Exactly this! I was like.........are we just going to skip past that????? yea? ok then. also the sister knowing about tokyo and wanting to visit there, the posters, modern refrigeration, the handheld gaming consoles, and the computer all point towards a world outside the confines of their village. honestly though, this game is told from the perspective of an extremely young child who doesn't question anything they're told sooo
Binary: Makoto: My mother found out the truth. We were all either born here, or had our memories tampered with and were "spirited away" from the real world. I miss her. Takuya: Dying is scary, but heaven is nice. Part of me was sad to have my soul put back in this body. Mayumi: I wish I could have raised my children to adulthood. Osamu: Chi took our souls and put them into these drawings of us. I think she was lonely. Shopkeeper Setsuko: I never got to be a grandmother, or even get married, I wish I did have that opportunity. I loved the kids of this village like they were my own. This place was a tragedy. Old Man Sakiyama: We don't need to eat we don't, but Chi ensures we only have delicious food to eat, like salmon, mochi, and red snapper. Old Lady Sakiyama: Nobody is mad each otNobody is mad each otNobody more. Dying cleans you of sin, cleanses you of illness, cleanses you of anything bad... Kumiko: Being in this form, none of us feel the effects of the virus. Before, we thought the village was a paradise. Now it actually is. Manabu: There's no fixing the past. I can only hope the future will be filled with more kindness. Youko: I think I would have been a bad mother. Still, I'm happy to be with my husband. Mitsuru: Those who kill suffer often in this life and may come to a terrible end. After this life the karma of their ruthless deeds will for long force them into states of woe. Should such a destroyers of life be born in prosperous families with beauty and strength and other happy bodily attributes, still their karma will dog them to an early grave. Mama: When I was growing up, I wanted to be a mom more than anything. My mom wasn't kind, so I wanted to be better. I'm sorry that I ended up being an even worse parent than she was. Kohaku: I wasn't a good brother. If I had the opportunity to do it again, I would have played more with my sisters. Akane: I never wanted to partake in this suffering. I just wanted to go to Tokyo and make cute clothes. I'm sorry I failed all of you.
1:06:21 The poor shopkeeper talks about how she never got to be a grandmother, mother, or even get married and that she wished she had that opportunity. She also talks about how she loved the kids of the village as if they were her own and called it a tragedy. T-T :'((((
In the binary the villagers talk about how chi actually did create a paradise for them where everyone is happy, even though some of them were hoping to move on. ( Their souls were brought back into the marker creations. )
Fun fact: the white room Chi was in was a form of psychological torture where the victim is deprived of of their identity and their senses are numbed, and is unable to recognize people they know. Not sure why her father did that when the results benefit the virus
It's sad when the light in her eyes disappears as she goes hopeless throughout the game. Even worse when she starts to live in her own fairytale where everyone is happy. What a tormented soul.
I was kinda hoping the reason the father didn’t want them going through the woods was because there was a highway like a couple meters away that would disprove the whole “everyone’s dead” thing
I was so disappointed in that movie. It's more interesting when things that aren't supposed to exist turn out to actually do but instead the "twists" were things like selfishness / power trip and greed.
Translation for Mitsuru at the end: "Those who kill suffer often in this life and may come to a terrible end. After this life the karma of their ruthless deeds will for long force them into states of woe. Should such destroyers of life be born in prosperous families with beauty and strength and other happy bodily attributes, still their karma will dog them to an early grave."
I'm giving the dad too much credit, but maybe, JUST MAYBE he went in there to check the blood to see how old the blood is. If it's dried, maybe she's not around after all. But nah he's just stupid.
It seems like no one else has talked about the white room yet, so I'll talk about it. It's interesting that once she arrives here is when the voice purposefully leaves, and I'm not sure if the dev noticed or not but this was such a great way to showcase her descend to insanity. The white room wouldn't only gain sensory deprivation but the neglect the only person Chi could have was a thoughtful touch to enhance a child's torture. The white room is the exact opposite of a child too, it's just one, plain single color with such mundane things to be in there, in which a child has to stay in for even just a week, it'll be such torture, as a child doesn't have the normal patience an adult would have, and adding the false hope the voice gave her added to it. Adding the desperation was a nice touch. This commentary also felt weird to type, since I'm talking about a child's torture. Thank you, game, that you made me appreciate how you tortured a fictional child.
You're welcome lol I really wanted that sensory deprivation... !!! Removing who she can talk to and making them come back randomly was super intentional -the dev
I decided to suffer and translated all the binary dialogue since I was curious what the villagers were saying, so here they are with the timestamps; 1:04:59 "My mother found out the truth. We were all either born here, or had our memories tampered with and were "spirited away" from the real world. I miss her." 1:05:42 "Dying is scary, but heaven is nice. Part of me was sad to have my soul put back in this body." 1:05:52 "I wish I could have raised my children to adulthood." 1:06:03 "Chi took our souls and put them into these drawings of us. I think she was lonely." 1:06:21 "I never got to be a grandmother, or even get married. I wish I did have that opportunity. I loved the kids of this village like they were my own. This place was a tragedy." 1:07:30 "We don't need to eat we don't, but Chi ensures we only have delicious food to eat, like salmon, mochi, and red snapper." 1:07:51 "Nobody is mad at nobody anymore. Dying cleanses you of sin, cleanses you of illness and everything bad..." (this one was a bit broken when I translated it but I took a guess what it meant. I probably did it wrong but I am not bothered to do it again.) 1:08:10 "Being in this form, none of us feel the effects of the virus. Before, we thought the village was a paradise. Now it actually is." 1:08:47 "There's no fixing the past. I can only hope the future will be filled with more kindness." 1:08:57 "I think I would have been a bad mother. Still, I'm happy to be with my husband." 1:09:55 "Those who kill suffer, often in this life and may come to a terrible end. After this life the karma of their ruthless deeds will for long force them into states of woe. Should such destroyers of life be born in prosperous families with beauty and strength and other happy bodily attributes, still their karma will dog them to an early grave." 1:10:31 "When I was growing up, I wanted to be a mom more than anything. My mom wasn't kind, so I wanted to be better. I'm sorry that I ended up being an even worse parent than she was." 1:10:53 "I wasn't a good brother. If I had the opportunity to do it again, I would have played more with my sisters." 1:11:11 "I never wanted to partake in this suffering. I just wanted to go to Tokyo and make cute clothes. I'm sorry I failed all of you."
Yeah it takes artistic skill to draw those kinds of faces without making them look goofy like this, ahaha... I think the funny art kind of adds to the surrealness of the story though!
@@VervainVanity The goofiness is kinda fun though??? I like making it extra exaggerated hahaha So I agree, I think it works for this particular story at least! -the dev
@@Keroanne yeah i agree it definitely added to the story, gave me that uncanny feeling of wrong that i think more realistic or detailed graphics would lack.
My guess is that after you broke the rules, your father and mother tried to make it seem like you never existed. When everyone started asking questions they killed everyone.
As the horror elements start to pick up, I can't stop thinking "Is this literally just Higurashi?" the whole time. Then they started doing the cross-eyed manical laughs.
@@chocotaku7333 The game is definitely a love letter to higurashi, it feels more than just "a copy", it has soul put into it, i'm a pretty big fan of the visual novels so I can definitely see a lot of parallels, wich were probably intentional, but I feel like it does enough for it to have it's own charm.
I got a lil curious as to what the Makoto person was saying, so I put it into a binary conversion and got something like this: My mother found out the truth. We were all either born here, or had our memories tampered with and were "spirited away" from the real world. I miss her. Edit: Holy crap, thanks everyone for the likes.
Unit 731 is real, and if you want to search and learn more about it, you should prepare yourself because you will see many horrible things, and you might get angry about how members of the unit were allowed to go free and were granted immunity.
I first heard about Unit 731 in a manga I was way too young to be reading (was 12 or 13) about a killer buddhist monk the manga ended after the story arc that involved a giant amalgam ghost of lots of undiscovered victims of the experiments whose bones were dug up from a pit grave during construction though the novel continued on to more ghosts put to rest by the murderous monk. The end of the volume notes talked about the unit doing live-vivisections and deliberately infecting people with shigella bacterium which is a common cause of dysentery
And we wrap on a valuable lesson we should all know: DO NOT PLAY IN OLD SHEDS. Best case scenario, you step on a rusty nail and have an annoyed nurse scrape/mangle your foot. Worst case, you lose your eyes and probably have your soul crammed into a paper doll in another dimension. Seriously though, I'd really like to see more of this. So many questions and I really enjoyed the subversion of everything I expected.
I'm so glad people have enjoyed it and wanted more--! The next game will be longer and ??? More questions hahaha But maybe some answers eventually!! -the dev
Fun fact: The trigger for the face transition early in the video... when you hit the trigger to enter the room where Manly saw it you notice the change. If you're going to do this make the character face up or AFTER transitions. It makes it less obvious and in turn more shocking when you see it. To be fair though we have all likely made that mistake as we were learning this kind of thing.
This is my first game and first time doing it, so I'm honestly glad that it was only something like this that went kinda wrong. Thanks for the advice!! - the dev
I kinda like it the way as is. Because it's like a "wait, WTF was that?!" moment. Then it hits a second time because _it sticks._ What would be even cooler (but probably way harder to pull off) is if it did both: changing the face before or after the room transition at random. Or maybe sometimes screwing with just the menu, like changing the portrait to be facing forward instead of that 3/4 view.
@@Keroanne what was the face supposed to represent? I'm kinda bad with figuring stuff out like that, and the person with the most knowledge on the game is probably the creator.
You know, I expected dark but this just kept on going. That got so much worse than I was expecting. The opening had this strange feel to it, but I still wasn't prepared for the sheer misery Chi would go through. The last third of the game is more or less setting up a sequel if not a series outright, and I am curious what's really going on here.
Thank you for enjoying it!! Lots of misery and badness going around here lmfao But mysteries will hopefully be explained when I can get out more games!
I was gonna say something like "The illust work and portraits are not their strong suit." But ya know what, It adds to the unsettling nature of things. Looking at their art, it's weird how great, yet conventionally bad, it is. Like, it shares so many traits with that style everyone gets when they are just starting and try to draw "anime" especially in the anatomy, my god the anatomy is off. BUT IT'S STILL REALLY GOOD. Particularly their skill at coloring and composition I think. It's like they started where almost everyone else starts, and instead of turning a different direction like everyone, they said "No, THIS is my style" and good on them, they really made it work. It's like they combined anime with a porcelain doll and a Bratz doll.
The story ended up being a lot more complicated than I expected... Whoever translates all that binary will be a hero Music is fantastic, especially in the late game where it's all dissonant
The shop keep got a shipment of markers from outside, yet everyone outside the village is dead? Yknow, I think maybe not everyone outside the village is dead. Just a theory, though.
Some binary translations since I was interested in what they were saying in the last half hour: Makoto: "My mother found out the truth. We were all either born here, or had our memories tampered with and were "spirited away" from the real world. I miss her." Takuya: "Dying is scary, but heaven is nice. Part of me was sad to have my soul put back in this body." Mayumi: "I wish I could have raised my children to adulthood." Osamu: "Chi took our souls and put them into these drawings of us. I think she was lonely." Shopkeeper Setsuko: "I never got to be a grandmother, or even get married. I wish I did have that opportunity. I loved the kids of this village like they were my own. This place was a tragedy." Old Man Sakiyama: "We don't need to eat We don'k, but Chi ensures we only have delicious food to eat, like salmon, mochi, and red snapper" [typo in game text] Old Lady Sakiyama: "Nobody is mad each ot(her) Nobody (any)more. Dying cleanses you of sin, cleanses you of illness, cleanses you of anything bad" [typo in game text]] Kumiko: "Being in this form, none of us feel the effects of the virus. Before, we thought the village was a paradis(e)" Manabu: "There's no fixing the past. I can only hope the future will be filled with more kindness." Youko: "I think I would have been a bad mother. Still, I'm happy to be with my husband." Mitsuru: "Those who kill suffer often in this life and may come to a terrible end. After this life the karma of their ruthless deeds will for long force them into states of woe. Should such destroyers of life be born in prosperous families with beauty and strength and other happy bodily attributes, still their karma will dog them to an early grave" Mama: When I was growing up, I wanted to be a mom more than anything. My mom wasn't kind, so I wanted to be better. I'm sorry that I ended up being an even worse parent than she was. Kohaku: I wasn't a good brother. If I had the opportunity to do it again, I would have played more with my sisters. Akane: I never wanted to partake in this suffering. I just wanted to go to Tokyo and make cute clothes. I'm sorry I failed all of you. Edit: Not all translated by me, thanks to Tyler Kowaleski, Cytyzent, and Karmotrine for the rest. I tried to fix typos by adding stuff in parentheses, but otherwise directly translated
To continue, Osamu's dialogue says "Chi took our souls and put them into these drawings of us. I think she was lonely." I'll probably tackle Mitsuru's dialogue and the early virus's binary at some point later, but right now I'm tired of copying down numbers
@@Keroanne Aw man, I was hoping it would be a fake-out ending where you just continue your life of Definitely Not Normal Normalcy. But thanks for responding! It's always exciting to hear from game developers as a beginner game dev
WAIT WHAT OH MY GOSH THIS IS MY GAME!!! THANK YOU FOR PLAYING IT MANLY!!!! EDIT: SPOILERS!! Just to answer some stuff: 1) YES I plan on making more games!! A lot more games. It just will take time since it’s just me working on them. 2) There is only one ending. If you say no, you'll be forced to go into the woods anyway. 3) Manly missed some things!! The text in Chi’s house is mostly different afterwards, there’s some random events, some secret areas, and her father is out behind her house in the marker world since her perfect world won’t be complete without her papa, but she doesn’t totally forgive him. 4) Lastly, my sister is gonna do a let’s play of Chi that I plan on uploading. I’m just editing it now!! So, some of these things will be solved when she plays, if you wanna watch. EDIT2: holyheck300kpeopleknowaboutmygame Anyhow!! Another quick couple of answers! 1) The binary DOES translate into things! People have kindly translated it in the comments. 2) The face that appears at around 6:50 is a randomly occurring event, with 1/200 chance of happening. It's supposed to be a hint towards this town being "wrong," as in it's not real. The idea is that the the village "glitched" for a moment. There's a couple of other instances of the village "glitching."
@@nuisance1114 OMG thank you so much!!! I'm really shy so I didn't do any commentary for the gameplay, but you can still watch haha! But!!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the game!!!!! I'm bursting with happiness!!
i wanted to know what the family was saying bc i thought it was way more interesting than the towns people. I would say i wanted to know about the fathers input but I wouldn't want to manifest him either since he's the start of her trama. This game is will certain stay in my mind for a bit :0 Mama: "When I was growing up, I wanted to be a mom more than anything. My mom wasn't kind, so I wanted to be better. I'm sorry that I ended up being an even worse parent than she was." Kahaku: "I wasn't a good brother. If I had the opportunity to do it again, I would have played more with my sisters." Akane: "I never wanted to partake in this suffering. I just wanted to go to Tokyo and make cute clothes. I'm sorry I failed all of you."
For people wondering what happens if you don't want to go after Mitsuru into the forest: - If you try to go anywhere else or interact with anything, you're reminded of your dog. - If you go to the entryway and the virus warns you about consequences and try not to go, you're told you have no choice.
This was a really interesting game, it went in a direction I really didn't expect. I agree that it would've been interesting to have more padding in the beginning and end, especially the end as I really liked the new characters that were introduced, but I didn't really feel we got enough of their backstory. Overall I really liked it, it was a fun, intriguing game and I felt like it was inspired by other stories but still brought something very fun and unique to the table.
Thank you so much!!!! I agree with you, tbh--I should've given it a little more padding at the end. But I'll keep that in mind for the next story for sure!! -the dev
@@Keroanne I’m excited to see what you come out with next, this was a really fascinating and more complex game than I expected, and for your first work it was amazing!
I don't know why, but I like this game, a bit SCP, a character that's stuck in a time loop where the world ends where everyone kills each other, and a some sort of a more magicy M.I.B.
Expected this to be a game about the dog manipulating Chi to do something she didn’t want, and then turning into the demon thing. Well I guess I wasn't completely off but I definitely did not expect the route it took, did enjoy it though.
while I haven't translated it fully, the red screen at 39:06 is talking about Unit 731. Unit 731 was a japanese testing facility during WW2. they test and produced biological weapons (like if you put the plague into a bomb, simplest example) and brutally tested on prisoners. prisoners consisted of captured soldiers and homeless people on the streets (if i'm correct). i haven't watched through the entire video yet but I wonder if that has to do with anything? edit, just finished video: oh. *that's why it was mentioned.* anywho, it's possible that the red screen are the documents in the credits but in binary form. i'll continue to translate and see if anything else pops up.
@@justacatwithasadface2692 The symbol Giovanni wrote in their comment is the hiragana, but Adrian is also right. The logo in the title screen forms the kanji for "blood." As an aside, the siblings names are also similar. They can mean different things depending on the kanji used, but "Akane" is probably 茜 (crimson, ruby (colour), deep red, etc.). Kohaku as a name is most often written as 琥珀 , which means "amber," however it can also be written 紅白 , meaning "red and white." Fun fact, this is the same "kohaku" used for koi of the kohaku variety, which is white with red splashes
Very clever, the way the game is self aware and making a story around how you play rpg maker games (detailed description about objects and multiple things like a third person narrator) is quite good and original on its own way.
I was half expecting the village to be a mix between a cult and a human blood farm, that could have provided enough horror of its own; the bits where everyone was going "everything is yours anyway Chi! Take everything I have! Kill my family and eat my last bread crumbs, we live to serve!" and Chi was just like "nah but gimme markers" was REALLY unsettling in how banal all the little interactions were I kinda dig the premise I thought up, but I also like what the game turned out to be. It's unique, if a bit over the top at times (the expressions remind me of higurashi lol), and the dialogue sometimes sounds stilted (when the grandma started talking about the cat in the box I found it truly hilarious how she started dropping jargon randomly, but that's just my weird sense of humor) I really like the stretched faces, and the janky walking animation (one leg stays still, the other flexes), it's uncanny
I thought this was a game about a dog 😭 I feel misled.. Fantastic game all around. It would be cool to see another. Possibly with more dog. Wonder what happens if you don't go into the forest 🤔
This seems to had been a pretty well put together game. the end was disappointing, especially with how Chi was basically being taught to just kill everyone. i knew something was wrong when there seemingly wasn't any locations to acquire food, not even a riven that could theoretically have fish.
0:19 It really was, we got the Dreamcast, Spyro, Banjo Kazooie, Metal Gear Solid, Mario Marty, Sonic Adventure, and many more classics. It's a shame I wasn't born yet to experience 1998.
spoilers under, this is a really cool game my first red alert (past all the obvious cultish things) was when the "narrator" text warned Chi not to go into the forest. my second was when she woke up in the cell. my third was the first torture, and at that point i expected the rest of the game to be that kind of "Break the Cutie" genre, and from then on i was just on a rollercoaster ride. the "virus" double-meaning only actually hit me after The Granny and the others started explaining _quantum mechanics_ and they walked into a crayon world... that Chi could _absolutely_ have made with MS Paint on the computer, given that she likes to draw (i think that's my favorite detail). I only wish I'd remembered what Unit 731 was when the documents came up, dear _god._ And it's the dev's first game? RAD. Definitely looking forward to anything they make in the future with active excitement.
You all are being so freaking kind, omg!! I appreciate it so much?! Thank you!! I like going wild with stories. :3c I'll keep working hard, and hopefully the next game will be even better!!!! -the dev
I think this game could've used a few more editing passes through. It had a lot of really good moments, but so much of the dialogue just felt painfully cheesy. Some of it in a nostalgic way, some of it in a way that really detracted from the experience. *Especially* the documents at the end, they just didn't read like real official documents.
I can accept the ending documents not looking official because it may have been too obtuse if they were realistic, there was some suspension of realism so it could serve the plot in the most readable way. I do agree with you though on questionable dialogue, the moments that got me were when the virus was explaining to Chi how it came to be and when the grandma was talking about the cat in the box. maybe the long-windedness could be a character's distinct voice, but it comes across as unintentional when more than one character has the same problem. it could either be cut down to be less "boring'" or , for example, the cutscene could have a few intersplicing cuts to the daughters and to the road ahead to make the whole scene feel less monotonous while the grandma is going on her speech. lol
Manly, I think the 'wax museum' game you were mentioning might be "the third shift", something I've wished would get a full version for years haha. It's set in a Roanoke museum and has a wax figure exhibit.
@@dextmo6890 Also check out Elvira Mistress of the Dark and Elvira the Jaws of Cerberus. Games made in the exactly same style with some glorious graphics and soundtracks.
for those that didn’t get the village name reference, this village is called “犬鳴”, one of the most famous urban legends in Japan, I believe it’s called “The Howling Village”, there’s a whole movie on it too!
I love the fact that you give advice to these indie game devs, it's much appreciated coming from a consumer! I might make a good game thanks to that. Thanks! Also thanks to the devs of chi, they gave you a reason to talk about that stuff after all!
I thought the dog would be the evil thing.. like if you didn’t feed it blood it would turn slowly into something of a monster, or if you did it would turn into a monster while drinking the blood and then turn back to normal LOL.
you're welcome for some story context XD not doing them all but here's a few snippets 1:04:59 My mother found out the truth. We were all either born here, or had our memories tampered with and were "spirited away" from the real world. I miss her. 1:05:42 Dying is scary, but heaven is nice. Part of me was sad to have my soul put back in this body 1:05:56 I wish I could have raised my children to adulthood. 1:06:04 Chi took our souls and put them into these drawings of us. I think she was lonely.
If someone wondered what mitsuru said at 1:09:56: Those who kill suffer often in this life and may come to a terrible end. After this life the karma of their ruthless deeds will for long force them into states of woe. Should such destroyers of life be born in prosperous families with beauty and strength and other happy bodily attributes, still their karma will dog them to an early grave.
Starts as a cult plot then turns into torture porn then out of literally nowhere we have quantum physics AND magic with a bunch of random characters.. this is why writers have to restrain themselves E: and then it ends with a military experiment conspiracy or something cause there wasn't enough going on
I very much enjoyed the game. And since the dev seems to look at the comment section here: Really well done, gave me chills and the lore is intriguing, looking forward to see more your work! :3
this game gave me a lot of Blood C vibes once it was reviled that is was like a fake village and all. Also i agree with what Manly said in his feedback for the game. Lots of potential but needs some work :)
@@thomaszloi9444 absolutely hahaha Ib, mad father, the witch’s house... all those make me love higurashi more, been a fan for such a long time, I’m so glad it’s getting more attention, it’s in my top 3 anime
7:06 Oh man, that reminds me of that one dark room in The witches house were if you open the menu, you could see that one face in the character portrait, guess it was inspired on that? lol
You can already tell something is up because you'll notice that almost NOBODY else in town has the shine in their eyes, just like how Chi loses her eye shine once she breaks
Idk, to me the torture sections felt more like torture porn than anything. The shock value of the horror hinging almost solely on the blatant torture of a 6 yr old girl is less scary and more infuriating/depressing. The overly aggressive demon talking to her makes it even less engaging emotionally as there's nothing to do but sit through torture after torture while waiting out the clock. There's no proper build up and the quick time events make the scenes less impactful as you're more focused on hitting the right buttons. Sometimes less is more, and I think the torture scenes could've benefited from showing less but using sounds and narrative to build up tension.
@@hades8070 plus, it literally used a real tragedy as a plot point, and for no real reason either. They literally could’ve made something up, but they just HAD to use Unit 731.
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🤓☝️u lack critical information
"This is the only village left"
"We just got a shipment of markers from the outside"
Everything is definitely fine and nobody is lying.
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Exactly this! I was like.........are we just going to skip past that????? yea? ok then.
also the sister knowing about tokyo and wanting to visit there, the posters, modern refrigeration, the handheld gaming consoles, and the computer all point towards a world outside the confines of their village.
honestly though, this game is told from the perspective of an extremely young child who doesn't question anything they're told sooo
@@burneraccount7718 We don't question anything in the village Robert, If you do it again you will be in the white room, Got it?
The Village is So Cute and everything is Fine =)
I mean, it's not because it's the only *village* left that there isn't like a city or smth
Binary:
Makoto: My mother found out the truth. We were all either born here, or had our memories tampered with and were "spirited away" from the real world. I miss her.
Takuya: Dying is scary, but heaven is nice. Part of me was sad to have my soul put back in this body.
Mayumi: I wish I could have raised my children to adulthood.
Osamu: Chi took our souls and put them into these drawings of us. I think she was lonely.
Shopkeeper Setsuko: I never got to be a grandmother, or even get married, I wish I did have that opportunity. I loved the kids of this village like they were my own. This place was a tragedy.
Old Man Sakiyama: We don't need to eat we don't, but Chi ensures we only have delicious food to eat, like salmon, mochi, and red snapper.
Old Lady Sakiyama: Nobody is mad each otNobody is mad each otNobody more. Dying cleans you of sin, cleanses you of illness, cleanses you of anything bad...
Kumiko: Being in this form, none of us feel the effects of the virus. Before, we thought the village was a paradise. Now it actually is.
Manabu: There's no fixing the past. I can only hope the future will be filled with more kindness.
Youko: I think I would have been a bad mother. Still, I'm happy to be with my husband.
Mitsuru: Those who kill suffer often in this life and may come to a terrible end. After this life the karma of their ruthless deeds will for long force them into states of woe. Should such a destroyers of life be born in prosperous families with beauty and strength and other happy bodily attributes, still their karma will dog them to an early grave.
Mama: When I was growing up, I wanted to be a mom more than anything. My mom wasn't kind, so I wanted to be better. I'm sorry that I ended up being an even worse parent than she was.
Kohaku: I wasn't a good brother. If I had the opportunity to do it again, I would have played more with my sisters.
Akane: I never wanted to partake in this suffering. I just wanted to go to Tokyo and make cute clothes. I'm sorry I failed all of you.
Thank you! I was really curious. This is really interesting.
Made my life easier in translating it
doing the lord's work
Thank you thank you
What about the big red scrolling screen of binary the demon shows at one point?
Ngl the whole “everything belong to the MC family” is really have me very uncomfortable before any horror even started
It is already horror the moment that stuff starts.
@@weirdoregonian Especially the artstyle
This is actually my favorite part and thats why its so unsettling
everthing belongs to the minecraft family (good joke)
Ikr? I thought the hole village was part of an cult that was runned by chi's father lol.
1:06:21 The poor shopkeeper talks about how she never got to be a grandmother, mother, or even get married and that she wished she had that opportunity. She also talks about how she loved the kids of the village as if they were her own and called it a tragedy. T-T :'((((
Binary: *People being distraught about dying and then being put in a drawing*
Manly: Yes, I also like this anime!
At least he likes it
I love how the crayon world doesnt have the blood tests
Little details, little details!! :D
Yeah the papa doesn't in there too
In the binary the villagers talk about how chi actually did create a paradise for them where everyone is happy, even though some of them were hoping to move on. ( Their souls were brought back into the marker creations. )
Chi didn't want to drag anyone out of hell into her pieces of art
That only goes for purgatory or heaven
@@goldstarburst1984 actually he’s behind the house, that’s what I believe the dev said at least
Not gonna lie, the mc being the oblivious child of a cult leader is actually kind of interesting.
it wasnt even a real cult lol it was a American experiment made in Japan
Me hiding in the comments: the father is
*what*
Yeah, me too. Made me think about how often this happens in real life.
Fun fact: the white room Chi was in was a form of psychological torture where the victim is deprived of of their identity and their senses are numbed, and is unable to recognize people they know. Not sure why her father did that when the results benefit the virus
I think the dad was infected as well. Hence the craziness
@@jhlapp9840 he is
yeah, it throws me back to that video of vsauce that is titled "isolation", im not sure why it immediately reminded me of it but yeah-
@@jhlapp9840 32:23
Fun? Fact
It's sad when the light in her eyes disappears as she goes hopeless throughout the game. Even worse when she starts to live in her own fairytale where everyone is happy. What a tormented soul.
i like how he literally said
*good morning, disappointment*
and predicting what chi would become in the future gameplay
Yeah lol
I was kinda hoping the reason the father didn’t want them going through the woods was because there was a highway like a couple meters away that would disprove the whole “everyone’s dead” thing
A little too The Village.
I thought of like these monster things not sure how to describe them
@@ManlyBadassHero y e e
I was so disappointed in that movie. It's more interesting when things that aren't supposed to exist turn out to actually do but instead the "twists" were things like selfishness / power trip and greed.
@Johanachille Forsang bruh
I went in here fully expecting this to be about the dog. I didn't expect quantum mechanics. And I definitely didn't expect Yoshi to be pregnant
mario's fault
@@josephsagotti8786 ( ఠ ͟ʖ ఠ)
@@josephsagotti8786 i....uhm....y'know what....*leaves*
@@josephsagotti8786 excuSE ME ? 👁️
im still watching,,,, the WHAT
Translation for Mitsuru at the end:
"Those who kill suffer often in this life and may come to a terrible end. After this life the karma of their ruthless deeds will for long force them into states of woe. Should such destroyers of life be born in prosperous families with beauty and strength and other happy bodily attributes, still their karma will dog them to an early grave."
"dog them to an early grave"? Is that a typo on your part or a pun on the creator's part?
@@sarahshock6805 Pretty sure its a typo. It's supposed to be drag not dog
Is this for every character
@@browhattheactualfu-2659 I just went back and checked to see if it really was a typo on my end, but it actually is “dog” lol
@@sarahshock6805 it’s a pun! Made me laugh when I translated it haha
So are we just gonna ignore how the father can't see through the cage and HAD TO STEP INSIDE IT to see if she was around where the blood stain was? XD
Some of us have more brain cells than other LMAO -the dev
@@Keroanne
was this game inspired by higurashi in any way? im getting HUGE vibes from it
@@wtf-why-do-we-have-handles-now Yes, definitely partially. :)
I'm giving the dad too much credit, but maybe, JUST MAYBE he went in there to check the blood to see how old the blood is. If it's dried, maybe she's not around after all. But nah he's just stupid.
@@wtf-why-do-we-have-handles-now it is .... the same script
Chi: *Decides to not eat her dog*
Virus: DISTGUSTANG
You know the story is going somewhere whenever Manly says "Bark"
Bark bark
Bark bark bark
Bark bark bork bark
BORK
@@CodexSan *BORK*
It seems like no one else has talked about the white room yet, so I'll talk about it. It's interesting that once she arrives here is when the voice purposefully leaves, and I'm not sure if the dev noticed or not but this was such a great way to showcase her descend to insanity. The white room wouldn't only gain sensory deprivation but the neglect the only person Chi could have was a thoughtful touch to enhance a child's torture. The white room is the exact opposite of a child too, it's just one, plain single color with such mundane things to be in there, in which a child has to stay in for even just a week, it'll be such torture, as a child doesn't have the normal patience an adult would have, and adding the false hope the voice gave her added to it. Adding the desperation was a nice touch.
This commentary also felt weird to type, since I'm talking about a child's torture. Thank you, game, that you made me appreciate how you tortured a fictional child.
You're welcome lol I really wanted that sensory deprivation... !!! Removing who she can talk to and making them come back randomly was super intentional -the dev
white space 2: electric boogaloo
Its probably really cool of what you wrote but I don't feel like reading a paragraph
@@Keroanne lol I like how the screen got lighter to symbolise the numbness and disassociation
White rooms are actual torture chambers meant to drive actual people insane
It's all fun and games till the dog starts asking for blood sacrifices
R
That reminds of that strange adultswim show about a satanic dog.
@@gatoloco3949 Are you talking about mr pickles?
@@syncringe1885 PICKLES
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@@TriggerHappyGamer549 we better keep it that way
I decided to suffer and translated all the binary dialogue since I was curious what the villagers were saying, so here they are with the timestamps;
1:04:59 "My mother found out the truth. We were all either born here, or had our memories tampered with and were "spirited away" from the real world. I miss her."
1:05:42 "Dying is scary, but heaven is nice. Part of me was sad to have my soul put back in this body."
1:05:52 "I wish I could have raised my children to adulthood."
1:06:03 "Chi took our souls and put them into these drawings of us. I think she was lonely."
1:06:21 "I never got to be a grandmother, or even get married. I wish I did have that opportunity. I loved the kids of this village like they were my own. This place was a tragedy."
1:07:30 "We don't need to eat we don't, but Chi ensures we only have delicious food to eat, like salmon, mochi, and red snapper."
1:07:51 "Nobody is mad at nobody anymore. Dying cleanses you of sin, cleanses you of illness and everything bad..." (this one was a bit broken when I translated it but I took a guess what it meant. I probably did it wrong but I am not bothered to do it again.)
1:08:10 "Being in this form, none of us feel the effects of the virus. Before, we thought the village was a paradise. Now it actually is."
1:08:47 "There's no fixing the past. I can only hope the future will be filled with more kindness."
1:08:57 "I think I would have been a bad mother. Still, I'm happy to be with my husband."
1:09:55 "Those who kill suffer, often in this life and may come to a terrible end. After this life the karma of their ruthless deeds will for long force them into states of woe. Should such destroyers of life be born in prosperous families with beauty and strength and other happy bodily attributes, still their karma will dog them to an early grave."
1:10:31 "When I was growing up, I wanted to be a mom more than anything. My mom wasn't kind, so I wanted to be better. I'm sorry that I ended up being an even worse parent than she was."
1:10:53 "I wasn't a good brother. If I had the opportunity to do it again, I would have played more with my sisters."
1:11:11 "I never wanted to partake in this suffering. I just wanted to go to Tokyo and make cute clothes. I'm sorry I failed all of you."
Im so sorry you also put in all that effort and somebody else got to be top comment instead. Good job still👍
@@CreeketsCreek god fucking damn it I didn't see it, oh well what's done is done ;-;
what about that long string of binary on the red background when the demon is talking to chi in the room with the corpse?
RGFBNFDDNNDS TGANKUB FOR THE TIMESRAMPSGRBDBFBFFFFNFBTTBBFCGCHFHFFYDDDFF
Not all heros wear capes
Plays as Chi and kills four people not minding it at all.
Also: "I'm still hoping the dog is still alive somehow"
The dog? You mean Mitsuru? Sorry to tell you, but we all saw it in Chi's cell when her father gave food to her. He's dead.
Oh boy, this Resident Evil: Village update was unexpected!
Even jokingly being compared to that game,,,, what an honor lmfao May Lady D live on in our hearts eternally -the dev
Lady Dogitrescu
@@Keroanne lady d is the best!
@@bubblegum999 nah the dog’s rose but doesn’t get put together
Lady desctrudsneticisisnmo
Ngl the expressions in this are all hilarious LOL. Its like they took some expressions from Higurashi but exaggerate them to eleven
Yeah it takes artistic skill to draw those kinds of faces without making them look goofy like this, ahaha... I think the funny art kind of adds to the surrealness of the story though!
@@VervainVanity The goofiness is kinda fun though??? I like making it extra exaggerated hahaha So I agree, I think it works for this particular story at least! -the dev
@@Keroanne yeah i agree it definitely added to the story, gave me that uncanny feeling of wrong that i think more realistic or detailed graphics would lack.
So just Kakegurui?
The whole thing is pretty comical honestly. It's just so over-the-top evil lol.
I remember 'The Great Howdy Plague'. I miss everyone.
Howdy doo *tips cowboy hat sadly* -the dev
@@Keroanne I enjoyed watching your work! I'm rooting for ya for the next outing and beyond!
*what in tarnation-*
Yee haw
Same here ;-;
Once I saw the old guy call her “Chi-sama” it sounded like a cult
Hahaha nice
It's probably because her family's rich
I just thought they had a lot of servants and/or money, but then everyone started saying she owned everything 0-0;
My guess is that after you broke the rules, your father and mother tried to make it seem like you never existed. When everyone started asking questions they killed everyone.
🤨
Interesting little thing I like about the title screen, the kanji behind Chi is 血/chi . Meaning blood.
it looks like the cage
@@SethHisoka well blood cells
And it means the same thing in Chinese, surprise (not really)
As the horror elements start to pick up, I can't stop thinking "Is this literally just Higurashi?" the whole time.
Then they started doing the cross-eyed manical laughs.
sometimes we gotta higurashi ok lmfao -the dev
I know right. Down to the cicadas crying in some areas.
I stole the entire plot of a well written show and I'm not ashamed- the dev
@@chocotaku7333 The game is
definitely a love letter to higurashi, it feels more than just "a copy", it has soul put into it, i'm a pretty big fan of the visual novels so I can definitely see a lot of parallels, wich were probably intentional, but I feel like it does enough for it to have it's own charm.
Yep I was thinking the same haha
15:27 "You stare through the gaps, much like you do everyday." Chi: *proceeds to stare aggressively*
UWUXD
Chi : "im to little"
Virus : "Go aim for the nico nico KNEECAPS"
ƝicͥoSaͣnͫᴳᵒᵈ争?
ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ
Oh no...
back of the knee i think
I got a lil curious as to what the Makoto person was saying, so I put it into a binary conversion and got something like this:
My mother found out the truth. We were all either born here, or had our memories tampered with and were "spirited away" from the real world. I miss her.
Edit: Holy crap, thanks everyone for the likes.
Thanks for translating bro
They all say something secret. I have a lot of secrets in this game tbh! I wanted to make it very full of little things like this :3 - the dev
Thanks you! Now I'm really curious about the other things they say.
Thank god you did this.. I got half way and said fuck it
Awesome
Unit 731 is real, and if you want to search and learn more about it, you should prepare yourself because you will see many horrible things, and you might get angry about how members of the unit were allowed to go free and were granted immunity.
It's really disgusting !!! Same thing happened with Operation Paperclip. But, although enraging, it is fascinating. -the dev
I first heard about Unit 731 in a manga I was way too young to be reading (was 12 or 13) about a killer buddhist monk the manga ended after the story arc that involved a giant amalgam ghost of lots of undiscovered victims of the experiments whose bones were dug up from a pit grave during construction though the novel continued on to more ghosts put to rest by the murderous monk. The end of the volume notes talked about the unit doing live-vivisections and deliberately infecting people with shigella bacterium which is a common cause of dysentery
@@clarehidalgo sounds like a comfy manga to read before bed. Can you please give a sauce for it?
@@clarehidalgo yes please give the title
I found this fascinating. History of humanity
god that realistic face scared the shit out of me, and it was random chance too
i love it when people put realistic features on cartoony faces
timestamp?
Supposedly More Stuff Like That Happens
timestamp? (2)
I hate it
@@electronalsoihavenocontent4715 @syph 6:50
"Before everyone in the outside world died"
WELL IF THAT ISN'T A PRETTY HEAVY ANVIL TO DROP MR. NPC.
Imagine going through this just because your dog ran away. Bruh
I w o u l d d o i t
And we wrap on a valuable lesson we should all know: DO NOT PLAY IN OLD SHEDS. Best case scenario, you step on a rusty nail and have an annoyed nurse scrape/mangle your foot. Worst case, you lose your eyes and probably have your soul crammed into a paper doll in another dimension.
Seriously though, I'd really like to see more of this. So many questions and I really enjoyed the subversion of everything I expected.
I'm so glad people have enjoyed it and wanted more--! The next game will be longer and ??? More questions hahaha But maybe some answers eventually!! -the dev
Fun fact: The trigger for the face transition early in the video... when you hit the trigger to enter the room where Manly saw it you notice the change. If you're going to do this make the character face up or AFTER transitions.
It makes it less obvious and in turn more shocking when you see it.
To be fair though we have all likely made that mistake as we were learning this kind of thing.
This is my first game and first time doing it, so I'm honestly glad that it was only something like this that went kinda wrong. Thanks for the advice!! - the dev
I kinda like it the way as is. Because it's like a "wait, WTF was that?!" moment. Then it hits a second time because _it sticks._
What would be even cooler (but probably way harder to pull off) is if it did both: changing the face before or after the room transition at random. Or maybe sometimes screwing with just the menu, like changing the portrait to be facing forward instead of that 3/4 view.
@@TaoScribble I feel like that wouldn't be as difficult as it may seem--! And an interesting, good idea for sure :3c
@@Keroanne i think it was a good game
@@Keroanne what was the face supposed to represent? I'm kinda bad with figuring stuff out like that, and the person with the most knowledge on the game is probably the creator.
You know, I expected dark but this just kept on going. That got so much worse than I was expecting. The opening had this strange feel to it, but I still wasn't prepared for the sheer misery Chi would go through. The last third of the game is more or less setting up a sequel if not a series outright, and I am curious what's really going on here.
Thank you for enjoying it!! Lots of misery and badness going around here lmfao But mysteries will hopefully be explained when I can get out more games!
@@Keroanne this one chapter or episode was more intriguing than the lore of the whole resident evil series or anyother AAA mainstream horror stuff.
@@Keroanne question! In the beginning, Chi's face glitched when she went to the bathroom, was it intentional or a glitch?
@@al-imranadore1182 That's a lot--! Thank you-?! omg I'll keep working hard!!!
@@miracle9445 Absolutely intentional. It changed earlier than I wanted, but it was intentional. ;)
I was gonna say something like "The illust work and portraits are not their strong suit." But ya know what, It adds to the unsettling nature of things.
Looking at their art, it's weird how great, yet conventionally bad, it is. Like, it shares so many traits with that style everyone gets when they are just starting and try to draw "anime" especially in the anatomy, my god the anatomy is off. BUT IT'S STILL REALLY GOOD. Particularly their skill at coloring and composition I think.
It's like they started where almost everyone else starts, and instead of turning a different direction like everyone, they said "No, THIS is my style" and good on them, they really made it work.
It's like they combined anime with a porcelain doll and a Bratz doll.
"I'm just gonna leave, see you later"
*[Walks straight into the cage]*
Ah yes, the Manly Badass Technique.
I broke down in laughter when that happened, oh my the actual suprise in his voice was just bonkers
@@cottonsheep2367 yeah XDD
Five minutes in, and this game is like audiovisual sandpaper
You're welcome :D - the dev
Especially that very uncomfortable dog sound
@@Keroanne we shall suffer... ON PURPOSE :D xD
True
Yeah, this shit looks gross as hell, but it's obviously not supposed to lol
Wow that went from kinda wierd to hella disturbing real fast
The story ended up being a lot more complicated than I expected... Whoever translates all that binary will be a hero
Music is fantastic, especially in the late game where it's all dissonant
My big brother made the music!! He really did do an incredible job!!! -the dev
@@Keroanne hats off to them, it was really enjoyable and fit very well
“Good morning, pa”
“Good morning, disappointment.”
Okay, but what if he actually said that.
The irony is that is exactly what would happen...but worse. XD
All I've learned from this is that short people are scary because they aim for the knees
They are little monsters
The shop keep got a shipment of markers from outside, yet everyone outside the village is dead? Yknow, I think maybe not everyone outside the village is dead. Just a theory, though.
they're all infected by sakura virus plus cult brainwashing, none of them could think straight anymore!!
@@al-imranadore1182 So everyone's gay?
@@browhattheactualfu-2659 yep, that's why there is so few children in the village🤔
@@--.._ or a clever detail that indicates how fucked up people’s brain gets when influenced by Sakura virus.
@@al-imranadore1182 wow the U.S is now laugh at this
Everybody gangsta until this face 👁👄👁 becomes your face.
I made it a 1/200 chance and Manly still managed to get it twice.... LMAO -the dev
@@Keroanne Manly the horror encounter specialist
🦲
👁👁
💋
OH NOOOO 👁👄👁
It totally caught me off gaurd 😭 i was very spooked
Some binary translations since I was interested in what they were saying in the last half hour:
Makoto: "My mother found out the truth. We were all either born here, or had our memories tampered with and were "spirited away" from the real world. I miss her."
Takuya: "Dying is scary, but heaven is nice. Part of me was sad to have my soul put back in this body."
Mayumi: "I wish I could have raised my children to adulthood."
Osamu: "Chi took our souls and put them into these drawings of us. I think she was lonely."
Shopkeeper Setsuko: "I never got to be a grandmother, or even get married. I wish I did have that opportunity. I loved the kids of this village like they were my own. This place was a tragedy."
Old Man Sakiyama: "We don't need to eat We don'k, but Chi ensures we only have delicious food to eat, like salmon, mochi, and red snapper" [typo in game text]
Old Lady Sakiyama: "Nobody is mad each ot(her) Nobody (any)more. Dying cleanses you of sin, cleanses you of illness, cleanses you of anything bad" [typo in game text]]
Kumiko: "Being in this form, none of us feel the effects of the virus. Before, we thought the village was a paradis(e)"
Manabu: "There's no fixing the past. I can only hope the future will be filled with more kindness."
Youko: "I think I would have been a bad mother. Still, I'm happy to be with my husband."
Mitsuru: "Those who kill suffer often in this life and may come to a terrible end. After this life the karma of their ruthless deeds will for long force them into states of woe. Should such destroyers of life be born in prosperous families with beauty and strength and other happy bodily attributes, still their karma will dog them to an early grave"
Mama: When I was growing up, I wanted to be a mom more than anything. My mom wasn't kind, so I wanted to be better. I'm sorry that I ended up being an even worse parent than she was.
Kohaku: I wasn't a good brother. If I had the opportunity to do it again, I would have played more with my sisters.
Akane: I never wanted to partake in this suffering. I just wanted to go to Tokyo and make cute clothes. I'm sorry I failed all of you.
Edit: Not all translated by me, thanks to Tyler Kowaleski, Cytyzent, and Karmotrine for the rest. I tried to fix typos by adding stuff in parentheses, but otherwise directly translated
Good work! Thank you! =)
To continue, Osamu's dialogue says "Chi took our souls and put them into these drawings of us. I think she was lonely." I'll probably tackle Mitsuru's dialogue and the early virus's binary at some point later, but right now I'm tired of copying down numbers
thanks uwu
@@vsptylore3639 look up an image to text translator, it saves a ton of time. Still annoying tho
You are a godsend
Chi: "Sounds stupid"
Osamu: "And that's why they all died."
Me, who lives in America: 👁️👄👁️💧
Ssaaaammeerrrr.................
@@paradisetheleafwing7215 😃
Hey that’s not true I’m not deaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasxxxccvbnnn
MBH: "I'm not going in there, I am just going just leave....see you later. Oh damn, I just went into the cage..." F*@$ing PRICELESS! lol
I'm really curious what happens if you say you won't go into the forest, then go home
“The end”
You're forced to go in no matter what lmao - the dev
@@Keroanne Aw man, I was hoping it would be a fake-out ending where you just continue your life of Definitely Not Normal Normalcy. But thanks for responding! It's always exciting to hear from game developers as a beginner game dev
@@notekatha I consider myself a beginner game dev as well, but I hope your game(s) go well too!!!
I like how the npcs address you touching their stuff unlike when that bas*ard *ink does it, nice touch.
WAIT WHAT OH MY GOSH THIS IS MY GAME!!! THANK YOU FOR PLAYING IT MANLY!!!!
EDIT:
SPOILERS!! Just to answer some stuff:
1) YES I plan on making more games!! A lot more games. It just will take time since it’s just me working on them.
2) There is only one ending. If you say no, you'll be forced to go into the woods anyway.
3) Manly missed some things!! The text in Chi’s house is mostly different afterwards, there’s some random events, some secret areas, and her father is out behind her house in the marker world since her perfect world won’t be complete without her papa, but she doesn’t totally forgive him.
4) Lastly, my sister is gonna do a let’s play of Chi that I plan on uploading. I’m just editing it now!! So, some of these things will be solved when she plays, if you wanna watch.
EDIT2:
holyheck300kpeopleknowaboutmygame
Anyhow!! Another quick couple of answers!
1) The binary DOES translate into things! People have kindly translated it in the comments.
2) The face that appears at around 6:50 is a randomly occurring event, with 1/200 chance of happening. It's supposed to be a hint towards this town being "wrong," as in it's not real. The idea is that the the village "glitched" for a moment. There's a couple of other instances of the village "glitching."
congratulations! (❁´◡`❁)*✲ﾟ*
@@mariam-li3pp TY TY!!
i gotta say what an amazing game and i'm gonna check out your higurashi's gameplay...
no but really, the game is amazing, good job uwu
@@nuisance1114 OMG thank you so much!!! I'm really shy so I didn't do any commentary for the gameplay, but you can still watch haha! But!!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the game!!!!! I'm bursting with happiness!!
i wanted to know what the family was saying bc i thought it was way more interesting than the towns people. I would say i wanted to know about the fathers input but I wouldn't want to manifest him either since he's the start of her trama. This game is will certain stay in my mind for a bit :0
Mama: "When I was growing up, I wanted to be a mom more than anything. My mom wasn't kind, so I wanted to be better. I'm sorry that I ended up being an even worse parent than she was."
Kahaku: "I wasn't a good brother. If I had the opportunity to do it again, I would have played more with my sisters."
Akane: "I never wanted to partake in this suffering. I just wanted to go to Tokyo and make cute clothes. I'm sorry I failed all of you."
Her dad is actually in the back. He’s allowed to be there, but she doesn’t completely forgive him so he’s in the back LOL - the dev
@@Keroanne time to , download and play it just to get that ✨ dad lore ✨
@@kore_eon DAD LORE DAD LORE DAD LORE!
Was Chi the one who wrote those
@@kore_eon idk man, dad’s acting kinda sus
"the whole room smells like bleach"
omori whitespace gone wrong
whitespace hands after omori gets the floor all dirty 🙄
For people wondering what happens if you don't want to go after Mitsuru into the forest:
- If you try to go anywhere else or interact with anything, you're reminded of your dog.
- If you go to the entryway and the virus warns you about consequences and try not to go, you're told you have no choice.
Huh neat
I like your new dog, Manly. Surely nothing bad will happen.
everything will go fine, I'm sure of it.
@@NoNameO7 no
This was a really interesting game, it went in a direction I really didn't expect. I agree that it would've been interesting to have more padding in the beginning and end, especially the end as I really liked the new characters that were introduced, but I didn't really feel we got enough of their backstory. Overall I really liked it, it was a fun, intriguing game and I felt like it was inspired by other stories but still brought something very fun and unique to the table.
Thank you so much!!!! I agree with you, tbh--I should've given it a little more padding at the end. But I'll keep that in mind for the next story for sure!! -the dev
@@Keroanne I’m excited to see what you come out with next, this was a really fascinating and more complex game than I expected, and for your first work it was amazing!
@@ivyscripting7240 Thank you so much!!! I'm so glad, I'm trying my best!! And I'm glad, it seems like everyone felt that!!
This makes me think of those weird flash games you’d find in the early 2000s
"I have Looney Tunes-ed myself" is a great expression.
Also I was expecting _maybe_ dogs becoming monsters and a Cult, but not **this*???*
“Your dad works at Nintendo?!”
You mean your-
*Uncle*
12:03 World: “You’ve yee’d your last haw.”
Honestly the sad part is that the part that scared me the most was legit just the blood withdrawal scene
yeah the length of the needle was like half the diameter of a kids arm.
I don't know why, but I like this game, a bit SCP, a character that's stuck in a time loop where the world ends where everyone kills each other, and a some sort of a more magicy M.I.B.
A bit WW2 Japan as well
Just realized/remembered that the foundation isn't JUST sci fi, but ALSO the supernatural and the occult
@@--.._ damn straight
"Good morning Disappointment- I mean Chi, please take a seat."
It makes me laugh every time.
Expected this to be a game about the dog manipulating Chi to do something she didn’t want, and then turning into the demon thing.
Well I guess I wasn't completely off but I definitely did not expect the route it took, did enjoy it though.
they didn’t mean to though
while I haven't translated it fully, the red screen at 39:06 is talking about Unit 731. Unit 731 was a japanese testing facility during WW2. they test and produced biological weapons (like if you put the plague into a bomb, simplest example) and brutally tested on prisoners. prisoners consisted of captured soldiers and homeless people on the streets (if i'm correct). i haven't watched through the entire video yet but I wonder if that has to do with anything?
edit, just finished video: oh. *that's why it was mentioned.* anywho, it's possible that the red screen are the documents in the credits but in binary form. i'll continue to translate and see if anything else pops up.
yeah see
wait but didnt they test it on like 300,00 people or sum?
Takuva (Purple haired child): "Dying is scary, but heaven is nice. Part of me was sad to have my soul put back in this body."
ち chi in japanese means blood, so i already think is not going to be a cute game lmao
Chi could mean several things, actually. Like yeah, it makes sense for it to mean 'Blood' here given the context, but it can also mean 'Thousand'
@@justacatwithasadface2692 The kanji character in the logo on the title screen is literally "blood" though
@@adrianlew7086 was it not just the Hiragana for 'chi'? Didn't really pay attention
@@justacatwithasadface2692 The symbol Giovanni wrote in their comment is the hiragana, but Adrian is also right. The logo in the title screen forms the kanji for "blood."
As an aside, the siblings names are also similar. They can mean different things depending on the kanji used, but "Akane" is probably 茜 (crimson, ruby (colour), deep red, etc.).
Kohaku as a name is most often written as 琥珀 , which means "amber," however it can also be written 紅白 , meaning "red and white." Fun fact, this is the same "kohaku" used for koi of the kohaku variety, which is white with red splashes
@@justacatwithasadface2692 thousand is actually 千 which is せん = sen
Very clever, the way the game is self aware and making a story around how you play rpg maker games (detailed description about objects and multiple things like a third person narrator) is quite good and original on its own way.
I was half expecting the village to be a mix between a cult and a human blood farm, that could have provided enough horror of its own; the bits where everyone was going "everything is yours anyway Chi! Take everything I have! Kill my family and eat my last bread crumbs, we live to serve!" and Chi was just like "nah but gimme markers" was REALLY unsettling in how banal all the little interactions were
I kinda dig the premise I thought up, but I also like what the game turned out to be. It's unique, if a bit over the top at times (the expressions remind me of higurashi lol), and the dialogue sometimes sounds stilted (when the grandma started talking about the cat in the box I found it truly hilarious how she started dropping jargon randomly, but that's just my weird sense of humor)
I really like the stretched faces, and the janky walking animation (one leg stays still, the other flexes), it's uncanny
I thought this was a game about a dog 😭 I feel misled..
Fantastic game all around. It would be cool to see another. Possibly with more dog.
Wonder what happens if you don't go into the forest 🤔
or the next one could have a mysterious black cat😼
same ngl (not the mislead part tho)
If you choose to not go in the forest the demon virus is like: lmao *pushes you*
🥺 el regalo millones3
Small thing but I live when game narrators have their own slight personality like at 1:50
Seeing comments saying "that's like Higurashi!" Makes me remember how good that series is. Damn I wanna re-read the VNs again
And Umineko god I love those mind bending stories
@@thomaszloi9444 I still gotta read Umineko, agh. Stuff like Higurashi, Ghost Trick, Omori, and Danganronpa are my favorite
i love how when he reads chi's dialogue he sounds so gentle, then mitsuru is just "B A R K"
This seems to had been a pretty well put together game. the end was disappointing, especially with how Chi was basically being taught to just kill everyone. i knew something was wrong when there seemingly wasn't any locations to acquire food, not even a riven that could theoretically have fish.
0:19 It really was, we got the Dreamcast, Spyro, Banjo Kazooie, Metal Gear Solid, Mario Marty, Sonic Adventure, and many more classics. It's a shame I wasn't born yet to experience 1998.
M a r i o M a r t y
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spoilers under, this is a really cool game
my first red alert (past all the obvious cultish things) was when the "narrator" text warned Chi not to go into the forest. my second was when she woke up in the cell.
my third was the first torture, and at that point i expected the rest of the game to be that kind of "Break the Cutie" genre, and from then on i was just on a rollercoaster ride.
the "virus" double-meaning only actually hit me after The Granny and the others started explaining _quantum mechanics_ and they walked into a crayon world... that Chi could _absolutely_ have made with MS Paint on the computer, given that she likes to draw (i think that's my favorite detail).
I only wish I'd remembered what Unit 731 was when the documents came up, dear _god._
And it's the dev's first game? RAD. Definitely looking forward to anything they make in the future with active excitement.
You all are being so freaking kind, omg!! I appreciate it so much?! Thank you!! I like going wild with stories. :3c I'll keep working hard, and hopefully the next game will be even better!!!! -the dev
@@Keroanne I have to say the humor was definitely a huge plus too, it gave the game a very likeable side as well :)
My absolute favorite part of this is the game punishing you _twice_ for talking to the paper dog 🤣
Don't talk to dog unless you REALLY WANNA TALK TO DOG -the dev
“Before everyone in the outside world died”
Oh fun, a cult!
I think this game could've used a few more editing passes through. It had a lot of really good moments, but so much of the dialogue just felt painfully cheesy. Some of it in a nostalgic way, some of it in a way that really detracted from the experience. *Especially* the documents at the end, they just didn't read like real official documents.
I can accept the ending documents not looking official because it may have been too obtuse if they were realistic, there was some suspension of realism so it could serve the plot in the most readable way. I do agree with you though on questionable dialogue, the moments that got me were when the virus was explaining to Chi how it came to be and when the grandma was talking about the cat in the box. maybe the long-windedness could be a character's distinct voice, but it comes across as unintentional when more than one character has the same problem. it could either be cut down to be less "boring'" or , for example, the cutscene could have a few intersplicing cuts to the daughters and to the road ahead to make the whole scene feel less monotonous while the grandma is going on her speech. lol
Manly, I think the 'wax museum' game you were mentioning might be "the third shift", something I've wished would get a full version for years haha. It's set in a Roanoke museum and has a wax figure exhibit.
No, it was Waxworks.
@@ManlyBadassHero ah, ok! I'll have to check that out then.
@@dextmo6890 Also check out Elvira Mistress of the Dark and Elvira the Jaws of Cerberus. Games made in the exactly same style with some glorious graphics and soundtracks.
This game was creepy and them some but man did those villagers started sounding like animal crossing villagers lol
for those that didn’t get the village name reference, this village is called “犬鳴”, one of the most famous urban legends in Japan, I believe it’s called “The Howling Village”, there’s a whole movie on it too!
I love the fact that you give advice to these indie game devs, it's much appreciated coming from a consumer! I might make a good game thanks to that. Thanks! Also thanks to the devs of chi, they gave you a reason to talk about that stuff after all!
I thought the dog would be the evil thing.. like if you didn’t feed it blood it would turn slowly into something of a monster, or if you did it would turn into a monster while drinking the blood and then turn back to normal LOL.
That was my first thought on the title.
And also the thumbnail.
you're welcome for some story context XD not doing them all but here's a few snippets
1:04:59 My mother found out the truth. We were all either born here, or had our memories tampered with and were "spirited away" from the real world. I miss her.
1:05:42 Dying is scary, but heaven is nice. Part of me was sad to have my soul put back in this body
1:05:56 I wish I could have raised my children to adulthood.
1:06:04 Chi took our souls and put them into these drawings of us. I think she was lonely.
what did mitsuru say?
@@electronalsoihavenocontent4715 wanna know as well
What if chi didnt follow the dog when it ran off to forest tho?
You don't get a choice really. The game forces you to. - the dev
@@Keroanne The devil forces you to
@@prokiller1509 the game dev
@@kai-sl1dv game dev-il
@@Keroannekeroanne sighting
If someone wondered what mitsuru said at 1:09:56:
Those who kill suffer often in this life and may come to a terrible end. After this life the karma of their ruthless deeds will for long force them into states of woe. Should such destroyers of life be born in prosperous families with beauty and strength and other happy bodily attributes, still their karma will dog them to an early grave.
Starts as a cult plot then turns into torture porn then out of literally nowhere we have quantum physics AND magic with a bunch of random characters.. this is why writers have to restrain themselves
E: and then it ends with a military experiment conspiracy or something cause there wasn't enough going on
"good morning, disappointment"
I thought he was talking to me
na you good
The way you say bark frickin kills me
I very much enjoyed the game. And since the dev seems to look at the comment section here: Really well done, gave me chills and the lore is intriguing, looking forward to see more your work! :3
Thank you so much!! I had to reply since u mentioned me hahaha but I’m reading them all and at least liking them!!
this game gave me a lot of Blood C vibes once it was reviled that is was like a fake village and all. Also i agree with what Manly said in his feedback for the game. Lots of potential but needs some work :)
Nice spoilers dude
It really makes me happy to know that Manly is also a Higurashi fan.
I feel like us people who like this types of games perfectly belong to higurashi fandom
@@thomaszloi9444 absolutely hahaha Ib, mad father, the witch’s house... all those make me love higurashi more, been a fan for such a long time, I’m so glad it’s getting more attention, it’s in my top 3 anime
The story is confusing af so i dropped it like they all die and keep coming back to life like wtf
@@KxploSxge dude, watch till the end, it is THE best horro anime out there, no other caps it.
I refuse to believe howdy killed us off, I choose to believe m'lady killed us all off
If you can pet the dog then the game is automatically the greatest
Hades let you pet the dog.
If you can eat the dog THEN is the greatest
@@balls4745 r/cursedcomment
@@anasguesmi8423 no the FBI is gonna delete them
Play twilight princess, you can *pick up* the dog
7:06
Oh man, that reminds me of that one dark room in The witches house were if you open the menu, you could see that one face in the character portrait, guess it was inspired on that? lol
Yeah, shit like that is really unsettling to me 😭
me: plays this game
my fnf skills : Now this looks like a job for me-
You can already tell something is up because you'll notice that almost NOBODY else in town has the shine in their eyes, just like how Chi loses her eye shine once she breaks
Idk, to me the torture sections felt more like torture porn than anything. The shock value of the horror hinging almost solely on the blatant torture of a 6 yr old girl is less scary and more infuriating/depressing. The overly aggressive demon talking to her makes it even less engaging emotionally as there's nothing to do but sit through torture after torture while waiting out the clock. There's no proper build up and the quick time events make the scenes less impactful as you're more focused on hitting the right buttons. Sometimes less is more, and I think the torture scenes could've benefited from showing less but using sounds and narrative to build up tension.
I feel like it's supposed to be upsetting, but you have a point
This. The game is overall such a trashy higurashi/umineko rip-off
@@hades8070 plus, it literally used a real tragedy as a plot point, and for no real reason either. They literally could’ve made something up, but they just HAD to use Unit 731.