needs flesh, and a blood offering. Then it grants the wish if possible- makes better parents, makes a dead person, makes someone fall in love with you.
If Mark hadn't fed it flesh and gave it blood, I think Adrienne might have been dead. That's what its comments suggest.
What I'm most curious about is if the parents are now part-Whiskers, and what that will entail.
Last time: "Do NOT under any circumstances feed Flesh to it"
Markiplier: "How would you like an Anthropoid? :3"
This reminds me a lot of David Lynch's short film, The Grandmother, where a kid with awful parents decides to grow himself a caring grandparent. It's also super weird yet strangely touching.
i know it’s not alot but thank you for being here all these years , giving me a safe place to exist in this world.
The phrase "Grandpas proboscis is out!" and marks face in reaction had me laughing so hard 🤣🤣🤣
That was actually kind of... Oddly wholesome overall. Don't judge an eldritch horror by its whiskers!
what a lovely happy ending for her. grandpa really did love her in his own way.
Aww, I really liked that game! Grandpa really grew on me such a nice demonic growth! He is great with children. I hope he's doing good out there.
This game is one Hell of an experience. I would get shivers down my spine if I played this in the dark.
Mark's videos bring me so much joy......My gf's tracker on her phone was registered going 110 mph today and she wouldn't respond......I broke down crying and I saw the video and it kept me from losing it. I love Mark for every video he does and I want to say to everyone here have a good day.
Is she okay?
9:12 "You have gained a new conversation topic: proboscis" Now Mark can talk with Grandpa about his balloon "animals" (the butterfly, specifically 🦋)
Hey mark! I know you hate requests but can you please play a game called the backrooms 1998? I have been waiting for months to see you or daz play it and its currently trending on itchio so I really hope you pick it up and it would make my day! I would love it if you can upvote this maybe mark will see it by some miracle!!!
I thought he already played that
1k upvotes and 1 comment let me change that.
Didn't he already play that? Go watch his videos.
God damn is this telegram shit is still going 😂
He played that
I don't know why, but Grandpa's talk about doubt,patience and growth is weirdly soothing to me.
23:58
To summarize for you, and anyone else confused by what that said, essentially that last paragraph is saying that you better not disobey your end of the blood contract, or this thing can and will kill you.
not me screaming internally because the notes specifically said to avoid flesh and meat even being in the same room
Damn, this game has execellent! The plot was so enticing it's amazing
Mark does not know how helpful and calming his videos are.
the writing in this game is superb. It’s terrifying yet also intriguing and captivating.
I love how Mark is so weirdly jolly about a game that's about "growing grandpa", it makes me feel all squishy inside ;)
As opposed to Grampa who's squishy on his outside?
Mark: “she lives in the country”
Also mark: “how does she get to school?”
Me, who lives in the country: “i can’t think of anything funny to say, so im just gonna say I take the bus”
Been waiting for the continuation. Going to enjoy this with a bowl of crisps. 👍
Sounds like a REALLY good idea... where are my crisps 😆
I too have been waiting. Yames makes fascinating games
you'll vomit those crisps up soon.
this was actually so wholesome though, what an experience this game was
This is scaryly amazing. I think that it would be cool if there was a growing family we already have growing Grandpa and now we just have to do the rest.
keep coming back to this game, i just love it so much
ikr? literal masterpiece
Thanks for teaching me how to grow my grandpa! The face is forming already 👍
This ending is so horrible and wholesome(?) at the same time, which is a feeling I’ve never felt playing a game. Bravo yames
I have never been more uncomfortable and disgustingly fascinated by anything more than I was by this game in the entirety of my life.
I know that the grandpa is probably some kind of evil creature and probably brainwashed her parents or something, but low-key he seems like a nice dude apart from that.