The Ruined World of 'Barren'

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  • Imagine a future where humanity must survive alongside mutated horrors. An exploration of Keegan Francis’s dark post-apocalyptic worldbuilding project ‘Barren.’
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    ‘Barren,’ a post-apocalyptic worldbuilding project by Keegan Francis, imagines an alternate history where civilization ended in nuclear conflict, and mutated animal life rapidly evolves to rule over the irradiated wastes left behind.
    A retro-future that calls to mind the worldbuilding of the Fallout series, the project reveals a world where human survivors must contend with biological horrors created by their own folly. So, for this entry into the archive, we’ll travel across the wastes, creating a ‘survival guide’ of sorts to the creatures that roam this desolate world.
    Now, let’s cross into an alternate timeline, and witness the broken world of Barren…
    0:00 World of Barren
    1:47 Mutant Biology
    3:32 The Bulwark
    4:43 The Bonehen
    5:55 The Zadger
    7:12 The Nukula
    8:58 The Dillo-Pig
    10:09 The Goldwing
    11:13 The Rotfowl
    12:28 Biophage
    13:31 “Ankle Biters”
    14:22 The Vespore
    15:28 Not All is Lost…
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  • @KfrancisArt
    @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +3997

    Wow, this is crazy to see my world.
    Appreciate the feature and any who come over to support and join the project.

    • @raegardens8339
      @raegardens8339 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      The art is so good!

    • @bustavonnutz
      @bustavonnutz ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Really interesting premise, I wonder what kind of horrors are lurking in the lakes & rivers...

    • @KfrancisArt
      @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@raegardens8339 thank you :) appreciate it

    • @KfrancisArt
      @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@bustavonnutz people will find out soon :) specially patrons
      Get a vote on the what’s next

    • @michaelstevens8073
      @michaelstevens8073 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Awesome work! Hope your project grows tremendously.

  • @danjaminmonster
    @danjaminmonster ปีที่แล้ว +2510

    As a British person, I can confirm that this was not a fictional alternate world, it is actually a documentary about what life is like here in the UK

  • @CLCasual
    @CLCasual ปีที่แล้ว +2519

    I just want to point out RE: Zadgers, their precursor, the badger, is NOT a harmless animal, they can be vicious little bastards

    • @paleoleft
      @paleoleft ปีที่แล้ว +64

      i mean theyre aggressive but not really dangerous

    • @jonathancapehart4669
      @jonathancapehart4669 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Badger killed my pa.

    • @binarybug5997
      @binarybug5997 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Badger killed me pops

    • @FatManWithNoPlans
      @FatManWithNoPlans ปีที่แล้ว

      As a person living in the Badger State, I can inform you that they're running a state-wide protection racket, and have infiltrated the US government enough that a blind eye is turned to their actions.

    • @Tanooki_Leaf.
      @Tanooki_Leaf. ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Badger killed my future

  • @timeshark8727
    @timeshark8727 ปีที่แล้ว +1937

    War... War never changes
    This feels like a "what if the creators of Fallout read a biology book and made more than 5 animals per game"

    • @KfrancisArt
      @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +135

      Haha thanks?

    • @timeshark8727
      @timeshark8727 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@KfrancisArt like, old fallout.. not current bioware

    • @thegreygoblin5165
      @thegreygoblin5165 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@timeshark8727 *Bethesda

    • @timeshark8727
      @timeshark8727 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@thegreygoblin5165 that's the one... I get all the "once good, now crap" developers mixed up

    • @KfrancisArt
      @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yep haha

  • @darongw
    @darongw ปีที่แล้ว +2485

    There really needs to be a mutated house cat that stalks the forests and fields of the UK in Barren. It would be fitting since people in the UK in real life claim to see large wild cats :)

    • @NetMoverSitan
      @NetMoverSitan ปีที่แล้ว +98

      It'd be even more amusing, if they evolve into Felis Sapiens.

    • @FeedMeSalt
      @FeedMeSalt ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It would be MORE fitting because cats in the UK are the single most responsible invasive species responsible for the extinction of 98% of native life.
      The UK is ecologically dead, and outdoor cats are ILLIGAL and kill on sight because of this.
      Over a thousand species of birds and small mammals entirely gone from the country.
      Over a billion birds and another billion small mammals, "nobody has studied reptiles yet" are killed by cats in the US every single year.
      They also recently have exploded with STDs and a few sexually transmitted genetic illnesses like cancer. Yes, cancer spread through sex.
      Canada is facing similar problems near urban areas.
      Since domestic cats kill for fun far more then for food, and they don't only target rats and pests.
      Infact they prefer birds over any other prey.
      Anyway, a massive mutant domestic house cat eating everything and killing for fun fits perfectly.
      Because they already do.

    • @tammywillmott7592
      @tammywillmott7592 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      @@NetMoverSitan just a regular cat that can speak with a british accent

    • @KfrancisArt
      @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Imma add that idea to my book haha, I love it :)

    • @lepusistlich6930
      @lepusistlich6930 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      We have wildcats in Scotland.

  • @Schlumpsha
    @Schlumpsha ปีที่แล้ว +742

    Dang, now I want a survival horror game setting in Barren! At least the upcoming Fallout London mod will somewhat quench that thirst for a radioactive GB.

    • @SuspectStew
      @SuspectStew ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Nice pfp

    • @crowickedone4037
      @crowickedone4037 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nah a game always dimishes the setting

    • @nothingclever7582
      @nothingclever7582 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Metro and stalker may help you. But also I'd prefer barren to be made more like metro due to how hostile the world is.

    • @emberandfriendsanimations2454
      @emberandfriendsanimations2454 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That would be so cool

    • @KfrancisArt
      @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Haha that would be a dream come true,
      In meantime may develop a world to be played in DND + info and a book

  • @androidmk5987
    @androidmk5987 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    I can't help but laugh at the mental idea there's just some random reptile or crustacean that hasn't changed at all. Like a crocodile or a horseshoe crab that's just exactly the same.

    • @astranix0198
      @astranix0198 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Well, if it ain't broke...

    • @QueenPentax
      @QueenPentax ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It’ll be the horseshoe crab lol

    • @ItsMeVenusaur
      @ItsMeVenusaur 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Crocodiles and sharks have kept the same body shape for millions of years so it could be plausible 🗿

    • @cevatkokbudak6414
      @cevatkokbudak6414 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      lmao

  • @darylpowell401
    @darylpowell401 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    As an american, it's strange to hear badgers called "harmless"

    • @maxxor-overworldhero6730
      @maxxor-overworldhero6730 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Especially when they're so closely related to Wolverines.

    • @kelekona5459
      @kelekona5459 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, British badgers aren’t harmless, they’re vicious bastards who will often try to attack and bite people. They won’t kill you, but they’ll fuck your shins up and give you horrible infections

    • @EllesGhost13
      @EllesGhost13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They're not harmless at all, they do keep to themselves but can be real mean like any other

    • @FSmith-kv4fj
      @FSmith-kv4fj ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As someone on Tumblr once said, “a badger is what happens when evolution wants a crocodile, but all it has to work with is a weasel.”

    • @williamverhagen5210
      @williamverhagen5210 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Europeanen baggers can still fuck you up with their strong tunneling claws but no where near as dangerous american honey baggers

  • @aidanshea5942
    @aidanshea5942 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    "Yet the green landscapes of old have been replaced by a grim wasteland of silent decay"
    Wow, things must gotten *really* bad *after* the nukes

    • @Whalefire2
      @Whalefire2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Dunno you ever been to Doncaster

    • @JudgeNicodemus
      @JudgeNicodemus ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Or the singularity of human misery known as... Slough...

    • @britisharmedforcesmilsim3015
      @britisharmedforcesmilsim3015 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@JudgeNicodemus 🤮 Slough

    • @inspirednamehere6166
      @inspirednamehere6166 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      yeah tbh "a grim wasteland of silent decay" already accurately describes a lot of britain

    • @Cadian-8th-4676
      @Cadian-8th-4676 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You have entered cumbria

  • @blushblush32
    @blushblush32 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    It’d be really cool to see you cover Dogs of the Spires. It’s basically post-apocalyptic fantasy with quite a bit of spec-evo and cosmic horror sorta stuff in the later books
    Edit: I think you can get the series in some bookstores but you can probably find it online. Not normally a fan of xenofiction but the worldbuilding was more than enough to get me interested

    • @im.not.typical91
      @im.not.typical91 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Where can I learn more about Dogs of the Spire. I searched it on TH-cam and only got furry amvs

    • @DavidtinSongulous9856
      @DavidtinSongulous9856 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@im.not.typical91 th-cam.com/video/pmk3to8cZwg/w-d-xo.html
      I assume this is the one. It's definitely post-apocalyptic.

    • @thecatbrat42
      @thecatbrat42 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@im.not.typical91 I am also wondering

    • @dyno6614
      @dyno6614 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      cosmic horror? you have me interested.

  • @ukrainiansturgeon8561
    @ukrainiansturgeon8561 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    “The harmless badger” I know you already addressed this problem, but I have to say even large cats are afraid of it. I gotta say though I like this world building project is amazing.

    • @David_Fellner
      @David_Fellner ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yeah, I laughed at that phrase too. Badgers are anything but harmless, and a good basis for a radioactive monstrosity.

    • @sirensong237
      @sirensong237 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@David_Fellner honey badgers throw hands with god. European badgers make you tea and cookies and ask about your day.

    • @cevatkokbudak6414
      @cevatkokbudak6414 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@David_FellnerMe too

  • @Rum-Runner
    @Rum-Runner ปีที่แล้ว +580

    Interesting concept, though wouldn’t it be more likely that these mutated animals would simply be referred to as their predecessors? For example, I think it would be far more likely that “bone-hens” would just be called “chickens” by the inhabitants of this alternate reality, considering that these are all recognized animals that would have mutated in such a short timeframe; within what could essentially be one person’s lifetime.

    • @friend_trilobot
      @friend_trilobot ปีที่แล้ว +150

      That's a good point, but I think it happening quickly makes it more likely they'd change the name bc people would be aware of the "classic" chicken still to compare it to. When you introduce a new thing quickly, people will invent new terms to describe it and this is different than the slower version of language change which is usually sound changes or the gradual shifting of lexical meanings, e.t.c. In English people don't pronounce the k or gh in 'knight' bc of slow gradual changes in pronunciation, and they use it to mean a mounted warrior (or a special title bestowed by royalty that is descended from this mounted warrior tradition) when its literal meaning in pre-Germanic is something like "boy" or "servant." Of course the chicken of today is genetically and visually different than the ones in the past (if only size and breed) even when people use the exact same word, but I would argue this happens specifically bc the change is so gradual and hard to notice - sometimes language changes slowly even if everything's the same, and sometimes things change and the language doesn't. But that's over long periods of time.
      In contrast we began using the word "smart phone" almost right away after they were introduced. BUT on the other hand, many nowadays call it just a phone, except to distinguish it from other types of phones (which still exist). So it could be both or they'll use the old word. But i still think it happening fast makes it more likely they'd produce a new term, not less likely.

    • @fabriziobiancucci7702
      @fabriziobiancucci7702 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Probably because the post-apocalyptic people still remember the old world. Probably the names of the new animals was given in the first years after the nukes explodes, because survivors want distinguish them from the actual chickens or cows. And after generations the names remains

    • @Rum-Runner
      @Rum-Runner ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@friend_trilobot That is something to consider. Well said.

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Language can change rapidly.

    • @MrJero85
      @MrJero85 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Look at all those chickens!

  • @samuellima6193
    @samuellima6193 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Man, this is a really dark project, but it is really good!

    • @germanomagnone
      @germanomagnone ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree

    • @KfrancisArt
      @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks I appreciate that

    • @jaysonklein6018
      @jaysonklein6018 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sometimes dark helps to pump the gas, ya know?

  • @Ashannon888
    @Ashannon888 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    This kind of a setting can do wonders for world building with a bit of mythology. Imagine common dog breeds like german sheperds or labs turning into giant black furred wolflike monsters. Now you have packs of Black Schucks running around. How many English towns and villages have legends of those demonic black hounds haunting the countryside?

  • @freakishuproar1168
    @freakishuproar1168 ปีที่แล้ว +400

    Whilst I do appreciate a post-apocalyptic reimagining of my country, I feel like I may have been spoilt by the many _many MANY_ speculative biology projects you've covered on this awesome channel. Barren feels a little generic, if I'm being brutally honest.

    • @nataliebell6760
      @nataliebell6760 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      I think part of the problem is that the creators of Barren have gone for the standard apocalypse-induced desertification landscape, and it shows. The rot-and-decay aesthetic they've picked out for the animals doesn't do them any favours either, but they'd _feel_ less generic set against a lush landscape rich with autotrophic life.
      It wouldn't even need to be plants, really. You could have the landscape become dominated by exclusively radiotrophic fungi, and it'd feel less generic.

    • @KfrancisArt
      @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +124

      I get that, was a great video but not fully accurate as barren is far less focused on just speculative biology
      And the landscape in parts will be far greener and less simple decay as I want barren to show life can go on
      I’d say the video is more Curious archives interpretation to an extent
      Appreciate the actual constructive criticism tho :)

    • @LetsConquerTheUniverseTogether
      @LetsConquerTheUniverseTogether ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@KfrancisArt It's all a matter of preference, really.

    • @atimetraveler4910
      @atimetraveler4910 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I prefer completely different alien worlds with there evolved creatures and plants

    • @michaelsimpson1224
      @michaelsimpson1224 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@KfrancisArt I honestly appreciate how grungy and “grounded” this aesthetic is in the current market. I think “bright and vibrant alien/post-apocalyptic/alt-biology world” is getting a little oversaturated, and I always prefer a healthy balance of options. You've also found a lot of animals to nine that Fallout hasn't, and done so in pretty creative ways!

  • @violetlight1548
    @violetlight1548 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Nice to see this kind of post-apocalypse fiction that actually puts some thought into the effect that environment would have on life, instead of just making radioactive monsters out to get people. Thank you for sharing!

  • @noahjester8471
    @noahjester8471 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    The feeling I get when hearing about this world is interesting; despite all the horrific monsters, desolation, and struggle, I like that humanity continued to exist, as if to spite the wastelands they inhabit. I'd set out some table scraps for the 'Dillos, some eggs for the Bonehens, and I'm just sitting on my front porch, cleaning a shotgun and basking in the silence of a dead world...

    • @bitchassmoththing
      @bitchassmoththing ปีที่แล้ว +5

      we really are the most stubborn species to exist

    • @thomasfoster4370
      @thomasfoster4370 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      not really, most of us Englishmen don't own porches, rather we would sit in an armchair in our front room, polishing our pipe-launcher and drinking a mug of New-Yorkshire tea.

  • @l0u13__3
    @l0u13__3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    I had an idea for a story like this set in a post apocalyptic Britain, more specifically the Mercia region.
    Areas are run like castles, ruled by lords and false kings.
    Factions like chavs and The Knights of The realm, even Viking factions controlling towns located near York
    But I couldn’t figure out what kind of animals

    • @____________838
      @____________838 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe focus on what caused this departure from the standard timeline?

    • @Matheus-wg5nq
      @Matheus-wg5nq ปีที่แล้ว

      That sounds promising.

    • @foxpro3002
      @foxpro3002 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Use barren as inspiration, or fallout.
      Honestly I would love to see your project it sounds interesting.

    • @lotguballa7839
      @lotguballa7839 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Bizzare medievel painting of animals for inspiration

    • @Matheus-wg5nq
      @Matheus-wg5nq ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lotguballa7839 i know a guy who is making a game about this.

  • @marxtheenigma873
    @marxtheenigma873 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    You need to look at an old ps2 game called Scaler. I love it for the detailed environments. There's even a plant on one level mimicking a big scary predator.

  • @Kamarovsky_KCM
    @Kamarovsky_KCM ปีที่แล้ว +69

    This project looks really promising, and I sincerely hope that the creator will receive lots of support through his Patreon so that he can continue creating it. I, however am nothing but a Rotfowl, and just like them live by scavenging, thus sadly not being able to support.

    • @Trees...
      @Trees... ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same. Just remember we play an important role in ecosystem. :)

    • @melvinfranco2142
      @melvinfranco2142 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Funny. Thou art a Rotfowl. That meant thou canst rid the project of decaying plot lines, like how Rotfowl feed on decaying bodies.

    • @ghodge82
      @ghodge82 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh lol

  • @sherman1376
    @sherman1376 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The way he pronounced Yorkshire took 20 years off my life.

    • @KfrancisArt
      @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Haha seems lots of people say it that way for some reason

    • @personman2346
      @personman2346 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isn't that how its pronounced?

    • @handleisntfkinavailable
      @handleisntfkinavailable ปีที่แล้ว

      @@personman2346 they say it as 'yorksheer'

    • @tyddlup
      @tyddlup ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@personman2346 Nope. We pronounce it as "sheer" or sometimes "shur" (depends where in the UK someone's from, I guess). Place names with "shire" at the end are never pronounced "shy-er" here, and the only times we'd pronounce that word like that is when talking of the shire horse breed or shire counties.

    • @axo677
      @axo677 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Shire=Lotr

  • @saturn_in_blue
    @saturn_in_blue ปีที่แล้ว +57

    It makes no sense they have radiation burns, etc. The background radiation level would be pretty low at this point. The animals would grow up healthy and normal looking, just with weird features and designs that came out of their mutations. This is one very unrealistic thing that annoys me both about fallout and other post apocalyptic worlds. After a few decades and especially centuries the post-apocalyptic world would be be lush and green, just very different in terms of types of life and with hidden dangers (like irradiated zones that could quickly kill a normal human but look almost the same as non-irradiated zones). Look at the area around Chernobyl.

    • @David_Fellner
      @David_Fellner ปีที่แล้ว +14

      True. Radioactive mutations are a fun way to explain fantastical animals, but it's tricky to use that to justify realism.

    • @David_Fellner
      @David_Fellner ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@Corndog_Enthusiast It's just someone's opinion. There's no need to get upset.

    • @carno.5911
      @carno.5911 ปีที่แล้ว

      I found not much foundation for this claim that most of the Radioactivity would decline so fast. Experts only say that there are Nukes that produce very low amounts of fallout, but this dont means that they would be used mostly for nuclear warfare, cuz it would be to less of a treath.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Corndog_Enthusiast Well people are criticizing it after those standards because this channel is usually about plausibly realistic spec evo.

    • @____Carnage____
      @____Carnage____ ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hedgehog3180 codex inversus and rust and humus

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I'm actually surprised Biophage wasn't involved in phage treatment. It'd make sense given their name, logo, supposed medical ties, and could provide an explanation as to how nukrosis came about.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Tbf it seems pretty obvious that that's gonna be the big reveal, it's just being kept purposefully vague right now.

    • @michaelchaney2336
      @michaelchaney2336 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Technically ankle biters exist now.

  • @chasewormwood9638
    @chasewormwood9638 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Hello sir I was hoping you could check a game called Rain World. It is set in a world where a super advanced race of ancients have all died out, leaving behind all their structures to be reclaimed by nature. Much time has passed, and the ancients were masters of genetic tech. The purposed animals they created to perform various tasks roam the world and have evolved to the new environment, but the are also many bio-mechanical creatures still around from the time of the ancients, leading to many unique animals. I think you would find it quite interesting

    • @0x1337feed
      @0x1337feed ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you've been served :)

  • @Wired_User
    @Wired_User ปีที่แล้ว +17

    :30 I mean Godzilla is *literally* Japan’s way of dealing with the trauma of dropping two nuclear bombs on them. So much art from Japanese citizens has a motif of the sheer horror of nuclear devestation.

    • @VoidVagabond
      @VoidVagabond ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah Godzilla's thick hide was inspired by keloid scars.

    • @lepusistlich6930
      @lepusistlich6930 ปีที่แล้ว

      So... in Japanese media the radiation creates monsters and in western media it creates heroes?

  • @Emsworth377
    @Emsworth377 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Farmers raise bulwarks on the fertile fields of an area called New York-SHIRE"....I'm pretty sure the locals don't call it that!

  • @KnightmarePhoenix_official
    @KnightmarePhoenix_official ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Badgers have long, sharp claws, sharp teeth, and a vicious demeanor. Those critters are anything but harmless, they may be small but they can still screw you up.

  • @danijelovskikanal7017
    @danijelovskikanal7017 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    reminds me of the video game Metro 2033
    it's one of my all time favorite games,together with Stalker,which is also a similar,(kinda) post apocalyptic game.
    the former is based of a book (actually a series of books) and i highly recommend it to anybody who likes post apocalyptic stuff.

    • @ASlickNamedPimpback
      @ASlickNamedPimpback ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They’re both based off of books, but stalker also takes inspiration from the stalker movie. Always scratches the realism itch that fallout doesn’t

    • @danijelovskikanal7017
      @danijelovskikanal7017 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ASlickNamedPimpback yep,it's called roadside picnic.

  • @The_Raydinator_2008
    @The_Raydinator_2008 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    In a nuclear fallout scenario, I’d be most like likely that in that following years that Cancer, Mange, and Necrosis would be the most prominent problems, along with viruses, and maybe a slight chance of mutations, but it would probably lead to Cancer

  • @germanomagnone
    @germanomagnone ปีที่แล้ว +10

    with the "fashion" of the apocalyptic end as in "walking dead" that here makes us glimpse, for me it is quite terrifying. 3:52 the Bulwark (ex-cow) looks a lot like the Reek from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. or rather a hybrid between a dicynodon and a ceratopside (a placecias and a monoclonius)

  • @mysterioussoup3393
    @mysterioussoup3393 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I'd like to see a biology of Skyrim or Fallout. They've got some very good worldbuilding and creatures I them like the Yorkers from Skyrim or Ghouls from Fallout.

    • @mysterioussoup3393
      @mysterioussoup3393 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *Hoarker not Yorker

    • @oaktree149
      @oaktree149 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mysterioussoup3393 Oh You Know what He Meant. Also it’s Horker*

    • @David_Fellner
      @David_Fellner ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@oaktree149 It's always funny when somebody does a *spelling correction and then misspells the same word.

  • @deadlydingus1138
    @deadlydingus1138 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Nuke + Dracula = Nukula
    How has no one thought of this before now?

    • @thomasfoster4370
      @thomasfoster4370 ปีที่แล้ว

      because noone has made nuclear vampires before

    • @deadlydingus1138
      @deadlydingus1138 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thomasfoster4370 I know, but Nukula just sounds like nucular if said with the right accent. I mean, it’s right there.

    • @Ultrabozo
      @Ultrabozo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@thomasfoster4370 The Bloodsuckers from S.T.A.L.K.E.R come to mind

  • @Laxhoop
    @Laxhoop ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This is definitely the biggest “what if” I’ve seen on this channel, so far.
    An alternate history where amphibians became the dominant life form? Might’ve been plausible.
    An alien planet that has skyscraper sized titans, being taken down by hostile living needles that launch themselves out of the dirt? Sure.
    An alternate history where intense radiation exposure just speeds up evolution, rather than causing all life it touches to begin to rot before it dies? That’s a bit of a stretch, not gonna lie.

    • @pifilixxiv3192
      @pifilixxiv3192 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean, the skyscraper titans is straight up the the settings for xeno blade games

  • @memomorph5375
    @memomorph5375 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The “dillo-pig” made me smile. Fun fact, Guinea pigs only have 2 babies at a time but they’re born eyes open and ready to run!

  • @lorcanmcloughlin3686
    @lorcanmcloughlin3686 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This video was..just wow love your channel I have been watching you for a while your channel has good things ahead of it

  • @grayelephant3050
    @grayelephant3050 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hi man, i Just want to say that your vids are the best and hope your channel thrives and prospers like flowers!

  • @arturosandovalsaito2704
    @arturosandovalsaito2704 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This project reminded me of a story I was working on. It’s about a man who has to go to a military stronghold without getting himself killed by aliens, cannibals, and highly evolved versions of modern animals. It’s pretty much like a post apocalyptic adventure story, but it takes place in the same setting as “the future is wild” or “after man: a zoology of the future”.

  • @thesharkormoriantm274
    @thesharkormoriantm274 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Many worldbuilders make the mistake of filling an ecosystem with apex predators and very few prey animals. As well too much attention is put on the fauna in worldbuilding projects, ¿what flora has survived?.
    It would also be cool to dig into the culture of the people living there ¿what is their society like? ¿Has their language evolved?
    Interesting project overall.

    • @minhducnguyen9276
      @minhducnguyen9276 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Another flaw I have seen here is the assumption that scales provide better protection than feathers especially in the setting of a post apocalyptic Britain where it's cold. If feathers don't provide an evolutionary advantage terrestrial birds wouldn't have them.

  • @darkblade6896
    @darkblade6896 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for introducing me to this project I'm truly fascinated by the art and lore, I cant wait to see new additions and lore

  • @binuuls5747
    @binuuls5747 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love your videos I’m sure this one will be good too

  • @murplesman
    @murplesman ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video, I hope there'll be more to come on this project.

  • @maxleroux
    @maxleroux ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love it when you explore alien ecosystems in a nature documentary-style format. It would be cool to see the speculative evolution of The Eternal Cylinder or Pikmin 3 on your channel.

  • @wefhen7708
    @wefhen7708 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Honestly I wanna see an post apocalyptic game that isn't the most generic trope and it's actually lush and bright

    • @jessegauthier6985
      @jessegauthier6985 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are a few but they're all shit

    • @ohiologist9256
      @ohiologist9256 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have a thing with friends that is post apocalyptic after a nuclear war and it's lush and bright with mutated insects and stuff

    • @StillStupidStillDumb2834
      @StillStupidStillDumb2834 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Imagine a fallout game set in Australia thousands of years in the future.
      You are implied to be to the last human searching fruitlessly for signs of humanity after being woken up from the last functioning life pod in Australia.
      One day you give up, only to find a fallout 4 mongrel alongside a pack of future dingoes running away from a giant lion-like cat descended from invasive cats. implying to you that colonization has happened somewhere else on the giant island.

    • @minhducnguyen9276
      @minhducnguyen9276 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@StillStupidStillDumb2834 Any tropical regions will have the radioactive dust washed away very quickly due to monsoon rain. But hotspots in low lands where the dust accumulate can be expected. The abundant of sunlight and biomass also allows wildlife to quickly recover. I can imagine the southern American States like Louisiana will still have abundant life with little mutation on the land but the closer you move to the swamps where the dust is accumulated the more exotic animals are presented.

  • @suggiethames9870
    @suggiethames9870 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like it better when these videos focus on more plausible scenarios

  • @aarav_sharma
    @aarav_sharma ปีที่แล้ว +3

    it's fkd up and really fascinating at the same time

  • @improvcomedy14
    @improvcomedy14 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Speaking of post-apocalypse, why don’t you cover the Fallout universe? It’s got plenty of interesting creature designs and you’ve already shown a willingness to cover video games. I’d be all for it.

    • @guromenst4416
      @guromenst4416 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Truee

    • @Erykthebat
      @Erykthebat 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      this was fallout with the serial numbers filed off

  • @adamreynolds3863
    @adamreynolds3863 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I absolutely love these videos!! You make these stories so fascinating! keep up the great work

  • @PK-we6vk
    @PK-we6vk ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dude, I literally subscribed an hour ago and was watching your videos when this poped up.

  • @SkyWKing
    @SkyWKing ปีที่แล้ว +512

    I dislike the stereotypical postapocalyptic wasteland filled with highly aggressive and active predators "because of mutation". The postapocalyptic biosphere will more resemble a tundra. Most animals will be herbivores grazing mosses and lichen, while predators tend to be small and nimble like cats and foxes. However, most carnivores will simply be scavengers instead, because the caloric expenditure for hunting is way too high in a nutrition-poor world. Majority of the animals will be burrowers and only go out to the radioactive atmosphere for getting food. The environment is simply too hostile for large caloric-intensive animals like cattle.
    Whatever "mutated" humans that are banished by the survivors will likely not attack humans at all, because being an intelligent species, they fully understand the danger of attacking humans with firearm. They will likely be cave-dwelling hunter-gatherers and develop some sort of unique artisanship that will produce them tradable goods to exchange medicine or food with humans.

    • @nataliebell6760
      @nataliebell6760 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      I wouldn't be so sure. Chernobyl, which is the only example we have of a radioactive ecosystem, is quite lush and supports populations of deer, wolves, and bears. Nagasaki and Hiroshima, our primary examples of the effects of nuclear war, are still inhabited and by all accounts no worse off environmentally then any other city.
      Basically, apocalypse-induced desertification has no evidence for its existence.

    • @zack-ronald259
      @zack-ronald259 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      @@nataliebell6760 I think OP is talking about a world under a full nuclear winter

    • @AdamWhistle1
      @AdamWhistle1 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@nataliebell6760 Because Chernobly was abandoned by humans and has minimal human activity. That is the primary reason why Chernobly became an almost lush place compared to neighboring environments. The area was abandoned to prevent any radiation-induced sickness, not because it was certain mutation-death.
      Yeah, animals probably died from radiation poisoning but the damage was nothing compared to what normal human civilization has on the ecosphere.

    • @kordellswoffer1520
      @kordellswoffer1520 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@zack-ronald259 assuming sure but nuclear winter is purely a theory and a heavily debatable one at that.

    • @cxireen2193
      @cxireen2193 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You should do some writing 🙂
      Or at least be hired by some group of writers 😊

  • @DragonMG2
    @DragonMG2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love your vids, you have such a calming voice

  • @ythegameritaisthebest
    @ythegameritaisthebest ปีที่แล้ว +17

    If there Is any can you cover some desert planets? Like One with Life only living at the poles? Would be cool

  • @alexhilton9634
    @alexhilton9634 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    was just watching another one of your vids, and then I see this

  • @radudancoroian5169
    @radudancoroian5169 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    An insect world? This will be intresting

  • @enclavecomms.officer5219
    @enclavecomms.officer5219 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Oh hell yeah nuclear armageddon

  • @kayleighwukovich8318
    @kayleighwukovich8318 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The old film trim for the Old World was a great idea and good touch

  • @neutronstar6379
    @neutronstar6379 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great as always

  • @thecandlemaker1329
    @thecandlemaker1329 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    To witness the green landscapes of old Britain getting replaced by a grim wasteland of silent decay in real time, just drive from Exeter to Newcastle.

  • @mikeemous1410
    @mikeemous1410 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man I love this video it just makes me want you to do the whole fallout series it covers most of the us and there are a lot of creatures in all nieches not just the super popular scary predator types I believe it does have a reasonable ecosystem even without all the human presence

  • @aquaticathedragon7645
    @aquaticathedragon7645 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to watch this on summer break and I Love your videos keep uploading🎉

  • @ZexyObserver
    @ZexyObserver ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so bad ass. Exactly what I wanted this channel to do.

  • @olavomacedovasconcellos1593
    @olavomacedovasconcellos1593 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Zadgers might be based on the Honey Badgers from Wasteland 2 and 3, that have mutated into apex predators after the nuclear war.

  • @onion_terra4921
    @onion_terra4921 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    yo nice vid man

  • @vapertainment5313
    @vapertainment5313 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Harmless" is an interesting take on those ambulatory walking death carpets.

  • @yormomshouse
    @yormomshouse ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i have been a sub since the beginning of this channel keep up the good work curious

  • @blueorange965
    @blueorange965 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You should cover Jay Eaton's Runaway to the Stars. It's sort of post apocalyptic, but humans are still surviving, just mostly not on Earth. It's really interesting and the Speculative Biology in it is really nicely done.

  • @rickcharlespersonal
    @rickcharlespersonal ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Here's what I want: an open-world survival simulator reminiscent of Ark: Survival Evolved, but the storyline is that your characters have access to inter-universal technology and can travel to different worlds in different universes. Infinite possibilities. Each map/DLC is a world from a different speculative evolution project like this.

  • @Finn-xo3wu
    @Finn-xo3wu ปีที่แล้ว +1

    its kinda crazy i have loved every single vid that i have watched of yours

  • @rogersnick17
    @rogersnick17 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your channel so much

  • @porakiyadraekojin3390
    @porakiyadraekojin3390 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    this was an awsome watch. pretty bone chilling with some of the man made experiments. I'm actually wondering how octopi and other cephelapods would have changed in this alternate timeline, especially since octopi can actively modify their own DNA (which is good for learning and survival, but makes passing new mutations down to offspring very difficult), and even more so because of how the babies look. I'd personally imagine that they'd become semi-amorphous monstrosities with the ability to rapidly transform their eight limbs as needs for a variety of tasks......and that their limbs can be torn off and become little monstrosities of their own, as each arm has a sort of pseudo-brain.

  • @F0XX7
    @F0XX7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The giant grasshopper footage was rather hilarious.

  • @Gorbz
    @Gorbz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a resident of the UK, we commonly pronounce it as "Yorksha" rather than "York Shire"

  • @troycoley-cn5bb
    @troycoley-cn5bb ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible Work!!!

  • @fionagibson7529
    @fionagibson7529 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really wish there was some kind of “this is going to be super unsettling and creepy” warning because it’s night where I am and there’s no way in heck that I’m going to be able to fall asleep now.

  • @Aettaro
    @Aettaro ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This feels like a more well developed Fallout and I like it.

    • @KfrancisArt
      @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hey I’ll take that as a complement

    • @britisharmedforcesmilsim3015
      @britisharmedforcesmilsim3015 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@KfrancisArt this project is very interesting lad, good stuff.

    • @KfrancisArt
      @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@britisharmedforcesmilsim3015 much appreciated mate

    • @Aettaro
      @Aettaro ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KfrancisArt you should. This world is fascinating.

    • @KfrancisArt
      @KfrancisArt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Aettaro much appreciated 💛

  • @AJScraps
    @AJScraps ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing content as always! 👀

  • @stormwallwarrior6095
    @stormwallwarrior6095 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would love to see a video (series) about the ecosystem of dnd, There's just so many creatures and planes that I feel like it would be a very interesting topic

  • @MonkeSeeMonkeLaugh
    @MonkeSeeMonkeLaugh ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The thing about nature is it will eventually find an equilibrium to prosper given few centuries or a millennia. None of these post-apocalyptic stories venture much farther than the point of collapse to show the new balance of nature.

  • @shogun2215
    @shogun2215 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Quite frankly the most unrealistic thing about this is that the UK continues to exist after the war. It would be more likely to splinter into its component factions; Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man, Cornwall and Greater England.

    • @ExtremeMadnessX
      @ExtremeMadnessX ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean Ireland, Scotland and Wales become independent countries?

    • @hysterical5408
      @hysterical5408 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ExtremeMadnessX I mean, Ireland already is.

    • @ExtremeMadnessX
      @ExtremeMadnessX ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hysterical5408 There is still Northern Ireland. Also, according to Star Trek, Ireland will unite in 2024.

    • @thomasfoster4370
      @thomasfoster4370 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ExtremeMadnessX yeah, I can see that happening on schedule

  • @gamemacatron7512
    @gamemacatron7512 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You should do an archive video about Pandora, I really like the one you did for tatooine I think there’s enough footage of the wildlife of Pandora it make it easy to make a video about it

  • @JoeMaMa-lz3rd
    @JoeMaMa-lz3rd ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Awesome vid

    • @JoeMaMa-lz3rd
      @JoeMaMa-lz3rd ปีที่แล้ว

      kind of fallout esque

    • @joratto2833
      @joratto2833 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You haven’t even watched it

    • @JoeMaMa-lz3rd
      @JoeMaMa-lz3rd ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joratto2833 you caught me

    • @joratto2833
      @joratto2833 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JoeMaMa-lz3rd Joe MaMa

    • @JoeMaMa-lz3rd
      @JoeMaMa-lz3rd ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joratto2833 😯😯😯😯😯😯

  • @Violet_iris
    @Violet_iris ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is so cool, it’s like fallout meats after man

  • @rizaleliasmosquera5114
    @rizaleliasmosquera5114 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And if I could suggest Curious Archive to look into the manga "Made in Abyss" by Akihito Tsukushi. It even has an anime, currently at season 2.
    It would be thrilling to watch the Abyss, its curse, and its various flora and fauna discussed in this channel.

  • @ashsmash666
    @ashsmash666 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this you have to cover more!

  • @japanesecat188
    @japanesecat188 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never get bored of these videos

  • @kuitaranheatmorus9932
    @kuitaranheatmorus9932 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Saw this on Twitter and I really wasn't disappointed,cause your videos are just so good and very creative/informative
    Also I really wish y'all are having a good day

  • @Ditchhead
    @Ditchhead ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "[the Bonehens] have changed much from their tame predecessors" I can tell from that statement you've never raised chickens. I'd argue that because they have visible dorsal spikes you'd know where the danger is coming from, which would be easier to deal with than our current chickens.

  • @purplemosasaurus5987
    @purplemosasaurus5987 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loves this! This was horrifyingly good!

  • @wendylacey2745
    @wendylacey2745 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing video as always! Do you think you will be able to make a video explaining the biology of the creatures of The Eternal Cylinder?

  • @michaellyczak9337
    @michaellyczak9337 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've sometimes imagined what all the dogs, cats, and other critters I see would look like if they didn't have fur or feathers. This is very similar.

  • @Chloe11501
    @Chloe11501 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dang I’m early, can’t wait to watch the vid 💕

  • @Sharpthingy
    @Sharpthingy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I honestly think it would be awesome if you did a video on the creatures and ecosystems of fallout!

  • @jaysonklein6018
    @jaysonklein6018 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Awesome stuff. I can't wait to see what they do for other countries.

  • @ok_ghost4678
    @ok_ghost4678 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The barren world of ‘Barren’

  • @Anna-dw4ll
    @Anna-dw4ll ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well this is a cheerful thumbnail and title

  • @bencook1068
    @bencook1068 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What I find interesting is a map we see briefly, as it looks like there was a major tectonic shift. Norway has been wedged into Scotland, the Jutland peninsula has gone, and what I think is Greenland appears to have moved to just west of Ireland.

  • @cyber0mega513
    @cyber0mega513 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    barren is the weird cousin of birrin

  • @user-mh2hm8er3t
    @user-mh2hm8er3t ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very cool video, I'm wondering if, for example, there will be an analysis of the fauna of the Tabletop Game Degenesis? ma quite a large amount of post-apocalyptic fauna and maybe you will be interested in this as material for the video

  • @rizaleliasmosquera5114
    @rizaleliasmosquera5114 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice and Interesting Concept. I imagine that there is more to the Biophage mystery.

  • @lolbored801
    @lolbored801 ปีที่แล้ว

    Them! was one of my favorite movies growing up. I still enjoy watching it.

  • @kingaz
    @kingaz ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think it would be funny if you did a speculative biology video on Minecraft.

    • @lepusistlich6930
      @lepusistlich6930 ปีที่แล้ว

      In Minecraft, the player is the only human except zombies and (probably) skeletons. Villagers, witches and other beings with large noses are related but different species. I like to think they are Neanderthals.