A Deep Dive into the Egglike Genre

Well... Here it is! After 2 months of work it's finally done. A deep dive into the egglike genre, kind of a weird topic to make a video on but also a fun and interesting one! I had a lot of fun making this video and I hope it's at least somewhat enjoyable to watch. I haven't made content in about 4 years so I'm still a little rusty when it comes to editing, hopefully that will improve in the future. (Also happy 7th anniversary to the original fantastic game!)
Special thanks to Ian from Super Viola Bros. check out his links!
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Also check out Fantaria: The Quest for Sausage, it looks really good!
• Le Fantabulous Game v1...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
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Want to check out the games featured in this video? Well here they are! (dates are by original release)
The Fantastic Game (June 7, 2012):
www.indiedb.com/games/fantastic
Le Fantabulous Game (Spring 2013):
fantabulosogamedev.tumblr.com...
The Brilliant Game (?June 2016?):
archive.org/details/thebrilli...
[As of October 27, 2019 The Brilliant Game is now available to all!]
The Excellent Game (April 2019):
gamejolt.com/games/excellent/...
Also special thanks to the egglike wiki for providing some much needed information!:
egglike.fandom.com/wiki/Eggli...
Music in order of appearance:
Baba is You OST - Baba is You Theme
Nintendo LABO OST - Making The Toy-Con Robot: Getting Started
Baba is You OST - Cog is Push - Solitary Isle
Baba Is You OST - Wall is Stop - Starting Off
Baba is You OST - Leaf is Move - Forest of fall
Baba Is You OST - Water is Sink - The Lake
Time Stamp Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
2:33 - The Fantastic Game (2012)
4:31 - Le Fantabulous Game (2013)
8:08 - The Brilliant Game (2016)
13:31 - The Excellent Game (2019)
14:44 - Final Thoughts
17:54 - Conclusion
#Egglike #Vinesauce #DeepDive

[@Fantasticanations]

Interesting video! I think your characterization of what the egglike genre ultimately is, is pretty spot-on.

[@TheOkMeister12]

ok

[@samuellinn]

​@@TheOkMeister12ok

[@Davi-kc2wq]

ok

[@NikoNoxious]

more Smeg-type than egglike bro

[@Kimpes]

hot take: Jazzpunk is the most polished and fleshed out egglike there is

[@jordontp]

the government

[@bunkerdown8494]

the government

[@MediumKeyCubbage]

the government

[@sirnobody3177]

the goverment

[@Warrior555MainsGanon]

the government

[@treehousegames7903]

The Egglike genre is a perfect showcase of just how thin the line between absurdism and "lol randumz" is.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

lol randumb is absurdism, kinda like how all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares

[@memesarekeem]

Fun fact, this genre THRIVES on roblox in spirit. It doesn't go by "egglike" over there, but trust me, there are plenty.

[@crystalflare0684]

damn I knew they felt familiar. What are some reccomendations you got

[@childeofepickness]

definitely! there are so many of those on there, can’t tell you how many. I can’t really name any off the top of my head right now though

[@memesarekeem]

@@crystalflare0684 I don't think I'd be able to tell you many off the top of my head? I haven't played in quite a while so I don't have all the games on me. Shouldn't take you too long to find games not too dissimilar though.

[@lordmarshmal_0643]

Of course it's thriving on Minecraft Ripoff, the graveyard of good ideas

[@sillypinkmoth]

​@@lordmarshmal_0643interaction bait :?

[@creamsicle3386]

This just made me realize that the game design course i took in high school basically just tought us how to make egglikes

[@TheVoiceOfChaos]

Fucking wild.

[@GANONdork123]

I remember I made a really terrible Unity "game" I sent to Vinny back when I was 13. He wrote a scathing email live on stream to send to me, likely tired of getting sent so many terrible games. I still have that email, and I resented him for awhile, but it ultimately pushed me to actually learn to program rather than rely on pre-made assets and scripts. I never did get to see the stream where Vinny played my "game" unfortunately. Being 13, I had school and stuff, and this was before the Full Sauce channel existed.

[@legbender1584]

really superhero origin arc

[@imjust_a]

This story is so wild to me; I have a hard time picturing Vinny doing that, especially live on stream haha. I totally get harboring resentment though. I'm sure I would've felt the same after that kind of response.

[@GANONdork123]

@KingCrazy9 this was all the way back in 2013/2014. Pretty sure Vinny was still a frequent user of 4Chan back then. He's more professional now, and I can't imagine he'd do the same nowadays.

[@Bomberman66Hell]

Vinny doing that is so out of character lmao, but I definitely could see Joel doing this

[@The_Plorp]

Love how youtube just recommends a 4 year old video about a joke game genre

[@TomasBruno-ww6tg]

Even if it's not strictly an egg-like, I'd suggest anyone that finds joy in this kind of games to try Juice Galaxy

[@DoujinShinji]

Egglikes are how I got into Vinesauce, all those years ago. A lot of fun memories watching them back when. When The Excellent Game came out of seemingly no where earlier this year, I was so happy. Here’s hoping The Quest for Sausage will be good!! It’s something that’ll be sold, I believe, so it’s a shame we won’t be getting pop culture references or memes (or at least I’d assume), but I guess we’ll see what’ll happen.

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

You mean The Eggcellent Game?

[@forkrunner2208]

I want to clear something up because I feel like a lot of people are confused on the subject. Fantaria: The Quest for Sausage only shares its vague themes, characters and world with the original Le Fantabulous Game. Otherwise, it is completely its own thing and a “legitimate” game, not an egglike. Great video, especially for your first. I would’ve liked to see you go a bit more in depth though, just overall. It also would have been nice if you went over games like Weed Chase as well, because without some of the smaller, but still known, games, I don’t think you can get the accurate and full picture of the egglike genre.

[@itryen7632]

Today marks the 10th anniversary of egglikes. I can't believe we've come this far.

[@MelloMuffen]

I remember watching Vinny's video on the Fantastic game when it first came out in 2012... This makes me feel like I'm turning to dust

[@Zkeleton969]

Calling fantastic game like Mario 64 or banjo kazooie is like calling a blank sheet of paper like the Mona Lisa. Only in the most barebones, roundabout way is it correct.

[@kosminen-kettu]

If you were to define an egglike to me it exists as a first person exploration game of what it felt like to wander geocities. Areas having the mishmash of the creator's interests and thoughts, what they think is funny and in general is fun to them. Each page/area being entirely different and customized to their thoughts on the subject, and how goofy each area ended up is really what attracted me to them.

[@Catonator]

I only recently found this video, it's very good! I think egglikes are the closest to outsider art in video games. It's rare to get those, since games are typically a pretty open medium (with little appreciation for the art from the players...), so there are a lot of indie games made by people without a game developer's skillset. I think egglikes are outsider art where said indie games aren't due to their defiance of video game conventions.

[@tornekotaloon9732]

I found Vinesauce with Vinny's Fantastic Game video in 2013-2014 and have been watching since, so egglikes have always been super nostalgic to me. This is a fantastic video, and is a good way to document some important Vinesauce history!

[@standardsloshy]

Egglikes have legit done more for my sense of what an entertaining game can look like than most AAAs

[@ericksantoscruz2951]

I Wonder if this type of genre could be translated to other medias. Could there ever be an egglike movie, an egglike book even? The possibilities are truly endless

[@ultrasquid579]

There is a KZbin series called Ena, which has a similar absurdist premise and is inspired by old internet culture.

[@connorconnor1631]

it seems that this video is suddenly being recommended

[@JomasterTheSecond]

The Egglike genre is truly the only genre that deserves to have "like" in its name

[@souppyyy3053]

whats wrong with roguelikes

[@JomasterTheSecond]

​@@souppyyy3053 The games are often nothing like the original Rogue, and the genre lost credibility when Rogue itself was given the "Roguelike" on Steam.

[@souppyyy3053]

@@JomasterTheSecond i suppose you're right. rogue is a very distant game from the rest of the genre, no doubt due to technological advances. the genre is named after it because it was the first to do it, but it has since transformed far beyond its namesake. i like it as a historical thing, but i will agree that the games arent like rogue at all.

[@cloverbiird]

@@JomasterTheSecondvocabulary changes as times change. the definition of roguelike is seperate from the game rogue and that's okay

[@psionicape]

All platformers should be called goombalike

[@crittr]

Holy crap dude... This is the most professionally done I've seen with so few views! This is comparable to some of the videos I've seen similar to this that have hundreds of thousands of views. I love your take on the egglike genre. Keep it up!

[@Kneightt]

What is that song used during the timeline progressions? It's familiar and extremely groovy

[@MelloMuffen]

Nintendo Labo OST - Making the Toy-con Robot: Getting Started. The labo ost is underrated, it has a few bangers

[@user199x]

I'll stand by what I've said previously, I think Barn Finders is an egglike, a very good one, well realized vision

[@HangmanOfficialUploads]

Cruelty Squad is an egg-like.

[@opalpersonal]

this video brings me to the fascinating epiphany that one could possibly be aware of "egglikes" but also *not* aware of vinesauce

[@Ririxpj]

“What I’m about to say might be a bit of a controversial statement.” *Proceeds to say one of the most normal statements I’ve heard throughout last year and the start of this year.*

[@Ririxpj]

4 YEARS AGO!?!?

[@MIITRIN]

Have you considered reuploading the Brilliant Game anywhere for archival purposes?

[@MelloMuffen]

I wouldn't mind uploading the game somewhere for archival purposes because I do believe that is important, and it was something I was considering but ultimately it's not my decision to make. From what information (or lack there of) on The Brilliant game I found, it was pretty clear the creator really didn't want anyone to play their game ever again and they've since moved on to doing bigger and better things. Plus not only was the brilliant game a terrible game, but it also features some pretty "outdated" jokes that I'm sure they wouldn't want to be associated with. I would ask the creator if they'd be okay with me re-uploading it, but there no real way to get into contact with them, they do have a Twitter but they have DMs turned off unfortunately :/ Thanks for the question though!

[@mamaluigisixtytwelve5179]

archive.org/details/thebrilliantgame

[@youtubeisevil]

@@mamaluigisixtytwelve5179 thanks lol

[@mamaluigisixtytwelve5179]

@@youtubeisevil anytime

[@stevethepocket]

_Ohhhh noooo, Harry!_ You left out _Scrib's Adventure_ which I'm pretty sure came out after _The Brilliant Game_ but Vinny played it anyway. It makes up the majority of "Gettin' Weird With It" part 25. It deserves mention for being (according to him) the first egglike in which the collectables are actual eggs. By the way, I've always assumed the eggs that play Smash Mouth are a reference to the old Something Awful meme "Smash Mouth eat the eggs."

[@Electric0eye]

Way late to finding this video but I really appreciate you making it. Coverage of a really specific thing I have a lot of fondness for is rare

[@alphalax7747]

By that definition, Vine Worlds is the best egglike game ever made

[@ShadowBraixen]

I loved this video! I never even heard of Egglike games before watching this. Very interesting content that was covered here and I love video game background/information videos. You did an amazing job with explaining everything!

[@FerousFolly]

this editing is amazing for your channel size, top stuff man, really great pacing

[@finboror]

There's a KZbin video with gameplay of The Brilliant Game called "EROOTTINEN AUTOMATKA | Oudot Pelit #1" by the Finnish KZbinr Deata. He plays another game for the first half of the video, but the second half is gameplay of The Brilliant Game. So check it out fellas if you're interested in seeing more footage, though you probably won't understand what he's saying.

[@battletechpropaganda]

I love the 3 minute intro telling us what a video game is, really necessary and important.

[@xzagoreios]

I didn't even know that such a genre exists! Thought it was something new when I stumbled upon the video but eventually noticed it was released 4 years prior... Great work and interesting stuff!

[@seanbrownlee9474]

What a great video! I really liked the editing and presentation of the video, and how you went over both the history and what the genre really is.

[@2112pk]

listen, all i'm saying , is that id the fantabulous game was ported to the ouya, it might have survived

[@gemwolfz2860]

the first rule of making an egglike: have fun and be yourself :3

[@saraschmidt5612]

THANK FOR FANTABULOUS VIDEO PICTURE. I UPTHUMBERED VERY MUCH. NO SHAMROCK. ONLY SAUSAGE WEENER.

[@Scribdev]

Nicely done, it is a very esoteric genre and can be difficult to pin down and explain. If you're ever looking for missing egglikes, I have many of the eggs backed up if you ever wanted to revisit any. Othewise, great video :D

[@kaelgray3667]

The idea that people who play video games are "in charge of" "consuming" a "product" is a fucking insane worldview and would makes anyone who is a video game designer cry their eyes out at night.

[@youroldpapapalpy1894]

Now this here. This is some really good content. Incredibly well presented and high quality. You have my sub.

[@xenotiic8356]

HOLY CRAP, I FORGOT ABOUT THE FANTASTIC GAME! You unlocked a core memory from my childhood, I must have been in middle school back then seeing Vinny play that.

[@Estlib]

THANKS MUCHFORDS FOR MAKING THIS VIEWDIO

[@pillgrimm]

Le fantabulous game is something I haven't thought about in years yet somehow the fantastic game always stayed on my mind. Thank you for this

[@SuperMenaceArchives]

This was a really well made and informative video. Good job 👍

[@Shroopy]

Really good video, I'm surprised how many views and subs you have! Edit: I see this is your first video, congrats! I hope to see more :D

[@Wodgedev]

I enjoy Egglikes, the O.G. ones. The wanna-be Egglikes are putrid and unplayable. some possible future Egglike contributions: Fantastic Game 2.0. LOQTN (a game on Fantasticaneers IndieDB that has some Egglike qualities to it that wasn't released). Finishing of the Excellent Game. Its a reality i still hope for to this day. Seeing stuff like this makes me feel a little less stupid knowing other people cherish these stupid games as much as I do.

[@Fantasticanations]

ONE DAY FRIEND

[@streighkaat]

Thanks for showing up in my recommended videos today and taking the time to make this video. Keep up the great work, pardner.

[@antwanespagett5673]

I remember ready player FUCK being a great egglike, there was also this parody of nintendo games called nintendo nightmare or something

[@krishollow]

1.5 speed really improves this video.

[@baconknightproductions8297]

There seems to be a lot of similarity between egglikes and free form walking simulators (Is Soda Drinking Simulator an egglike?)

[@Goodroosters]

I think Soda Drinking Simulator is very egglike

[@therighttrousers343]

I haven't heard of egglike before this and clicked on this video expecting an intricate history of egg substitutes. This is about video games?!

[@popoyoyo01]

This is so well done!! You deserve more subscribers!!!!

[@PregnantAdamSandler]

I think we can all agree that Vinny peaked at the egglikes

[@basik6825]

cant believe i watched a 20 minute video about egglike games. good job, man.

[@aspatuarymax1470]

i'm really more about egglites at this point tb h

[@theboythatsayshootyhoo3865]

honestly it seems like a case of irony-fatigue with the brilliant game and all the other clones. when things are treated as too ironic you start to lose the earnest care you actually felt about it. the sequence goes one of two ways. start with irony, the ‘its so bad its good!’ kind of stuff. then it splits off into the reclamation of care, yeah its funny and its silly but you actually care about it, it may be weird and stupid but its still art, you make it more engaging, and you are free to make it rough around the edges because of the ironic origins. OR you can go the other way, clown on it until its just an echo of a joke with no actual substance.

[@emiel4423]

this felt like brainrot content

[@sh1ftyy]

For the love of god, how does this amazing video only have 4k views?!! Sure, that's still a lot of people but damn, I see so many other videos like this garner hundreds of thousands of views. You deserve more man.

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

It’s 4 in the morning and I’m watching this. Help.

[@Rock_yeah]

Im glad these weren't forgotten

[@goober3666]

i just have to appreciate very eggpunkish transition music

[@heartwellroots5365]

Le fantabulous game never came to fruition.

[@val_923]

this is.. well.. fantastic! great video

[@fluffyspend3047]

Egglike are my favorite genre of games because i read weird text faster than "normal" text

[@fluffyspend3047]

i revisit this and want to make egglike i might try

[@XerxesTexasToast]

You can't find shit like this on any streaming service. God, I love KZbin. Thank you for doing a deep dive into egglikes.

[@freedoomer2524]

When I saw the title I thought it would be about those games where you roll a thing around an obstacle course

[@vhbc8791]

Awesome video! :D

[@MelloMuffen]

Thanks! :)

[@mlp_firewind8129]

During the brilliant game there is audio from Vinny, there did that come from? I feel like if this guy actually reached out to vinny for a comment it would say something but I have never heard that audio clip before and have a hard time imagining when it would come up.

[@absoluteunit8628]

Thank you for all the info

[@malechex611]

What is the line for egglikes? Are soda drinker pro or juice simulator egglikes? Im not sure what constitues an egglike over just a "cursed" or absurdist game

[@johanneshaukanes4531]

Thanks for whriting the music in the descriprion 🎵

[@noahnaugler7611]

You know what medium reaches the same degree of personal connection as video games? TTRPG's

[@Katelizaj]

This makes me wish people kept up with innovating the games but keeping the general bad quality of them

[@nymenris2821]

SHPERE FRIENDS! man me and my friend still reference le fantabulous game to this day

[@Big-Chungus21]

I was just thinking of eggs this is very fortunate ;

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

“Update in 2019” This was posted 4 years ago?!?!

[@burner555]

💀💀💀💀💀

[@its_just_matt]

become egg. return to egg. embrace egglike genre. egglikes will take over the world!

[@thatfunkadeus]

As a developer who isn't begging for money and just using what's available to me, the prospect of a kickstarter for the spitefully made "i could do that batter" tantrum clone of a shitpost game fills me with such contempt.

[@Vallee152]

Plural is medium is media

[@amaikarai5007]

Egglike games are still alive and well in the VRChat space. They can be hard to find sometimes simply because of the VRChat world search layout, and how it prioritizes popular worlds, but you can definitely find them. VRChat is sprawling with user generated content, and egglike games if you’re willing to dig a little.

[@m8subject996]

there's also the eggular game

[@PandoraFoxo]

So much to do so much to see

[@SkyBeast55]

I want to know your opinion on this world dividing question: is Escape from Lavender Island an egg like?

[@poorlymadeproduction]

the excellent game has a lot of cool wacky fun environments

[@TXiCN]

I enjoy

[@HatsODoom]

I fuckin love these random, oddball exploration games.

[@WIImotionmasher]

An EggLike is a goddamn Billy Hatcher send up, I refuse to change my definition!!!

[@luigichiaia7510]

I thought we were about to talk about the Chao garden lol

[@Pooer]

Flinstons? Shoutouts to simpleflips.

[@GetOffUrPhone]

An interesting look at the humor and approach of creation and design in our generation and these post-post-modern times

[@LazyGamerPerson]

Egg-likes evolved to Custard-likes.

[@youtubeisevil]

Slendytubbies 1 is a custard-like

[@MattiaSinisi]

Do you think Babbdi could be classified as an egglike?

[@foko3036]

EGGO...! The transition music is incredibly funky, what track was used for them? I'd love to know!

[@TheLaughingDerpLerp]

Cool video, really enjoyed it, it’s high quality too, a great first video for your channel. Also do you consider the game “crypt worlds” an egg like?

[@MelloMuffen]

Crypt Worlds is a pretty interesting game, but yeah I think you could classify it as an egglike if you want. It's definitely a more surrealistic take on the egglike genre. Though I'm not sure if the creator of Crypt Worlds even knew what an egglike was since the genre wasn't really defined until 2013 with Le Fantabulous game. Nonetheless I think it would fit well into the egglike category if anyone would ever want categorize it as such.

[@thegucc593]

crypt world and lsd emulator walked so egglikes could run

[@youtubeisevil]

Interesting question because Crypt Worlds feels a lot more high quality, detailed and story-based than egglikes. Nothing about it is memey, just very surreal, I would say not an egglike but original similar game

[@laf1993]

I had seem some of these back on the day, but i didn't know it was an entire genre.

[@dddw.]

is revenge of the sunfish a egglike? its 2d but i think it could maybe fit in

[@doctorwhouse3881]

I try to add every non-trivial game I play to Glitchwave to rate and tag it. Sure, it's no guarantee that anyone will find it, but it does help as I myself have found some hidden gems via deep dives into the site's charts.

[@ShuckleShellAnemia]

Lay fantabulous

[@christopherwilliams9418]

I'd really like to make my own Egglike but I don't really have any major overarching idea for it other than a few jokes and songs I'd like to use in it. I'm not a game dev nor do I really know a lot about 3D modeling (I made a few GTA "kitbash" cars back when that was a thing but never released them) but maybe it'll happen.

[@imjust_a]

That kinda seems like the perfect formula of making an Egglike: not having much experience as a game dev. I'd say go for it!