@@sigrid714 Yea but now they say on their game page that they're gonna add another lvl soon with new npc and stuff cause they couln't put it in the jam, so not sure if it that at all (or perhaps just a reference for the jam idk).
@@whoamu.8439 Apparently a horror game becoming wholesome or just having an unexpected ending is a reddit thing?? Not sure whose butt that was pulled out of.
Here’s what I managed to pick up from the gray cat in the city level. When fishing off of the side of the road: “Hey! Don’t scare the fishes off!” For every other interaction: 1st time - “Don’t be scared! I won’t hurt you” 2nd time - “The waters here are soothing”
@@peytonck5609 I looked for repeating symbols and then tried to piece together the words based on things like number of letters per word, placement of vowels, and then context from the game
You know, just once, I want to see one of these "Haunted" or "Tell the story of some horrible event with cute imagery" games where the *ghost* is the one scared and confused, and the player helps them find peace and move on, either by playing the game, or by "spending time" with the ghost.
oooh that reminds me of a game that I don't remember the name of. I think manly played something like that about a guy who was getting haunted by his friend and was trying to help them move on
Reminds me of the Dr. Seuss book about the MC being scared of sentient green pants (yes) until its revealed the pants are just as scared of him and they slowly become friends. Would tread some new ground in these horror games
You should totally check out Buddy Simulator 1984 then, it‘s one of my favourite games where the “antagonist“ attempts to bond with you whilst simultaneously being scared and angry at the player
I think my favorite thing in any of these "retro" style horror games is when you see the monster and they move nothing like everything else in the game Just having a higher frame rate really makes it feel like it doesn't belong
Reminds me of this one Mario 64 mod I watched where Mario went through a series of levels. Nothing about the hack suggested horror, but there was this giant...thing? That moved around the level a lot, but it was animated in such an erratic framerate that it felt really unsettling despite not being a scary hack in the slightest. Wish I could find the name again
At the end it says “finish” so it’s the finish. *Of the course* Also here’s a tip for next time for kitty, bring a pair of spare tires, could’ve helped a lot ngl
Sometimes I wish these sorta games would have some more buildup to them. Imagine if this game played like a normal, fun little mario kart clone with perfectly functional and beatable levels, with some minor oddities happening here and there. Then you get to the final cup and things start to go completely bonkers.
That would be a waste of effort beyond one or two playable tracks. We're here for the horror. If people wanted a proper kart racer, why not just play one of many of those? Mario Kart, Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled, Sonic Team Racing... Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart is a high-quality fangame. Super Tux Kart is free and open source. There are plenty of indie kart racers hiding in the depths of Steam I bet.
@@legorobot2369Yeah, it's literally impossible to play one of these games without already knowing what you're in for first, so no point in padding stuff
im kinda mad that games dont do bait nad switc anymore, think something like "can your pet",the game has absolutely no hint of "horror" until that beautiful, beautiful ending. its not a ver complex game but it uses the little time you spend with that bird against you very well@@rachelmayes3064
@@Mel-v4t9k Do you always have to say the opposite thing of everyone else? Even when it's very clearly wrong? Like, are you stupid or have you never played a racing game before?
Okay, the sound of kids screaming/crying when some the balloons popped really rattled me. I’m loving the Mario kart 64 look of this game though. They nailed down the little details so perfectly.
Part of me is curious to see what would have happened if Manly jumped the spike strip at the end. If you notice, the spikes dont go up until AFTER he runs over it.
This goes up with that hamster chef game on the list of horror games I wish would be done legit because it seems fun to play. Besides that the balloon popping with the noise of children in distress was a really good way to be disturbing.
@@JimboJuiceYESS that’s awesome!! I’m really glad it’s happening! After seeing ShipWrecked 64 complete, I’m excited to see more projects like this be expanded on 👀
Mandatory theory comment: I think this is about a driving accident. 1st course doesn't give us much aside from the crashed car and child's drawing, but I think of it as the inciting incedent. You can't make the counter go up no matter how many laps you drive, doesn't it make you want to *break away*? You only progress by *breaking the rules*. 2 and 3 are similar in that they show affected people. 2 shows us a girl afraid to be on the same level as us, brushing it off as just mud she's freaked out by despite us never getting mud on us. The bunny on route 3 is clearly a victim. They say they can't feel anything, but once the world goes wonky, he's lying prone and only repeating that he feels something. Route 4 is. Obvious. Corpses lying prone, screaming, drawing implies the corpse is the kid's friend, the works. Room 5 is similar. You have to hit balloons except some are blood filled and induce screaming children. What's interesting is the character there, who isn't supposed to be there and when she says she's not ready to wake up, she explodes like a balloon. Our character also explodes like a balloon. A symbol of death maybe. Then we have route 6. A partially submerged road. No one else, just us and a faceless cat. I think the cat is a representation of us, or how we see ourselves after the accident; Faceless, incomprehensible, and as the translation implies, scary. And they see us in a similar light as we're scaring the fish. Then route 7. The scene of the crime according to the teeth pile. We're murdered by our victim (the teeth in the pile likely belong to the monster by the flashing images) and we're just left with "Congratulations: You Won the Game!" As if the game is saying "You didn't have to do this, but you did! You caused so much death! Are you proud of yourself?" At least that's my interpretation lol.
I feel like you're on the right track! Maybe the white cat is either who caused the accident (looks scary because of it), or the victim (as if a memory with regret)
There's definitely a story being told here. I'm just not sure what exactly. Lap counter staying at 1 is probably related to the ending where we die right before crossing the line. The area at 21:00 is a parking garage, by the way. That's how some city parking garages are designed. I don't know how descending a parking garage fits into the story. Are the drawings a part of the story, or are they just helpful hints? Was there a child who drew these? The mud level has towers of mud pooling in from above... Is this a part of the story? Mud filling up a space and trying to drown you? Or am I reading too much into this 6:08 she says why are you "still" down there. What does she mean by this? She's been waiting for us to get out of the mud? "There's no way I'm letting you up here" If she wants us to get out of the mud why is she concerned about getting mud on her? 7:10 "Are deserts supposed to be hot?" Why is this character so surprised that a desert is hot? 11:24 "I'm not supposed to be here" "I'm not ready to wake up" ... These lines sound important but I don't know how.
@@daminox Maybe the girl is an cats relative in a sense and the mud symbolizes crime. She doesnt want to be associated with him because He killed or very badly injured a person. But still cares about the cat as says her voice lines.
Subtext seems to lead to this definitely, but I also think it happened at a birthday party given the balloon popping metaphor, the amount of bodies in the level previous to that, and the sound of the cat dying and child crying.
Through my knack for pattern recognition, I think I deciphered the messages. 15:39 "Don't be scared! I wont hurt you." "The waters here are soothing." 16:43 "Hey! Don't scare the fishes off!" "Hey! Don't scare the fishes off!" 19:08 "Don't be scared! I won't hurt you." "The waters here are soothing."
@@kv-2537 No. The markings were each representing a character in a square-ish block each. I counted each block in each "word" and drew a type of Hang Man dashed grid. Then noticed the ones repeating most and did some substitution of common vowels like "E" or "O" and just pieced it together by cross referencing each of the 3 sentences at those 3 time stamps I posted when he spoke to the Shadow Cat.
The ending kind of gives me the sense that the game is in a sort demo state as of now because of how the death feels like something that would be used in a prologue chapter before the real adventure begins. Something that goes like, the player's best friend suddenly disappeared one day and they get the game from their friends parents, only to find that they have to make a character instead of playing as the title cat character. The beginning of the journey then leads to a fork in the road where the player is given the choice to not get involved and play a simple kart racing game or go deeper in order to find out what happened to their friend and slowly uncover an ancient evil spirit or something like that.
did you know the music in the shi- i mean... "chocolate" falls level (level 2) is whats called a shepherds tone, an auditory illusion that sounds like its going down infinitely but its actually not... shepherds tones often cause psychological distress in most people if listened to for long enough
Never heard of a sheperd's tone before, ya know where that came from or have other examples? Tbh I've seen this game played twice and almost completely tuned all of the sounds out, music included, both times so I didn't notice any auditory trick like that but I can believe they probably exist, maybe the commentary and excessive jumping sounds on this playthrough just broke that effect
@@morgantodd3748 Ya they missed on that. Put that warning as the very first screen on game open with a game like this, not in the middle of the game proper. The N64 era didn't have seizure warnings.
first one of these "n64" style games that actually kinda gets the style right (a lot are just low res and that's it), i appreciate that pretty much everything is a billboard sprite like you would have seen on the actual system, and the texturing on the actual 3d objects is clear, with very sparse use of 3d only where it's needed. (because that's what the system was good at, poly budget was insanely small but it could do a lot with 2d images and unlit textures on objects)
i love the Style of this, i just wish it leaned into the kart gimmick a little more like it doesn't feel like a horror racing game, it feels like a kind of typical "walking in spooky environments and collecting vague lore" game where your sprite happens to be in a car
yeah, it was strange to have such large worlds that had nothing in them. i think the mud world was the only one he even used the jump mechanics on. Why even use a race aesthetic if youre not going to run or chase? i had hoped at one point that the lights would turn off and youd have to use the carts headlight.
My goodness! The style and graphics are just on point! Even though it's obviously a horror game, it's enough to have me wondering what this world would be like if it wasn't horror. As another comment said, id you told me this was some limited edition content for MK64, I would've believed you.
I gotta agree. The prerendered sprites, the framerate, the environments, the title screen visuals "with the wiggling 64)... These features don't hold consistently though- a lot of this starts getting too many polygons and too high a resolution really quick, but that first bit is definitely enough to even ease in folks who grew up with an N64. (unlike a lot of other games like this) It looks like this was a game jam game? So, I gi e them a lot of grace for that. Can't wait to see what they make next.
When you're driving to your mimi's house but accidentally fall off the world and end up in the poo dimension, hate when that happens, such an inconvenience
I have to say, I adore the presentation of the flooded highway interchange. It's just got such a vibe to it, ya know? Like it's obviously a bit creepy, but also feels rather appropriate for the game type it's trying to emulate. Just interesting all around. Feels like the kinda thing you'd read a couple of mid mid-2000s creepypasta about.
not only are the VISUALS extremely faithful to mario kart 64, (even the little "bounce" that happens everytime you drift is straight from the game!) but also the gameplay! mario kart 64 is the only installment in the series where you can actually go offroad exploring areas such as peaches castle from mario kart 64! obviously you can go offroad in other mario kart games, but in other games there's not really many places to go other than the racetrack. so cool!! i can tell the developers really care alot about mk64 :D
I'll let you all in on some deep Manly lore: if you want to rattle his cage just give him a racing game with no other players and no feedback on if he's even going the right way. Works every time.
okay wow the modeling and gameplay really reminds me of when i would play mario kart on my dsi… i knew of maybe 2 secret paths that would help you get ahead in the race … but the emptiness is already setting and eerie tone and then the cart crashed and the drawing… haunted game maybe?
I remember as a kid I had a digimon racing game for the gameboy advance, and for the timer races I love exploring off the race map and see how far I could go before hitting the invisible wall. Finally seeing a horror adaptation for this exploration
i can see where the room with all the balloons, you're actually hallucinating, and what you see as balloons are actually people wonder if at the end, you can jump the spike strip
I think the ending was fumbled - all that buildup only for it go exactly as you would expect. Everything else, really cool. The balloon room made me think of the watermelon room
@@trustytrest I didn't even know something had happened to BBK until I saw these comments. Of course Sony would be C U Next Tuesdays and wait until just before the release to screw things over....
@charondusk5608 that's why you never make a big deal about your fam projects until you release them to the masses. Why literally no one has learned this lesson despite every major project being taken down versus, say, Super Mario 64 PC being released when it was under the radar still defies me.
This game was incredibly interesting and horrifying in a Childhood Trauma kinda way, with the glitches and all. I loved Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing, and these two strike me as the biggest inspirations for this game! Mario Kart for obvious reasons and Diddy Kong Racing for the exploring and talking to characters aspect.
Such a cool game. It starts as an innocent kart racer and very fast you realize that something isn't quite right. Loved the presentation and open ended design of this. A lot of this relies on player discovery and when it all starts clicking, it's great
Once this game is finished, I really hope it has a completely normal campaign that you can play by avoiding all the creepy stuff and staying on the track. The idea of it being an otherwise normal Kart racer would add to the realness.
Although somewhat disjointed, this felt similar to shipwrecked and catastrophe crow. I love this style of horror. Hopefully it can become a bigger genre
You know a game is janky-bad when manly won't dig for additional content. I think the most frightening part was the massive headache it gave me. Kudos to MBH for powering through that anyhow
well... that's terrifying in my book, a colourful cartoon game with disturbing things and uncomfortable moment, the congratulations room with the balloons that pops something else besides confetti's caught my attention and I've never felt horrified when I found out what's inside those balloons.. and the kids crying and people screaming when it pops.. my god I'm speechless of what to say about this game.
If I had a nickel for every time there was a horror game featuring a purple cat in 2024, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Reminded of when I was around 6 and a friend tried to glitch a map in mario kart 64 apparently a rumor that the beach level if you fell through a part you would end up at peach's castle.
The cat in the Mario Kart vehicle looks like one of the hedgehogs from Sonic when you're driving. The sound has the Nintendo 64 vibe, I like honk button it has in the game.
my guess for the story (assuming its in the order we find the pictures) is some fluffy haired kid is lonely and got bullied, but at some point got visited by a... thing that tormented the other kids back for him, either intentionally or for him, with them being based on how they bullied him. pig tail girl shoved him in mud or a pool so shes trapped in a pit of it, the dog did something in the desert so hes trapped there, mouse might've embarrassed him at a party so shes trapped in a void of screaming balloons, and its possible the cat we play did something at a road and/or involving fishing (possibly left him at a lake and drove home? who knows) so its a flooded roadway
Kitty descends the nine circles of hell. The title screen is limbo. Level one is lust, with bright happy colors and music. The picture depicts someone on the edge of a drop. Level two is gluttony, the “mud” leaving Kitty slow and impotent. The picture depicts Kitty with devil horns pushing that person off. Level three is greed, with the Egyptian pyramids representing wealth. The picture depicts the first person’s descent into hell. Level four is anger, the fallen figures screaming in pain and anger for their fate. Level five is heresy, except instead of flaming tombs the heretics are in balloons I guess. The picture depicts the person befriending the teeth-basher. The teeth-basher goes to the living world and brutally kills Kitty by repeated blows to the face. Level six is violence, which is Kitty’s true fate for pushing the first person to their death, since he can’t recognize himself or what he is saying (the text may also be garbled because all his teeth have been knocked out). The picture shows Kitty arriving to their new hell, with the first person looking on. Level seven is fraud, the cutesy medium of the game giving way to the truth showing the bloody teeth. Level eight is treachery, with seemingly helpful arrows leading to the finish line but it stays just out of reach as the spikes come out of nowhere leaving Kitty stranded and subject to their ultimate fate, eternal torment by the teeth-basher.
Been watching since Ib, Mad father, corpse party and all those classics. And just checked that was 10 years ago! Hard to believe. Big respect for the grind, Manly
It's cool, and exactly the kind of game that draws my interest and imagination. That said, I can't really understand the hidden story. There are pieces here and there: 1. First world, girl is near the cliff, and the well with an crashed cart implies someone jumped into the well; 2. Second world (chocolate world), I'm guessing the girl "fall down", and needed help, but the other girl refused to help because she would get dirty; 3. Third world (desert world), a character who doesn't understand desert, or feel anything? And the world just gets progressively unstable; 4. Fourth world-- the scare. Someone was clearly in trouble-- probably how things _actually are;_ 5. Fifth world, birthday world. Made me go "is this THAT kind of story too"? lol 6. The last three is more obvious-- highway, to parking lot, to underground parking lot, where you finally... "win". The progression here is clear at least, though not sure who the white cat is supposed to be. Maybe the evil entity, if you apply fishing to people. I'm thinking that maybe the game is just cool and creepy, and there's not really meant to be a... full plot that tie everything together. At least I can't draw anything conclusive from this. Feels like there were multiple plot lines honestly.
my expectations for this game were pretty low given how many “cute thing gone scary” games there are but the horror elements of this one combined with the polish of the game really elevated it for me!! its so high quality and the dialogue along with that crazy sound design made it so good
really fantastic visuals, very good ominous wandering, I really liked basically everything. except the ending. it, personally, felt like a lackluster and generic end to an otherwise really entertaining and bizarre game and I feel like the devs could do better than that tbh
I had feeling this reminds me in some way of Yume Nikki especially with different maps being like different worlds, and then Manly himself mentioned that right as I had that thought! 20:17
Manly I'm going to be honest with you. Whatever I feel sad or something or just feel like I really need to scare I watch your videos. They make me jump I'm not going to lie. I hope you have a scary day!
"Lovely Sweet Dream" Heh. You'd definitely have to know about this game prior. Imagine trying to play it straight and think it's trying to compete with Big Rigs for best 3D racing title.
i love how certain games are built like "ohh so happy rainbows colorful flowers and beautiful green fields and happy faces and such" but in the end it like "Y̸̡͙̠̼͉̟̞̫̺̔̇͌̕͠ͅO̶̥͑̅̎̀͗̆̊͊̽͂͂̔̊̽̕̕̕ͅÜ̷̼̪̖͓̯͖̱̟̞̟̰̝̈̀͊̇́̀͒̈́̀̋̈̒̀͜͠ͅR̸͔͍̮̈͌̃̓̓͋̒̀͗̽͗̚̕͠ ̷̮͉̳̹̼̞̾̑̀͌͛̇̀͑͘̕G̶͙͍̥͘Ǒ̴̧͉̫͈̱͎̘͍͓͖̜̫̣͖̮͜N̴̡̢͚̯̼̹̤̲͈̙͇͇͍̏̈́͂̔̿̊̿̐̽̈́̈̓̀̒͘͘͜͠ͅṈ̴̡̛̖͖̖̲̟̳̻͔͍͉͍͈̤͕̄̃̑̈́͊̓͒͌̕A̶̢̢̨̞̙͍͍̼͉̟̗͙̼͛̌̓̋͛͌͋͒̔͘̕ͅͅ ̷͉̹͖̭̯̏͑̒̂̉̓D̴̢͙̱̥͕͎͓͉̲̙̿̔͒͌̔̕̕I̴̧̪̝̲̦̲̲̪͈͈͎̖̭̼̝̭̔͆̀̈̈́̈́͘͠E̷̟̩̻̲̩̖͌̊́̓̅̕!̸̺̥̰͕̘̤͇͕̮̱̪͓̀̉͊̈̓́͌̏̃̒̍̚̚͝͠!̴͍̖̊̇͗̏̀̏̀͗̇̊̚͝!̵̧̺͔̞̯͈̱̙̙͚̜̌͗͋͊̒͂̍̚͝!̶̢̛͕̯̱͉̳̹̹͉̳̱͉̰̱̮̅̆̓̔͋̑̐̐̇̇͋̾͝ͅͅ!̶̤̠̮̋̊͛̂͆͑̏̿̌̊̈́̓̑́̔͝"
Con: there isn't a plot, there isn't even a coherently inferable plot. there's just a bunch of spooky scary creepypasta imagery Pro: instead of a screaming jumpscary that closes the game, the glitchy shadow man walks over with the sound of boots on gravel(?) and graphically beats you to death with a hammer
I always enjoy these sorts of retro horror games, and I realized that the mud track level uses a shepard tone for the music which really helps add to the unsettling feel of it all
_Literally Surreal aDorableness_ Good driving and finding secrets!! Kudos to the folks in the Comments who translated what the gray cat said. A very cool trip and while everything was creepy, the ending took me by surprise and turned this into a real horror game. If this is turned into a full game, a little more additions of that horror sprinkled throughout where it's unexpected would I think add a lot to the game.
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The ending actually made me sad. Little kitty cat just wanted to race. Kitty didn't ask to fall through 7 circles of hell.
Omg you nailed it 7 circles of hell
Common misconception, the Inferno notes nine circles: Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery.
@@bezel95There's only 7 levels in the game. 7 circles = 7 levels.
The kitty deserved it for being so goddamn ugly
@@sigrid714 Yea but now they say on their game page that they're gonna add another lvl soon with new npc and stuff cause they couln't put it in the jam, so not sure if it that at all (or perhaps just a reference for the jam idk).
At the end, I really wanted that bug spooky guy to just do his creepy walk over and then just push your cart over the line.
That would have been really cool!! Or even that, then the cut scene happens after you crossed
that's kinda Reddit "waow wholesome chungus ghost"
@@angel_of_rust What?
@@whoamu.8439 Apparently a horror game becoming wholesome or just having an unexpected ending is a reddit thing?? Not sure whose butt that was pulled out of.
That’s what I was hoping. 😞
Here’s what I managed to pick up from the gray cat in the city level.
When fishing off of the side of the road:
“Hey! Don’t scare the fishes off!”
For every other interaction:
1st time - “Don’t be scared! I won’t hurt you”
2nd time - “The waters here are soothing”
I hope I did it correctly. I at least got an answer that makes sense!
@@disdonut I got the same conclusion. I wasn't sure with some of the symbols not matching up but this is what made the most sense
I think if you don’t click away it the text will slowly clear up. It seemed like that was what was happening.
Nice Job!
Tried my best to figure out what the cat said.
1. Dont be scare__ . Wont hurt (you?)
2. The waters here are soothing
3. ____ dont scare the fishes off
How did you translate it?
@@peytonck5609it's actually just written in english in the worst font known to man
@@peytonck5609 I looked for repeating symbols and then tried to piece together the words based on things like number of letters per word, placement of vowels, and then context from the game
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You know, just once, I want to see one of these "Haunted" or "Tell the story of some horrible event with cute imagery" games where the *ghost* is the one scared and confused, and the player helps them find peace and move on, either by playing the game, or by "spending time" with the ghost.
oooh that reminds me of a game that I don't remember the name of. I think manly played something like that about a guy who was getting haunted by his friend and was trying to help them move on
@@silverdededestruction2197 Wasn't it a puppet combo game? I think it's about a guy who was ran over by a train right?
Reminds me of the Dr. Seuss book about the MC being scared of sentient green pants (yes) until its revealed the pants are just as scared of him and they slowly become friends.
Would tread some new ground in these horror games
You should totally check out Buddy Simulator 1984 then, it‘s one of my favourite games where the “antagonist“ attempts to bond with you whilst simultaneously being scared and angry at the player
Manly did play a game where you're haunted by a cute ghost girl who wants to steal your donut
I think my favorite thing in any of these "retro" style horror games is when you see the monster and they move nothing like everything else in the game
Just having a higher frame rate really makes it feel like it doesn't belong
Yeah it's like a fourth wall break, the entire binary of the game has been broken when this thing showed up
The entire concept of Faith was built on this factor
Reminds me of this one Mario 64 mod I watched where Mario went through a series of levels.
Nothing about the hack suggested horror, but there was this giant...thing? That moved around the level a lot, but it was animated in such an erratic framerate that it felt really unsettling despite not being a scary hack in the slightest.
Wish I could find the name again
@@A_Person_64 That sounds really cool, if you remember or come across it again do share
Similar to the 3D entities in Spooky’s
You know what's the most sad?
All of that was the first lap.
At the end it says “finish” so it’s the finish.
*Of the course*
Also here’s a tip for next time for kitty, bring a pair of spare tires, could’ve helped a lot ngl
Sometimes I wish these sorta games would have some more buildup to them. Imagine if this game played like a normal, fun little mario kart clone with perfectly functional and beatable levels, with some minor oddities happening here and there. Then you get to the final cup and things start to go completely bonkers.
That would be a waste of effort beyond one or two playable tracks. We're here for the horror. If people wanted a proper kart racer, why not just play one of many of those?
Mario Kart, Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled, Sonic Team Racing... Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart is a high-quality fangame. Super Tux Kart is free and open source. There are plenty of indie kart racers hiding in the depths of Steam I bet.
@@legorobot2369Yeah, it's literally impossible to play one of these games without already knowing what you're in for first, so no point in padding stuff
You're looking for a twist ending which is unfortunately difficult to pull off in a video game.
Yeah tha's what I was hoping for.
im kinda mad that games dont do bait nad switc anymore, think something like "can your pet",the game has absolutely no hint of "horror" until that beautiful, beautiful ending. its not a ver complex game but it uses the little time you spend with that bird against you very well@@rachelmayes3064
The 1/3 at the top was for Laps, not position. You are alone here.
You mean for position not for laps
No for laps
@@Mel-v4t9k If it were for positions, it would've said 1st instead of 1/3.
@@Mel-v4t9k Do you always have to say the opposite thing of everyone else? Even when it's very clearly wrong? Like, are you stupid or have you never played a racing game before?
"You are alone here" scared me 🫣
Okay, the sound of kids screaming/crying when some the balloons popped really rattled me. I’m loving the Mario kart 64 look of this game though. They nailed down the little details so perfectly.
Ending up stuck in the brown dimension might be hell because it’s poo, but it might also be chocolate which is good
The pigtail girl says it's mud? Still inconclusive
Try tasting it.
Or Poo-poo flavored chocolate or chocolate flavored poo-poo?
Smell will tell all.
Mmmm poo 🤤🤤
Part of me is curious to see what would have happened if Manly jumped the spike strip at the end. If you notice, the spikes dont go up until AFTER he runs over it.
Sooo someone else did a playthough and DID jump at the end.... spikes still pop the tires and kitty gets a very hard petting still.
I wonder as well
I thought exactly the same since jumping is part of the game's mechanics
@@darkdemonwerewolf Shame, disappointing.
Anything involving the N64 controller is true horror.
So many hand cramps 😭
I still have that blister from Mario party...and the glove. (Irl i don't.)
😢
It's actually a masterpiece
Especially if its p❤rn
This goes up with that hamster chef game on the list of horror games I wish would be done legit because it seems fun to play. Besides that the balloon popping with the noise of children in distress was a really good way to be disturbing.
The game is a demo and they're still updating it. supposedly its going to be done legit.
@@JimboJuiceYESS that’s awesome!! I’m really glad it’s happening! After seeing ShipWrecked 64 complete, I’m excited to see more projects like this be expanded on 👀
@@compassrose1466 I really want a whole proper horror n64/platforming-type game to exist, I like this genre but it's always mini concepts
@@entropyhateryou might like B3313
This game wasn’t scary at all, I honestly found the balloon screaming funny. But the story is interesting.
Mandatory theory comment: I think this is about a driving accident.
1st course doesn't give us much aside from the crashed car and child's drawing, but I think of it as the inciting incedent. You can't make the counter go up no matter how many laps you drive, doesn't it make you want to *break away*? You only progress by *breaking the rules*.
2 and 3 are similar in that they show affected people. 2 shows us a girl afraid to be on the same level as us, brushing it off as just mud she's freaked out by despite us never getting mud on us. The bunny on route 3 is clearly a victim. They say they can't feel anything, but once the world goes wonky, he's lying prone and only repeating that he feels something.
Route 4 is. Obvious. Corpses lying prone, screaming, drawing implies the corpse is the kid's friend, the works.
Room 5 is similar. You have to hit balloons except some are blood filled and induce screaming children. What's interesting is the character there, who isn't supposed to be there and when she says she's not ready to wake up, she explodes like a balloon. Our character also explodes like a balloon. A symbol of death maybe.
Then we have route 6. A partially submerged road. No one else, just us and a faceless cat. I think the cat is a representation of us, or how we see ourselves after the accident; Faceless, incomprehensible, and as the translation implies, scary. And they see us in a similar light as we're scaring the fish.
Then route 7. The scene of the crime according to the teeth pile. We're murdered by our victim (the teeth in the pile likely belong to the monster by the flashing images) and we're just left with "Congratulations: You Won the Game!" As if the game is saying "You didn't have to do this, but you did! You caused so much death! Are you proud of yourself?"
At least that's my interpretation lol.
I feel like you're on the right track!
Maybe the white cat is either who caused the accident (looks scary because of it), or the victim (as if a memory with regret)
There's definitely a story being told here. I'm just not sure what exactly.
Lap counter staying at 1 is probably related to the ending where we die right before crossing the line.
The area at 21:00 is a parking garage, by the way. That's how some city parking garages are designed. I don't know how descending a parking garage fits into the story.
Are the drawings a part of the story, or are they just helpful hints? Was there a child who drew these?
The mud level has towers of mud pooling in from above... Is this a part of the story? Mud filling up a space and trying to drown you? Or am I reading too much into this
6:08 she says why are you "still" down there. What does she mean by this? She's been waiting for us to get out of the mud? "There's no way I'm letting you up here" If she wants us to get out of the mud why is she concerned about getting mud on her?
7:10 "Are deserts supposed to be hot?" Why is this character so surprised that a desert is hot?
11:24 "I'm not supposed to be here" "I'm not ready to wake up" ... These lines sound important but I don't know how.
@@daminox Maybe the girl is an cats relative in a sense and the mud symbolizes crime. She doesnt want to be associated with him because He killed or very badly injured a person. But still cares about the cat as says her voice lines.
Nice theory!
Though, I think the flashing images during the ending are actually showing us Kitty’s teeth being knocked out during her beating.
Subtext seems to lead to this definitely, but I also think it happened at a birthday party given the balloon popping metaphor, the amount of bodies in the level previous to that, and the sound of the cat dying and child crying.
Through my knack for pattern recognition, I think I deciphered the messages.
15:39 "Don't be scared! I wont hurt you." "The waters here are soothing."
16:43 "Hey! Don't scare the fishes off!" "Hey! Don't scare the fishes off!"
19:08 "Don't be scared! I won't hurt you." "The waters here are soothing."
Great work!
What's the code morse?
@@kv-2537 No. The markings were each representing a character in a square-ish block each. I counted each block in each "word" and drew a type of Hang Man dashed grid. Then noticed the ones repeating most and did some substitution of common vowels like "E" or "O" and just pieced it together by cross referencing each of the 3 sentences at those 3 time stamps I posted when he spoke to the Shadow Cat.
the dedication is crazy, especially since it’s just a missingno font
smart fella! @@NezzConstantine
The ending kind of gives me the sense that the game is in a sort demo state as of now because of how the death feels like something that would be used in a prologue chapter before the real adventure begins. Something that goes like, the player's best friend suddenly disappeared one day and they get the game from their friends parents, only to find that they have to make a character instead of playing as the title cat character. The beginning of the journey then leads to a fork in the road where the player is given the choice to not get involved and play a simple kart racing game or go deeper in order to find out what happened to their friend and slowly uncover an ancient evil spirit or something like that.
It is a demo! It’s being updated regularly and will eventually have a full telease
@@compassrose1466 That’s awesome to hear. I had a feeling a game this well made would be expanded upon beyond the gamejam.
@@compassrose1466I will stop having anger towards the creator if the cat will survive
did you know the music in the shi- i mean... "chocolate" falls level (level 2) is whats called a shepherds tone, an auditory illusion that sounds like its going down infinitely but its actually not... shepherds tones often cause psychological distress in most people if listened to for long enough
Never heard of a sheperd's tone before, ya know where that came from or have other examples? Tbh I've seen this game played twice and almost completely tuned all of the sounds out, music included, both times so I didn't notice any auditory trick like that but I can believe they probably exist, maybe the commentary and excessive jumping sounds on this playthrough just broke that effect
@@discordiacreates6669 mario 64’s endless staircase theme
@@robothing6531 ohhhh that's why it sounds so weird, thanks
I don't know if this actually supports multiplayer, but actually having that option appear on the menu helped a lot for the feel tbh.
And then they immediately ruined that immersion with the seizure warning.
@@morgantodd3748
Who didn’t they have it before the first screen?
@@morgantodd3748no
@@morgantodd3748well i mean, i’d rather the “immersion being ruined” over a seizure warning than someone getting seriously hurt
@@morgantodd3748 Ya they missed on that. Put that warning as the very first screen on game open with a game like this, not in the middle of the game proper. The N64 era didn't have seizure warnings.
Nothing is scarier than the Blue Shell
mf got blue shelled right before winning
Blueshelled then get to last place
You make it sound like the blue shell always goes for you. That can't be. Not when I'm racing.
first one of these "n64" style games that actually kinda gets the style right (a lot are just low res and that's it), i appreciate that pretty much everything is a billboard sprite like you would have seen on the actual system, and the texturing on the actual 3d objects is clear, with very sparse use of 3d only where it's needed. (because that's what the system was good at, poly budget was insanely small but it could do a lot with 2d images and unlit textures on objects)
this is NOT the Garfield Kart i knew.
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i love the Style of this, i just wish it leaned into the kart gimmick a little more
like it doesn't feel like a horror racing game, it feels like a kind of typical "walking in spooky environments and collecting vague lore" game where your sprite happens to be in a car
I think it's effective, the road spikes at the end were a pretty clever way to keep the player from escaping
yeah, it was strange to have such large worlds that had nothing in them. i think the mud world was the only one he even used the jump mechanics on. Why even use a race aesthetic if youre not going to run or chase? i had hoped at one point that the lights would turn off and youd have to use the carts headlight.
My goodness! The style and graphics are just on point! Even though it's obviously a horror game, it's enough to have me wondering what this world would be like if it wasn't horror.
As another comment said, id you told me this was some limited edition content for MK64, I would've believed you.
I gotta agree. The prerendered sprites, the framerate, the environments, the title screen visuals "with the wiggling 64)...
These features don't hold consistently though- a lot of this starts getting too many polygons and too high a resolution really quick, but that first bit is definitely enough to even ease in folks who grew up with an N64. (unlike a lot of other games like this)
It looks like this was a game jam game? So, I gi e them a lot of grace for that.
Can't wait to see what they make next.
When you're driving to your mimi's house but accidentally fall off the world and end up in the poo dimension, hate when that happens, such an inconvenience
and then I get my friggin teeth kicked in by some lanky goofball I’m left stranded there for an hour, SUPER annoying
I have to say, I adore the presentation of the flooded highway interchange.
It's just got such a vibe to it, ya know?
Like it's obviously a bit creepy, but also feels rather appropriate for the game type it's trying to emulate.
Just interesting all around. Feels like the kinda thing you'd read a couple of mid mid-2000s creepypasta about.
not only are the VISUALS extremely faithful to mario kart 64, (even the little "bounce" that happens everytime you drift is straight from the game!) but also the gameplay! mario kart 64 is the only installment in the series where you can actually go offroad exploring areas such as peaches castle from mario kart 64! obviously you can go offroad in other mario kart games, but in other games there's not really many places to go other than the racetrack. so cool!! i can tell the developers really care alot about mk64 :D
Honestly....
This game was more sad than scary.
Just made me very sad for the Cat.
As someone who often is alone. I feel for the Cat.
Ahh yes the “as someone who…” comment.
Always trying to bait attention smfh.
Ahh yes the language gatekeeping comment
I'll let you all in on some deep Manly lore: if you want to rattle his cage just give him a racing game with no other players and no feedback on if he's even going the right way. Works every time.
I like that the beginning is so cute with the bubble letters, pastel colors, and the pink sweet cat
"Skrunklesoft" 10/10 fake dev names
okay wow the modeling and gameplay really reminds me of when i would play mario kart on my dsi… i knew of maybe 2 secret paths that would help you get ahead in the race … but the emptiness is already setting and eerie tone and then the cart crashed and the drawing… haunted game maybe?
"I think you need the ExpansionPak, my friend." lmfao I forgot all about that thing.
This is giving me turbo from wreck it ralph vibes
TurboTastic!
@@marytijerina9764 He is the greatest racer ever!
I remember as a kid I had a digimon racing game for the gameboy advance, and for the timer races I love exploring off the race map and see how far I could go before hitting the invisible wall. Finally seeing a horror adaptation for this exploration
the exploration aspect really adds a lot to this, especially when a lot of other retro-style horror games are very railroaded.
This would be a fire racing game tbh
That track is so Nice to look at
i can see where the room with all the balloons, you're actually hallucinating, and what you see as balloons are actually people
wonder if at the end, you can jump the spike strip
I think the ending was fumbled - all that buildup only for it go exactly as you would expect.
Everything else, really cool. The balloon room made me think of the watermelon room
That ending is only for the demo; the developers are working on making this a full game.
True horror would be the takedown of Bloodbornekart.
what?
Bloodborne Kart getting defaced right before its release is proof that we are in a bad end timeline.
@@trustytrest I didn't even know something had happened to BBK until I saw these comments. Of course Sony would be C U Next Tuesdays and wait until just before the release to screw things over....
@charondusk5608 that's why you never make a big deal about your fam projects until you release them to the masses.
Why literally no one has learned this lesson despite every major project being taken down versus, say, Super Mario 64 PC being released when it was under the radar still defies me.
Don't cry because it's down. Laugh because it's canon.
I really thought it was going to be a Wreck It Ralph situation, and those drawings were of the actual main character - a sheep
This game was incredibly interesting and horrifying in a Childhood Trauma kinda way, with the glitches and all. I loved Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing, and these two strike me as the biggest inspirations for this game! Mario Kart for obvious reasons and Diddy Kong Racing for the exploring and talking to characters aspect.
Such a cool game. It starts as an innocent kart racer and very fast you realize that something isn't quite right. Loved the presentation and open ended design of this. A lot of this relies on player discovery and when it all starts clicking, it's great
The soundtrack on the mud world is kinda cool, a reverse shepherd tone going on there
Once this game is finished, I really hope it has a completely normal campaign that you can play by avoiding all the creepy stuff and staying on the track. The idea of it being an otherwise normal Kart racer would add to the realness.
Kind of like B3313
I think the vibe is that it used to be like that, and the player is seeing what's left.
@@petersinkworking6198 Kind of, except B33313 gets insane out the get go.
Although somewhat disjointed, this felt similar to shipwrecked and catastrophe crow. I love this style of horror. Hopefully it can become a bigger genre
the screaming writhing burnt corpses are awesome as hell. underrated detail
Love this comment out of context
I'm honestly surprised that this looks like an ACTUAL N64 game. Not many PS1/N64-style games get that graphical style accurately.
That was a wild first lap
You know a game is janky-bad when manly won't dig for additional content.
I think the most frightening part was the massive headache it gave me.
Kudos to MBH for powering through that anyhow
that monster is horrifying. i love monsters in games that are actually scary
well... that's terrifying in my book, a colourful cartoon game with disturbing things and uncomfortable moment, the congratulations room with the balloons that pops something else besides confetti's caught my attention and I've never felt horrified when I found out what's inside those balloons.. and the kids crying and people screaming when it pops.. my god I'm speechless of what to say about this game.
If I had a nickel for every time there was a horror game featuring a purple cat in 2024, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Pocket cat from fear and hunger?
@@rdleonel9266 I think they were referring to catnap
@@rdleonel9266 Ooh, three nickels!
Reminded of when I was around 6 and a friend tried to glitch a map in mario kart 64 apparently a rumor that the beach level if you fell through a part you would end up at peach's castle.
feel like theres something involving those golden balloons in that balloon area, but overall the game seems pretty neat
9:15 "do you feel it now mr crabs?"
The cat in the Mario Kart vehicle looks like one of the hedgehogs from Sonic when you're driving.
The sound has the Nintendo 64 vibe, I like honk button it has in the game.
I really like the highway track with the white cat.
Really soothing and calm
Manly: Where you play a kitty that must win a series of races... And nothing goes wrong.
Me: Famous last words.
I think kitty kart has potential to be a full game maybe
my guess for the story (assuming its in the order we find the pictures) is some fluffy haired kid is lonely and got bullied, but at some point got visited by a... thing that tormented the other kids back for him, either intentionally or for him, with them being based on how they bullied him. pig tail girl shoved him in mud or a pool so shes trapped in a pit of it, the dog did something in the desert so hes trapped there, mouse might've embarrassed him at a party so shes trapped in a void of screaming balloons, and its possible the cat we play did something at a road and/or involving fishing (possibly left him at a lake and drove home? who knows) so its a flooded roadway
Kitty descends the nine circles of hell. The title screen is limbo. Level one is lust, with bright happy colors and music. The picture depicts someone on the edge of a drop. Level two is gluttony, the “mud” leaving Kitty slow and impotent. The picture depicts Kitty with devil horns pushing that person off. Level three is greed, with the Egyptian pyramids representing wealth. The picture depicts the first person’s descent into hell. Level four is anger, the fallen figures screaming in pain and anger for their fate. Level five is heresy, except instead of flaming tombs the heretics are in balloons I guess. The picture depicts the person befriending the teeth-basher. The teeth-basher goes to the living world and brutally kills Kitty by repeated blows to the face. Level six is violence, which is Kitty’s true fate for pushing the first person to their death, since he can’t recognize himself or what he is saying (the text may also be garbled because all his teeth have been knocked out). The picture shows Kitty arriving to their new hell, with the first person looking on. Level seven is fraud, the cutesy medium of the game giving way to the truth showing the bloody teeth. Level eight is treachery, with seemingly helpful arrows leading to the finish line but it stays just out of reach as the spikes come out of nowhere leaving Kitty stranded and subject to their ultimate fate, eternal torment by the teeth-basher.
nyantes inferno…
Ultrakill reference
I love his monotone voice during all the unspeakable horrors he's played through over the years
Been watching since Ib, Mad father, corpse party and all those classics. And just checked that was 10 years ago! Hard to believe. Big respect for the grind, Manly
It's cool, and exactly the kind of game that draws my interest and imagination. That said, I can't really understand the hidden story. There are pieces here and there:
1. First world, girl is near the cliff, and the well with an crashed cart implies someone jumped into the well;
2. Second world (chocolate world), I'm guessing the girl "fall down", and needed help, but the other girl refused to help because she would get dirty;
3. Third world (desert world), a character who doesn't understand desert, or feel anything? And the world just gets progressively unstable;
4. Fourth world-- the scare. Someone was clearly in trouble-- probably how things _actually are;_
5. Fifth world, birthday world. Made me go "is this THAT kind of story too"? lol
6. The last three is more obvious-- highway, to parking lot, to underground parking lot, where you finally... "win". The progression here is clear at least, though not sure who the white cat is supposed to be. Maybe the evil entity, if you apply fishing to people.
I'm thinking that maybe the game is just cool and creepy, and there's not really meant to be a... full plot that tie everything together. At least I can't draw anything conclusive from this. Feels like there were multiple plot lines honestly.
my expectations for this game were pretty low given how many “cute thing gone scary” games there are but the horror elements of this one combined with the polish of the game really elevated it for me!! its so high quality and the dialogue along with that crazy sound design made it so good
watching this on a cruise international waters manly video
(s)pacific vibe moment
Outside of the slightly brighter color pallet it does have that Mario kart 64 feel with the graphics and 2d sprite driver
really fantastic visuals, very good ominous wandering, I really liked basically everything. except the ending. it, personally, felt like a lackluster and generic end to an otherwise really entertaining and bizarre game and I feel like the devs could do better than that tbh
I had feeling this reminds me in some way of Yume Nikki especially with different maps being like different worlds, and then Manly himself mentioned that right as I had that thought! 20:17
feels like this would have been a lot better as an actual kart racer
Same
15:31 he just standing there menacingly
The ending is, a lot more brutal than I expected
Manly I'm going to be honest with you. Whatever I feel sad or something or just feel like I really need to scare I watch your videos. They make me jump I'm not going to lie.
I hope you have a scary day!
I actually know the guy who made the character models for this game, so it's pretty cool to see a video on something he worked on.
him constantly honking the horn is both very funny but also a lil annoying lol
They did a great job at keeping it creepy. Felt uncomfortable the whole time. I need to watch something happy after this
Goddamnit why can’t purple cats just be normal for 5 minutes
Well the fact it was submitted to lsdjam explains more than half of the weird stuff.
You can see how much love and effort was pur in that game. That's just amazing
apologies for turning off the audio during the cyan and pink world, not even your buttery smooth voice could soothe the bleeding in my ears
this actually gave me genuine apprehension! WELL DONE!
that long highway part was so good
"Lovely Sweet Dream" Heh. You'd definitely have to know about this game prior. Imagine trying to play it straight and think it's trying to compete with Big Rigs for best 3D racing title.
I don’t see anyone questioning wether you can hop over the spikes at the end, since it doesn’t seem to have any other purpose
i love how certain games are built like "ohh so happy rainbows colorful flowers and beautiful green fields and happy faces and such" but in the end it like "Y̸̡͙̠̼͉̟̞̫̺̔̇͌̕͠ͅO̶̥͑̅̎̀͗̆̊͊̽͂͂̔̊̽̕̕̕ͅÜ̷̼̪̖͓̯͖̱̟̞̟̰̝̈̀͊̇́̀͒̈́̀̋̈̒̀͜͠ͅR̸͔͍̮̈͌̃̓̓͋̒̀͗̽͗̚̕͠ ̷̮͉̳̹̼̞̾̑̀͌͛̇̀͑͘̕G̶͙͍̥͘Ǒ̴̧͉̫͈̱͎̘͍͓͖̜̫̣͖̮͜N̴̡̢͚̯̼̹̤̲͈̙͇͇͍̏̈́͂̔̿̊̿̐̽̈́̈̓̀̒͘͘͜͠ͅṈ̴̡̛̖͖̖̲̟̳̻͔͍͉͍͈̤͕̄̃̑̈́͊̓͒͌̕A̶̢̢̨̞̙͍͍̼͉̟̗͙̼͛̌̓̋͛͌͋͒̔͘̕ͅͅ ̷͉̹͖̭̯̏͑̒̂̉̓D̴̢͙̱̥͕͎͓͉̲̙̿̔͒͌̔̕̕I̴̧̪̝̲̦̲̲̪͈͈͎̖̭̼̝̭̔͆̀̈̈́̈́͘͠E̷̟̩̻̲̩̖͌̊́̓̅̕!̸̺̥̰͕̘̤͇͕̮̱̪͓̀̉͊̈̓́͌̏̃̒̍̚̚͝͠!̴͍̖̊̇͗̏̀̏̀͗̇̊̚͝!̵̧̺͔̞̯͈̱̙̙͚̜̌͗͋͊̒͂̍̚͝!̶̢̛͕̯̱͉̳̹̹͉̳̱͉̰̱̮̅̆̓̔͋̑̐̐̇̇͋̾͝ͅͅ!̶̤̠̮̋̊͛̂͆͑̏̿̌̊̈́̓̑́̔͝"
I can’t wait for Ultra Shortcuts to be found here as well
first thing manly does after getting into the game is going straight for the unintended way blindly
Con: there isn't a plot, there isn't even a coherently inferable plot. there's just a bunch of spooky scary creepypasta imagery
Pro: instead of a screaming jumpscary that closes the game, the glitchy shadow man walks over with the sound of boots on gravel(?) and graphically beats you to death with a hammer
I'm always super happy when I see a new MBH video. Just always good to have on either watching or in the background, it's a win-win
I wanna see this expanded upon so badly.
19:50 KRIS! GET BACK HERE!!! WE NEED TO SEAL THE DARK FOUNTAIN
Looks like an average vinesauce corruptions stream to me
i love the idea of falling through levels being the progression like the layers of hell
This was really good, definitely one of my favorites of this low poly nostalgia horror games. I hope to see more like it!
I always enjoy these sorts of retro horror games, and I realized that the mud track level uses a shepard tone for the music which really helps add to the unsettling feel of it all
_Literally Surreal aDorableness_
Good driving and finding secrets!! Kudos to the folks in the Comments who translated what the gray cat said.
A very cool trip and while everything was creepy, the ending took me by surprise and turned this into a real horror game. If this is turned into a full game, a little more additions of that horror sprinkled throughout where it's unexpected would I think add a lot to the game.
15:36 That's just Femtanyl about to drop a new banger.
7 circles of hell. Someone below me nailed it.