If I Blink, The Game Jumps Forward - Before Your Eyes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 เม.ย. 2021
- This game uses your webcam to detect blinks. Every time you blink, you jump forward in time
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This was a cool concept for a game and genuinely challenging to see everything. It can be played without a webcam, but this is the intended way to experience it. I did my best :)
Epic
Epic
Epic gamer moment
Is depressing as hell
Imagine if someone tried to speedrun this game
Game: don't blink
Dan: *blinks*
Game: close your eyes
Dan: *intense stare*
He's really good at following complex directions.
Pissed me tf off lmao
@@JustLostTheGame Nice pfp
@@boiledtoast6031 lol
Game: just please follow the instructions, I’m begging you
Dan: *N O*
the whole theme about not missing anything by trying not to blink with the kid coming to terms about missing alot of his life is pretty darn genius i must say
Also with the recurring theme of the metronome as those symbolize time in music the passage of time
Fr
Yes
Agreed. This is one of the greatest, most creative, and most emotionally jarring video game concept I've ever discovered. It's honestly amazing.
Blink and you miss your life
Call me sentimental but the idea of your childhood pet being the one to welcome you into the great beyond is incredibly touching.
Ahhhhhhh godfucking damnit this is making me cry
If I ever die, I hope I get to see my first cat if that happens.
And the thing that killed it’s kittens leads you there
i dont know what would meet me there. one or both of my pet birds when i was younger than 7, the fish i had at the same time as the birds or ziva, the cat i have now. either way, i hope that a childhood pet actually welcomes me to the great beyond
My dog Sadie will see me there if that's true, would be nice.
I had to go to a full playthrough just to try see what the second part of the letter Chloe wrote was.
It's okay guys, it was just "Love, Chloe".
You dropped your crown sir
You are a legend
Thank you,
@@jaredjosephsongheng372 you're welcome
*SPOILER: Conclusion of story!*
So he died while he was sick at home and the whole college and art gallery was all a dream, because he felt like he never achieved anything, but the thing he achieved was being there for others? Great story!
Ohh
DUDE YOURE GONNA MAKE ME CRY AGAIN
Imma be honest
This shit is way to good to be real
Spoilers :((
edit your comment with a warning or something man this sucks
@@iPillow hmmmm gurl
In case you didn’t notice, the ferryman’s boat is actually ben’s toy boat
My god, your right
And the ferryman, harbinger of death, was a coyote/wolf thing, the same thing that killed the kittens
And the God or the gatekeeper is the same cat as Ben had when he was a kid.
I think this all means Ben is still alive when he goes through this. Trapped In his own mind trying to remember his short life.
@@beanieteamie7435 i hope so
I just realised he could have pressed the red button to administer the pain medication, but chose the cat instead. Im crying.
It's pain med, not a cure for his desise.
@@duckmaster291 they never said it was
@@hiddensinix2767 red buttons like this are always for morphine which slows the heart and eases the pain
@@duckmaster291 yeah I get that what's your point lad
@@duckmaster291 That would be why the OP said "red button to administer the pain medication", my dude. They didn't say it was a cure for his disease...
I want to say you're being pedantic, but you're not, you're just super thick in the head.
my son passed away last November, a game has never affected me this much.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope the pain you feel will ease in time
I'm so sorry. I send my deepest condolences to you and your family. 😔
Siento mucho tu perdida, aguanta, se fuerte.
I'm sorry for you loss
May he rest in peace
May he Rest In Peace. I hope that you and your loved ones can find peace as well, I’m so sorry.
“He has reached down, deep within himself, and created a masterpiece!”
Dan somewhat frightened: i HAvE??
pov: you drew furry for the first time
@@Wilker_uwu oh my god haha
This gave me a chuckle, just wanna let you know :)
And now we can see that it was because he needed to do well for his fantasy but didn’t know what a masterpiece looked like...
@@Wilker_uwu returmning to momke
@@Wilker_uwu Thank god, I was going to cry if I saw anymore sad comments. Heres to comedic relief
My eyes got so dry from not blinking, but luckily they got wet again by the end 🥲
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Man, the developers of this "game" are brilliant.
thanks game!
@@RTGame LMAO
Yes
Cats know when you're sick or lonely or in pain. Some catz will usually never acknowledge you except to beg for food but once you're sick they won't leave your side.
Most pets are like that.
Negativity below. I’m feeling bad so I tend to push that onto others. Read at your own risk.
I hear cats also eat you after you die. If you’re sick, maybe they know you’re soon to die and wish to eat you. Just theorizing. Dogs also eat you. As far as being lonely, idk. I do know my dogs lick up my tears, but I think that’s because they like salt.
Side note: I also really, really hate cats. I had one and it kinda ruined my childhood.
I lost my childhood cat last November, just a couple months shy of her 21st birthday. She was the sweetest lady, my millennium kitty, my constant companion for two-thirds of my life, always around to take care of me when I wasn't well. I miss her terribly, that Phoebe cat.
@@user-sf9gs2pg1b Funny enough Dogs eat their owners after death more than cats do because cats are picky eaters and some would prefer to starve themselves before eating disgusting human. Cats and dogs both are very social animals though and if you feel down will try to comfort you - cats even purr randomly if they notice you don't feel well because the purring can help calm and soothe pain as well as help with healing.
@@user-sf9gs2pg1b i hate cats too bro, but i like dogs they are good companions
As someone who got cancer at 14, this hit hard because I was able to push through, and I have to think about the people that didnt make it. All the people I met in the hospital, who didnt have family, who didnt have friends to support them. They had nobody, and this video really represents that. He was finally ready, and during many points during my treatment I was as well.
lol
@@LegalizeTheNuclearBomb saying lol in response to this guy's heartfelt message is a bad thing to do, but it's got me in stitches lmao
Well, I'm glad that you pushed through and are still here. Not only that, but I find the fact that you feel for those you met who didn't have what you had while you were there and what you have now to be quite kind. Best wishes for the future. I mean that.
I was one of those in the hospital young that had no one. Still, there were other patients and even the nurses and doctors who were there that really helped me feel not so alone and thrown away. I'm glad you made it.
@@novaangle2183 glad you made it as well ❤️
As soon as I heard the line, "He was an 11 year old boy who never got to grow old," it was over, I couldn't stop the waterworks.
Should have blinked
For me it was the whole ending story
I hate stories where kids get hurt in some way
;-;
yup, thats what got me
It was the cat coming in through the window that got me.
Everything after just made me cry harder.
@@ABonafideSkeleton ugh same my poor eyes
How dare Chloe call Dan the Least popular boy in school. Excuse me but, he was The Drift King I'll have you know!
Yeah, in COLLEGE lol
@@FlyingBeto3 EXCUSE YOU ,HE STILL HIS THE DRIFT KING
As people have pointed out
HE HIS THE DRIFT DADY
Drift Daddy
@@purevessel6026 Gonna have to agree with Juan on this one, his title as Drift King has long passed. Dan is the Drift Daddy
I hope he drifts me soon
Eyes were dry through most of this. Burst into tears in the living room when I heard:
"Why is he smiling like that?"
"He must be somewhere he likes."
Fucking Hell.
everything past the point where benny tells his actual life had me in tears
No i dont think he likes hell
Not even when the kittens died?
Nope not in hell
@@coreyhahn7943 when the kittens died I was just sad. The type that gives you depression. That last bit made me sad but the emotional type not the emotionless one.
That red orb when he’s in pain is such a weirdly accurate depiction
Explain
“I wanna see what made you ab-so-lutely great”
He built a volcano full of shit and murdered hundreds of thousands with it. Truly his finest hour
I didn’t understand this for a second, then I remembered it’s rt
Its a reference to city skylines video by RT
😂😂 real good one
He also brought joy to millions.
Not bad at all.
@@apollyonnoctis1291 He also trapped many people in Vault 666, a giant bedrock box, forced people to dig their own pit to the void which he dropped most into, and other crimes too horrid to list...
But yes, he does bring us joy ^-^
I didn't expect to cry watching this, but just that one line, that "He was everything he needed to be" broke the barrier.
He was just a kid, he hadn't achieved anything, he was a loner and an unpopular loser. But he was still everything he needed to be.
I wish someone I know would say those words to me too.
As long as you believe you are everything you need then that's all
Your life is like a suitcase, there is only so much you can carry with it
If your life feels shattered, don't go finding knew stuff to fix it with cause those shatters are still there and they can be reformed into the pieces your missing, if you just look for more things to replace it...you won't have any room for what you lost, and if you dont have room for what you lost, you won't have room for what you need - me 2021
I hope that anyone who reads this is able to refer to it when they feel over burdened or sad
You are everything you need to be
My guy, keep going strong. I know it may seem like you’ve got a lot to go up against, but it’s worth it. Hundreds of millions of people around the word would think you’re one of the coolest people they’ve met if they got the chance to.
Nobody gives anyone enough credit for being alive. It can suck, and there’s way too many lonely nights where it doesn’t feel like you want to, but just remember all those little moments you got, and all those little moments you gave everyone else.
Imagine all the lives you couldn’t have touched if you weren’t here. Imagine all of the lives you haven’t gotten to touch yet if you vanished. Everyone has a purpose and no matter what you do, you’ll fulfill it.
Keep your head up King 👑
Tbh the only person who can do it is you. I know from experience of fully accepting my existence as someone who felt and still feels worthless. I may hate the lack of motivation I have when I do something I'm not passionate about, and I may never achieve anything despite working as hard as my mind will allow me. But I've accepted the fact that no matter what happens, I will be forever proud of overcoming the odds stacked against me in my life. I lived through it, and that's all that matters. Fate will take it's course, and eventually I will die. But until then, I will try to make things for myself and other people that I can be proud of when it's finally time to leave this place. I'll write and draw my heart out until I die so that when I do there will be something to show for how much I was really capable of to begin with. I think leaving people as well as ourselves with gifts and memories is the best gift anyone can give to the world around them, and once you realize that you are inherently valuable because you live and work for the now and not the later things will turn around. Learn to value the little things along the way, because they'll end up mattering more then anything in the long run.
Fun fact: The gate keeper is shown as a cat with 2 tails - According to Japanese mythology, if a cat is incredibly well cared for and loved during its life, it becomes a two tailed cat spirit - implying that after Earnie came in through the window, she was spoilt and pampered with affection the remainder of her life
1:54 The fact that the metronome induces anxiety when it pops up is so genius since it also represents the anxiety that Benjamin felt when having to play.
When they said, "what's the point if he's not gonna get any better" I thought they were talking about his piano playing, but it was about him being sick?? Jeez thats dark
hoooooly shit I just realized that as you said it, woooowie that is dark. oh gosh there the tears go again-
damn I didn't realize that...
@@tygeghjbgh4102 I think the ferryman is a cat
and also when the mom says "why are you smiling like that" in the beginning it matches with what the father said at the end after he passes.
@@cosmologicl ooo, thats good
It really hit home when Chloe started saying he was faking being sick. I got sick around that age; extreme pain, palpitations, constant cancer checks; and they ALL thought I was faking it just by how weird it was and still is.
Man, the friends I lost from their fear of knowing a possibly dying person... how my siblings turned on me cause they had to take care of my chores... my parents yelling saying to suck it up and stop crying since they were overwhelmed... Chloe brought that all back up. Her voice actor making her sound indifferent, how she's "been through it before" and "knows he's just faking"... God they did that too well.
I felt this too, it’s how my first relationship ended. I was so crushed for years and hearing that part in the game just made me feel like I went through a time machine. I’ve never seen a game handle being chronically ill/disabled with such care and gentleness, this is a moving and relatable experience. Also being an artist with a mother who is very similar to the one portrayed, it just feels like this game was telling my life story in a way. Just so genuinely moving 💙 I hope you’re doing okay, and remember that you’ll always be more than your illnesses/disabilities 💙
@@sweetsunny5996 looks like we went through similar things. I felt the same way with the care and perfection of the story, and being brought back years in a matter of seconds. I do wonder if they consulted a family that went through this too.
Thank you for your words, same to you 💖
@@sweetsunny5996 I feel for you both and hope you’re better now
So, maybe don't fake a sickness then
Sounded like it was tough, I assume things are better now?
As a teenager with a chronic illness, this game means so much to me, i don't know how i could ever pay the developers back for this, thank you for posting this video
as a different teenager with a chronic illness, i wanted to let you know i appreciate the comment and i want you to know there’s at least one person out there who loves and supports you
@@kilbear9664 i love and support you too, thanks buddy
as yet another teenager with chronic illness, i hope youre doing well, take care of yourself okay? yeah, life is pretty shit, but theres always something that makes it worthwhile
@@cheembs2241 i'm doing wellllll, and yeah life comes with a lot of crap, uh? I hope you're doing fine too! Imma live for the little moments
As another to add to the list, during my illness I also had a lovely Siamese who never once left my side. I lost him in January, so this entire thing hit really hard. Stay strong all of you.
me before this: ah a new vid from RTGame, I’ll have fun watching it-
Me after: *D E P R E S S I O N*
Yeah I was expecting laughs but got the feels instead
Please, call it sadness, not "Depression". Depression is not just being sad because you watched something that made you cry or sad. Depression is much more. It eats you inside 'till you're nothing but something to waste.
@@pepsi3005.....its a joke pissrain
@@milimnava9375 No, it's not.
@@pepsi3005 There is times to say that, but this isn't it, it clearly is a joke by the caps and space between each letter
For anyone who was upset about not seeing the full letter at 29:45, it’s pretty much all she wrote. All RT blinked past was an extra “Love, Chloe” at the end.
Bro that scene had me in tears
Thank you.
Aw that's just bout the best thing fr
Carefully. He's a hero.
Thank you :D
This video proves that rt will be able to survive a total of 15 seconds against scp 173.
That’s 15 seconds longer than I will.
Yeah he mentioned the weeping angels from doctor who.
@@Simplepotato 2:32
Blink one eye at a time to last an extra 5 seconds
RT needs to play Containment Breach 😁
This game is brutal, the voice acting really drives it home.
You're so right. If it wasn't for the voice acting, I wouldn't be crying like this
@@BastiElektronik And yet even with all that I didnt cry at all, who cares about one kid dying? Millions of people die every day so what? Why do they get a special reportage compared to everybody else...
But if they would have made a reference to the horrifically Racist and Fascist practice of measuring Skull sizes as practised during the Jim Crow Era, now _that_ would have made curl up and make me start sobbing😭
@@aturchomicz821 racism is definitely disheartening but you're comparing oranges to watermelons because they're very different topics, man vs terminal illness and man vs man. Is it wrong to cry from a story? Many have shed tears from both.
@@aturchomicz821 just because something isn't uncommon doesn't mean it's not sad
@@aturchomicz821 What the hell is your problem dude
The wolves eating the kittens just made me want to punch myself out of pure dread..
This game really has something for everyone to relate to. Out of all the parts in the game, it was the dying cats sending the kid into a desperate frenzy to find a purpose that got me.
This game just fucking crushed me. This shit's worse than This War of Mine which i have urgency to fill buckets with my tears.
Dude, I fucking bawled
Like I knew this game was gonna be sad, but I didn't think it would hit me like a freight train in the dead center of my core.. with cats...
Watching this live was such an experience. You had people being pissed because Dan kept blinking, and on the other hand you had people sobbing uncontrollably. 10/10 one of the best experiences of my life.
Ooh you got the premium bundle
I was on the side of my heart is being ripped out of my chest
It's one of those games that makes you hate the player, I hated Rt while playing this, because he never actually tried to keep his eyes open
i just thought it was funny when there was a major plot thing happening and then just
"aw shit I blinked"
Both extremes, the good and the bad.
Jokes on you game, I cried so hard I didn't NEED to blink.
Which bit did you cry at?
gaming strat pog
Nevermind I understand what you mean
You literally copied a comment from word for word, with the same capitalization and punctuation.
@@roguechlnchllla6564 really?
Thanks for saying.
If it’s actually true that’s fucking sad. For a verified channel even.
Me with my Tourette’s: tic that makes me blink rapidly
The game: moving at the speed of light
So you'll just have to play this masterpiece longer.
I don't see a downside besides being dehydrated by the end of it.
When I first read the title I assumed it was probably some type of platformer where you jump by blinking, not this rollercoaster of emotions
3:02
"Don't blink" says the man blinking three times before even finishing the sentence
Oh my goodness, RT QUOTED DOCTOR WHO!
*dies from happines*
@Egg Egg egg egg Cang yor spek fore 5 froakin monates yro forakin boritchh
This game gives the phrase "don't blink or you'll miss it" a whole new meaning.
Don't like this comment any more it has 69 likes
Well that is the point of this game
similar premise to superliminal. having a general moral to the game which follows along with the story and the common mechanics when playing.
including the indie development story but I won't go into that lol
It also sums up the phrase "Times passes by in a blink of an eye"
my friend died at the beginning of this year. Something was wrong with her heart, she was at a party, she passed out, she was brought to the hospital and it turned out she was dead. I'm 17 she was 19 and her sister is also my friend. I felt my heart breaking when I was told the news... but I also knew that her sister felt worse.
ok
@@efeayar1222 thank you. This game just kinda reminded me of it.
I’m sorry for your loss.😔
@@keepyourshoesathedoor thank you
I’m sorry for what you and your sister when through. I wish the best for you.
as an artist with chronic fatigue, this really hit home for me. my entire childhood was taken away from me, except my art. i would draw every day since i had nothing to do. eventually i became suicidal as i had nobody, nothing, and nobody cared to stick around and be friends with me. i forgot what it was like to live a normal life, and became more of a recluse every day. eventually i would never leave my room except to get food, water etc. and i stopped talking to friends online. i would lose a little bit of myself each day, and within a few months i had lost all sense of self, the only thing tying me to reality being my drawings. eventually my mother found out about my depression, and took me to a therapist. i got medication and therapy and over the years my chronic fatigue and depression improved. itll never be completely gone, but at least now i know theres people looking out for me and im not alone
i can relate. the only thing i ever do now is just sit on my pc, watching youtube, writing comments, and looking at my friends list that is just full of offline people that haven't been on for years. i also go back through discord and look at my old messages i would send to my friends and i took for granted them responding to me, or playing games with me. its sad having no-one to talk to, or no-one to play with. if i could get a good best friend who is both in real life and online, i would be incredibly grateful. my crush (who doesnt even know she is, as im too afraid to admit it) was also on my discord friends list. times past, some of my other friends accounts were deleted, my crushes discord account switched, she stopped messaging me and never messages me anymore. i remember the good times - playing with her on roblox, having fun. those times have gone and i now just sit, staring at a screen, ruining my vision even more, and wishing for friends who wont leave. i know my story is different to yours but it makes me feel better sharing it with other people. Anyway,
please dont waste your life at a screen. you will regret it. now go outside and play with your friends/family. you might miss the opportunity!
Best Wishes, Element!
This is very relatable to me.
I wish the best for you dude. We’re all here as support.
Lucky to have a talent with artistry too!
Also, Strayan too. Do you do commissions?
@@mattymerr701 i do, but not currently as ive been working on a big project and its been taking a lot of time, i can try to fit a commission in somewhere though
Fuck dude. Just... fuck. This game is heavy. It’s scary just how much each blink, each skip, makes my heart sink. When the red cloud of the disease consumed your entire vision, I felt like crying.
What a masterpiece.
I was crying when they started telling the story of the kid
God it hurt ;-;
Well, it's better to have a story than having only white pages
Pretentious comment
@@irarelyupload6930 Uh, how though? OP was being legitimate and passionate about expressing their feelings, but ok then lol.
@@Artificial_Elysium fuck dude. just... fuck. this reply is heavy. it makes my heart sink. i felt like crying.
give me a break lmfao
This game’s ending with the parents being there at Benjamin’s deathbed as he is accepted by the cat and the mom and ferryman both reading the heart-wrenching story actually tears me apart. It makes me question my life and what my story is.
It made me want to stop wasting my life and hurry up and post more content. Fr fr I WILL NOT WASTE MY LIFE!! 😭
@@TheHappyHummy your not wasting your life if you don’t post content to the internet
@@dougalbadger4918 I kinda am, since ive invested the last 6 years of my life into it and want it as a my career so I can take care of my family by 24
@@TheHappyHummy out of curiosity, how old are you?
@@TheHappyHummy but your channel was made 4 years ago how did you spend 6 years doing it
“so when he know he had to go, he was okay, because he’d already lived a agreat life. A full life.” Was that the saddest line for me only?
Same!! He was TWELVE and he tried so hard when he should have just been a kid
at the start I thought "oh this is gonna be kinda sad" then "not much is happening, honestly don't feel that much" and by the end I was head-in-hands crying
For those of us who feel like failures who'll never amount to anything, this is a rough one to watch.
It's never too late, Mark.
Plus, there’s that simple thing “he was everything he needed to be.” Because you are, we all are. You don’t have to amount to anything. For a life to be worthwhile you have to have made one person feel a little better even just one time. You’ll always be enough
Dang man you got me
I feel it to brother
fuck yeah man.
someone in chat said “benny you were the coolest 11 year old to live” and i BROKE DOWN 😭😭😭
Awwww >
What does this even mean?
@@Fatality2013 im guessing that someone knew the story and foreshadowed it before it was revealed that benny actually lied to the ferryman about getting better
@@FanFoRlYfE from the context, it could also just have been said live on stream after the reveal, which makes sense to me
@@levleone4045 Oh, I was just thinking they were done for because they realized they've been spoiled somehow. That makes sense too
This game hit so hard for me I was sobbing by the end.
My mum has multiple sclerosis and she used to be the most active person I knew, she had 2 horses and went riding daily. but by the time I was 12 she was struggling to walk, when I was 15 she couldn't even stand unassisted. I'm 18 now, my mum struggles to feed herself, she can't stand shes completely wheelchair-bound, she struggles to speak sometimes and is losing her memory, it's so fucking hard to watch this happen to her but I can't even begin to imagine what it's like having your body and mind slowly fail you.
My mom has MS too…she’s been getting worse over the past few years and she now uses a cane because her leg doesn’t move very well and goddamn this comment hit hard
Weather through it you will, sometimes in life you gotta cherish the past and keep walking forwards
The "I think he's somewhere he likes." Line fucking broke me I'm now a sad blob in a bed holy shit this game hit me a lot harder than I thought it would.
So like, this 11 year old boy was very sick and in his fever dreams, feeling like he’s not ready to go, like he still has so much to live for, he imagines a future where he is healed and becomes a world famous artist. But this is all a beautiful lie he dreamt up which prevents him from passing on. At the end, in self-reflection and together with his first love he starts accepting his imminent end and gains a new, more positive perspective on his life. Finally, in the company of his family he welcome the end of a short, but fully lived out life.
Or did I understand wrong?
You're accurate and I'm crying :(
FUCKBKB IM CRYIGNG AGAIN
this is exactly what happened
What was the whole part about elle being unable to breathe? Where it turned all white? Was that her panicing as Benny died?
@@morrowmorrow4811 Now that you mention it: I feel like Elle was probably panicking, with her son being at death’s door but _he_ probably interpreted that as _her_ actually being close to death (the breathing being hard can also be taken as Elle having a severe health problem) and “dying” in his imagined grown-up future
There was a kid in elementary that I didn't really "know", but I knew. She, unfortunately, passed days after her 7th birthday. She didn't live long, but every day at school felt brighter with her, and every student shared the same sentiment. This game reminded me of her impact on all of us. RIP, you'll never be forgotten.
I had a similar experience. I had a friend in elementary school who I'd play with everyday at recess. We'd go acorn hunting, smash them to see what was inside and bury the rest when it was time to go in, then see if we could find them the next day (we never could). She drowned in a swimming pool in 2nd grade, and the elementary school made a pretty memorial for her and a large portion of my class attended her funeral. She was a fun person to be around and was/is dearly missed.
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nice
Unfortunately within a blink of an eye, 1, 2, 3 generations will pass and yes. she will inevitably be forgotten. as will all of us unless we do something really big
@@WolfyRed stfu
@@WolfyRed please, that’s disrespectful
The One person who played through the ENTIRE game :
*eye lidn’t*
"Oh neat a game that uses blinking as part of the gameplay! Let's watch that"
30 minutes later: *literally crying my eyes out*
This stream genuinely crushed me. I have also never been so annoyed at dan blinking lmao
lmao
This was terrible because im really good at keeping my eyes open
👁👁
I agree
Same
As someone who lost a family member to cancer just 2 months ago, I really feel this, I wish he could've seen so many things, but that's just not how life works, life is difficult, and there's so many decisions, but you just have to treasure every moment
I'm so incredibly sorry for your loss. You are very wise. I hope he lived a happy life
@@plimellro Thank you, and I'd like to think that he did. Thank you again stranger, I hope you have a good life 😊
@@pinkpeppers5580 I hope you have a great life as well
Those final two lines really got me for some reason
god, this game was good, especially when the ferryman is pleading with benny to just close his eyes as he relives his death
"How you doing chat? You good?" Me, sobbing uncontrollably: DO I LOOK-
Like your dad??"
From what I understood the life Benny describes at first was the story made up by himself with the typewriter, but in reality he died in his bed... The fact that the ferryman said that despite Benny litearly dying at 11 years old and despite that called his life a full life... man, that hit me, because I always worry that I won't live a full life. And also the fact that in the end the parents were described as "ordinary" says that you don't NEED to land into a family that is the best in the world, man this is a good game with some good messaging. At least from how I understood it.
11 is my age :(
It's so weird seeing a couple hours edited down to just a half hour. This game made me cry like a baby. It's magnificent.
3:05
“Don’t blink not even for a second”
Also him: blinks while saying that
this game is absolutely crsuhing. for someone who already is afraid of forgetting a lot of memories, thinking about how they are gone in a blink is... terrifying.
edit: is three weeks later now and i finished the video, after stopping halfway the first time.. wow.
As someone who's experienced nothing but crippling existential dread for the last few years after experiencing loss and occasionally thinks about similar stuff, I think it's important to remember that everything is finite and we don't truly own anything, even our memories, and one day we'll have to let go of everything, but you must not despair, just enjoy the moments while you can, there's no point in living in fear of the unknown.
"Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink.”
"Good Luck"
“Your life will depend on this.”
@@MRPUMKINMAN uncultured
Doctor Who Quote
@@ActingOutVA Au contraire mon ami, this is a man of exquisite, refined taste, and above all a man of culture. Truly embodies the essence of high society.
Here's some helpful advice.
A good way to prevent blinking is to constantly move your eyes in different directions, it lubricates your eye enough to where you feel like you've blinked, even though you haven't. Hope this helps.
A game that makes you cry by telling a sad story while forcing you to inflict pain to yourself. Genius
I knew he wasn't gonna get better when he wrote the letter, but the mom's story really sealed it in. It was her way of coping with losing the child she loved so dearly so soon.
It was very thoughtful of you to upload a video so your audience can win a staring contest.
I lost, a lot
True fan keep staring until the end of the video. Victory in the war is better than victory in a battle.
@Egg Egg egg egg Egg Egg egg egg
I was doing that the entire time
It's training.
I rarely admit these things online, and I know this will probably get swallowed, but I wanted to share my own experiences and why this game... really hits me hard.
I have DID. For those of you who don't know, DID is Dissociate Identity Disorder. Now, most of you will dissociate a few times or even a bit often, but for people who have DID, like us, it goes a lot further. We have separate... Selves, you could say. My name is Don, but in our system, there's Ari and Third. Each of us has our own duties, our own wants, our own unique senses of self. We have our own experiences, our own thoughts, our own personalities. We're all complex in our own rights. The reason this game really resonates with me is that for us, we don't...share our memories. It's hard if not impossible. I'll be active and be able to see, feel, hear everything. I'll be able to interact with the world and know it's me. I'll be able to "Yeah. I'm Don. I know who I am." But maybe in a few moments, I'll dissociate, and then Ari takes over, possibly, and she has that same experience for herself, being able to do things she wants to do, but I won't know. It's like the blink. Suddenly you're aware of what's going on, not really sure as to the context, but things fade in and you're aware. But you don't really know how long you'll... be around, in a way you could say it. I just sometimes without notice snap out of reality, like I'm being pulled from a screen, then a bit later, I get pulled back, suddenly aware of everything, but everything has changed. We don't know how long we'll be gone for. We could be gone for a minute, we could be gone for a day. Third's gone right now, and has been away for 3 months. It's scary. I would be lying if I said I wasn't terrified of the future and my life as we live in. So many people take for granted the ability to have memories, the ability to feel things, and existence itself. I have been suicidal from this, and at times I still am, but it's unfair to not just me, but to Ari and third if I did that. It's unfair to those around me, as well, and those that care about me. I have a girlfriend, now. She's an angel. She helps take care of me so much. She doesn't mind repeating things, or reminding us of certain things, or helping communicate between Ari and me. We don't know who's the "original," if they're even still around. Ari remembers more than I do of our childhood, which suggests she is, but considering the body is male, we're unsure and highly doubtful. Everything is very... confusing for us. We try to understand, but mainly we just try to live. Things like driving to somewhere that might just be around the corner can be a hassle because I might want to head to the store for shampoo, but while driving or stopped on the way, Ari might take over and might have no idea why we're even driving. It's horrible at times, and causes so much issues, but we're still alive and going. We're blessed to be able to still live in a house with our family, though they know we have issues they don't know to the true extent of things. Ari wants to tell everyone and own up to it, but I'm scared. I'm really scared. But I have faith. I have faith in things working out, as long as we keep putting in the hard work.
-Donovan
Thank you for sharing your story, it’s amazing to see people with different experiences share what they know, and can also help other people know that they’re not alone. I hope you all are doing well :)
I felt the same way about this game, for slightly similar yet all together different reasons.
See, I have a mental disorder called Epilepsy. Maybe you've heard of it, maybe not-- it basically means I am very susceptible to these random outbursts and seizures, which can happen at the most random of times. And, a seizure, as I wouldn describe it, is exactly like blinking, or passing out-- one minute, I'm in my house, reading a book or playing games, and the next, I'm in the back of an ambulance, or in a hospital bed, and I'm tied down to keep from hurting myself and I'm just exhausted, I have no idea what's going on. I don't know what I did while I was out, or even how long I was out for.
Although, that is, of course, now-- I have prescription medicine from my doctors that works to keep my brain in control, and I have semi-anual appointments with my neurologist to make sure I'm physically healthy, and I have a butt-ton of information I wouldn't have known, previously, to share with those around me and to keep myself calm and to make sure everything's, alright, but...
I wasn't diagnosed with epilepsy until I was in the seventh grade. Because that was when my parents noticed-- but I had been having seizures long before then. For example, we'd be driving down the highway, and it would be late afternoon, and the flickering of sunlight and shade from the trees and sixty or something mph would have me twitching, shaking, and then we'd be dozens of miles from where I remembered last, and I'd be terrified, trying not to cry because I didn't know what the hell was going on. Or, there'd be the absent seizures, in which, we'd be at a dinner party, and I would stop talking mid-sentence, and then time would pass without me knowing it, and then I'd just... wake up, and finish the sentence, and everyone would be so confused, because they'd forgotten what I was on about, and I would feel like a fool for having even spoken up in the first place.
So, then I became a very socially anxious, very timid little kid. And I liked my denial, pretending that everything was alright, but... Even now, being many years seizure-free, I'll never forget how terrifying it is, loosing control over my body. Trying to move my hands, but watching them flail about; trying to call for help, but hearing my voice blabber on about something different, instead. And then the blip. The blinking.
Learning how to trust myself again was always the hardest part.
Anyway, sorry for that long, dramatic spiel-- I know it's nothing like op's condition, but it's nice relating with somebody about the disassociation, the total loss of control. If you've read all of that, I thank you very much; please remember to take care of yourself, to eat food and to hydrate and to remember that you're worth it. That you're all worth it.
Anyone who is reading this is beautiful and kind I hope to see you again, lovely internet stranger!! Have a wonderful day/night!! 💕💕💕
i’m so sorry, mate.. i really hope this gets better for you, that sounds like hell to live with.
good luck with this, mate. don’t give up, okay?
Nice to see another system on here, it can be hard to handle but you can do it -Kaiden
Hugs. 🤗
As someone who's been nearly bedbound since age 12, this game hits hard. Thank you for playing this game, RT and I really appreciate the developers who created it. It's beautiful and heartbreaking.
I can't stop giggling about the idea of a speedrun with facecam for this game
The speedrun would require lighting fast blinking
So they would program robots to blink for them
hand strats
just wave your hand over the cam to emulate blinking really fuckin fast
@@thatoneguy9582 basically john cena you can't see me.
Goddamn the voice acting in this game is top tier
Very true
It is REALLY good
The guy who played Richard I think is the same guy who voiced someone in a kids cartoon I watch sometimes
@@splattyfatty chad
@@ok-kh9cb chad
I became way too invested in this, I watched all 34 minutes without skipping or anything, and it felt like years past
You should watch the full game
This is actually a very unique concept of an afterlife.
Rt: *"Keeps blinking"*
Everyone: Could you not blink, For *FIVE SECONDS*
Funny story: during the live stream I tried to see how long I could go without blinking for that and let's just say RT was better than me
@@AmberMetallicScorpion I tried the same and wasn’t surprised to find out I could last longer than him
RT is the reason I bought the game, because I got so annoyed within the first few minutes of the stream that I decided to just do it myself.
Needless to say, it was worth it. AND I got through nearly every scene without blinking. (Nearly, because I sadly discovered moving your head too far out of the Webcam counts as a blink.)
@@quartzmerlin sadly I dont have a webcam =(
@@processedgrain8685 You don't need one to play, actually!
Me watching this video is the equivalent of when I hold my breath when the characters go underwater in movies.
Sameee
And in my case, fail miserably
This almost killed me in Finding Nemo
Steve can lift billions of tons but can't hold his breath for 30 seconds...
As an honest comment, This game made me cry as the story concluded of imagining a potential life to make up for wasted potential, and those caring for you watching you waste away. Even though it's not something out of my hands, me with severe depression hit me so hard as I can see my own downfall that my condition is one of my own making and just stuck wanting to change but ending up blotting out what I don't want to come realize. this game is honest and hits you where it really hurts it hurts me and at least makes me feel some true emotion in my forced emotionless existence trying to keep those caring for me at least the illusion of happiness for my sake.
I still think it's so fucked up (in a good way??) that the ferryman is represented by the coyotes that had killed the kittens, and the gatekeeper is represented by Ernie
This whole game has a really great concept.
You try not to blink as if you are fighting the disease
At last you just can't do anything no matter how hard you struggle
There’s nothing you can do, and have to fight to relive the moments
Holy shit
Not just that, but facing the truth. Sometimes, lying is associated with blinking especially when interrogated. The fact that he can't blink while facing the truth is perfect symbolism. It's hard to face the truth, to be honest and thus to accept it.
God the mechanic fits the theme perfectly.
Chloe: "I know you're just faking it so you won't have to go to school!"
Benny: *Dies
Chloe: "Well fuck."
Priceless.
Chloe, at the burial : "He sure is taking it to another level of faking."
@@SnazEM783 "the level of dedication on this kid 😒"
Pranked
this like is actually really good, because this could be her not knowing of the sickness, or this could be her not wanting it to be true and not wanting to believe that he's that sick. it shows just how much she cares for the main character
I really love the concept of the game and it really helps to open my eyes. I'm 17 this year and have been struggling to say the least, with my life so far. I feel guilty for past decisions and I felt like I wasted so much of my 17 years so far. I never got to experience much and honestly I feel like I won't. I'm struggling with mental health and I'm on a stalemate between life and death. The reality of knowing how much I messed up on the best years of my life makes me feel sad. I just want to restart it like a game.
Make new memories. It's never too late, friend
I really do hope you're doing better now
yep...
anyone else get SUPER freaked out by the mere *noises* when the wolves were eating the cats?
Daniel's wide eyed face is just like that one pic of Nicholas Cage istg
Nicholas Cage body pillow
@Egg Egg egg egg not dry at all 😳
"Why are you not crying?"
Probably the lack of blinking that dried up his eyes.
But that would make him blink a hell of a lot if they dried out. It would likely hurt too. I have dry eyes as a side effect of medicine I take, so I know from experience.
I can report as a person who played this game then watched the video to avoid spoilers, yes we have water in our eyes but we physically cannot cry cause of the blinking
I haven't had a game tear me apart like this since "That Dragon, Cancer"...
the beginning of this kids childhood is just your lie in april
I thought this would be a wholesome story, I was not expecting an emotional roller coaster about life and fulfillment.
I was expecting humour, boy that Changed fast
@@flamepath7583 Same man... same
Isn't that wholesome? Or did wholesome start to mean "warm and fuzzy" while I wasn't paying attention?
Helo LONK with different nem Edit: Purposely misplet Edit: 2 I thk I hbing a strko Edit: 3 HELP
Basically, we still get a wholesome story but someone keep bringing crying onion
this game was so beautiful. when they revealed that the kid had passed and everything about him being an artist was just a dream i lost it and could not stop crying for the rest of the story
no stop 😭 im an idiot and didnt realize thats what that meant stop no im crying again
My older brother died at the age of 21 only 2 years ago due to a terminal illness. This was comforting and heart wrenching at the same time
People who are champions in staring contests: "Tis but child's play."
hahahah
29:44
Dear weird neighbour kid,
You are my first love
RT:*blinks instantly*
*screaming*
You are my first *LOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
this happens when a human reads in the middle of the line the blink
thats why you saw him blink on the middle word "are"
this is why in games like these you should be careful when given something to read
if you want more evidence true reading your comment on the first line "Dear weird neighbour kid" and notice that you blink on the word "weird" or the word "neighbour" or in between them
@@bababklj3638 wow that’s cool
When a thirty-minute video about a game makes me much sadder than a full-length movie
True
the game itself is actually about an hour and 30 minutes or a bit less but i completely agree, no movie has made me cry like this lol
@@macarooni4023 yeah
Ikr? I never cry watching movies, but here I am sobbing like a newborn.
I feel bad... everyone's talking about how they're crying so much and I was just enjoying the voice acting the whole time. Like- I noticed that the dad has the same voice actor as Brown Bear from We Bare Bears and everytime he talked I was like, "heehehe adorable bear dad"
This game really reminds me of dementia and alzheimer's... The way things and memories seem to cut off at the blink of an eye, and the way the visuals are presented too, almost splotchy and unwhole
When daniel blinked when he got the letter from chloe, I died inside slightly
I think the other part says love chloe, I watched a different play through of it
@@aiden6843 I see...
Deer weird neighbor kid
You are my first love
Love Chloe
@@whomidity3953 I don’t without my glasses
I’m gonna pick up this game just to see if there was more
Dan really had the audacity to make me cry so hard at 8am on a Saturday. The nerve of some people.
It's not Saturday anywhere in the world....
Edit: The stream was 8am on a Saturday?
@@arterca The joke is this internet user named Arterca :3 who replied to a joke with confusion,and the internet did not take kindly to them.
@@a.person1805 i didn't come here to be personally attacked like this at 8am on a Saturday.
I cried to
@@arterca it was streamed on a saturday
god the idea of not being hang on to the moments that you get in life and having to just move through life as it hits you and treasure what you get hits different man;; even though i know that the blinking mechanic was funny at times it was still so profound to see dan/chat desperately trying to keep a good moment alive for as long as possible despite knowing that it had to be finite
That end really got to me, because my mom's really sick, and I'm having to watch her get sicker and sicker, like the parents had to, with their son.
Whoever wrote this game is one of the best writers I have ever encountered. This story is so poignant and moved my soul. I hope one day I can write something as moving as this...and the theme of this game made me not want to waste any more time.
Same...
This is like every writers go too when he cant think of something that would actlly mean something so he pulls u in with a child...you watch yourself grow you meet your first love or what ever and then die early causing everyone around to be sad but then they realise how good there lives were with you or some shit. You see this everyware, this was extremely predictable and boring.
@@themysteriousman1017 ok mr "expert writer", tell us a "moving" story then, I better cry a river when I finish reading it, and it better not be ugh pRedIcTaBle.
@@BasiliskDark536 I never said I was a expert, all I said was you see this style of writing everywhere, comics, books, movies, TV and games if the writer cant pull you in with something they think the reader would enjoy they go strait to the innocence of a child because they know it's instinctive for us to love and protect so we get attached to what there writing,and then they spice it up a little with an dream he never got or a parent dying(this guy was so desperate for you
to get hooked he put both in the same story), it's a simple psychology trick and this guy was praising it like it was the best thing ever.
@@themysteriousman1017 r u really some1 to criticize some1's writing when u misspelt " actlly and everyware"
The dad was the best character he was comforting to everyone and was okay with you not being perfect and doing stuff with friends and not being perfect
Always need at least 1 person like that in a family, when everything and everyone is falling apart, they're the rock keeping everyone living and ticking on by.
Tends to be the father I think.
@@maisie2730 just a random parent but not always sometimes it’s a sibling
@@bobjhon7391
True, I know it would be my sister who would be that if my Dad went
@@maisie2730 That. That, hits hard. Especially now when most kids dont have a Father in there life saying, its ok being yourself while still enjoying life.
@@MisSpace
What in the world are you on about?
Why would it not be ok being yourself? Why would you not want to be your best self? You make zero sense.
This made me realize i have a special talent of not blinking for minutes at a time
I’m 18 and I have chronic pain, depression and anxiety, there’s so many times where I feel like benny when he was ill, this hit a little too hard for me
I just want to know how many people kept their eyes closed for the entirety of the credits and only realized it from watching this video.
I distinctly remember several people during the credits saying "you can open your eyes now"
I have no idea why, but the moment he wrote that he just laid down and died, I teared up. I dunno why but everything just kinda felt hopeless, and it broke my heart. Same thing happened when everything went red and white
same. that's the moment when I realized he was _not_ going to get better, and it totally wrecked me
It's just devastating to think about an 11 year old being in such a state to have that thought process
this really sent me tearing up, back in elementary school i lost 2 friends to leukemia and i just wondered if this is what they were feeling the whole time
@@aniyilator This is a really sad one, so please don't read if you're not mentally prepared.
There was once a 911 call of a 11 year old (I think) who was stuck in a car. He called the police, stating that he was going to die. They didn't send anyone because they thought it was a prank call, so he actually died shortly after.
@@aniyilator it reminds me of the final verse in the song "Lucky Man", which was written by a kid.
"A bullet had found him, his blood ran as he cried.
No money could save him, so he laid down and he died.
Ooh what a lucky man he was."
the time skips and the way everything is surrounded by darkness reminds me of dreaming
i can’t i’m literally crying
“And he was everything he needed to be. Just as he was.”
i almost got through this game without crying too man